RCGP North and West London events coming up

Minor surgery including DOPS refresher course – one day course: 10 February at the Medical Society of London

This one day course designed by GPs, plastic surgeons, dermatologists and GPwSIs offers training in skin lesion recognition, advanced wound closure techniques as well as DOPS assessments for those practitioners who carry out fewer than 100 procedures a year. The course is made up of nationally recognised content, designed in consultation with NHS England to allow practitioners to fulfil the requirements for the 2014 minor surgery DES. The course provides interactive sessions, one on one observational assessment and training, high tutor to delegate ratio, take home suture kit, 160 page training manual, high quality training videos and comprehensive post course online support.

Further information and booking details are here

 

Men and women’s health update – one day course: 23 February at the Medical Society of London

Run by the North and West London Faculty, sponsored by Besins Healthcare, this one day course provides updates on various, including:

  • Managing Erectile Dysfunction
  • Testosterone Replacement Therapy in Primary Care
  • Psychosexual Assessments and Referrals
  • Fibroids: new perspectives, benign balls and remedies
  • Background and Symptoms: impact of the menopause, symptoms and patient assessments
  • HRT Prescribing

 

Further information and booking details are here.

Last updated : 19 Jan 2016

 

GP State of Emergency success: TFL change fees advice (16 Jul 2018)

Following a letter from our GP State of Emergency team, Transport for London have updated their advice to applying for a private hire driver licence to reflect that the charge...
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Dr Michelle Drage's statement on the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (10 Jul 2018)

Dr Michelle Drage responds to the appointment of Matthew Hancock as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. "Congratulations and welcome to new Health Secretary Matthew Hancock. "I’d love...
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Perinatal mental health access variation (06 Jul 2018)

The Pan-London Perinatal Mental Health Network are gathering information on disparities in access to, and funding for, perinatal mental health within secondary and tertiary care. This map produced by the...
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Salisbury Novichok 1 incident - Public Health England interim guidance (05 Jul 2018)

Following the recent Salisbury Novichok 1 incident, Public Health England have issued interim guidance on the diagnosis and early management in organophosphate chemical incidents. This guidance can be downloaded 
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Tips of the month June 2018 (20 Jun 2018)

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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Free online mindfulness course for patients (19 Jun 2018)

Londoners can now access a free online mindfulness tool via the Good Thinking website. The website signposts individuals to resources to help deal with depression, anxiety, stress and insomnia...
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GP State of Emergency continues (19 Jun 2018)

Since April 2016 when GPs in London and across the country declared a GP State of Emergency, our campaign has been a great success. However, we recognise that the...
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SNOMED CT update for SystmOne practices (19 Jun 2018)

The first phase of the national deployment of SNOMED CT has now taken place with approximately 20 pilot sites taking part. The wider roll-out for SystmOne GP practices will be...
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Publication of Integrated Care - Organisations, Partnerships and Systems (19 Jun 2018)

  Online report   PDF download The Committee considered the increasing reliance on a range of health and care services, which are mostly...
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