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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
A number of queries and concerns have been expressed over the position of MPS and the fees it will charge to GPs for personal cover following the advent of the state-backed scheme for clinical negligence (CNSGP) coming into force next…