Londonwide LMCs' August 2019 Newsletter

Tackling social isolation and loneliness to improve health

Colin Brown, UK Director for Independent Living and Crisis Response at British Red Cross, looks at how their expertise will be of use to social prescribing link workers as they take up their roles with PCNs.

Safeguarding payments and collaborative arrangements

Dr David Geddes, NHSE & I Director of Primary Care Commissioning has advised CCGs and STPs that payment for safeguarding activity is not covered by core NHS contracts and should be payable via other mechanisms.

Vaccination update

Babies born to mothers infected with hepatitis B require a course of hep B vaccinations from their GP, administered at 4, 8, 12 and 16 weeks of age, NHS England have provided refresher guidance on this. Practices should now also be receiving vaccination reminders via the Child Health Information Services 2 GP (CHIS-2-GP) notification project.

Primary care buddying system

The NHS London Leadership Academy is working with primary care providers to support development in the sector, and to facilitate wider working across the health and social care system. Organisation development (OD) buddying is available to primary care leaders.

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