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It was announced today that the BMA is launching legal action against NHS Property Services (NHSPS) over “unjustifiable” rises in service charges faced by GP practices. Practices leasing their buildings from NHSPS have seen their charges rise over the last…
Following calls from GPC England, LMCs, and PCNs, NHS England has today agreed to extend the purpose of the ARRS (Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme) funding for Social Prescribers. We are aware that nearly all organisations supplying a Social Prescriber Link…
The DWP has recently updated its Short guide to the benefit system for GPs and its guidance on factual medical reports
NHS England and NHS Improvement is launching a new online procurement tool which will include a list of pre-approved GP providers that local commissioners can invite to deliver their local GP service needs, including caretaker services. This approach, known as Pseudo…
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…
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…
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…
Why the right of access to patient data needn’t be a headache for GPs. Organisation: Information Commissioner’s Office Type: Blog Date: 7 March 2019 A patient’s right to access their own medical records from their GP is a long-established principle…
The BMA has today updated its guidance to GPs on responding to firearms applications. This is available at the following link: The changes relate to guidance on record flagging and conscientious objection to involvement and follow ongoing discussion between…
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