FPM members can access a comprehensive selection of policies, templates and toolkits on our flagship FPM Core software.

From 30th September 2026, providers will be required to show their compliance with the new information standard for the reasonable adjustment digital flag. FPM has just published a new policy to help providers do this on our market-leading compliance software FPM Core. 

General practice in England has entered one of its most turbulent periods in over a decade. Recently, two major developments have reshaped the national conversation.

When the Physician Associate (PA) crisis erupted across the NHS in late 2024, public debate quickly turned towards GP surgeries. Critics suggested that practices had acted unfairly, dismissed PAs without due process, or panicked in response to professional pressure. But as more evidence emerges — including legal action, union statements, and the government commissioned Leng Review (July 2025) — a clearer picture is forming.

Primary care experts Thornfields have put together brand new course bundles, specifically built around the premise of neighbourhood health, to support you and your organisation as you align yourself with these new priorities. Read on to discover more!

The responses are in, and it’s time to announce the results of the 2025/6 Practice Manager Salary Survey. Our thanks go to the respondents who completed our survey and without whose help we would not be able to provide this insight into salary and how practice managers are feeling.

The Covid 19 Inquiry released its latest report April 16th, 2026, examining how the UK developed and delivered vaccines and treatments during the pandemic. 

In December 2025, NHS England published "Improving chaperoning practice in the NHS: key principles and guidance". While chaperoning has long been part of primary care, this updated guidance represents a step change in expectations around competence, governance and staff support.

In this monthly report, FPM looks in detail at what the CQC have publicly reported from their GP practice inspections during April 2026, all anonymised. We highlight some of the behaviours that won practices Outstanding ratings, and the reasons some practices were scored Requires Improvement, or Inadequate. Do you recognise any of the observations the CQC picked up, either good or bad?

A new assessment programme from the CQC started in March 2026 and will target so-called "lower risk practice" who are good or outstanding and were last inspected between 2017 and 2022. FPM explains how this works.