Protect your patients, protect your GP practice

You have probably noticed that something is wrong. Look at the difficulty you have in getting an appointment at your local surgery. When you do get through, it may not be an appointment with a GP at all. Have you lost your regular family doctor? You are not alone.

Please visit GPs Are On your Side at BMA to find out more.

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GP Collective Action Resources

Prescribing Workload Transfer

Here is a template letter to be used specifically for inappropriate prescribing requests to general practice:

Here is an example text message to explain that you are declining a prescribing request:

We have also produced some LMC guidance on the principles for Shared Care Prescribing:

All other Workload Transfer

Here is a template letter to decline other types of workload transfer, such as fit notes and chasing secondary care investigations:

Here is an example text template to explain you are declining workload transfer:

Data Sharing Guidance

The LMC and One Care have collaborated to produce the following guidance for practices:

Single Generic Referral Form

The LMC has developed a RAG rating for all referrals which lists all the referral forms in use within BNSSG. This document outlines specific criteria which may be required for referral and offers an LMC steer on when to use a specific referral form, according to the risks of the required criteria being omitted. This list may change over time following feedback from practices and providers, so it is important to reference the updated document hosted on the website.

The current RAG rating document can be found here:

We are also sharing the following letter with all providers: