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- Use the registration and assessment guidance applicable to the service, including specific requirements for online primary care where relevant.
- CQC's Returning to Good and Outstanding programme covers selected lower-risk NHS GP practices; it is not a timetable or exemption for every practice.
- GP practices use the category 4 DSPT route under the current organisation classification.
Suggested evidence priorities
These are practical audit recommendations. They are not a claim that CQC requires an identical checklist from every provider.
- Test-result and referral follow-up arrangements.
- Consent, prescribing oversight and continuity of care.
- Access, complaints and patient feedback.
- Recruitment, training and supervision.
- Information security, business continuity and management review.
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