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4 March 2025

Lincolnshire Interface Collaborative aims to enhance understanding, strengthen relationships, and, from a GP perspective, prevent the inappropriate transfer of workload from secondary to primary care. This collaborative includes: Lincolnshire ICB…

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Directory of Service (DOS) guidance

21 February 2025

This guidance shows you how to change you DOS status when at safe working capacity or when you have a service interruption so 111 and other system partners do not…

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PCSE’s Guidance on Residential institutes (Nursing Home) flags

18 February 2025

Patients who reside in Nursing Homes, or other Residential Institutions, attract an uplift in Global Sum payments for a GP Practice. For this uplift to be made successfully, an RI…

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Why a Current GP Partnership Agreement Matters

17 February 2025

In today’s fast-evolving healthcare landscape, General Practitioner (GP) partnerships operate in an environment full of regulatory, financial, and operational challenges. A robust and current partnership agreement is not just a…

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Updates to medical certificates of cause of death guidance (MCCDs)

14 February 2025

DHSC has updated their guidance for medical practitioners completing medical certificates of cause of death (MCCD) with regards to implantable medical devices and medical practitioner qualifications. Medical practitioners are asked to…

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Registering as a CQC Registered Manager – Key Information

13 February 2025

If you manage regulated activities at a GP surgery, you must register as a manager. This ensures compliance with regulatory standards and helps maintain high-quality patient care. Who Needs to…

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Clinical communication, consent and how to not get sued

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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NHSBSA Hints and Tips Bulletin-February 2025

4 February 2025

Hints and Tips is a quarterly bulletin designed to help our dispensing contractors with their interaction with NHS Prescription Services. Get Hints and Tips straight to your inbox and keep…

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Use of GP ARRS funding for 2024/25

3 February 2025

On the 17 January, Dr Amanda Doyle, National Director for Primary Care and Community Services in NHS England, issued a reminder on the availability of this funding, encouraging all PCNs…

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BMA Guidance on physician associates

16 January 2025

In response to member queries regarding the future management of physician associates (PAs) within their practices, please note the additional guidance below: GP practices are entitled to follow BMA Guidance…

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CQC Mythbuster Updates – December 2024

19 December 2024

The following CQC Mythbusters have been updated GP mythbuster 82: Physician associates in general practice – This mythbuster has been updated to reflect recently published external guidance. GP mythbuster 41:…

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Verification of Death guidance flowchart

18 December 2024

Verification of Death (VOD) is the establishment of the fact of death (deciding whether someone has died). VOD has nothing to do with the certification of death (issuing of the…

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