Guidance

The guidance section holds a wealth of information on a wide range of subjects relating to general practice.

Secondary to Primary Care Workload Shift
Guidance
Secondary to Primary Care Workload Shift
One of the challenges we have faced for years in our daily work in general practice is the non-contractual workload shift from secondary care. The requests of colleagues in practices across Lincolnshire to undertake work that should be performed by colleagues in secondary care is estimated to use up to 20% of general practice capacity […]
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Digital Firearms Marker Resources
Digital Firearms Marker Resources
7 July 2022
TPP – SystmOne have introduced a digital firearms marker from 6 July 2022. Background GPs have a role in helping to protect public safety by providing medical information to police…
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Fuller Stocktake
Fuller Stocktake
22 June 2022
NHSE/I recently published the ‘Fuller Stocktake report’ on the next steps for integrating primary care in England. General practice’s strength and value lies in its ability to provide good quality…
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CQC suite of clinical searches
CQC suite of clinical searches
1 June 2022
Ardens Health Informatics Ltd have now released the suite of clinical searches for Practices and CQC inspection teams. Please see the following link for the full article which describes the…
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Pre-travel health services
Pre-travel health services
31 May 2022
The following is an extract of the GP Mythbuster 107: Pre-travel health services.  The full article is available here. Travel health services are provided by a range of NHS and independent…
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Enhanced Access Q&A
Enhanced Access Q&A
12 May 2022
Enhanced Access Implementation: A more detailed and broader FAQs will follow shortly. Can a PCN opt out of part of Network Contract DES e.g. the Enhanced Access (EA) service? When…
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Declaring GP earnings over £150,000
Declaring GP earnings over £150,000
10 May 2022
From 1 October 2022, the GMS and PMS regulations were amended to require some GPs to self-declare their earnings The principles of pay transparency in general practice were agreed between…
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