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DATE ADDED	TITLE OF DOCUMENT	DESCRIPTION
13/03/02	New Arrangements for Managing General Medical Practitioner Appointments	MPC Replacement Arrangements
February 2002	GP Occupational Health Scheme	DoH Document
February 2002	GP Appraisal	ScHARR report
February 2002	Shifting the Balance of Power: The Next Steps	Includes Interim Arrangements for LMCs
February 2002	Review of LMC Conference	Discussion document produced by the WMRLMC
November 2001 - February 2002	Shifting the Balance of Power 1. Shifting the Balance of Power 2. NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill [HTML}3. Explanatory notes to Bill 4. Regulatory Impact 5. WMRLMC Discussion document	Implementation of Shifting the Balance of Power (by the NHS reform and Health Care Professions Bill) will result in the abolition of Health Authorities and the NHS Executive, setting up of Strategic Health Authorities etc, and changes to LMCs.
01/11/01	General Medical Services Regulations	Consolidated version
October 2001	Raising Standards for Patients: New Partnerships in Out of Hours Care - Three Year Planning Guidance
July 2001	Shifting the Balance of Power in the NHS: Securing Delivery
28/06/01	The Provision of Occupational Health and Safety Services for General Medical Practitioners and Their Staff Letter and Guidance
11/5/01	Health and Social Care Act 2001	Abolition of MPC, Supplementary List, Probity Regulations etc
2001	NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill	Abolition of HAs etc
October 2000	The Carson Report (Raising Standards for Patients New Partnerships in Out-of-Hours Care)	GP Out of Hours Review
October 2000	Recognition of death in the community	The GPCWM document giving guidance on non-doctors recognising death.
01/10/00	Electronic Patient Medical Records in Primary Care	Changes to Terms of Service
01/08/00	Good Practice Guidelines for General Practice Electronic Patient Records
June 2000	The NHS Plan 1. The NHS Plan 2. Key Notes for GPs 3. GPC/RCGP Statement	The link to the NHS plan is to the DoH site, the 'Key Notes Document' has been produced by the WMRLMC.
June 2000	Terms of Service for Doctors	A downloadable version of the Terms of Service from the NHS (GMS) Regulations 1992.
January 2000	Good Medical Practice for General Practitioners	Consultation document .
January 2000	GP Responsibilities Under the Mental Health Act	WMRLMC guidance for Out of Hours Organisations.
January 2000	Poorly Performing GPs -Practice Based Screening Indicators	WMRLMC and NHS Executive Consultation paper.
HSC (1999) 246	Primary Care Groups - Taking the next steps	Regulations how to set up PCTs