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GPCE’s vision for general practice – ‘Patients First’ Campaign

10 October 2024

The BMA’s “Patients First” campaign focuses on addressing the critical underfunding and workforce challenges in GP practices across England. It calls for urgent investment by 2025/26 to prevent worsening patient…

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CQC update on Re-building a trusted approach to regulation

7 October 2024

CQC has set out how it will drive the improvements needed to re-build trust in our regulation. This involves making immediate changes to support their response to the recommendations in…

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CQC Mythbuster Updates

7 October 2024

The following CQC Mythbuster has been updated to include details of The Circuit, a scheme to identify the location of the nearest registered defibrillator and speed up the response to…

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RCGP Veteran Friendly Accreditation

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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Launch of BMA GP Safe Working Guidance Handbook

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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Data Security Protection Toolkit (DSPT) self-assessment by 30 June 2025

6 September 2024

Your Practice needs to complete and publish its Data Security Protection Toolkit (DSPT) self-assessment by 30 June 2025. The DSPT online self-assessment tool allows Practice to measure their performance against…

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CQC Interim Chief Executive Updates on Progress

29 August 2024

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is committed to rebuilding trust and enhancing its regulatory processes. In a recent update, Kate Terroni, Interim Chief Executive, outlined the strides CQC is making…

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Guidance for GP Surgeries on Patients Recordings Consultations

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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QOF Point Value and Prevalence

13 August 2024

We often get asked how disease register prevalence and list size affects the value of QOF. This article explains how QOF is calculated using your practice prevalence data from NHS…

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National Medical Examiner’s guidance for England and Wales

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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Response to the interim findings of the Dash review into CQC’s operational effectiveness

27 July 2024

A message from Kate Terroni, Interim Chief Executive This morning the Cabinet Office and Department of Health and Social Care published the interim findings of their review into CQC’s effectiveness.…

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Pensions campaign for GPs in England – now live

27 July 2024

The BMA’s campaign to encourage GPs in England to make sure their pension records are accurate and up to date has just launched, please see webpage here – https://www.bma.org.uk/GPpensionissue Primary…

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