Londonwide LMCs' April 2016 Newsletter now available

Stand. Vote. Engage. The 2016 LMC Elections

Updated Letter Templates

Provider Development Masterclasses

Changed London Ambulance Service Phone Number

Joy in General Practice and Supporting Resources

Sub-contracted GPs Now Have Access to the NHS Pension Scheme

London GP Registration for Offenders

RCGP Revalidation Guidance

London latent TB testing and treatment programme update (16 Mar 2016)

Please give us your feedback on this year’s flu programme (16 Mar 2016)

It’s LMC election year – get ready to make your voice heard and stand for election to your LMC (16 Mar 2016)

Briefing on 2016/17 Contract changes (16 Mar 2016)

Be Clear on Cancer- Blood in Pee National Campaign (16 Mar 2016)

Training and development events (16 Mar 2016)

LMC Letters to London Trusts (16 Mar 2016)

Nursing Associate Consultation (15 Mar 2016)

Zika guidance update (15 Mar 2016)

Discount on SystmOne National User Group 2016 Conference - 17-18 May 2016 (15 Mar 2016)

Guidance

GP Support

Speakers' Corner

Guidance Updates

Londonwide Diary

April

May

April 2016 Newsletter

Nominations for elections to your LMC open early next month, we encourage everyone to stand. Read a recently elected vice-chair’s view in our latest update.

Our GP Resilience site has a new BMA template letter for responding to requests to follow up investigations performed in other settings and an update to the template letter to hospital providers regarding follow up of diagnostic test results following a patient’s discharge from hospital.

Practice staff are invited to attend the first in a series of provider development masterclasses hosted by Londonwide LMCs and Healthy London Partnership on Wednesday 4 May.

The LAS Health Care Professional Admissions telephone number has changed to 020 3162 7525. You can download an information poster from our website.

Londonwide LMCs met with Drs Thomas and Christine Sinsky, an American husband and wife team who study well-being among family doctors and provide supporting resources.

Dr Michelle Drage, Londonwide LMCs’ Chief Executive, looks ahead to our conference next week and outlines why now is the time to focus on workforce challenges.

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•	Sessional GP newsletter
•	BMA Newsletter
•	Publishing GP Earnings Guidance
•	DWP Fit for Work Guidance
•	RCGP Revalidation Guidance
•	London Sexual Health Transformation Project
•	Patient Online for 11-16 Year-olds
•	GP Role in Firearms Licensing
•	BMA Prison Doctors Support
•	Changes to Pertussis Vaccination for Pregnant Women

18	FFT Data Submission Deadline
20	Londonwide LMCs' Annual Conference
21	Westminster Health Forum - Improving NHS Estates and Facilities Management

04	Provider Development Masterclass
05	RCGP NWL Faculty Minor Surgery Refresher
17	SystmOne National User Group 2016 Conference – Discount Available
19	LMC Conference

Also this month...

Clinical work that is sub-contracted from federations is now pensionable and some may be eligible for retrospective contributions.

The London GP Registration for Offenders initiative is one which helps practices deal with the needs of an often vulnerable and challenging group of patients who frequently have difficulty in accessing medical care.

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

Media Round-up
	On 22 March Dr Simon Parton, Chair of Lewisham LMC, contributed to a Pulse piece on how to manage a patient who asks for a homeopathic treatment. On 16 March four members of staff took part in a day-long media training course, with Lawrence McGinty, former health and science editor of ITV news. The communications team have also worked on stories with Sky News, BBC London and numerous trade publications.

Got a story? Email us at comms@lmc.org.uk. Deadline for next month's submissions is 11 May.	Have you downloaded your resources from our GP Resilience website?

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Implementation of the national LTBI (latent TB infection) testing and treatment programme is now underway across London except in Bexley, Bromley and Sutton. NHS England have provided us with...

Earlier this month we asked you to complete a short online survey to help us capture any issues this year’s seasonal flu campaign has presented to you. This is because...

Next month you will have a chance to stand for election to your LMC. Elections take place every two years on a rolling basis and any GP working in the...

Briefing on 2016/17 Contract changes: Contract Uplift and Expenses NHS Employers and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee (GPC) announced changes to the GMS contract in England for 2016/17...

‘If you notice blood in your pee, even if it’s ‘just the once’, tell your doctor’ Each year, around 17,450 people in England are diagnosed with bladder or kidney cancer...

The LEAD Calendar of Events 2016/2017 is now available on the website at https://www.lmc.org.uk/events.html. The pdf can be downloaded by clicking on the link: annual programme of events...

The basic letter (which has been amended slightly by some LMCs) reads: I am writing on behalf of xxx LMC, the statutory body which represents local general practitioners with regards...

Londonwide LMCs has formally responded to the recent Health Education England consultation on the creation of a new nursing staff role within the health system – that of “Nursing Associate”....

The joint Zika guidance for primary care has been updated to reflect new travel recommendations for pregnant women and clarification of the advice on sexual transmission. Changes include: ...

Cartron Consulting are offering a code/promo which will give you 40% DISCOUNT off the forthcoming SystmOne National User group conference prices. The first 10 will be the lucky ones. The...

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