The enforced use of advice and guidance (A&G) for specialist referrals
This page provides background to A&G and covers how to navigate contractual and regulatory obligations in the best interest of patients.
This page provides background to A&G and covers how to navigate contractual and regulatory obligations in the best interest of patients.
Shared care guidelines are frequently used in the NHS to transfer work and the care of patients from secondary/tertiary care to primary care.
The GMC's Good Medical Practice guidance was updated on 30 January 2024, replacing the previous version on this date.
Our single point of online access to match GPs with the most appropriate form of professional support you need for a range of challenges.
Practices who have signed up to GPAS need to complete a few simple steps once a week to contribute vital data for showing the pressures on general practice.
PMS practices may wish to consider reverting to GMS, following changes in the mid-2010s to level down overall PMS contract funding to be equivalent to GMS.
This guidance looks at what current case law means for practices deciding whether to enter a contract as an NHS body or a non-NHS one.
This template letter is designed to explain to patients the potential risks from records access around coercion, health anxieties and data protection.
All practices should have an appropriately worded phone system message to inform patients that incoming and outgoing calls are routinely recorded.
Practices served remedial or breach notices will need to take steps to remedy the issues outlined, with sanctions up to Contract termination if they do not.
On the 75th anniversary of the creation of NHS general practice, we celebrate its achievements and progress.
Dr Elliot Singer explains the recent Contract changes around patient access and how to minimise the disruption these cause to normal provision of appointments.