Guidance and resources

Some simple steps to consider to get the most out of your practice’s online presence and reduce phone and in-person queries.

Practices are required to have their doors open during core hours or have a form of alternative access in place if they are not allowing patients into their premises.

We have developed three short animations, endorsed by a local Healthwatch group, to answer common questions from patients.

It is essential that practices keep their CQC registrations correct and up to date, it is a legal requirement to be properly registered with the CQC.

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.

GMS contract holders have the same access to judicial review of the adjudicator’s decisions, regardless of whether they hold them as NHS contracts or non-NHS contracts.

This template letter is designed to explain to patients the potential risks from records access around coercion, health anxieties and data protection.