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Professional Discipline: New GMC Legislation To Be Laid This Week

As readers will be aware, the rumbling news story within the area of professional discipline has been the regulation of Physician Associates (“PAs”) and Anaesthesia Associates (“AAs”) by the General Medical Council (“GMC”). As already covered on our website, the British Medical Association (“BMA”) has raised concerns regarding the similarity of title(s) with doctors, the …

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New COVID-19 Variants And Winter Jabs

Articles & Publications / By Jennifer Durbin

As winter approaches so does the cold and flu season. While we may no longer be getting the daily inundation of COVID-19 statistics, this does not mean that the virus has gone or that GP practices do not need to take it into consideration when planning for the upcoming winter period. The New COVID-19 Variant …

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Dealing with Patient Complaints

News / By Nicola Wheater

As all Doctors will be aware, receiving a letter from the General Medical Council (“GMC”) can be a daunting experience. However, receiving a letter from the GMC confirming that a complaint has been raised against you by a patient, and the GMC are now investigating that complaint, can be a frightening experience. Whilst some Doctors …

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How the NHS Staffing Crisis Could Affect Your Practice’s CQC Rating

Articles & Publications / By Oliver Brown

The Institute for Policy Research (“IPR”) recently published a report focusing on NHS workforce retention called ‘Should I stay or should I go? NHS staff retention in the post Covid-19 world’ (“The IPR Report”). The IPR Report highlights the extent of the NHS staffing crisis. It analysed responses from NHS staff between December 2020 to …

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GPs: Be Very Careful With CQC Allegations

Articles & Publications / By Paul Ridout

Ridouts have observed that the CQC have intensified the aggressive presentation of inspections and inspection reports over recent months. This is particularly noticeable in the CQC attitude to primary care and GP practice interactions. Unsurprisingly, but, most unfortunately many of those engaged in front line inspection lack any medical qualification or experience, and, when that …

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Is CQC’s Decision-Making Process Proportionate?

Articles & Publications / By Nythan Smith

The CQC makes judgements about the quality of the services it inspects by following its own processes. Some questions whether the regulator is justified in making such judgements. A recent case of note against the CQC, which is presently going through the courts, succeeded in part. It found that there was a case to answer …

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How The CQC Will Score Practices Under Its New Regulatory Approach

Articles & Publications / By Ridouts Solicitors

The CQC is changing its approach to how it regulates GP practices. My colleague, Gemma Nicholas, recently wrote an article outlining the CQC’s new strategy and regulatory approach and what this might mean for practices. The CQC has released further detail on how it intends to assess providers within its new regulatory model; including its …

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How staffing levels can affect your CQC inspection rating

Articles & Publications / By Oliver Brown

A recent poll by GP Online found that four in five GP partners said that their practice had been unable to recruit a locum doctor when they needed one within the past six months. Locum GPs have become increasingly important in recent years given the current workforce crisis and the survey also found that nearly …

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