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Accepting donations from patients
Access to Health Records
Ambulance Delays - GMPI Advice on Transportation of Patients (June 2023)
Child Protection - Protecting Children and Young People: Doctors' Responsibilities
Clinical Communications Protocol (CCP) - WHC(2018)014
CCP - Breach of Communications Standards template letter
Community Pharmacy: A Guide for GPs and practice staff
Complementary Therapists Referral
Confidentiality: good practice in handling patient information
Confirmation & Certification of Death
Continuing Professional Development - GMC Guidance
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority: gatering medical information
Data controllers' responsibilities
Dental Problems - patients presenting with dental problems BMA guidance
Deprivation of Liberty Standards (DoLS)
Drug Driving Quick Reference Guide
DWP Medical Reports Completion
Excessive Prescribing Focus Note
Feedback form for inappropriate Prescribing Requests
Fertility Clinic standard letter (May 2021)
Firearms Guidance - BMA
Fit Note - Getting the most out of the fit note (Oct 2022)
Gender Incongruence in Primary Care (BMA guidance)
General Medical Practice Indemnity (GMPI) Guidelines
GP Networks - BMA guidance on how to set up a GP Network
GP Networks - Guiding principles for GP Networks
Guide to LMCs and BMA GPC in Wales
Handing back a GMS Contract
HIW Practice Inspections: GPC Wales advice note
Housing Association letters
IM&T - focus on Welsh IM&T systems (GPC Wales, February 2014)
Indemnity 1: Focus on state-backed GP Indemnity for Wales (BMA guidance) - updated 28 May 2019
Indemnity 2: General Medical Practice Indemnity (GMPI) - FAQs
Insurance Reports: Subject Access Requests
Interface between NHS and private treatment for doctors in England, Wales and NI
IR35 Employment Status and IR35 classification
Jury Service GPC Guidance
Lease - GP Practice Lease Information
List Closure and Changes to Branch Surgery Access
Locum Agreements in General Practice
Managing workload to deliver safe patient care: BMA advice for GPs
Medical Examiner for South Wales Central & South East (ppt Jan 2021)
Medicines Use Reviews
Mental Capacity Act
Monitored Dosage Systems
Overseas Visitors and Access to Primary Care
Partnership Agreements - BMA Guidance
Pensions
Performers List Guidance
Phlebotomy Specification
Piercings - WHC(2018)008 Intimate Piercing Provisions within the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017
PIP Quick Guide for Health Professionals
Police Requests for Medical Notes from General Practice - June 2017
Police Requests for Medical Notes from General Practice - Proforma Letter for Practices - November 2017
Prescribing and Dispensing
Prescribing Communication Form template (C&V)
Prescribing Communication Form template (CTM)
Prescription Direction
Private practice
Private Treatment - Interface with NHS
Professional Fees: frequently asked questions
GP Retention Scheme
Retirement Procedures
Returning to work after retirement
Revalidation
Safeguarding Children and Adults at Risk in General Practice
Safe Specimen Handling
Salaried GPs - Model Contract
Salaried GP Handbook
Salaried GPs working under new models of care
Sessional GPs - How to set up and develop a sessional GP group
Sickness certification for schools etc
Sick leave and study leave for Trainee GPs
Suspended GPs
Taking on New Partners
Transgender Patients - prescribing Hormone Therapy (Sept 16)
Transgender Patients - GPC Wales Statement on prescribing for transgender patients
Travel Immunisations
Vaccinations and Immunisations Guidance
Veterans Healthcare
WCCG Supplementary Information - guidance on sending supplementary information through WCCG