Londonwide LMCs' November 2020 Newsletter

Send us your picture for our latest social media campaign

This winter we are running a social media campaign to highlight that general practice staff are people just like everyone else and patients should consider this before taking out any frustrations on them.

Hospital trust information

We have been monitoring publicly available information from London hospital trusts over the last few months, including Coronavirus related mortality figures.

Helping sessional GPs match to local practices

We would like to help sessional colleagues build contacts with practices in their work area. Please complete this short survey stating which areas you work in, your availability and the best contact details if you would like your availability shared with local practices.

Remember to use BEAM to LMC to highlight the pressures you are under

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.

Media and public affairs round-up

On 23 November, Dr Michelle Drage, our CEO was quoted in a Pulse story on Coronavirus vaccination plans for London and on 9 November Michelle appeared on Sky News’ evening bulletin, speaking about the first Coronavirus vaccine to be announced. On 30 October, Dr Elliott Singer, Medical Director for North East London, was quoted in a Pulse article on home pulse oximetry.

We continue to be very active in promoting the interests of London GPs and practice staff on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. If you have an example of general practice doing something well which could make a news story please get in touch. We also support practices that are approached with media requests. You can find details here.

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