17 April 2025
A New National Purpose: Harnessing Data for Health – 21st May 2024 Summary Former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Tony Blair founded TBI on the belief that…
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9 April 2025
There has been an increased focus on testosterone and its contribution to women’s health. General practice colleagues are sometimes asked to prescribe testosterone for women by patients themselves or from…
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9 April 2025
Our colleagues in ophthalmology wanted to highlight the best way to refer in URGENT (<24 hour) cases after a case that ideally would have been seen the same day was…
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5 February 2025
A highly interesting bitesize session using real cases as examples to focus on the following topics - Trust and Communication in a clinical context Consent and the relevant information to…
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8 November 2024
Accessing healthcare can be a challenge for vulnerable migrants in temporary accommodation. Language and communication barriers can also increase access issues. To address this, NHS England has developed translated GP…
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4 November 2024
Comment from GPC England regarding the Autumn Budget statement This week’s budget announcement has left GP partners hugely concerned about the significant rise in employment costs from April 2025 and…
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22 October 2024
The updated PCN DES bringing in the GP ARRS was released last week. GPs employed via the Scheme must be within 2 years of their CCT on 1/10/24 and PCNs…
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15 October 2024
Health and social care professionals working across Lincolnshire are reminded that they have access to a dedicated, clinically led single point of access (SPA) to escalate challenges with patients who…
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18 September 2024
A quick-to-implement, free support programme for GP practices in England that will enable you and your practice team to easily identify, understand and support veterans and, where appropriate, refer them…
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9 September 2024
Following the overwhelming YES vote in our ballot over the summer, practices are starting to take action as part of our ‘Protect your Patients and Protect your Practice‘ campaign. GPC…
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27 August 2024
Introduction This guidance has been developed to assist GP surgeries in navigating the growing trend of patients requesting to record consultations. With patients increasingly using smartphones and other devices to…
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12 August 2024
Following regulations laid in Parliament in April 2024, the Death Certification Reforms come into force on 9 September 2024 (see the end of this summary for details of the regulations).…
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