14 October 2024
Background It is a GMS Contractual requirement for all practices to submit an Annual Return and Review to the commissioner (ICB). The eDEC using NHS England’s Strategic Data Collection Service…
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10 October 2024
The BMA’s “Patients First” campaign focuses on addressing the critical underfunding and workforce challenges in GP practices across England. It calls for urgent investment by 2025/26 to prevent worsening patient…
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7 October 2024
CQC has set out how it will drive the improvements needed to re-build trust in our regulation. This involves making immediate changes to support their response to the recommendations in…
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7 October 2024
The following CQC Mythbuster has been updated to include details of The Circuit, a scheme to identify the location of the nearest registered defibrillator and speed up the response to…
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18 September 2024
A quick-to-implement, free support programme for GP practices in England that will enable you and your practice team to easily identify, understand and support veterans and, where appropriate, refer them…
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9 September 2024
GPC England are gathering data on any actions that practices across England are taking, and from 16 September, surveys will be sent monthly. They will share the survey with LMCs…
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9 September 2024
Following the overwhelming YES vote in our ballot over the summer, practices are starting to take action as part of our ‘Protect your Patients and Protect your Practice‘ campaign. GPC…
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6 September 2024
You can now update your Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) for 2024-25 (version 7). You should complete your DSPT self-assessment annually to ensure it reflects your current data and…
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29 August 2024
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is committed to rebuilding trust and enhancing its regulatory processes. In a recent update, Kate Terroni, Interim Chief Executive, outlined the strides CQC is making…
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28 August 2024
ICBs will be sending out Contract Variation Notices for signature, if they have not already done so. We have had quite a few GPs and PMs asking if the LMC…
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27 August 2024
Introduction This guidance has been developed to assist GP surgeries in navigating the growing trend of patients requesting to record consultations. With patients increasingly using smartphones and other devices to…
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13 August 2024
We often get asked how disease register prevalence and list size affects the value of QOF. This article explains how QOF is calculated using your practice prevalence data from NHS…
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