Access to health records

Meeting the requirements of the UK General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act 2018 The UK GDPR should be read alongside the UK Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018). Detailed guidanceand resources on the legislation can be found on the Information...

NON Contracted Work in general practice

GP Workload: Core & non-core work The responsibility of secondary care services and should not be asked of general practice: Being asked to re-refer for endoscopy, echocardiogram etc Fit notes following operations/hospital stays Phlebotomy requested by secondary...

Locum Sessional & Salaried GPs Contracts and Guidance

Agency Workers Regulations and Locum GPs June 2012 This guidance will be useful for locums who are employed by locum agencies, as well as the practices who hire them.Practices should be aware that the Regulations also apply to any other staff that they hire through...

Key GP Contract documents 2025

These are the key headlines from the 25/26 GP contract changes: £969 million new investment uplift – comprises £889m additional core contract funding and £80m for use of e-RS advice and guidance between GPs and consultants. This investment is on top of the £433m added...