August Newsletter
Londonwide LMCs Newsletter
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August 2015 Newsletter |
GPs should not automatically provide medical records following insurer subject access requests
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An Information Commissioner’s Office decision says handing over medical records wholesale following subject access requests (SARs) from insurers may be illegal, even with patient consent.
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Primary Care Workforce Commission report
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The Primary Care Workforce Commission was led by Professor Martin Rowland. Their report ‘the future of primary care: creating teams for tomorrow’ was published on 22 July. There are 38 recommendations covering workforce, practice skills (pharmacists etc), federations, integrating care, technology, safety, end of life care, managing specific patient groups, and data.
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GP resilience app
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The app, based around our GP Resilience, Take Control campaign, includes resilience guides for you to read on the move as well as the latest news from Londonwide LMCs. The app is free to download. Simply visit the iTunes store, give it a go and let us know what you think by emailing comms@lmc.org.uk. The iPhone and iPad app is intended as a pilot, with other handset brands and operating systems to follow.
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Media round-up
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Michelle spoke on camera to ITV News on Monday 10 August about EU citizens getting European Health Insurance cards in the UK and using them to bill the NHS for healthcare in their home countries. Michelle explained that a more comprehensive registration process should be administered by the NHS, rather than general practice.
Michelle spoke to Nursing in Practice and Management in Practice at the start of August, detailing the pressures facing the London general practice workforce as a whole and looking at how to better coordinate care to improve patient outcomes.
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Last updated : 13 Aug 2015
Following concerns expressed about the current Capita/Primary Care Support England (PCSE) records and supplies services, the BMA recently sought feedback on practices’ experience of Capita’s service.
Dan Hodgson in the...
This month Leighe Rogers explains how various agencies are coming together to support offenders to register with GPs. Leighe works in the justice system on behalf of NHS England London. The...
Dr Michelle Drage responds to LMC exclusion from STP process
On 10 August Michelle Drage was quoted in Pulse’s article on GPs being excluded from STP discussions in some...
With summer holidays looming on the horizon it was unsurprising that our Travel Health Update held on the 30 June 2016 proved very popular. It covered many important updates on...
Our CEO Dr Michelle Drage represented London GP’s at the College of Medicine’s ‘Food the forgotten Medicine’ recently. After the event she was part of...
NHS England have issued an update to clarify what a practice should do when they receive a cervical smear result. There is now a system in place to directly refer...
The Government has been conducting a data security review, run by Dame Fiona Caldicott, the National Data Guardian for Health and Care. A report has now been produced with...
In April 2016 GPs in London and across the country declared a #GPStateofEmergency.
To help practices manage their increasing workload during this state of emergency we have produced
As part of our service to our GPs and their practice teams, we provide a free to use jobs section where practices can advertise vacancies or GPs who are...
We provide expert guidance for practices in our guidance section, as well as an archive of other materials you may find useful.
Contact our GP Support team if you need help or advice.
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