GPC England has written the following guidance to help practices reduce extra workload generated by requests from private providers. With nearly 7.5 million people on NHS waiting lists in May…
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department it administers the State Pension and a…
Introduction In Domain 1: Knowledge skills and performance of the GMC Good Medical Practice - Doctors are required to “Record your work clearly, accurately and legibly”. One of the most…
The GP Patient Survey is an independent survey run by Ipsos on behalf of NHS England. The survey is sent out to over two million people across the UK. The…
GP2GP allows patients' electronic health records to be transferred directly, securely, and quickly between their old and new practices, when they change GPs. This improves patient care by making full…
From 26 June patients who test positive for covid and who are eligible for covid treatment (high risk patients) will no longer be contacted by NHSE automatically. Digitally identifiable, eligible…
The Health and Justice Partnership Coordinator is a new role within the Probation Service that has been implemented to enhance access to treatment pathways for individuals within the Criminal Justice…
The BMA’s GP Committee for England (GPCE) has published our Call to action (CTA) for general practice, created by GPs for GPs, which is their strategy for what General Practice…
Authorising Conversion to a Referral When we request advice and guidance from a specialist, the specialist may decide that the patient needs to be seen, and thus will want to…
The letter linked here outlines the upcoming change to the HPV vaccine programme from 1 September 2023. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) have advised that one dose…
Find a GP Tool Have you checked to see what patients see when they use the 'Find a GP' tool? It can inform patients if you are: Accepting new patients…
Practices The national data opt-out was introduced on 25 May 2018, enabling patients to opt out from the use of their data for research or planning purposes, in line with the…