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…
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A new national framework for ambulance responses to requests from health care professionals (HCPs) has recently been published. Urgent care leaders within the NHS have been working on this for 18 months, so we were concerned that the final draft…
Capita reported to NHS England that they had realised 160,000 patient medical records had been erroneously archived instead of sending to the subsequent GP practices (following further investigation, the number is closer to 148,000). These records will be sent to…
The GPC has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (below) with the Home Office and the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) on the licensing of firearms, which addresses and clarifies the long-held concerns of GPs around liability, making it clear that…