Guidance and resources

Your quick reference guide to useful resources to help manage your workload and avoid unsafe situations for both practitioners and patients.

This supports practices in developing risk mitigation measures, responding to incidents and taking the appropriate steps following an incident.

Dealing with a complainant can be challenging enough, but it can become even more so when the complainant becomes vexatious.

GP payments and queries (correct at 12 March 2021) Primary Care Support England (PCSE) has been working hard to make claiming payments a more streamlined service for general practice.  The existing PCSE Online service is being expanded ‘making it easier to submit, track and view payments’, and will also allow ‘easy multiple submissions for payment […]

Letter templates, guidance, case studies and other practical resources from the BMA's campaign to help you manage your daily work.

The GPC’s guidance on Patient Group Directions (PGD) and Patient Specific Directions (PSD) in general practice was last updated in 2015. There have been no changes to the legislation relating to PGDs during the Covid-19 pandemic. The CQC guidance is helpful too as it references PCNs. Click here to see the BMA’s current guidance.  

Updated text (November 2020): The BMA’s guidance of 10 November 2020 on the latest vaccination programme and fees is available by clicking here.   Previous text (June 2012): This revised General Practitioners Committee (GPC) ‘focus on vaccines and immunisations’ guidance has now been updated following the publication of the amendments to the Additional Services section of the NHS Regulations […]

This guidance covers how a removal in these circumstances can be undertaken safely, fairly and in accordance with the relevant regulations.

GPs are often requested to give hepatitis B immunisation for travel; for occupational health; and for medical reasons (eg IV drug use for renal disease). What vaccinations to use and what to charge for is confusing. The BMA has produced some helpful guidance which can be accessed by clicking here.

The BMA’s guidance covers SARs and principles to follow.

Download the LMC presentation on notifications here. Helpful documents and links Forms Statutory Notifications – guidance for registered providers and managers of NHS GP and other primary medical services Nigel’s surgery 21 – death notifications

This section will be updated on a regular basis when new guidance and other resources become available. You will find a wealth of information and links to further resources in these documents – we hope you find them useful. Who is the CQC? The Clinical Quality Commission (CQC) is an independent body that regulates health […]