Guidance and resources

This guidance relates to requests made by a family member, friend, partner etc for a copy of a deceased patient's medical record or part of it.

This letter covers referrals rejected by hospitals where the GP has provided all necessary information, but has not filled out the trust's proforma.

This letter explains that due to extreme workload pressures and demand, practices have no capacity for non-contractual tasks which sit outside of the ‘core’ GP contract.

What you need to know about the role, function and practical implications of medical examiners, including updates from the first year of the system being live.

In general practice, 'part-time' working often means full-time hours.

Amending medical records must be done carefully, with consideration for how a patient and/or regulator may view a GP's decision to do so.

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.