Safe working guidance:

This handbook has been created to help GP practices make decisions that will allow them tobest prioritise care. bma-gp-safe-working-guidance-handbook-england

Shared Care of Medicines Forerunner Scheme

Shared care of medicines (SCOM) is a nationally recognised pathway to enable seamless prescribing and monitoring of higher risk medicines and allowing patients to receive care closer to home in an integrated and convenient manner. Greater Manchester GP Incentive Scheme

Quality and Outcomes Framework guidance for 2025/26

Clinical and public health indicatorsi. Clinical and public health indicators are organised by disease or interventioncategories. These indicators have been selected as they represent care where:• The responsibility for ongoing management rests principally with the...

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...

National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme

The NNHIP is a "large-scale change programme" from NHSE (NHS England) that is proposed will "accelerate the roll-out of neighbourhood health services" across communities. Applications must come from a collaborative of different provider organisations from general...

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...

The firearms licensing process

We set out the BMA position on firearms licensing and what to do when someone applies for a firearms licence, including responding to the police and conscientious objection.

Consent

Principles of consent for immunisation It is a legal and ethical principle that valid consent must be obtained before startingpersonal care, treatment or investigations. This reflects the rights of individuals to decidewhat happens to their own bodies and consent is a...

Cannabis-based medicinal products

Cannabis-based medicinal products: what CQC expects from providers 3 July 2024 What CQC expects from providers Registration with CQC What we look at when we register and inspect Remote online prescribing of cannabis-based medicinal products Cannabidiol (CBD) ‘oil’...

Advice and Guidance

Advice and Guidance Enhanced Service The Advice and Guidance (A&G) process allows GPs to seek specialist input before making a formalreferral when asking about the management of a patient’s condition. Changes to the GP contract from April 2025 offers this enhanced...

Privacy Overview

Privacy Overview

Introduction

This privacy overview explains how our website, [Your Website Name], collects, uses, and protects your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring the security of your information.

What is the GDPR?

The GDPR is a European data protection law that gives individuals more control over their personal data. It applies to all organizations that process the personal data of EU residents, regardless of where the organization is located.

Data We Collect

We only collect data that is necessary for the purposes for which it is collected. The types of data we may collect include:

  • Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, and postal address when you fill out a form or sign up for a newsletter.
  • Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website. We collect this data through cookies and similar technologies.
  • Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services.

How We Use Your Data

We use your data for the following purposes:

  • To provide you with the services you have requested, such as a newsletter or a product purchase.
  • To improve our website and services.
  • To communicate with you about your account or our services.
  • To comply with legal obligations.
  • With your consent, to send you marketing communications.

Legal Basis for Processing

We will only process your personal data where we have a lawful basis to do so, which may include:

  • Consent: You have given us clear consent to process your personal data for a specific purpose.
  • Contract: The processing is necessary for a contract we have with you.
  • Legal Obligation: The processing is necessary for us to comply with the law.
  • Legitimate Interests: The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, provided your fundamental rights are not overridden.

Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to be Informed: The right to be informed about how we collect and use your data.
  • Right of Access: The right to request a copy of the data we hold about you.
  • Right to Rectification: The right to correct any inaccurate or incomplete data we hold about you.
  • Right to Erasure ('Right to be Forgotten'): The right to request the deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: The right to restrict the processing of your data in certain situations.
  • Right to Data Portability: The right to obtain and reuse your personal data for your own purposes across different services.
  • Right to Object: The right to object to the processing of your data in certain circumstances.
  • Rights related to automated decision-making and profiling: The right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing.