DHSC SUPPLY ISSUES – PROVERA & FLUOXETINE
Supply issue updates for Provera and Fluoxetine from the Department of Health and Social Care provided below.
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GPC Firearms consultation response
On 17 September the BMA and the RCGP submitted a joint response to the Home Office consultation on statutory guidance to police on firearms licensing. The BMA and the RCGP have worked collaboratively with the Home Office and other key…
Inability to log on to access the Total Reward Statement
GPC has been informed that where members have changed their name for work purposes, but have retained a former name for pension records, access to the Gov.UK Verify portal is restricted as it does not link the two names. Individuals…
Indemnifying flu vaccines for staff
Following the decision by the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS Resolution that CNSGP will not cover practices who vaccinate their own staff against flu, GPC has been in discussions with the Medical Defence Organisations on the matter.…
Medical Certificates for School Absence – Template Letter
GP IT Operating Framework
The GP IT operating model 2019-21 was published last week please see link for further information
HRT Communication & Supplies
GMS and PMS amendment regulations
Following the contract agreement in England earlier this year, the GMS and PMS amendment regulations have been laid before Parliament and have now been published on the gov.uk website. These amendment regulations will come into force from 1 October 2019.…
PCSE medical records incident
We have previously highlighted the PCSE incident whereby 148,000 patient medical records were erroneously archived instead of being sent to the subsequent GP practices. These records will have been sent to the practices that currently have the patients registered, and…
FAQs on Integrated Care Providers Contract
NHS England has released some explanatory FAQs on how the Integrated Care Providers (ICP) contract will operate and what will be the impact of the contract. We have repeatedly highlighted our serious concerns about the ICP contract and that we believe…