British Medical Association (BMA) Guidance

The BMA has produced a suite of information for GP partners, practice managers and doctors to use to ensure their practice is compliant and delivering the best patient care. Topics covered include:

BMA support services for GP practices

Communication with patients

Complaints in primary care

Employment advice

Funding and contracts

GP partners

GP premises

GP service provision

Locum GPs

Managing workload

Managing your practice list

Prescribing

Primary care networks

Primary care support services

The Care Quality Commission (CQC)

Vaccinations

Other BMA guidance the LMC office regularly receives queries about includes:

Access to Health Records (BMA Jun21)

Access to Medical Reports (BMA Jun21)

Adult Safeguarding Toolkit (BMA Sept20)

Children and Young People Ethics Toolkit (BMA May23)

Confidentiality and Health Records Toolkit (BMA Jul21)

Consent in paternity testing (BMA Sep20)

COVID Therapeutics (BMA Jun23)

Employment Status (BMA Law Dec21)  

Ethics of Social Media (BMA Sept22)

Focus on PMS Reviews and Transition to GMS (BMA Apr16)

Future Proof Your Partnership (BMA Law Jul23)

Global Sum Allocation Formula (BMA Sep20)

GPs as Data Controller under GDPR (BMA Jun21)

GP trainee annual leave, sick leave and study leave (BMA Feb23)

GMS contract and PMS agreement differences (BMA Sept20)

Mental Capacity Act Toolkit (BMA Apr23)

Needle Stick Injuries and Blood Borne Viruses: Testing adults who lack capacity (BMA Apr23) 

Primary and Secondary Care Working Together (BMA Oct22)

Private practice and GP contracts (BMA Sept20)

Refugee and Asylum Seeker Patient Health Toolkit (BMA Apr22) 

Requests for Medical Information from Insurers (BMA Jun21)

Responding to a Patient Request for Assisted Suicide (BMA Aug21)

Sessional and Locum GP Contract Guidance (BMA June23)

Sharing Electronic Patient Records for Direct Patient Care (BMA Feb22)

Transparency for Doctors with Competing Interests (BMA Sept20)

Other Guidance

The following guidance may also be of interest to practices:

Community Pharmacy: Information for GPs (CPE Mar22)

Confidentiality: Good Practice in Handling Patient Information (GMC May18)

Continuing Professional Development (GMC Jun22)

Decision Making and Consent (GMC Nov20)

Good Medical Practice (GMC Apr19)

Good Practice in Prescribing and Managing Medicines and Devices (GMC Apr21)

How CQC Inspects and Regulates NHS GP Practices (April 23)

Important Information for Health Care Professionals who Request Emergency Ambulances (YAS Jul23)

Key Principles for General Practice (CCG/LMC/PCS Jun17)

Leadership and Management for all doctors (GMC Mar22)

Managing Children and Young People’s Identified Health Needs (SCC2012)

Mis-selling Loans & Interest Rate Swaps (GPDF Jul23)

National Early Warning Score (NEWS) (NHSE Jul23)

Onward Referral – A Working Group Report (Academy of Medical Royal Colleges May18)

Protecting Children and Young People (GMC May18)

Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice (GMC legal annex updated Nov20)

Raising and acting on concerns about patient safety (GMC Mar12)

Reporting Criminal and Regulatory Proceedings (GMC Jul 23)

Responsibility for Prescribing between Primary & Secondary/Tertiary Care (NHS England Mar18)

Supporting Doctors who Undertake a Low Volume of NHS General Practice Clinical work (NHSE Mar19)

Treatment and Care towards the End of Life: Good Practice in Decision Making (GMC Mar22)

Visual & Audio Recordings (May11)

When a Patient Seeks Advice or Information about Assistance to Die (GMC Jul23)

Witness Summons and Court Orders (GPDF Jul23)