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New DES Directions 2006/7
(13/07/06)
New SFE sections (7A, 7B, 7C and 7D) 2006/7
(13/07/06)
Commissioning framework
(13/07/06)
Mental Capacity Act
(13/07/06)
Fire safety law - Introductory guidance and checklist (13/07/06)
(From October
2006 you will no longer need a fire certificate, but it will be your responsibility to ensure the safety of everyone who uses your premises and in the immediate vicinity.)
Important changes to the Childhood Immunisation Programme - 12th July 2006
(13/07/06)
Medical evidence for exam boards - JCQ
(13/07/06)
(Self certification form and further information - page 113 - 116 of 121)
NB - medical certification is required only where a candidate is absent from an exam and the exam centre cannot verify the circumstances and only when the absence affects a terminal unit for assessment.
Safer Management of Controlled Drugs (CDs): Changes to record keeping requirements
- DOH Interim Guidance June 2006
(12/07/06)
Safer Management of Controlled Drugs (CDs): Private CD prescriptions and other changes to the
prescribing and dispensing of controlled drugs (CDs) - DOH Final Guidance June 2006 (12/07/06)
VAT - Health professionals
(26/06/06)
Primary care commissioning & contracting (26/06/06)
Primary Care Contracting - brief notes
DH procurement policy
Tenders Direct
Directive 2004/18/EC
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts
Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 5 The Public Contracts
Regulations 2006
Schedule 3 part B (residual service ) Public Contracts Regulations 2006
(This schedule covers Health and Social Services - and establishes that the Public
Contracts Regulations must be followed above a threshold for the lifetime of the contract of £144,371 - 211,000 euros.)
LMC Conference Report 2006 (26/06/06)
PIAG - Your Health Records (26/06/06)
(This Act applies to a contract for the supply of goods or services where the purchaser and the supplier are each acting in the course of a
business, other than an excepted contract. Definition: "business" includes a profession and the activities of any government department or local or public authority.)
Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (26/06/06)
Electronic scrip transmission - Dispensing Doctor - January 2006
(26/06/06)
Witness protection
(20/06/06)
Primary and Social Care Premises; Planning and Design Guidance
(15/06/06)
Misuse of drugs
Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2006
Explanatory memorandum
(13/06/06)
Chief Executive's report to the NHS: June 2006 (08/06/06)
NHS Consent Forms
(08/06/06)
Patient health questionnaire - Nine Symptom Depression Checklist
(08/06/06)
Wessex LMC Bulletin - Spring 2006
(07/06/06)
PBC commissioning plan and Agreement with the PCT
(07/06/06)
Flu Pandemic; Infection Control for General Medical Practices
(07/06/06)
Race Relations Act - Code of Practice (18/05/06)
GMS2 Read codes
(11/05/06)
Service Continuity Planning Framework - RCGP & GPC
(10/05/06)
Dispensing Doctors and VAT Registration (10/05/06)
Drug Tariff (09/05/06)
Choice at Referral – Guidance Framework for 2006/7
(04/05/06)
Primary Care Contracting - possible contractual options (04/05/06)
General Medical Services (GMS)
Personal Medical Services (PMS)
Primary Care Trust Medical Services (PCTMS)
Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS)
Specialist Provider Medical Services (SPMS)
Related information
PBC made simple - Wessex LMCS guidance (04/05/06)
Best read in conjunction with
PBC Consortium Working - GPC guidance
PBC Division of freed up resources - GPC guidance
Controlled drugs - important changes to regulations
(04/05/06)
Creating Connections for Care - A practical guide to NHS Connecting for Health for primary care teams (04/05/06)
Regulation of primary care (27/04/06)
Division of freed up resources under PBC - GPC guidance
(26/04/06)
Connecting for Health on IT in primary care - GPC guidance
(26/04/06)
Alternative Provider Medical Services - GPC guidance (26/04/06)
Data Accreditation Standards Guidance (26/04/06)
BMA/RCGP business continuity plan
(24/04/06)
BMA/RCGP documents on flu pandemic preparations (24/04/06)
Practice based commissioning and budget setting - Statement 5th April 2006
(24/04/06)
Focus on SFE changes 2006-2007 (England) (24/04/06)
GPC guidance for PMS practices and APMS GPs
(20/04/06)
Local Pharmacy Committee - Medicines Use Review
(20/04/06)
GPC guidance on flu pandemic preparations (20/04/06)
(including a Service Continuity Plan and relevant guidance on creating an individualised one for your practice.)
IT Support Services Guidance (19/04/06)
Collaborative Arrangements 2006/7
(19/04/06)
(with our thanks to John Canning, Secretary Cleveland Local Medical Committee)
PBC Consortium working - GPC guidance (19/04/06)
Referrals to Complimentary Therapists (05/04/06)
Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) (05/04/06)
Standards for Better Health
(03/04/06)
Review Body report 2006
(03/04/06)
DDRB letter from BMA to GPs
BMA Press release
Summary of key recommendations
Sterilisation of reusable clinical instruments and equipment
(30/03/06)
HCSU health care standards unit - guidance on sterilisation standards
MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency) - MDA/2003/019 Reusable stainless steel vaginal specula
HCSU (Healthcare standards unit) - Sterilisation, Disinfection and Cleaning of Medical Equipment
HCSU (Healthcare standards unit) - Good practice in infection prevention and control - Guidance for nursing staff
Council Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices
The Medical Devices Regulations - SI 2002/618
(Came into force 13th June 2002)
Safer management of controlled drugs;
(27/03/06)
Guidance on strengthened governance
Private CD prescriptions & other changes to the prescribing and dispensing of controlled drugs
Commissioning e-Book; a resource to improve commissioning of community services
(27/03/06)
The National Health Service (Performers Lists) Regulations 2004
(23/03/06)
Proposal for GP systems of choice (GPSoC) (23/03/06)
Proposal for GP systems of choice (GPSoC)
Briefing for the NHS
Letter from Gordon Hextall
Implementation Co-ordination Group - shared learning (20/03/06)
All Guidance on GPC Website (20/03/06)
Datasets and Business rules for Q&O Framework (20/03/06)
Making a Difference: Safe and Secure Data Sharing Between Health
and Adult Social Care Staff
(15/03/06)
Focus on Choice & Booking DES (15/03/06)
Focus on revisions to the GMS contract 2006/07 (15/03/06)
Controlled drugs
(13/03/06)
GPC guidance; The Financial implications of increasing list size
(02/03/06)
Making practice based commissioning a reality - technical guidance
(01/03/06)
BMA guidance on medical partnerships under the NHS
(01/03/06)
GPC focus on guidance; Towards practice based commissioning DES
(01/03/06)
Hampshire Children and Young People’s Plan; Draft for consultation (ends 31 March 2006.)
(21/02/06)
GPC guidance on Quality and Outcomes Framework 2006
(NB Appendix 2 highlights all the changes to existing indicators)
Focus on Quality and Outcomes Framework 2006
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
(20/02/06)
Revisions to the GMS contract for 2006-07 (20/02/06)
Latest news on Connecting for Health
Connecting for Health in Hampshire and Isle of Wight (15/02/06)
GPC Background briefing on GPs, sicknotes and incapacity benefit
(15/02/06)
Referral management - GPC FAQs on referral management
(15/02/06)
Antiviral letter to GP’s
(10/02/06)
Consulting in the modern world (March 2001) - Specific
considerations for the use of e-mail communications in healthcare
(login to BMA website required)
(10/02/06)
Department of Health - Practice based commissioning: early wins and top tips
(09/02/06)
GPC guidance on partnership agreements
(09/02/06)
White Paper - our health, our care, our say - a new direction for community services (07/02/06)
The NHS in England: the operating framework for 2006/7
(07/02/06)
Practice based commissioning guidance
(06/02/06)
NHSPA - Superannuation forms for completion by GPs (05/01/06)
Patients presenting with dental problems: GP responsibilities - GPC
guidance
(04/01/06)
Review of the General Medical Services (GMS) contract -
Letter from Hamish Meldrum, Chairman of the General Practitioners
Committee
Summary of the package of proposals (04/01/06)
GPC Focus on Agenda for Change
(12/12/05)
Vaccine Incident guidance SE London May 2005
(07/12/05)
Primary Care Contracting - Practice Based Commissioning Bulletins
(07/12/05)
National Association of Primary Care - Practice Based
Commissioning - Practice Support
(07/12/05)
NSPCC launches child protection training for GP surgeries
(06/12/05)
Guidance for medical practitioners summoned for jury service;
November 2005
(06/12/05)
GP/Practice Managers Conference of 30 Nov 05 - slide presentations
(01/12/05)
Summary of The Children Act 2004
(29/11/05)
Every Child Matters/Children Act 2004 implementation - National
Children's Bureau
(29/11/05)
Every Child Matters - Change for Children (29/11/05)
Overseas visitors entitlement to NHS treatment
(28/11/05)
Shortage of seasonal flu vaccine - letter to GPs from Dr David Salisbury,Head of Immunisation,Department of Health
(22/11/05)
Controlled drugs - Changes to legislation - New GPC guidance
(16/11/05)
Dangerous Drugs; The Misuse of Drugs and the Misuse of Drugs (Supply to Addicts) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 - SI 2005 No. 2864
(16/11/05)
BMA Ethics Department guidance on child protection and confidentiality
(08/11/05)
Health Bill (08/11/05)
DWP Q&As on certification
(03/11/05)
GP registrar e-bulletin, November 2005 - NEW twice quarterly e-bulletin for registrars from the GPC (03/11/05)
Establishing accuracy in QOF data; a PCT assessors guide
(03/11/05)
Framework for risk management - mental health trusts
(31/10/05)
NSF for Mental Health
(31/10/05)
Pandemic flu (17/10/05)
Delivering a choice of four providers: A practical implementation
guide for PCTs; October 2005 (13/10/05)
Your Health, Your Care, Your Say - public consultation
(21/09/05)
Primary Medical Services (Directed enhanced services) (England) Directions 2005 (21/09/05)
Clinical Development of the NHS Care Records Service
(19/09/05)
Transforming ambulance services (19/09/05)
British Computer Society - The Clinical Development of the NHS Care
Records Service (19/09/05)
Adoption and Children Act 2002 (12/09/05)
Patients get booking 'guarantee' on NHS GP appointments; Lord
Warner
(12/09/05)
Taking Healthcare to the Patient (07/09/05)
QOF results
(01/09/05)
GPC guidance note on the annual certificate of pensionable earnings
(31/08/05)
Hampshire Local Pharmacy Committee website - new Pharmacy Contract
(30/08/05)
GPC Guidance on Primary Care Development Scheme
(30/08/05)
Primary Care Development Scheme (30/08/05)
Hepatitis B immunisation for employees at risk
(24/08/05)
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (24/08/05)
Information Commission - The Employment Practices Code
(24/08/05)
GPC guidance; Treating patients in Private Hospitals
(10/08/05)
Records Management: NHS Code of practice
(10/08/05)
HR in the NHS - Plurality of provision (09/08/05)
Reforming the Coroner and Death Certification Service - A Position
Paper from the Home Office (09/08/05)
Guidance on the Role and Effective Use of Chaperones in Primary
and Community Care settings
(08/08/05)
Review of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (04/08/05)
Submission received by NICE from third parties for inclusion in the
NICE and NHS QIS response to the review of the Quality and Outcomes Framework
(04/08/05)
GPC guidance for GPs accountants (prepared on behalf of the BMA’s Pensions
Department and General Practitioners Committee by Kingston Smith Chartered Accountants in response to common queries received from GPs and their accountants on
the new arrangements for assessing GP pensionable earnings. It is intended primarily for GPs’ accountants for them then to discuss the arrangements with their GP clients.)
(01/08/05)
Focus on assessment of GPs’ pensionable earnings
(01/08/05)
Your health, your care, your say
(Consultation which will shape the
White Paper on improving community health and care services - press release)
(01/08/05)
Payment adjustments arising from errors in the Global Sum calculations 2004/ 2005 and
Problems with Global Sum payments (01/08/05)
Focus on Community Hospital GPs (28/07/05)
Commissioning a Patient Led NHS
(28/07/05)
Collaborative fees from April 2005 (27/07/05)
GPC guidance on Phlebotomy as an enhanced service
(27/07/05)
The Report of the Fundamental Review of Death Certification and
Coroner Services – published 4 June 2003 (27/07/05)
GPC guidance on Medical performers list for GPs applying as individuals
(26/07/05)
Practice based commissioning (PBC) Pre-Agreement Template
(07/07/05)
NHS confederation - APMS Guidance
(04/07/05)
LMC conference - Wessex LMC report (27/06/05)
LMC conference - GPC report (23/06/05)
Kings Fund - Case managing long term conditions
(13/06/05)
Improving local representation of salaried and freelance GPs
(07/06/05)
Supporting people with long term conditions (07/06/05)
NHS Care Record Guaranteee
(06/06/05)
The Care Record Guarantee leaflet
(06/06/05)
PULSE Patient Survey
(02/06/05)
Superannnuation - Pensions Agency information
TN15 - 2004
TN3 - 2005
(01/06/05)
QOF amendments 2005-2006 (01/06/05)
Choosing Health - Executive summary
(01/06/05)
GPC Freedom of Information Act - FAQs (Updated) (01/06/05)
Creating a Patient-led NHS - Delivering the NHS Improvement Plan
(17/05/05)
Choosing health through pharmacy
(17/05/05)
GPC Guidance; Overseas Visitors – who do you treat?
(09/05/05)
Mental Capacity Act
(28/04/05)
Primary medical performers list FAQs (28/04/05)
Personal Medical Services Agreements (Payments for specific
purposes) Directions 2005
(26/04/05)
Motions for the LMC Conference 2005
Dorset LMC
North East Hants LMC
South East Hants LMC
West Hants LMC
Wiltshire LMC
(21/04/05)
Briefing Note on administration of NHS Pensions (21/04/05)
(We are very grateful to Di Tyas, PCT Liaison Officer, Kent LMC for permission to
publish this document.)
GPC Removal of patients from GP lists
(18/04/05)
GPC Medical performers list for GPs applying as individuals
(18/04/05)
Consultation paper on the postgraduate medical education and
training board draft fee rules
(18/04/05)
New Pharmacy Regulations (14/04/05)
NHS Pension Scheme membership for GP Locum Medical Practitioners
(11/04/05)
GPC Manifesto
(07/04/05)
GPC guidance on collaborative arrangements
(06/04/05)
Statement on PMS uplift for 2005/06
(04/04/05)
National Health Service Act 1977 The Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information: General Medical Services, Personal Medical Services
and Alternative Provider Medical Services Directions 2005
(04/04/05)
Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information: General Medical
Services (GMS), Personal Medical Services (PMS), and Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) Code of Practice 24 March 2005
(04/04/05)
GMS Statement of financial entitlements 2005-6 (04/04/05)
Statement of Financial Entitlements 2005 onwards - Summary of changes
(04/04/05)
General medical services (statement of financial entitlements)
amendment directions 2005
(04/04/05)
Personal medical services agreements (payments for specific
purposes) directions 2005
(04/04/05)
Standard General Medical Services; Contract Variation Notice - April 2005
(04/04/05)
GPC Guidance on Pensions
(23/03/05)
Focus on assessment of pensonable earnings - March 2005
Note on non-GP partners pension contributions
Focus on the Dynamising factor
Responsibilities of Doctors in Child Protection Cases with regard to
Confidentiality
(21/03/05)
PCT Competency Framework
1 Workforce
2 Primary care contracting
(02/03/05)
First NHS Language and Translation Framework (01/03/05)
Practice Based Commissioning - Technical Guidance (01/03/05)
GPC Annual report 2005
(28/02/05)
(An Executive Summary will be sent to all GPs.)
Agreeing Enhanced Services Floors - Guidance for LMCs
(28/02/05)
Doctors' and dentists' review body thirty-fourth report 2005
(24/02/05)
Focus on Quality Achievement Payments
(17/02/05)
Complaints Involving Sessional GPs
(14/02/05)
with Thanks to: Dr Tara Watson, NASGP Council February 2005.
This document has been produced by the NASGP to assist practice managers and primary care organisations to incorporate sessional GPs fully and appropriately into their complaints procedures.
Confidentiality of information and security of the choose and book
service
(14/02/05)
The National Health Service Act 1977; The National Health Service
(General Medical Services - Premises Costs) (England) Directions 2004
(14/02/05)
Community Hospital GPs: Interim Guidance (14/02/05)
Co-proxamol withdrawal
(31/01/05)
Practice Based Commissioning - LMC View (27/01/05)
Referral Management Centres - LMC Advice
(27/01/05)
Self Care - A Real Choice; Self Care Support - A Practical Option
(24/01/05)
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