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

 

Budget 2017 (22 Mar 2017)

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GP State of Emergency update March 2017 (22 Mar 2017)

Our GP State of Emergency campaign is almost a year old and continues to go from strength-to-strength, with the website just passing 10,000 downloads of template letters, posters and guidance...
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Impact of IR35 changes on practices : New Guidance (22 Mar 2017)

The IR35 has been introduced as an anti-tax avoidance mechanism and applies to those organisations defined as a ‘public authority’ under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. For NHS purposes...
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Unresourced and unfunded work (22 Mar 2017)

Our November 2016 workforce survey showed significant demand for work outside of core contract being put on responding practices. Of the 12 types of work not covered by core that...
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Child safeguarding reports – where does your practice stand with local authorities? (22 Mar 2017)

This item was originally published in April 2017, following feedback from LMCs we can now add that Hammersmith and Fulham Council do pay GPs for child protection reports and have a...
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Winter Indemnity Scheme extended to cover Easter weekend 2017 (20 Mar 2017)

NHS England’s Winter Indemnity Scheme has been extended to run until 17 April 2017, a month longer than originally intended. The extension has been introduced with a particular view to...
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Premises fact sheet - service charges for CHP and NHS Property Services tenants (17 Mar 2017)

We are aware that some practices are experiencing substantial increases in premises service charges and difficulties in understanding their invoices.  We have produced a fact sheet to support you; we...
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GPC election results 2017 (16 Mar 2017)

Dr Michelle Drage has been re-elected to the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee, Dr Pamela Martin from Lewisham has also been elected. Their specific constituencies are: Dr Michelle Drage representing Hillingdon,...
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NHSPS debt recovery letters error (09 Mar 2017)

The British Medical Association (BMA) have notified us that they have been in discussion with NHS Property Services (NHSPS) over ongoing issues with the approach NHSPS has with practices. However,...
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