11 May 2023
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) refers to procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. FGM has been illegal in the United Kingdom since 1985,…
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11 May 2023
The BMA has developed a tool to help with the increasing workload and to support practices with implementing a triage system if they wish to do so. The toolkit aims…
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4 May 2023
Nurse practitioners and AHPs can become qualified and registered to organise x-ray and ultrasound investigations. To be able to request these investigations there are several steps which the GP practice…
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16 April 2023
If email is going to your Junk folder by mistake, you can mark it as Not junk or add the sender to your Safe Senders list. This article explains about…
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6 April 2023
The LMC has been asked if the Practice needs to provide contents insurance for IT assest provided by GP IT? Pages 69 of the The Securing Excellence in Primary Care…
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23 March 2023
Where a patient has been vaccinated overseas in accordance with the UK National Vaccination Schedule – i.e. the schedule of the overseas country conforms to the UK schedule – practices…
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20 February 2023
Register with a GP surgery’ service now on the NHS website GP practices offering online registration via the new Register with a GP surgery service are now searchable using the…
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20 February 2023
Guidance on improving your practice website New guidance on creating highly usable and accessible GP websites for patients is available to help you improve your practice website. his will help…
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10 November 2022
We often get asked ‘Can visitors from overseas receive NHS treatment?’ The following article details ‘How to access NHS services in England if you are visiting from abroad’ This information…
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7 November 2022
The following CQC GP mythbuster has recently been released GP mythbuster 108: Involving and engaging with the patient population and local communities A summary of the mythbuster is below, the…
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2 November 2022
An FMED 133 is a Medical History on Release from HM Forces and contains a summary of the individual’s service medical history, including details of disabilities, immunisations, clinical conditions and…
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12 October 2022
All GP practices in England must ensure their staff receive training in learning disability and autism, including how to interact appropriately with people with a learning disability and autistic people.…
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