Londonwide LMCs' January 2022 Newsletter

New firearms certificate application process

Covid medical exemption certificates guidance

Vaccination requirement passes into law

Parliamentary inquiries and debates

Fuller report response

PANORAMIC study

Online and video consultation data collection

December 2021 workforce survey

Remember to use BEAM to LMC to highlight the pressure you are under

Media and public affairs round-up

Resource of the Month

Guidance Updates

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January 2022 Newsletter

A national process now applies to new and renewing applications for firearms licenses. We update you on how it works.

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The GP contract update made GPs responsible for actioning patient requests for Covid medical exemption certificates. Check our updated guidance for who to contact for help in the event of a complaint.

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NHSEI have issued guidance on the new legal requirement that front line healthcare workers are vaccinated by 1 April 2022.

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We have contributed evidence on workforce and workload pressures to the Health Select Committee, with the issues being discussed several times in Parliament.

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Our response to Professor Claire Fuller's a wide-ranging national stocktake of how best primary care can be supported within the emergent Integrated Care Systems.

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Police requests for information from medical records

GPs’ responsibilities regarding data protection when asked to provide information.

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•	GPC Newsletter
•	Pfizer expiry date extension
•	Vaccination as a condition of deployment
•	NHS England priorities 2022/23
•	Covid vaccine PGDs

February

03	General practice management training programme - only 5 places remaining
04	Managing a remote team module
11	Social prescribing within the PCN: how to make it a success
15	Managing patient conflict part 2 - secondary intervention

Dr David Mummery is a member of Hammersmith and Fulham LMC and Clinical Speciality Lead for Primary Care, North West London Clinical Research Network. He writes here about why practice participation in the PANORAMIC study is important.

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A legally binding data provision notice (DPN) for a data relating to online and video consultations in England was issued to practices on 10 January 2022.

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Thank you to all the practices that responded to the workforce survey, we can now share some headlines from it.

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Our BEAM to LMC mobile app, which enables you to tell us about the pressures you are under from commissioners and others, is proving popular. Make sure you check the app for push notifications.

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On 12 January Michelle Drage, our CEO, was quoted in Pulse regarding a London CCG informing GPs of urgent cancer referral waiting times of up to 40 days. On 1 January we shared a social media video thanking GPs for their work over the year.

On 10 December Michelle was quoted in another Pulse article around APMS GP practices being funded £18 more per patient than GMS. We have also briefed HSJ journalists on how practices are dealing with increased staff isolation and delayed hospital procedures.

We continue to be very active in promoting the interests of London GPs and practice staff on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. If you have an example of general practice doing something well which could make a news story please get in touch. We also support practices that are approached with media requests. You can find details here.

The Buying Group is available to all London practices and gives access to discounts on
a wide range of goods and services from Miab, MidMeds, Practice Index and Surgery Connect.
Contact buyinggroup@lmc.org.uk or visit the Londonwide LMCs’ Buying Group webpage for further information.

Got a story? Email us at comms@lmc.org.uk. Deadline for next month's submissions is Friday 11 February.	Download your resources from our GP State of Emergency website.