RCGP North and West London events coming up

Minor surgery including DOPS refresher course – one day course: 10 February at the Medical Society of London

This one day course designed by GPs, plastic surgeons, dermatologists and GPwSIs offers training in skin lesion recognition, advanced wound closure techniques as well as DOPS assessments for those practitioners who carry out fewer than 100 procedures a year. The course is made up of nationally recognised content, designed in consultation with NHS England to allow practitioners to fulfil the requirements for the 2014 minor surgery DES. The course provides interactive sessions, one on one observational assessment and training, high tutor to delegate ratio, take home suture kit, 160 page training manual, high quality training videos and comprehensive post course online support.

Further information and booking details are here

 

Men and women’s health update – one day course: 23 February at the Medical Society of London

Run by the North and West London Faculty, sponsored by Besins Healthcare, this one day course provides updates on various, including:

  • Managing Erectile Dysfunction
  • Testosterone Replacement Therapy in Primary Care
  • Psychosexual Assessments and Referrals
  • Fibroids: new perspectives, benign balls and remedies
  • Background and Symptoms: impact of the menopause, symptoms and patient assessments
  • HRT Prescribing

 

Further information and booking details are here.

Last updated : 19 Jan 2016

 

NHS delivery plan for tackling the Covid-19 backlog of care (22 Feb 2022)

The long-awaited NHS elective recovery plan was published in full earlier this month and sets out plans to tackle England’s elective care backlog over the next three years. The...
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Contacting patients with BT phone lines and ‘Call Protect’ (22 Feb 2022)

Patients with a BT landline may be knowingly or unknowingly opted into a service called ‘Call Protect’ which prevents some practice phone systems calling them properly. Affected practices will find...
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COPI Notices extended for a further three months until 30 June 2022 (22 Feb 2022)

Simon Madden, Director of Data Policy at NHSX ,on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, notified GP practices on 10 February 2022 that the COPI...
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End of free Covid-19 testing and mandatory self-isolation (22 Feb 2022)

On 21 February the Prime Minister announced the end of Covid restrictions and most support measures. Including: From 24 February people who test positive for Covid-19 will no longer...
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General practice issues in Parliament - February 2022 (21 Feb 2022)

For our February 2022 newsletter we round up recent activity happening in Westminster that affects general practice. Local councillors on Integrated Care Boards On the 9 February, Lord Kamall, Parliamentary...
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Mayor’s research – registering patients without proof of address or ID (21 Feb 2022)

The Greater London Authority, on behalf of the Mayor of London, is urgently seeking participants for research into barriers faced by GP surgeries when registering new patients without proof of...
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5–11-year-old Covid-19 vaccination (21 Feb 2022)

NHS England has confirmed the eligibility of this new cohort, saying that they expect primary care networks to vaccinate at-risk 5-11 year olds and community pharmacy to be the primary...
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Owning your practice premises - the essentials, February 2022 (03 Feb 2022)

Thursday 24 February 2022: 1.30pm to 4.30pm £95 per delegate for Londonwide practices £120 per delegate for practices from other areas This workshop is ideal for practices whose...
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Vaccination as Condition of Deployment (VCOD) measures set to be cancelled (01 Feb 2022)

Regulations requiring healthcare workers to be fully vaccinated by 1 April should no longer be applied, the Health Secretary Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP announced to Parliament on the evening...
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Waltham Forest LMC news update (31 Jan 2022)

Please click here to read the latest Waltham Forest LMC news update.
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