August Newsletter
Londonwide LMCs Newsletter
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August 2015 Newsletter |
GPs should not automatically provide medical records following insurer subject access requests
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An Information Commissioner’s Office decision says handing over medical records wholesale following subject access requests (SARs) from insurers may be illegal, even with patient consent.
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Primary Care Workforce Commission report
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The Primary Care Workforce Commission was led by Professor Martin Rowland. Their report ‘the future of primary care: creating teams for tomorrow’ was published on 22 July. There are 38 recommendations covering workforce, practice skills (pharmacists etc), federations, integrating care, technology, safety, end of life care, managing specific patient groups, and data.
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GP resilience app
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The app, based around our GP Resilience, Take Control campaign, includes resilience guides for you to read on the move as well as the latest news from Londonwide LMCs. The app is free to download. Simply visit the iTunes store, give it a go and let us know what you think by emailing comms@lmc.org.uk. The iPhone and iPad app is intended as a pilot, with other handset brands and operating systems to follow.
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Media round-up
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Michelle spoke on camera to ITV News on Monday 10 August about EU citizens getting European Health Insurance cards in the UK and using them to bill the NHS for healthcare in their home countries. Michelle explained that a more comprehensive registration process should be administered by the NHS, rather than general practice.
Michelle spoke to Nursing in Practice and Management in Practice at the start of August, detailing the pressures facing the London general practice workforce as a whole and looking at how to better coordinate care to improve patient outcomes.
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Last updated : 13 Aug 2015
Our Winter Planning resilience guide will help GPs and their practices create and maintain a business continuity plan.
The guide can be downloaded from our...
22 December 2015
Christmas 2015 edition
Dear Colleague,
Christmas is upon us, and trying not to sound...
In November Nursing and Midwifery Council registration rukes changed. It is now the case that practice nurses who have not paid their 2015 registration renewal fee and submitted their renewal...
As you will have seen from Michelle’s M Word 24 and M Word 25 and other communications The General Practitioners Committee (GPC) of the BMA has voted for a Special...
Our updated flu guidance can be read here.
The latest Department of Health London seasonal influenza bulletin can be read here. Details of our Buying Group's new flu vaccine suppliers...
The Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations 2012 requires Display Energy Certificates (DEC) in public buildings. It covers buildings where the total useful floor area of the building exceeds 250...
New supplier – Flu vaccine
The LMC Buying Group has concluded negotiations with flu vaccine companies for the 2016/17 season and can now announce the joint first preferred suppliers...
We have recently run the following events and courses to support GP practice staff in meeting the challenges of working in modern general practice.
Effective Medical Chaperoning
This course was...
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