Supporting and representing all local NHS General Practice within Surrey and Sussex LMCs

This advice and guidance relates to requests to change a child’s name on their medical record using a deed poll, it explains the difference between enrolled and unenrolled applications, and highlights best practice considerations.

A number of practices have raised queries with the LMC regarding this issue. The following information provides additional background together with further advice for all practices. The primary reason this issue has arisen is because the UKHSA (UK Health Security Agency) has rewritten and updated its guidance on the training required for healthcare staff involved […]

[Your Practice Letterhead] [Date]  Dear [Colleagues Name], Subject: Request for consideration of appointment timing This patient was referred to your service on [date] and is already known to you or awaiting assessment. They have contacted the practice to ask whether their appointment or review could be expedited, and have cited the following concerns: We have not identified […]

Shared care arrangements, prescribing responsibility, and how to handle requests