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Keeping your Care Quality Commission (CQC) registration up to date
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.
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GP Professional Support Network
Our single point of online access to match GPs with the most appropriate form of professional support you need for a range of challenges.
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Reverting from a PMS agreement to a GMS contract
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.
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Opting for NHS body or non-NHS body status as a GP practice
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.
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Template letter to patients regarding accessing new entries made in their GP record
This template letter is designed to explain to patients the potential risks from records access around coercion, health anxieties and data protection.
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Informing patients about your practice recording incoming and outgoing calls
All practices should have an appropriately worded phone system message to inform patients that incoming and outgoing calls are routinely recorded.
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What can happen if your practice is found to be in breach of your GMS/PMS Contract
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.
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Video: 75 years – General practice and the NHS
On the 75th anniversary of the creation of NHS general practice, we celebrate its achievements and progress.
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NHS England investigations
NHS England (London) investigate performers list concerns, this guidance explains that process. Londonwide LMCs can support GPs subject to such investigations.