GPC Chair's News: 22 May 2020

The update is here

• GPC England meeting update

• Primary Care Network Contract DES 2020/21 (England) (see here)

• BMA survey of the profession

• Immigration health surcharge for overseas healthcare workers 

• Care homes

• Remote consultations for learning disability health checks

• Home working and distribution of high-risk work 

• BMA Risk assessment guidance

• New coronavirus life assurance scheme

• Testing (UK)

• GP and practice COVID-19 toolkit

• Bank holiday Monday 25 May (England)

• Temporary residents and travelling patients (England)

• Domestic abuse during COVID-19: advice for NHS staff (England)

• BMA paper on principles for restarting non-COVID care 

• Welsh Government’s lockdown exit plan (Wales)

• Scottish route map to easing lockdown (Scotland)

• COVID-19 media

• Referrals (England)

• Restoration of cervical smear services

• Premises update – NHSPS and NHSE/I engagement (England)

• Serious shortage protocol for Fluoxetine 40mg capsules

• NHS Confederation webinar (England)

• NHS Digital national GP data extraction to support COVID-19 planning and research

• An opportunity to join a virtual ‘Doctors' Mess’ (see here)

• BMA COVID-19 webpage and guidance

• Wellbeing

• Other COVID 19 resources

• Diploma of Legal Medicine (see here / here)

• GP bulletin