Category: Performance
Important professional advice on performance for sessional GPs. Includes advice on enhanced DBS checks and certificates for GP locums – how to apply and how long they last.
GP locums and ‘Fit to Participate’ forms
Requests for fitness to participate statements can put GP locums in a difficult situation and you may feel pressured to complete forms and sign declarations. However, it is important that you only make statements and sign forms that are honest and truthful, and you should always act in the best interests of your patients’ health.
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Sessional GPs’ role in parental disagreements
In some cases involving children, a sessional GP will be faced with a scenario involving requests for a child’s medical records from separated parents. Dr Heidi Mounsey, Medicolegal Consultant at Medical Protection, sets out some underlying principles that are usually applicable to most cases.
