Londonwide LMCs March 2022 Newsletter

New GP Contract imposed

Rebuild GP campaign

MP engagement, parliamentary questions and GP evidence session

Children of hepatitis B infected mothers

Registering patients without proof of address

Please feedback on the beta version of our new website

Registered nursing associate blended learning programme launched

Parliamentary activity

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

Media and public affairs round-up

Your experience of digital health services (22 Aug 2018)

Londonwide LMCs' August 2018 newsletter (22 Aug 2018)

Subject access request survey reports increased requests to half of practices (21 Aug 2018)

Doctors of the World Safer Surgeries toolkit (20 Aug 2018)

Top tips for GP trainees (20 Aug 2018)

Premises update August 2018 (20 Aug 2018)

Blue badge applications – success in east London (17 Aug 2018)

Charging patients who fail to attend non-NHS medicals (17 Aug 2018)

GP Partnership Review (17 Aug 2018)

Online STI service replaces in-person testing for asymptomatic patients (16 Aug 2018)

Guidance

GP Support

Resource of the Month

Guidance Updates

Londonwide Diary

March 2022 Newsletter

Dr Michelle Drage, our CEO, shares her views on the imposition of the 2022/23 GP Contract, following the breakdown of negotiations between NHS England and the BMA.

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A new publicity campaign calling for support to “Rebuild General Practice” launched on Monday, supported by the BMA and the GPDF.

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London MPs have recently asked a number of questions about general practice in the Capital, and last week the Health and Social Care select committee took evidence from GPs on workforce and workload pressures.

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New contractual requirement for additional vaccinations for children of hepatitis B infected mothers.

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Briefing on GP Contract 2022/23

Our comments and thoughts on the measures contained in the new Contract have been gathered in this document.

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•	GPC newsletter
•	Patient record access delayed
•	New practice pressures tracking system
•	Urgent review teams
•	General practice contract arrangements in 2022/23

March

24	Coronavirus death certification changes expire
29	Pension scheme update
April
01	Stress Awareness Month
07	Covid inquiry terms of reference consultation closes
07	World Health Day
08	Resilience and wellbeing Workshop
25	World Immunisation Week
29	Learning disability training

Practices are required to register patients who live within a practice’s boundary, including those who cannot prove their address or provide a form of ID.

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We are modernising our website and need your help. Please feedback on the beta version when you visit our site. Look for the short survey at the bottom of each page.

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This programme has been developed by experienced general practice nurses and is designed for registered nursing associates (RNAs) new to the setting.

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The last month saw a speech by Sajid Javid focussing on personalised care, a select committee evidence session on health and a number of debates on issues affecting general practice.

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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 23 March Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell, our Deputy CEO, responded to the Spring Statement saying that 'the absence of anything new for general practice is an insult to an already demoralised workforce'. On 23 March we showed our appreciation to people in general practice on the national day of reflection, marking two years since the first lockdown began. On 21 March Lisa appeared in a BBC London news report on violence and abuse experienced by healthcare workers. On 9 March we contributed information to GPonline on the GP premises crisis forcing practices to 'juggle desks' to fit ARRS staff. On 9 March Dr Michelle Drage, our CEO, was quoted by Pulse in a piece on GP leaders fearing the erosion of continuity of care and the ‘dying’ family doctor role.

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 Monday 11 April	Download your resources from our GP State of Emergency website.

Last updated : 13 Apr 2022

With increasing moves toward digital access and service provision in general practice, we want to gather information on the differing platforms and pilots offering online access, including whether and how...

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There are some interesting results coming from the current survey on subject access requests (SARs) received by practices that is has been designed by Dr Paul Cundy, a GP in...

Doctors of the World (DOTW) has launched the Safe Surgeries toolkit, a single site to provide GP practices with resources helping them to better understand the regulations and best practice...

This month a new cohort of GP trainees take up their posts. We share some top tips from a current GP trainee and a GP trainer. If you work in...

This update is applicable to practices who are leasing their premises from Community Health Partnerships (CHP) or NHS Property Services (NHSPS). Urgent - Occupancy Agreement letters We are aware that...

After concerns raised by Waltham Forest LMC, the local council are now telling blue badge applicants not to contact their GP to support their application. The letter states: “Please note...

GPs and practice staff often find it frustrating when a non-NHS medical (or other chargeable non-NHS work) has been booked, such as for a taxi licence, and the patient fails...

If you would like to provide feedback to the GP Partnership Review please send us your thoughts before 30 August: info@lmc.org.uk. On 30 July 2018 Dr Nigel Watson and...

Changes to sexual health services in London mean that anyone who is asymptomatic and wants to be tested for STIs should order a testing kit from the Sexual Health...

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