22 June 2023
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…
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21 June 2023
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…
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19 June 2023
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…
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19 June 2023
The LMC often gets asked if a Non-clinician can be a Safeguarding Lead of Deputy. Where possible, the Lead should be a GP wherever possible (but does not have to…
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14 June 2023
GPs frequently see patients who are aged under 18 years of age without the parents being present. If the GP decides to treat these patients without parental knowledge or consent…
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13 June 2023
The document (CNSGP) outlines the scope of the CNSGP. If you are a Practice Nurse who is employed by a General Practice you will be covered under CNSGP for any…
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13 June 2023
We recently met with the ICB Cancer team who raised that acceptance of some referrals on to 2WW cancer pathways have been delayed due to an absence of some details…
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8 June 2023
LeDeR is a service improvement programme for people with a learning disability and autistic people. LeDeR works to: improve care for people with a learning disability and autistic people reduce…
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24 May 2023
Lincs LMC attended the UK conference in London. Two days of rich debate about many of the large issues that affect general practice across the UK. Motions are debated and…
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11 May 2023
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) refers to procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. FGM has been illegal in the United Kingdom since 1985,…
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11 May 2023
The BMA has developed a tool to help with the increasing workload and to support practices with implementing a triage system if they wish to do so. The toolkit aims…
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23 March 2023
Many of you will be aware of the details of the new contract for 23/24 which is due to be imposed from April. The imposition is due to GPC being unable…
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