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

The working life of a GP during the pandemic (20 Sep 2021)

Update: NHS England advise gradual return to normal Becton Dickinson container stock (17 Sep 2021)

UPDATE: Application to renew a firearm and/ or shotgun certificate, or registration as a firearms dealer (RFD) (09 Sep 2021)

Mword Issue 86 - Dr Michelle Drage's latest update for GPs and practice teams (09 Sep 2021)

Value. Care. Protect. (18 Aug 2021)

Tips of the Month August 2021 (18 Aug 2021)

ARRS claw back in North Central London (18 Aug 2021)

Covid and flu enhanced services (18 Aug 2021)

Anti-abuse campaign (18 Aug 2021)

Workforce survey spring 2021 initial findings (18 Aug 2021)

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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On 29 November NHS England issued its latest update on the Becton Dickinson blood test container supply problem. Previously, NHS England advised that Becton Dickinson containers should only be ordered "little and often", with...

In June we advised that in discussion with Londonwide LMCs, the Metropolitan Police produced guidance for GPs to refer to when approached for a factual medical report by a...

Our latest video explains how GPs and practice staff are under pressure and asks patients to be considerate when talking to practice team members.

We provide weekly tips based on common queries which come through to us from London GPs and practice teams. These are shared via social media and collated for...

In July primary care networks (PCNs) in North Central London received an unexpected demand from their combined CCG for the return of funding used to pay for staff employed under...

The following documentation has either been published or updated over the previous month. Flu vaccination programme Enhanced Service Specifications: seasonal influenza vaccination programme 2021/22, includes separate childhood service...

Limitations placed on practices by infection prevention and control measures, combined with the release of pent-up demand for GP services and misinformation about the Covid vaccination campaign have resulted in...

408 people working across 322 GP practices responded to the survey, representing 29% of the practices in the Londonwide LMCs’ area. Half of responding practices have vacancies for any role,...

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