GPC has previously confirmed that the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2021 are not applicable to General Practice.  Practices are again beginning to receive mixed messages on this so the LMC asked GPC if the position remained the same.

GPC has shared the CQC Mythbuster: Infection prevention and control in General Practice, which confirms the GPC view.  Please see CQC link below:

GP mythbuster 99: Infection prevention and control in General Practice – Care Quality Commission (cqc.org.uk)