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GP mythbusters: recently updated

Page last updated: 16 May 2025

This page lists issues in order of when they were last updated. We only list them here when we have made significant changes, for example where we are updating the factual content of our guidance. This does not include minor changes, such as editorial corrections.

GP mythbuster 12: Accessing medical records and carrying out clinical searches (updated April 2025) 

GP mythbuster 82: Physician associates in general practice (updated December 2024)

GP mythbuster 41: Smartcards (updated November 2024)

GP mythbuster 91: Patient safety alerts (updated November 2024)

GP mythbuster 29: Looking after homeless patients in general practice (updated September 2024)

GP mythbuster 77: Access to GP services (updated September 2024)

GP mythbuster 61: Patient registration (updated September 2024)

GP mythbuster 25: Safeguarding adults at risk (updated August 2024)

GP mythbuster 92: Anticoagulant monitoring in primary care (updated August 2024)

GP mythbuster 1: Resuscitation in GP surgeries (updated August 2024)

GP mythbuster 105: Do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) (updated August 2024) 

GP mythbuster 36: Registration and treatment of asylum seekers, refugees and other migrants (updated July 2024)

GP mythbuster 26: General practice nurses (updated June 2024)

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