Private Practice Rules for GPs Working Under an NHS Contract in England

The LMC has published a new advice sheet which summarises the rules governing private practice for GPs under an NHS contract.

It includes:

What practices cannot do
What practices can charge for
Private patients
Restrictions introduced in 2019
Position of individual GPs and practice structures: salaried GPs; sole practitioners or partnerships; limited companies
Using NHS premises for private work
Using NHS IT systems for private work
Private referrals
Private prescribing