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

We can work it out: powering up London's primary care workforce - Londonwide LMCs' Annual Conference 2016 (08 Dec 2015)

GP help wanted with audit of research requests (08 Dec 2015)

Londonwide LMCs' second workforce survey - Thank you (08 Dec 2015)

Provider Development and our support to emerging federations (08 Dec 2015)

Speakers' Corner - The most fun a GP can have without coming to the attention of the GMC (08 Dec 2015)

Patient Online – prepare now for next year’s contractual deadline (08 Dec 2015)

Mword - Issue 25 now available (02 Dec 2015)

Londonwide LMCs statement on 2015 spending review - Dr Michelle Drage, CEO (25 Nov 2015)

M Word - Issue 24 - November 2015 now available (20 Nov 2015)

M Word - Issue 23 - November 2015 now available (17 Nov 2015)

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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