August Newsletter
Londonwide LMCs Newsletter
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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
The BMA’s Annual Representative Meeting 2021 was held virtually on 13 and 14 September. Londonwide LMCs proposed a motion to end compensation claimants pursuing professional proceedings against GPs. The motion...
The following documentation relating to the Covid-19 vaccination programme has either been published or updated over the previous month:
Enhanced Service Specification: Covid-19 vaccination programme 2020/21, updated 20...
The last month has seen a number of new announcements affecting general practice and the wider health and care system.
Autumn and Winter Plan
Last week the Government launched its...
By Dr Phil Moore, Mental Health Clinical Co-Director for the NHS in London, co-chair of London’s Suicide Prevention Group, and chair of the Mental Health Commissioners Network for NHS Clinical...
Over recent and coming weeks our LMCs have had, or are having, their inaugural meetings, following the elections which took place this summer. At these meetings LMC members will select...
We provide monthly 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 this newsletter....
We need your help to combat the growing anti-GP sentiment being experienced by GPs and practice staff.
As your representative body, we are increasingly worried about the volume of abuse...
The following documentation relating to the Covid vaccination programme has either been published or updated over the previous month:
Enhanced Service Specification: Covid-19 vaccination programme 2020/21, updated 20...
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