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Endorsing correctly for Serious Shortage Protocols

6 August 2021

Endorsing correctly for Serious Shortage Protocols Dispensing practices are being encouraged make sure they are correctly using the new endorsement Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) to avoid invalid claims. In February…

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Onward Referral from Emergency Departments

8 July 2021

Emergency Departments do not have the ability to safely make or follow-up onward referrals.It has been agreed though that patients seen in ULHT EDs who require urgent assessment, but do…

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Enhanced shared parental leave system for salaried GPs

30 June 2021

As you may be aware, in 2015 the Government brought in regulations to allow parents, who meet certain eligibility criteria, to share the mother’s maternity leave by converting it to…

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Visa Sponsorship

28 June 2021

NHSEI have developed some guidance for practices who may be planning to act as a sponsor for newly CCT’d GP trainees who have visa requirements see attached letter. A useful…

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LPFT – New Dementia Pathway

28 June 2021

A new dementia pathway has been developed by Primary Care in conjunction with the LMC, Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (LPFT) and other care providers. It is for over 65yr olds…

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GMC and NMC numbers in correspondence

23 June 2021

Practitioners should include their GMC or NMC number in all correspondence. GMC guidance states that it is good practice to have GMC number on all professional correspondence. Radiology requests must have…

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NHS 111 remote appointment booking

16 June 2021

Para 7.9B.1 of the GMS Contract states: The Contractor must ensure that as a minimum the following number of appointments during core hours for its registered patients are made available per…

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New PCSE GP pay and pensions portal

11 June 2021

This new online service to help administer practice payments and GP Pensions is now live. Statements: Practice statements are now accessed via PCSE Online, and will no longer be…

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Considerations for Single-handed GPs

13 May 2021

When we think of business continuity planning for our practice, we don’t often consider practice continuity after death, but this is a real consideration for single-handed GPs. It can be…

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Performance Matters- Patient Safety Alerts

13 May 2021

What you need to know: All practices must have a system in place to review, share, and act upon patient safety alerts MHRA and other organisations send practices patient…

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Handling Complaints

27 April 2021

NHSE has provided this webinar to support practices with Handling Complaints. The topics covered in this webinar are: GP Appraisal & Revalidation, Responding to Complaints and Professional Standards Process.

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Practice Call-Back Policy

22 April 2021

Healthwatch Lincolnshire have recently surveyed patients about their experiences when contacting GP surgeries. One of the issues raised by patients in this survey was the uncertainty about when a clinician…

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