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
News and views from the professional voice of general practice in London
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Sustainability and Transformation Plans are set to have an impact in shaping primary care and other services in London. This page is a round-up of what we know so far.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has instructed TPP practices not to use the QRISK®2 Calculator in SystmOne until further notice.
If you run TPP in your practice...
Gill Rogers BA RN MSc, Director of General Practice Nursing, Londonwide LMCs.
You can also read the thoughts of Dr Crystal Oldman, Chief Executive, The Queen's Nursing Institute, on
Dr Crystal Oldman, Chief Executive, The Queen's Nursing Institute.
See Crystal speaking at our conference below. You...
Dr Michelle Drage, the leader of GPs in London calls on Sadiq Khan to use his powers over housing, planning and transport to benefit patients in the Capital:
“London GPs are...
Dear Colleague,
After our exhilarating Annual Conference at Arsenals Emirates Stadium on Wednesday at which we declared a GP State Of Emergency (#GPStateOfEmergency) in London, the next day...
A Joint Response to the General Practice Forward View (download as PDF).
Urgent measures are needed immediately to prevent the collapse of general practice
Long overdue investment and a...
The Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI) released their report 'General Practice Nursing for the 21st century in London' on 20 April 2016.
You can read the report by clicking on the...
"Today’s announcement falls far short of what is needed to address the challenges facing general practice in the Capital and beyond. GPs are in a state of emergency. Patients risk losing...
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