RCGP North and West London events coming up

Minor surgery including DOPS refresher course – one day course: 10 February at the Medical Society of London

This one day course designed by GPs, plastic surgeons, dermatologists and GPwSIs offers training in skin lesion recognition, advanced wound closure techniques as well as DOPS assessments for those practitioners who carry out fewer than 100 procedures a year. The course is made up of nationally recognised content, designed in consultation with NHS England to allow practitioners to fulfil the requirements for the 2014 minor surgery DES. The course provides interactive sessions, one on one observational assessment and training, high tutor to delegate ratio, take home suture kit, 160 page training manual, high quality training videos and comprehensive post course online support.

Further information and booking details are here

 

Men and women’s health update – one day course: 23 February at the Medical Society of London

Run by the North and West London Faculty, sponsored by Besins Healthcare, this one day course provides updates on various, including:

  • Managing Erectile Dysfunction
  • Testosterone Replacement Therapy in Primary Care
  • Psychosexual Assessments and Referrals
  • Fibroids: new perspectives, benign balls and remedies
  • Background and Symptoms: impact of the menopause, symptoms and patient assessments
  • HRT Prescribing

 

Further information and booking details are here.

Last updated : 19 Jan 2016

 

London Ambulance Service Health Care Professional Admissions telephone number has changed to 020 3162 7525 (01 Apr 2016)

The London Ambulance Service (LAS) have asked us to inform our GPs and practice teams that the Health Care Professional (HCP) Admissions phone number has changed to:
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Provider Development Masterclasses (31 Mar 2016)

This series of day-long masterclasses aims to equip participants with relevant, practical business skills and knowledge that they can take back and use in their localities. Topics have been selected...
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RCGP guide to supporting information for appraisal and revalidation (30 Mar 2016)

The RCGP has approved a new guide to supporting information for appraisal and revalidation (March 2016) that aims to reduce inconsistencies in interpretation and streamline the process of providing...
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London GP Registration for Offenders (30 Mar 2016)

Londonwide LMCs welcomes the London GP Registration for Offenders initiative, it helps practices deal with the needs of an often vulnerable and challenging group of patients. Offenders have exactly the same rights...
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Patient online access for children aged 11-16 years (24 Mar 2016)

NHS England (NHSE) and the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) have produced some helpful guidance about proxy access regarding Patient Online.  The full guidance is available here and...
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Budget 2016 (17 Mar 2016)

Budget 2016 was, on the whole, fairly innocuous for health professionals. There were very few health-specific announcements (some money for children’s hospitals outside London) and a couple of measures that...
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New Housing Application letter and poster (17 Mar 2016)

Our new waiting room poster and template practice letter will help practice staff manage requests for letters supporting housing applications.
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Patient Online detailed coded record (DCR) deadline is 31 March 2016 (16 Mar 2016)

This month sees the deadline for enabling online access to patients’ detailed coded record (DCR). Practices have until 31 March 2016 to switch this on. The latest figures we...
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PMS contract reviews update (16 Mar 2016)

We recently issued our third PMS (Personal Medical Services) bulletin on the reviews taking place across London. Our bulletins are designed to bring you the current PMS contract review information...
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