Guidance and resources

This template letter sets out that a practice, or group of practices, are giving notice to end provision of certain non-contractual services.

Learn how to safely manage workload for the benefit of patients, yourself and your practice team, while working within the requirements of your contract.

Your quick reference guide to useful resources to help manage your workload and avoid unsafe situations for both practitioners and patients.

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.

Since December 2021 a new national firearms licensing process has replaced the process locally agreed between LMCs and the Metropolitan Police in London.

This resource forms part of our safe working pack. Confidentiality is central to medical care. Patients have a right to expect that the information they provide during a consultation is retained confidentially and not shared with other parties. However, there are situations in which confidentiality can be breached with legitimate justification. The GMC provides detailed […]

Government agencies and representative bodies are providing advice on coronavirus via some regularly updated webpages. We suggest you bookmark these pages and check them frequently. All links are best viewed in Chrome. We have withdrawn and archived our Living Guide and Vaccine Guide documents, including the accompanying microsite. We feel our resources are now better directed to supporting London […]

CQC guidance on registration: Flu and Covid-19 vaccination arrangements was updated on 3 September 2021. The guidance states that providers may deliver flu, and potential coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccinations, in a different way to their usual winter vaccination delivery model. There is an expectation that providers will structure their vaccination service to meet high demand and […]

Guy’s and St Thomas’ Armed Forces Veterans Network have produced these top tips for GPs. Download here  

Use our poster in your waiting rooms to remind patients of the importance of wearing a mask whilst in a healthcare setting. Download our posters

Note: we have more up-to-date patient engagement resources on this page. Londonwide LMCs’ Patient Engagement Project aims to demonstrate and promote patient engagement as integral to high quality, sustainable general practice, supporting London GP practice teams in working collaboratively with their patients to help meet the current challenges facing general practice in the capital. The […]