Inappropriate Cervical Screening Samples
All practices have received this important letter for the attention of all cervical screening sample takers direct for NHS England.  Please direct any queries to the NHS England enquiry line england.cane.screeningimms@nhs.net or call 011382 53017.

European Directory/TEMDI Scam, GPC Guidance
GPC recently updated this guidance on Med1web forms and The European Medical Directory.

Migrants Accessing NHS Services, GPC Briefing
This GPC briefing provides an update on the issue of charging for migrants.

Primary Care Infrastructure Fund, GPC Guidance
Further to this letter and accompanying expressions of interest and PID forms issued to practices by NHS England regarding the primary care infrastructure fund, practices may find this short GPC guidance note regarding the proposed funding helpful. This covers the information currently known about the funding and the assessment process for applications for funding in 2015/16. Deadline for applications is Monday 16 February. Discussions with NHS England with regards to future allocations of funding are continuing.

Conflicts of Interest and Co-commissioning, GPC Guidance
This GPC guidance on conflicts of interests related to co-commissioning is most relevant for GP practices covered by a CCG who have taken on board delegated commissioning arrangements. Whilst both CCGs in Tees have expressed an interest in joint commissioning with Area Teams, rather than full delegated commissioning, we still felt it may be of interest to practices and CCGs for future considerations.  The guidance is to designed help GP practices interpret NHS England’s statutory guidance, ‘Managing Conflicts of Interest: Statutory Guidance for CCGs’ (hereinafter referred to as the “Statutory Guidance”). The Statutory Guidance supplants NHS England’s guidance issued in 2013.

Sessional GP Newsletter
The third monthly e-newsletter for Sessional GPs focuses on co-commissioning and aims to encourage Sessional GPs to get involved in their LMC.