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Practices have until 5pm today (4th November) to pause the activation of accelerated access to patient records.

Our series of lunchtime workshops each run from 12:30 to 1:15pm, with half an hour of instruction and explanation and 15 minutes for questions.

Practices should bear in mind that the 1 November 2022 target for automatic access is not a contractual requirement, despite the large volume of communications received presenting it as a hard deadline.

Steve Barclay inherits all the same challenges his predecessor did some seven weeks’ ago.

Read our October 2022 updates on patient access to records, PCN DES opt-out window and BMA safe working in general practice.

Concerns remain regarding the leadership and financial management of the General Practitioners Defence Fund (GPDF). Rather than planning activity, we need to focus on and address what are widely believed to be strategic leadership and governance issues, and to ensure that the Fund’s financial management is robust and re-aligned with its core purpose. The benefit […]

It is increasingly important to GPs and that their teams that clear and consistent upper limits of patient contacts to enable them to practise safely both for patients, and for practitioners. The recently updated BMA’s “Safe Working in General Practice” clearly outlines that 25 contacts is the safe limit. Working beyond safe limits, whether to […]

London Ambulance Service (LAS) have asked us to help them to revise their strategic plan. In advance of a meeting in late November, we need your thoughts on what is working well between LAS and general practice (green), what is ok but could be improved (orange) and what needs revisiting/ stopping/ updating (red). We would […]

Government developments On 14 October, Prime Minister Liz Truss sacked Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and replaced him with former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.   In subsequent media and parliamentary statements, Mr Hunt stated that ‘all tax measures announced in the growth plan three weeks ago that have not started parliamentary legislation’ will be reversed. This does not […]