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Template letter: requests to provide a statement for an application for state support
GPs frequently receive requests to write letters that will not be considered by the receiving party and are not resourced as NHS activity.
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Giving notice to stop provision of unfunded services
This template letter sets out that a practice, or group of practices, are giving notice to end provision of certain non-contractual services.
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Weight loss prescribing information requests from private providers
Direct patient access to NHS records makes it possible for private providers to do their own reviews of possible contraindications with medicine they are prescribing.
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Collective action: asking for a referral to be accepted
This draft text helps to push back against referrals returned under advice and guidance or rejected as out of area.
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Collective action: template text for use on referral letters
There is no requirement for them to fill out time consuming and widely varying trust referral proformas, this template supports GPs in pushing back against this.
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Template letter: response for delayed clinic letters
For use when a practice has not received details of an outpatient appointment or a discharge summary within the required time frames.
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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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Template letter for referral rejection due to lack of proforma
This letter covers referrals rejected by hospitals where the GP has provided all necessary information, but has not filled out the trust's proforma.
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Template letter: trust request for non-contractual task(s)
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.