Londonwide LMCs' December 2020 Newsletter

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December 2020 Newsletter

Updated Covid-19 vaccination microsite

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Numerous updates have been made to our microsite in the last few days, including curated links of over 100 pieces of guidance.
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Integrated Care System legislation consultation

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Our full response to the ICS new legal structure consultation will be on our website from 22 December to help inform comments from London general practice.
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Workforce survey – thank you

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We greatly appreciate that so many practices responded to our workforce survey at this busy time. It has never been so vital for us to have this evidence to advocate on your behalf.
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Helping sessional GPs match to local practices

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We have had a great reaction to our recent offer to help sessional colleagues build contacts with practices in their work area.
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Resource of the month

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We have produced new guidance on consent, medicolegal issues and writing a collaboration agreement to assist practices.
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Covid-19 guidance

 

Londonwide Diary

January

12 Contraception update
20 Practice support - hot topics

February

25 Effective medical chaperoning

 

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Deadline for next month's submissions is 13 January.
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Last updated : 21 Dec 2020

 

New CQC guidance section for practices (20 Aug 2019)

In the past 12 months CQC have visited nearly 400 practices in London and found that: 3 were considered outstanding, 300 were considered ‘good’, 57 required improvement, and 23...
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Bowel screening update – August 2019 (20 Aug 2019)

NHS England have provided an information sheet to explain the introduction of the faecal immunochemical test (FIT). This replaced the guaiac faecal occult blood test (gFOBt) at the start of...
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Tackling social isolation and loneliness to improve health (20 Aug 2019)

Colin Brown, UK Director for Independent Living & Crisis Response at British Red Cross looks at how their expertise will be of use to social prescribing link workers, as they...
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Primary care buddying system (20 Aug 2019)

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. They...
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Vaccination update August 2019 (20 Aug 2019)

Hepatitis B in at risk babies Babies born to mothers infected with hepatitis B require a course of hep B vaccination. The first dose is given within 24 hours in...
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Londonwide LMCs’ support for Primary Care Network Clinical Directors (20 Aug 2019)

The introduction of the PCN DES means significant changes in the way practices deliver some existing services, and the rolling out of a new range of services. Londonwide LMCs is...
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Safeguarding payments and collaborative arrangements (15 Aug 2019)

On 11 July 2019 Dr David Geddes, NHSE/I Director of Primary Care Commissioning, wrote to CCGs and STPs advising that payment for safeguarding activity is not covered by core NHS...
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Tips of the month August 2019 (15 Aug 2019)

We provide weekly tips based on common queries which come through to us from London GPs and practice teams. These are shared via social media and collated for...
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Congratulations to Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer on becoming CEO of Cambridgeshire LMCs (15 Aug 2019)

At the start of August Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer took over from Dr Guy Watkins as Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire LMC. Katie trained as a GP in London and was previously a medical...
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CNSGP confirmed to cover safeguarding reports (13 Aug 2019)

NHS England and NHS Resolution have confirmed that the Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice (CNSGP) does cover GPs for claims relating to reports produced in response to safeguarding requests, for...
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