In February 2016 the LMC produced guidance for practices considering the options of applying to formally close their list or temporarily halting new patient registrations as a means of managing their workload to ensure they can continue to provide a safe, accessible and quality.....

Healthwatch Essex launched ‘Review a Service’ back in January and has been gradually adding health and social care services over the last five months to include hospitals, hospices, emergency care services, pharmacies, opticians, dentists, care homes and home care services across the county (excluding.....

There is currently a lack of clarity around the obligations and entitlements of General Practitioners who are asked to attend child protection case conferences or to prepare written safeguarding reports for use at them. GPC is aware that some CCGs, while noting the GP.....

The 2015/16 GMC contract published by NHS England contained an error relating to parental leave allowance when it was published in March 2015. It stated that parental leave entitlement was 20 weeks, when the entitlement was 26 weeks. This error was identified in December.....

Following calls from a number of LMCs across England, including N Essex, GPC has announced a Special Conference of LMCs to be held on the 30th January 2016. The theme is “To decide what actions are needed to ensure GPs can deliver a safe.....