Londonwide LMCs' April 2016 Newsletter now available

Stand. Vote. Engage. The 2016 LMC Elections

Updated Letter Templates

Provider Development Masterclasses

Changed London Ambulance Service Phone Number

Joy in General Practice and Supporting Resources

Sub-contracted GPs Now Have Access to the NHS Pension Scheme

London GP Registration for Offenders

RCGP Revalidation Guidance

Discriminatory language and behaviour in the workplace (19 Nov 2019)

Pre-election period 2019 (19 Nov 2019)

Hospitals discharging patients after missed appointments (19 Nov 2019)

CNSGP – What is in, what is out and who do I approach for help? (19 Nov 2019)

Conference of England LMCs - 22 November 2019 (15 Nov 2019)

The Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) training programme - enrol now (12 Nov 2019)

Registering for Central Alerting System (CAS) alerts (31 Oct 2019)

Brexit update - October 2019 (23 Oct 2019)

Physician – look after yourself (23 Oct 2019)

Debt and Mental Health Evidence Form (DMHEF) (23 Oct 2019)

Guidance

GP Support

Speakers' Corner

Guidance Updates

Londonwide Diary

April

May

April 2016 Newsletter

Nominations for elections to your LMC open early next month, we encourage everyone to stand. Read a recently elected vice-chair’s view in our latest update.

Our GP Resilience site has a new BMA template letter for responding to requests to follow up investigations performed in other settings and an update to the template letter to hospital providers regarding follow up of diagnostic test results following a patient’s discharge from hospital.

Practice staff are invited to attend the first in a series of provider development masterclasses hosted by Londonwide LMCs and Healthy London Partnership on Wednesday 4 May.

The LAS Health Care Professional Admissions telephone number has changed to 020 3162 7525. You can download an information poster from our website.

Londonwide LMCs met with Drs Thomas and Christine Sinsky, an American husband and wife team who study well-being among family doctors and provide supporting resources.

Dr Michelle Drage, Londonwide LMCs’ Chief Executive, looks ahead to our conference next week and outlines why now is the time to focus on workforce challenges.

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•	Sessional GP newsletter
•	BMA Newsletter
•	Publishing GP Earnings Guidance
•	DWP Fit for Work Guidance
•	RCGP Revalidation Guidance
•	London Sexual Health Transformation Project
•	Patient Online for 11-16 Year-olds
•	GP Role in Firearms Licensing
•	BMA Prison Doctors Support
•	Changes to Pertussis Vaccination for Pregnant Women

18	FFT Data Submission Deadline
20	Londonwide LMCs' Annual Conference
21	Westminster Health Forum - Improving NHS Estates and Facilities Management

04	Provider Development Masterclass
05	RCGP NWL Faculty Minor Surgery Refresher
17	SystmOne National User Group 2016 Conference – Discount Available
19	LMC Conference

Also this month...

Clinical work that is sub-contracted from federations is now pensionable and some may be eligible for retrospective contributions.

The London GP Registration for Offenders initiative is one which helps practices deal with the needs of an often vulnerable and challenging group of patients who frequently have difficulty in accessing medical care.

The RCGP has approved a new guide to supporting information for appraisal and revalidation (March 2016) that aims to reduce inconsistencies in the interpretation and streamline the process of providing supporting information for appraisal or revalidation.

Media Round-up
	On 22 March Dr Simon Parton, Chair of Lewisham LMC, contributed to a Pulse piece on how to manage a patient who asks for a homeopathic treatment. On 16 March four members of staff took part in a day-long media training course, with Lawrence McGinty, former health and science editor of ITV news. The communications team have also worked on stories with Sky News, BBC London and numerous trade publications.

Got a story? Email us at comms@lmc.org.uk. Deadline for next month's submissions is 11 May.	Have you downloaded your resources from our GP Resilience website?

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Last updated : 14 Apr 2016

At the end of October an ITV news interview provoked a lot of debate, after a surgeon of South Asian heritage revealed a patient had asked for a white...

What is “Purdah”? ‘Purdah’ or ‘the pre-election period’ refers to the weeks preceding a general election when specific restrictions apply principally around the activity of those working in central and...

Recent media reports have revealed large numbers of patients being discharged form hospital after a missed appointment, contrary to the NHS Standard Contract. We all know that general practice...

The Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice (CNSGP) was introduced on 1 April 2019 and provides comprehensive indemnity for clinical negligence liabilities arising in NHS general practice in relation...

The Conference of England LMCs is on Friday 22 November. A full list of motions to be debated can be read here. Three motions are being proposed by LMCs...

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Central Alerting System (CAS) is the national system for issuing patient safety alerts, important public health messages and other safety critical...

On 8 October Matt Hancock, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, released a statement on his department’s preparations for a ‘no-deal’ exit from the European Union....

Following World Mental Health day earlier this month, Dr Richard Stacey from our GP support team looks at how clinicians can take better care of their own mental health. 10...

It will now be a contractual requirement for GPs to complete a Debt and Mental Health Evidence Form (DMHEF), for patients who have a mental health condition. GPs in England...

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