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
Submitting data for the Avoiding Unplanned Admissions Directed Enhanced Service (DES)
The following information has been recieved from NHS England.
CQRS (Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS)) has informed NHS England...
Back in October we recommended that you held Wednesday 20 April 2016 in your calendar. The reason? It’s the date of Londonwide LMCs’ annual conference.
The free, must attend event...
The BMA have requested help from GPs in developing standards for research requests. If you receive any requests from researchers between now and 29 January 2016 that you would...
Thank you for making space in your hectic day to complete our recent short survey on practice workforce issues. This was a follow-up to the survey that many of you...
One of the priority work areas for Londonwide LMCs is on Provider Development and how we as an organisation support emerging federations wherever they are developing. We have teamed up...
This month Dr Paul O'Reilly explains the challenges of working with a homeless patient population and the rewards his work offers. Paul is a partner at the Dr Hickey Practice in Westminster...
As you know, promoting the use of online appointment booking and online repeat prescription ordering are contractual requirements for Patient Online. These are routinely offered to patients in London.
From...
Wednesday 2 December 2015
“Today’s announcement falls short of what is needed to address the challenges facing general practice in the Capital and beyond.
“The Statement contains nothing new for...
20 November 2015
Following my message earlier this week, I want to update you further on events over the...
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