The BMA’s England GP committee (GPCE) has generated a guide to enable practices to prioritise safe patient care, within the present bounds of the GMS contract.

The guide includes:

• Understanding expectations of the NHS England guidance
• Appointments
• Unsafe working contracts
• Waiting lists
• Patient Participation Groups (PPGs)
• Measurement of workload
• External un-resourced workload
• 'Core' general practice
• Practice list closure
• Workload prioritisation
• PCN DES (primary care network directed enhanced service)

Please read the full guide here.

"We cannot care for our patients if we do not care for ourselves and our colleagues."