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…
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…
The Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Central Alerting System (CAS) is the national system for issuing patient safety alerts, important public health messages and other safety-critical information to all providers, including GP practices. From 1 October 2019, MHRA…
Practices will soon be invited to share their patient databases with Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD). Practices can expect CPRD to be contacting them in the future and it is up to practices to decide whether they wish to participate.…
Please see information below relating to two webinars for practice staff in connection with prescribing safety and end of life care: In April 2019, a new quality improvement domain was added to QOF as part of the contract negotiations in…
NHS England and GPC England have agreed on a non-mandatory, high-level data sharing template for use by PCNs. To make things simpler for practices, the BMA has also produced a version of the agreed template which expands on a number…
After further discussions on some of the finer definitions of the scope of CNSGP, it has been agreed with DHSC and NHS Resolution that the compiling of safeguarding reports for NHS patients will now be included within scope. It was…
Please find attached an Alert Process Map to be used in response to lost/stolen/fraudulent/forged prescriptions; including CD prescriptions. Also attached is a Key Contacts List which includes contact details for Controlled Drugs Liaison Officers and Local Counter Fraud Specialists for…
NHS England has published a Data Sharing and Data Processing template for PCNs, jointly agreed with GPC England, which are available on the NHS England GP contract page (in the ‘Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service’ section). Whilst the use of these…