GPC Chair's News: 21 August 2020

The update is here - including:

• NHS Property Service legal action (see here)

• Infection prevention and control guidance (UK)

• GMC fees and maternity leave

• BMA analysis of NHS England - phase three of the response to COVID-19  

• Tracker survey shows doctors have little confidence that wider NHS services can manage demand 

• Mask exemption letters for air travel

• New National Institute for Health Protection (England)

• Impact on practices of the government lifting the cap on medical school places

• Briefing on the ‘McCloud’ public consultation on the NHS Pension Scheme (Scotland) (see here)

• Registering patients prior to their release from secure residential estate (England)

• New restrictions on stimulant laxatives to counter risks from overuse

• Specialist and professional committee elections

• Mental health and wellbeing

• BMA COVID-19 guidance

• GP bulletin