Guidance and resources

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.

It is common to be asked to complete medical reports or assessments for our patients, any GPs look after patients in care homes with dementia and may be familiar with DoLS assessments.

On International Nurses Day 2022, we celebrate the leadership of general practice nurses on our LMCs.

On Mental Health Awareness Week, we asked a London GP to talk about how their mental health is affected by the job.

The GP Support team is here to help and support you through challenging times. These are their expectations how collaboration will work to achieve the best possible outcome.

MDOs still provide cover for regulatory, legal and performance management issues not covered by the Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice (CNSGP).

Practices can often feel under pressure to take robust steps to verify patients' addresses and identities. We and organisations such as Doctors of the World UK can support practices with registering undocumented patients.

When records might need to be amended There are reasons why a patient’s medical record may need amending. There are reasons why a patient’s medical record may need amending. The information is wrong. The patient is requesting certain details in the record to be removed. There is a difference between the ‘facts’ and ‘opinions’. Retrospectively […]

The pandemic’s impact on patients and workforce in general practice has been far less visible than that on hospitals.

As part of the GP contract update (The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (legislation.gov.uk)) from October 2021, GPs became required to action requests from patients regarding Medical Exemption Certificates for Covid vaccination and testing. Read our guidance here.