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
In late May Dr Michelle Drage wrote to London Hospital Trusts asking them to put up a poster which explains to patients that they can get fit notes from hospital...
Four new medical directors have joined Londonwide LMCs, they will be taking up their posts between June and August:
Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell MA(Cantab) BM BCh (Oxon) MRCGP DRCOG DFFP Cert...
Dr Terry John, Chair of Waltham Forest LMC, has been elected onto the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee (GPC) to represent Barking and Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest, Newham, City and...
The Accessible Information Standard aims to ensure that people who have a disability or sensory impairment receive information that can be accessible and understood. Any organisation that provides NHS...
Primary Care Support England (PCSE) is changing some of the services it provides.
London PCSE offices (Stephenson House and Kirk House)
The following services ceased being delivered by PCSE’s...
The NHS Confederation conference ran from 15 – 17 of June and included a number of talks which touched on STPs, although no formal policy announcements were made.
NHS England...
We are keen to highlight the good work that general practice has done since the NHS was formed. Next month we will be celebrating the role of general practice since...
Dr Neel Basudev is a London GP and diabetes lead for Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group. For National Diabetes Week he explains why understanding the person behind the condition is...
Dear Colleague,
I know you’re constantly being bombarded with surveys that take ‘just a few minutes’, most of which take you away from your day’s core work, but...
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