1 December 2023
The NHS COVID Pass service will close on Monday 4 December and be unavailable to patients after this date. There are no longer any domestic requirements to demonstrate vaccination status,…
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23 November 2023
Practices have reported that they are seeing an increase in requests for them to prescribe sedation for patients due to have radiological investigations such as MRI scans. Sedated patients should…
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22 November 2023
Practices contacted us to advise they had been told that they could not refer patients directly to fracture clinic. While most patients who need fracture clinic are referred directly after…
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6 November 2023
Hints and Tips is a quarterly bulletin designed to help our dispensing contractors with their interaction with NHS Prescription Services. Get Hints and Tips straight to your inbox and keep…
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5 November 2023
GPC England (GPCE) and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and have issued a joint statement to alert their respective members to the details of the recently announced 6% pay…
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20 October 2023
CQC New assessments From 21 November CQC will start using our new single assessment framework in the South region. Between 21 November and 4 December they will undertake a small…
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27 September 2023
The previous lab reported PSA ranges were not in alignment with NICE guidance. The list below is what appears on the Lincolnshire – 2WW Urology referral letter. Normal Age…
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26 September 2023
Background We recently issued some information on Inclisiran but wished to further update this as several practices have contacted us to inform us that they have felt under pressure by…
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24 September 2023
Please find attached a copy of the the GPAD Presentation held in September 2023 and the current version of GPAD FAQs. Midlands Primary Care Transformation Team NHS England – Midlands Region…
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14 September 2023
The TPP Safeguarding Webinar recording and slides are now available on our FutureNHS workspace – GP Online Services (Accelerating Patient Access). Please feel free to share these links with your…
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31 August 2023
Requirements for Registered Managers Current requirements and guidance are can be found on the CQC's website. The application form covers the following areas: Introduction Criminal record checks References The application form…
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31 August 2023
In the past when we requested a community nurse to administer medication to a patient, the community nurse would request that we document this request on an Authority to Administer…
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