Guidance

Latest Guidance

• FYI Nottingham City Practices: PCN Deputy Clinical Director Role Application Info

  Are you interested in becoming a Deputy Clinical Director for your PCN in order to provide support to your Clinical Director?

  Applications for this post will open on 7th May 2019 and it will be funded for one year.

  Read more here.

• FYI NW/NNE and Rushcliffe Practices: View the Clinical Director Application Pack

  Please see below the documents included in the application pack relating to the PCN Clinical Director role for Nottingham West, Nottingham North and East and Rushcliffe practices.

  Please note the closing date for the expressions of interest is Friday 19 April 2019, returning them to Fiona Callaghan, South Nottinghamshire Locality Director f.callaghan@nhs.net

  • Letter to Practices re PCN Development – Apr 19
  • Letter to Practices re PCN Development – Appendix 1 and 2
  • Letter to Practices re PCN Development – Appendix 3
• NLMC GP Contract meeting presentations available to view

  Thank you to all who attended our GP Contact Open Meeting, we had an excellent turnout and it was really good to see so many of you engaged with the information that was being shared.

  Click here to view more updates about the meeting and access the presentation slides.

• NOTTINGHAM CITY: PCN Clinical Director Application Pack

  Are you interested in becoming the named accountable clinical director for your PCN?
  The role is an exciting opportunity for Nottingham City Clinicians’ to be at the forefront of supporting the development of networks to provide more joined-up care for patients and to reduce pressures on the primary care workforce.

  View the application pack here.

• Watch the NLMC Primary Care Networks Video Series!

  We have created a series of short videos which explain and highlight what Primary Care Networks (PCNs) are and what they mean for you and your practice.

  You can watch the videos here.

• Nottinghamshire LMC guide to writing presentations for an inspection - Updated March 2019

  Here you will find hints and tips on what to include in your 30 minute CQC presentation.

  View NLMC CQC presentation tips here

• Primary Care Networks Handbook

  The BMA have created this useful handbook to give advice and options to groups of practices looking to establish and develop a primary care network.

  View the full handbook here.

• NOTTINGHAM CITY: PCN Clinical Director job description

  Are you interested in becoming the named accountable clinical director for your PCN?

  The role is an exciting opportunity for Nottingham City Clinicians’ to be at the forefront of supporting the development of networks to provide more joined-up care for patients and to reduce pressures on the primary care workforce.

  View the draft job description here.

• Indemnity Changes (Uploaded on 01/03/19)

  GPC England have secured a state-backed indemnity scheme to cover clinical negligence for all GPs and staff working in NHS GP providers, both in and out of hours, for NHS work, from April 2019. Run by NHS Resolution, this will come at no direct cost to practices or GPs, and will mean no longer pay spiralling subscriptions.

• Changes to QOF (Uploaded on 01/03/19)

  GPC England have agreed to retire 175 points (from 28 indicators) following extensive analysis of all indicators which identified them as ‘low-value’. 101 of those points will be recycled in more appropriate indicators (15 new indicators) with the remain 74 points creating a new Quality Improvement domain.

• Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice (Uploaded on 01/03/19)

  From 1st April 2019, NHS Resolution will be operating a new state-backed indemnity scheme for general practice in England called the Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice (CNSGP).

• Records and Information Group (RIG) Best Practice Guide (Uploaded on 01/03/19)

  Please find attached a doc which provides a framework of principles to support the sharing of information across Nottinghamshire health and care providers to support direct patient care.

• Weekly Guidance for GPs and Practices (Uploaded on 22/02/2019)

  Read this week’s latest guidance for GPs and Practices.

  (Uploaded on 22/02/2019)

• NLMC Checkpoint 2019 doc for Practices

  Nottinghamshire LMC Chief Exec, Michael Wright has put together a ‘Checkpoint 2019’ document which focuses on the General Practice landscape across Nottinghamshire within the context of the NHS Long Term Plan and the GP partnership review.

  The document is available to view and download here: NLMC Checkpoint 2019

• UPDATE: Firearms information for practices (Oct 2018)

  This guidance is designed to advise doctors on how to respond to the initial general request from police firearms licensing officers.

• Clinical pharmacists and indemnity

  Latest guidance on indemnity which the pharmacist and the GP partnership, as a provider, would need to consider.

• NHS discounts
• Social media
• GP access
• Raising concerns

  NHS England has produced guidance on raising concerns for primary care providers following the report of the Freedom to Speak Up review chaired by Sir Robert Francis QC.

• Medical notes requests from police

  The BMA professional fees committee has received new legal advice regarding medical note requests received from the police.

• IR35 and Locums

  In April 2017 some substantial changes are to be made to the IR35 tax legislation.

• Premises

  GPs have traditionally been responsible for the provision of their practice premises but in recent years a number of other models have been used more often.

• GMS Contract

  This page summarises the key GMS contract changes from 2003 to 2014, starting with the first three-year GMS contract which was introduced in 2003/04.

• Medical Records

  The BMA’s latest guidance on the issue of medical records, published in July 2016, relates to fees for access and copying.

• Scams

  GP practices and their patients in the Nottinghamshire area have been targeted by several scams in recent years.
  This page has been set up to highlight the scams and details on them so you can avoid them.

• DBS Checks

  The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) carries out criminal record checks for specific positions, professions, employment, offices, works and licences included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

• Directed Enhanced Services (DESs)

  Directed enhanced services (DESs) are special services or activities provided by GP practices that have been negotiated nationally. Practices can choose whether or not to provide these services.

• Coroner summons reimbursement

  GPs in Nottinghamshire who are summoned as witnesses by the Coroner’s Office are entitled to reimbursement for both travel and the costs of GP locum cover and additional administration time.

• Revalidation

  Revalidation started on 3 December 2012 and the GMC expect to revalidate the majority of licensed doctors in the UK for the first time by March 2016.

• Seniority

  Seniority payments, which were paid to a contractor in respect of an individual GP provider, are now being phased out and will end on 31 March, 2020.

• Out of Area Registration

  The Patient Choice Scheme will allow GP practices to register new patients who live outside the practice area, without any obligation to provide home visits or out of hours services when the patient is unable to attend their registered practice.

• Fit for Work Scheme

  With their consent, GPs in the roll out areas can refer employed patients who have been, or are likely to be, off sick from work for four weeks or more for an occupational health assessment.

• Brieflets

  The LMC has produced a number of guidance documents called brieflets which provide an easy-to-read overview of an issue.