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Helping us to help you
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.
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Professional protection from a medical defence organisation (MDO)
MDOs provide cover for regulatory, legal and performance management issues not covered by the Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice (CNSGP).
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Video: Registering patients in general practice
This resource explains practices' responsibilities to refugee, homeless and other undocumented patients, and how we can help where there are challenges.
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Amending medical records – appropriate circumstances and how it should be done
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 […]
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Video: How do treatment delays impact patients and general practice?
The pandemic’s impact on patients and workforce in general practice has been far less visible than that on hospitals.
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Application for a firearm and/or shotgun certificate, or registration as a firearms dealer (RFD)
Since December 2021 a new national firearms licensing process has replaced the process locally agreed between LMCs and the Metropolitan Police in London.
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Police requests for information from medical records
This resource forms part of our GP Survival Guide. 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 […]
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London General Practice – A Year in Review
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CQC guidance on registering for flu and Covid-19 vaccination programmes
CQC guidance on registration: Flu and Covid-19 vaccination arrangements was updated in January 2024. 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 the […]