January 2017 newsletter

Clinical pharmacist funding scheme

NHS England have launched a scheme to partially fund the first three years of employing a clinical pharmacist.

Londonwide LMCs’ jobs board

Don’t forget our vacancies section is free to use for London practices. All you need to do is complete and submit the web form and we will do the rest to get your job listing online.

Jeremy Hunt MP questioned on Brexit impact by Health Select Committee

Jeremy Hunt touched on general practice issues, accusing some GP leaders of scaling back their commitment to seven-day working. He also re-adjusted the Government’s 5,000 new GPs figure again, it is now “5,000 extra GPs, or thereabouts by the end of the current Parliament”.

Media and public affairs round-up

On 24 January we were quoted in a GPonline story on the effects of closing London’s last community urgent dental clinic. On 19 January Camden LMC Chair Dr Farah Jameel was quoted in BMA News who revealed the North Central London STP had spent £2.3m on consultancy fees.

We continue to be very active in promoting the interests of London GPs and practice staff on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. We also support practices that are approached with media requests, you can find details of how to get support here.