Signposting
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With each link we've added some details regarding it links to and what other links would be beneficial to look at.
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Urology Awareness Month 1st - 30th September 2023 Urology Awareness Month is an annual campaign to raise...
www.theurologyfoundation.org/get-involved/urology-awareness-month
GP Pay Transparency 23/23
GP Pay Transparency 30.04.2023 GP Pay Transparency 23/23 BMA Position BMA Pay Transparency Guidance DDLMC are...
www.bma.org.uk/pay-and-contracts/pay/gp-pay/declaring-gp-earnings-over-150-000
Campaign Posters for Primary Care
PHE have a range of published campaign posters for primary care, which can be printed and put in practices...
Practice Manager Development Coaching and Mentoring Support – Expression of Interest
As part of the GPFV Practice Manager development programme NHS England have commissioned Beyond Coaching (provider)...
GP Fellowships
HEE are funding a programme of post-CCT (Certificate of Completion of Training) GP fellowships in 2018-19, across...
NAPC Diploma in Advanced Primary Care Management
You can apply now for October diploma course to develop the skills for managing primary care at scale. Applications...
GDPR Guidance NHS Digital
digital.nhs.uk/information-governance-alliance/General-Data-Protection-Regulation-guidance
Application for Parental Leave Payment Under the Statement of Financial Entitlements
www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/2017-04/SFE%28PL%29_R1_20170201.pdf
Petition: Put General Practitioners on the Home Office’s ‘Shortage Occupation List’
GP Practices in rural areas struggle to recruit doctors, forcing many surgeries to close. There are many GPs from...
The state of general practice video
An excellent video created by Micheal Wong from The Ivy Grove Surgery in Derbyshire explaining very clearly why...
www.facebook.com/GreatBentleySurgery/videos/vb.556670714382333/1421775371205192/?type=2&theater
BMA response to new government plans to recruit more GPs from overseas and poor figures on GP workforce increases
BMA Press Release Immediate Release: Tuesday, 22 August Responding to the launch of a new drive by NHS England to...
NHS England Guidance Regarding Raising Concerns for Primary Care Providers
Information, including a link to the NHS England guidance on raising concerns for primary care providers, is...
BMA Guidance - Helping You Meet Your Training Obligations
The BMA's new guidance on training is now available online. This is mainly aimed at practices in England due to the...
www.bma.org.uk/advice/employment/gp-practices/gps-and-staff/practice-staff-training-resource
PCSE Claims Guidance 14 August 2017
The BMA is aware that practices and individual GPs continue to experience unacceptable incidents relating to PCSE...
BMA update - Primary and secondary care interface guidance
Please follow the link to access the guidance document which describes the key national requirements which...
Bringing a claim to the small claims court
You will all be aware of the failings of PCSE to deliver an acceptable level of support to GP practices and the...
www.bma.org.uk/advice/employment/gp-practices/small-claims-court
PCSE claims guidance
You will all be aware of the failings of PCSE to deliver an acceptable level of support to GP practices and the...
GPs consider court action as premises costs threaten practice viability
Dozens of GP practices based in premises owned by NHS Property Services (NHSPS) are considering legal options in...
Information on the BMA End of Life Project
The BMA works to support doctors, our members, with the practical and ethical challenges they face every day in...
www.bma.org.uk/collective-voice/policy-and-research/ethics/end-of-life-care
Information for Practitioner, Locum and Non-GP
This link is for information only for Practitioners, Locums, Out of Hours and Non-GP providers.
www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/member-hub/information-practitioner-locum-and-non-gp
Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration 45th Report: 2017
https//wwwgovuk/government/publications/reviewbodyondoctorsanddentistsremuneration45threport2017
GP contract 2017
GPC England has concluded negotiations with NHS Employers, and we have reached an agreement on changes to the GP...
https//wwwbmaorguk/collectivevoice/committees/generalpractitionerscommittee/gpccurrentissues/gpcontr
European doctors are vital to the NHS
Having triggered Article 50, Prime Minster Theresa May must now do everything in her power to control the impact of...
www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/news/your-say/letter-european-doctors-are-vital-to-the-nhs-1-8475632
If general practice fails, the whole NHS fails
www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2017/apr/08/general-practice-fails-nhs-fails?CMP=share_btn_tw
NHS Litigation Authority to become NHS Resolution
From April 2017 the NHS Litigation Authority is changing its name to NHS Resolution and launching a five year...
Winter indemnity scheme for GPs – 2016
Winter indemnity scheme for GPs - 2016 As part of a broader General Practice Forward View commitment to address the...
www.england.nhs.uk/gp/gpfv/investment/indemnity/winter-indemnity/
NHS England extends support for GPs on rising indemnity costs
NHS England is today announcing the promised help for GPs struggling to cope with the rising cost of indemnity...
Important changes to intermediaries legislation affecting GP locums and practices (IR35)
What is IR35? IR35 is an anti-tax avoidance measure introduced by the Government in April 2000. It is also known as...
General Practice Nursing, Workforce Development Plan
The Health Education England (HEE) general practice nursing workforce development plan 'Recognise, Rethink, Reform,'...
BMA: New guidance - Insurance company requests
Access to Medical Reports Act 1998 has replaced the use of Subject Access Requests for insurance purposes
GMC: Disclosing information for employment, insurance and similar purposes
Latest version of this guidance
GMC: Patients’ fitness to drive and reporting concerns to the DVLA or DVA
Latest version of this guidance
www.gmc-uk.org/Patients__fitness_to_drive_and_reporting_concerns_to_the_DVLA_or_DVA.pdf_69092316.pdf
Responding to criticism in the media
www.gmc-uk.org/Responding_to_criticism_in_the_media.pdf_69089850.pdf
BMA: GP contract negotiations
GPC England has concluded negotiations with NHS Employers, and we have reached an agreement on changes to the GP...
General and Personal Medical Services, England September 2015 - September 2016, Provisional Experimental Statisitics
Summary **Please note: The pdf publication document has been amended and re-published on 01/02/2017 due to...
Nuffieldtrust: Why extending GP hours won't help ED attendance rates
16 Jan 2017 After a week of grim news about NHS emergency services, weekend newspapers shifted the focus onto...
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/blog/why-extending-gp-hours-wont-solve-ae-crisis
BMA: We will not allow the Government to scapegoat GPs for its underfunding of the NHS
From your BMA GPs committee chair; I was shocked and dismayed by media reports of the prime minister's attacks on...
BMA: What’s new for sessional GPs
Indemnity, pensions and death in service Capita and the NHS pension fiasco Government must stop scapegoating...
RCGP: Don't blame GPs for NHS crisis - fund the health service properly, RCGP tells PM
The Royal College of GPs has responded to the Prime Minister's announcement on general practice, being reported in...
Pulse: More than a quarter of GPs work beyond safe hours every week
A survey of almost 1,200 GPs found that 27% were working more than 50 hours a week, with a further 13% working 45-50...
BMA: Doctors’ leader accuses prime minister of scapegoating NHS staff and risking patients’ lives due to underfunding of services
The leader of the UK's doctors has written to the prime minister, accusing her of 'playing down' the crisis in the...
Why extending GP hours won’t solve the A&E crisis
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/blog/why-extending-gp-hours-wont-solve-ae-crisis
BMA: Stop Blaming GPs
The NHS crisis has finally arrived. For over two years much of the British press has accused the BMA of shameless...
The NHS crisis requires cool heads not post-trut headlines
It's official. The NHS crisis has finally arrived. For over two years much of the British press has accused the BMA...
Zoe's Appraisal & Revalidation Tips
Appraisal - it's a fact of life for both doctors and nurses. One of the aims of our Hot topics courses is to try and...
www.nbmedical.com/the-hot-topics-blog/zoes-appraisal-revalidation-tips
GMC: Ten questions about caring for people with a learning disability
Every doctor, whatever their specialty, will encounter a patient with a learning disability at some point in their...
www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/29804.asp?dm_i=2SYE,CYH2,1D0QU2,1AF3W,1
BMA: Quality first
This resource is aimed at practices and individual GPs, as a single portal for the range of practical ways in which...
NHS England: Multispecialty community provider vanguards
There are 14 multispecialty community provider vanguards moving specialist care out of hospitals into the community.
www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/new-care-models/vanguards/care-models/community-sites/
Disclosure of Personal Information to the Police
This guidance is provided to assist health and care organisations to determine whether or not to share information...
www.igt.hscic.gov.uk/Resources/Disclosure%20of%20Personal%20Information%20to%20the%20Police.pdf
BMA: What and when to charge your patients fees
www.bma.org.uk/advice/employment/fees/fee-finder-what-to-charge-your-patients
BMA: Why GPs sometimes charge fees
Surely the doctor is being paid anyway? It is important to understand that many GPs are not employed by the...
BMA : Responds to launch of clinical pharmacy scheme for general practice
Responding to the launch by NHS England of a new clinical pharmacy scheme
NHS England : Clinical Pharmacists in General Practice
The General Practice Forward View committed to over £100m of investment to support an extra 1,500 clinical practices...
BMA : GP workforce 10 point plan
The 10 point plan aims to target the following problem areas within general practice.
BMA : Focus on draft MCP contract
Updated information from the BMA on the 'voluntary'/MCP contract.
www.bma.org.uk/advice/employment/contracts/gp-partner-contracts/mcp-contract-framework
BMA GPs committee chair : GP partners at risk of becoming an endangered species
The latest phase of results from the BMA national GP survey reveals an alarming picture of the state of GP...
GP Fellowships in the East Midlands
These exciting new posts are offered by Health Education England - East Midlands to all GPs qualifying within two...
GMC : No increase to your annual retention fee
All registration fees, including the annual retention fee, will remain at their current rates between April 2017 and...
www.gmc-uk.org/publications/30358.asp?dm_i=OUY%2C4M3TK%2C3F8DS1%2CH5UOU%2C1
BMA : Patients presenting with possible dental problems
This guidance informs GPs of their obligations to patients either requesting emergency dental treatment or asking...
List Management Guidance
Created: 25 November 2016 Last updated: 01 December 2016 This guidance is intended to help practices to ensure the...
Electronic Med 3 User Guide
Published 2014
www.inps.co.uk/sites/default/files/Electronic%20MED3%20User%20Guide.pdf
An overview of the death certification reforms
Department of Health Guidance Published 26 May 2016
General and Personal Medical Services, England 2005-2015, as at 30 September, Provisional Experimental statistics
Publication date: April 27, 2016 Summary A detailed view of the General Practice workforce including GPs by type...
GP Earnings and Expenses
Published 10 September 2015 Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC)
content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB18375/gp-earn-ex-1312-rep.pdf
Managing risk in social media e-learning
Social media is a powerful marketing tool for organisations but it is not without risk. These risks can have a major...
Unit cost of Health and Social Care 2015
View the full report
Report of the Chief Coroner
The chief coroner's annual report for 2016 has recently been published. The final report from the first chief...
BMA Guidance – Medical Practitioners summoned for jury service
Guidance for medical practitioners summoned for jury service.
www.lmc.org.uk/visageimages/guidance/2005/juryservicenov05.pdf
GPs miss out on ‘Critical’ correspondence for five years due to support service error
GPs have been missing out on correspondence dating back to 2011 due to errors made by NHS Shared Business Services...
Informed Consent – Guidance published by the Royal College of Surgeons
The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has published new guidance on patient consent. Consent: Supported...
BMA advice – Copies of records for police
Medical records access and copying fees
Whistleblowing – what it means for the NHS
Hill Dickinson invites you to join us for the next in a series of discussions and training sessions for NHS HR...
Dealing with non-compliant patients
A doctor's primary concern is to do their best for their patients; this includes giving advice and treatment, and...
Culture and leadership programme document
Diagnose your trust's current culture and target the right areas for your collective leadership strategy.
GPC LMC Discussion - Premises Cost Direction
Description of 'Business Rates'
Digital General Practice Bulletin
The Digital General Practice bulletin is NHS Digital's main form of communication with the general practitioner (GP)...
Pushing back on inappropriate workload - BMA templates
Giving you tools and templates to stop bureaucratic workload demands on GPs
GP Access Survey - Guidance and Letter
The letter and guide for completing the general practice access survey have now been published. They are both...
Guidance over the Christmas and New Year period
We are aware NHS England have recently circulated a letter to commissioners for practices about guidance for the...
www.facebook.com/derbyandderbyshireLMC/posts/767796680054053
Scandalous rise in Care Quality Commission fees will take funding away from patient care
GP leaders have warned that proposals to increase Care Quality Commission (CQC) fees in England by as much as...
The Information Governance Review
Published March 2013 Information to share or not to share
Bullying and harassment of doctors in the workplace
Published September 2020 Impact of bullying and harassment
Zika virus infection: guidance for primary care
Published: February 2016 There is currently an ongoing outbreak of Zika virus infections in South and Central...
www.gov.uk/government/publications/zika-virus-infection-guidance-for-primary-care
Responsive, Safe and Sustainable in General Practice
Created: 25 September 2015 Updated: 15 September 2016 A new vision for a 'sustainable, modern and flexible' general...
www.bma.org.uk/news/2015/september/responsive-safe-and-sustainable-general-practice
NHS England standard hospital contract guidance
Created: 07 September 2016 Updated: 4 October 2016
Manage inappropriate workload
Created: 31 March 2016 Updated: 31 October 2016 The GPC guidance Quality first: managing workload to deliver safe...
www.bma.org.uk/advice/employment/gp-practices/quality-first/manage-inappropriate-workload
Quality first: delivery safe patient care
Created: 12 January 2015 Updated: 22 September 2016
Medical Indemnity guidance for GPs
Created on: 28 April 2016 Updated on: 11 August 2016
www.bma.org.uk/advice/employment/gp-practices/gps-and-staff/medical-indemnity-for-gps
Focus on publication of GP net earnings
Created on: 09 March 2016 updated on: 11 August 2016
www.bma.org.uk/advice/employment/gp-practices/gps-and-staff/publication-of-gp-net-earnings
Devolution and health
Created: 19 October 2015 Updated: 26 August 2016 As part of the UK government's devolution agenda, English regions...
BMA Immigration Advice Service
If you are a BMA member, you are entitled to access our Immigration advice service which provides free, basic...
www.bma.org.uk/advice/employment/immigration/bma-immigration-advice-service
Supporting Information for Appraisal and Revalidation
General Medical Council Appraisal and Revalidation guidance and supporting documents.
www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/revalidation/revalidation_information.asp
Supporting information for appraisal and revalidation
Published March 2012
www.gmc-uk.org/RT___Supporting_information_for_appraisal_and_revalidation___DC5485.pdf_55024594.pdf
Choice and any qualified provider
Created on 22 March 2013 Updated on 30 June 2016
Focus on anticipatory prescribing for end of life care
Created on: 21 June 2016 Updated on: 20 September 2016 Many patients approaching the end of their lives express a...
The Primary Medical Services Directions and Updates
First Published: 9 April 2013 Last Updated: 26 May 2016
www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-primary-medical-services-directions-2013
The General Medical Services Statement of Financial Entitlements and Updates
First Published: 9 April 2013 Last updated: 26 May 2016 These directions set out the legal framework under which...
www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-primary-medical-services-directions-2013
The Alternative Provider Medical Services (Amendment) Directions 2015
First Published: 09 April 2013 Last Updated: 26 May 2016 These directions set out the legal framework under which...
www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-primary-medical-services-directions-2013
Agency Workers Regulation Guidance (Medical Staff)
Created: 10 May 2016 Updated: 21 October 2016
www.bma.org.uk/advice/employment/contracts/sessional-and-locum-gp-contracts
Advanced nurse practitioners: An RCN guide to advanced nursing practice, advanced nurse practitioners and programme accreditation
www.rcn.org.uk/library/subject-guides/advanced-nursing-practice
Making health and social care information accessible - Update July 2015
www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/access-info-upd-july-15.pdf
Accessible Information: Implementation Guidance
Publication 03 July 2015 Updated August 2017 The Accessible Information Standard directs and defines a specific,...
www.england.nhs.uk/publication/accessible-information-standard-implementation-guidance/
Improving Access, Responding to Patients - A "how-to" guide for GP Practices
Practice Management Network
Accessible Information Standard for GP Practices in England
Updated: September 2020 The Accessible Information Standard aims to ensure that disabled people have access to...
Access to Health Records
Updated: June 2021 Health professionals often receive requests from people who wish to view or obtain copies of...
www.bma.org.uk/advice/employment/ethics/confidentiality-and-health-records/access-to-health-records
Accepting Donations from Patients
Updated: September 2020 This is an area which is governed by both contractual and ethical perspectives. Both...
GMS contract and PMS agreement – how they compare
As the PMS review process continues, many practices will have their funding reduced over the next few years. The GPC...
FourteenFish blog
An excellent blog with regular updates and great illustrations.