13 July 2023
Introduction In Domain 1: Knowledge skills and performance of the GMC Good Medical Practice - Doctors are required to “Record your work clearly, accurately and legibly”. One of the most…
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11 July 2023
GP2GP allows patients' electronic health records to be transferred directly, securely, and quickly between their old and new practices, when they change GPs. This improves patient care by making full…
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3 July 2023
The Health and Justice Partnership Coordinator is a new role within the Probation Service that has been implemented to enhance access to treatment pathways for individuals within the Criminal Justice…
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22 June 2023
Authorising Conversion to a Referral When we request advice and guidance from a specialist, the specialist may decide that the patient needs to be seen, and thus will want to…
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21 June 2023
Find a GP Tool Have you checked to see what patients see when they use the 'Find a GP' tool? It can inform patients if you are: Accepting new patients…
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19 June 2023
Practices The national data opt-out was introduced on 25 May 2018, enabling patients to opt out from the use of their data for research or planning purposes, in line with the…
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19 June 2023
The LMC often gets asked if a Non-clinician can be a Safeguarding Lead of Deputy. Where possible, the Lead should be a GP wherever possible (but does not have to…
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14 June 2023
GPs frequently see patients who are aged under 18 years of age without the parents being present. If the GP decides to treat these patients without parental knowledge or consent…
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13 June 2023
The document (CNSGP) outlines the scope of the CNSGP. If you are a Practice Nurse who is employed by a General Practice you will be covered under CNSGP for any…
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13 June 2023
We recently met with the ICB Cancer team who raised that acceptance of some referrals on to 2WW cancer pathways have been delayed due to an absence of some details…
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8 June 2023
LeDeR is a service improvement programme for people with a learning disability and autistic people. LeDeR works to: improve care for people with a learning disability and autistic people reduce…
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24 May 2023
Lincs LMC attended the UK conference in London. Two days of rich debate about many of the large issues that affect general practice across the UK. Motions are debated and…
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