Londonwide LMCs' March 2019 Newsletter
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Improving palliative and end of life care
March is the awareness month for Marie Curie’s Daffodil campaign, Dr Catherine Millington-Sanders and Dr Simon Stockill explain how the Daffodil Standards have informed QOF changes and voluntary quality improvement standards.
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Statutory National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care appointed
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Dame Fiona Caldicott has been appointed as the first statutory National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care.
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Template locum contract
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The BMA GPC and sessional subcommittee have jointly produced model terms of engagement for locum GPs, which they recommend to both practices and locums.
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Remember to use BEAM to LMC to highlight the pressure you are under
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Our BEAM to LMC mobile app, which enables you to tell us about the pressures you are under from commissioners and others, is proving popular. Make sure you check the app for push notifications.
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Last updated : 19 Aug 2019
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...
Today 400 doctors and practice staff join Dr Michelle Drage, London’s GP leader, in declaring a “GP state of emergency” in the face of pressures which threaten services to patients....
