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

 

NHS England extend access advertising campaign (19 Dec 2017)

On Monday 11 December NHS England launched an advertising campaign telling patients in London that 75,000 GP appointments are in the month spanning the Christmas period and to contact...
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Thank you for your hard work this year (19 Dec 2017)

Well done. Not enough people say it to you, the difference everyone working in London general practice makes to the people you care for and the adversity you face in doing so...
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Changes to the Londonwide LMCs' Buying Group (19 Dec 2017)

Londonwide LMCs’ Buying Group will be ending its relationship with PSS on 31 December 2017, following concerns over the quality and advertising of some products.  New arrangements are imminent and...
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What makes an award winning practice team? (18 Dec 2017)

Dr Suresh Tibrewal, partner at Richmond Road Medical Centre and member of City and Hackney LMC, explains some of the ways or working which lead to the practice team at Richmond...
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BMA update on NHS Property Services and Community Health Partnership (15 Dec 2017)

The BMA have advised that practices in NHS Property Services (NHSPS) and Community Health Partnership (CHP) premises may receive a letter demanding payment of outstanding invoices, in fact many practices...
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Tips of the week November/December 2017 (14 Dec 2017)

At the start of December we launched a weekly tip based on common queries which come through to us from London GPs and practice teams. These are shared...
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Winter 2017 workforce survey closes at the end of December (14 Dec 2017)

Thank you to everyone who has made space in their hectic working day to complete our short survey on practice workforce issues which helps us to gather insight to share with key...
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Primary Care Barometer – practice manager participants wanted (04 Dec 2017)

Londonwide LMCs is working with an independent evaluation team who want to improve the understanding of the challenges faced by GP practices as they try to deliver routine services at...
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Our latest workforce survey is live next week (22 Nov 2017)

Thank you in advance for making space in your hectic day to complete our short survey on practice workforce issues which will help us to gather insight to share with...
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