Londonwide LMCs' December 2018 newsletter

Tackling loneliness in the community

This month we hear from Compassionate Neighbours on how they are working to tackle loneliness and isolation in London and tips for GPs from the Marmalade Trust.

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

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.

Practice Managers Conference 2018 summary

Our Practice Managers Conference was attended by PMs from across London and included a focus on digital and the expanding range of allied health professionals working in general practice.

Thank you for completing our workforce survey

Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete our workforce survey, which closed last week. The data gathered from previous workforce surveys has been used in a number of ways to support our work advocating for you.

Media and public affairs round-up

On 11 December, our CEO Dr Michelle Drage was quoted in Pulse's coverage of Ipsos Mori’s interim report on their independent evaluation of Babylon GP at Hand. On 10 December Michelle was quoted in GPonline, calling for the GMC to be more supportive of doctors in response to the publication of their State of Medical Education and Practice report. On 30 November Michelle was quoted in Pulse, warning of the knock-on effect on general practice from hospital over-stretch during winter.

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 you think would make a news story please get in touch. We also support practices that are approached with media requests. You can find details here.

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