Londonwide LMCs' September 2018 newsletter
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How to be a dementia friendly practice
21 September is World Alzheimer's Day, Dr Aoife Keily of the Alzheimer’s Society explains how practices can be more dementia friendly.
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BMA survey of Docman problems
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The BMA are asking for practices to provide information on the volume of correspondence in their ‘unprocessed’ Docman folder and how long it will take them to go through it. Responses will be used to push for some degree of reimbursement for the additional work created through the Docman error.
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LEAD training events
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A round-up of our upcoming training events and courses for practice staff and clinicians, including day-long workshops and our blended learning courses for practice nurses, healthcare assistants and practice managers.
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Jobs board reminder
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Don’t forget our vacancies section is free to use for practices. All you need to do is complete and submit the web form and we will do the rest to get your job listing online.
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How we use your data
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In line with recent data protection legislation changes, we have updated our privacy policy which explains how we handle your personal data.
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Last updated : 17 Oct 2018
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We have now submitted our response to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Primary Care and Public Health’s inquiry into managing demand in primary care. Our submission focused on the following...
Our Medical Director Dr Vicky Weeks looks at the new GP Retention Scheme, which she helped negotiate as a member of the BMA’s Sessional GPs’ subcommittee.
Overworked? Exhausted and can’t...
The Employers contribution for the NHS Pension scheme has increased from 14.3% to 14.38% as of 1 April 2017. The NHS Pension Agency is has issued new Locum A and B...
NHS England has accepted a number of changes for the new NHS Standard Contract, most notably:
Results of investigations requested by hospital clinicians should be communicated by the hospital...
From Monday 3 April 2017, it is no longer necessary to refer all patients who die while subject to an authorisation under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) to the...
Practice managers have been recognised in the General Practice Forward View and NHS England have funded a new project to train practice managers to be appraisers.
Londonwide LMCs is pleased...
Rt Hon Theresa May MP’s first and final Spring 2017 Budget as PM was delivered on Wednesday 8 March. Future Budget statements will be delivered in the Autumn to allow...
