RCGP North and West London events coming up

Minor surgery including DOPS refresher course – one day course: 10 February at the Medical Society of London

This one day course designed by GPs, plastic surgeons, dermatologists and GPwSIs offers training in skin lesion recognition, advanced wound closure techniques as well as DOPS assessments for those practitioners who carry out fewer than 100 procedures a year. The course is made up of nationally recognised content, designed in consultation with NHS England to allow practitioners to fulfil the requirements for the 2014 minor surgery DES. The course provides interactive sessions, one on one observational assessment and training, high tutor to delegate ratio, take home suture kit, 160 page training manual, high quality training videos and comprehensive post course online support.

Further information and booking details are here.

Men and women’s health update – one day course: 23 February at the Medical Society of London

Run by the North and West London Faculty, sponsored by Besins Healthcare, this one day course provides updates on various, including:

Managing Erectile Dysfunction
Testosterone Replacement Therapy in Primary Care
Psychosexual Assessments and Referrals
Fibroids: new perspectives, benign balls and remedies
Background and Symptoms: impact of the menopause, symptoms and patient assessments
HRT Prescribing

Further information and booking details are here.

Last updated : 19 Jan 2016

I want great care IT system (11 Nov 2015)

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Speaker's Corner - moustache aficionado Dr Tony Grewal looks at men’s health issues for "Movember" (11 Nov 2015)

This month moustache aficionado Dr Tony Grewal looks at men’s health issues for "Movember", Londonwide LMCs staff raised over £100 for the Movember charity. Tony writes: November is the month when...

November 2015 newsletter now available (11 Nov 2015)

Londonwide LMCs Newsletter

Update on successful resolution of first Christmas 2013 breach case (10 Nov 2015)

The legal challenge brought against breach notices issued by NHSE to practices who closed their doors on Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve in 2013 has ended in a successful...

Keeping on top of bureaucracy in your practice (09 Nov 2015)

Jeremy Hunt recently announced plans to cut bureaucracy in the health service, including ending the practice of hospitals referring patients who miss appointments back to GPs and consolidating the...

Appeal: support the homeless this winter (09 Nov 2015)

Londonwide LMCs’ communications team recently met with Dr Paul O’Reilly and Practice Manager Tanya O’Brien of the Doctor Hickey Surgery in Westminster. Both spoke powerfully about the vulnerable groups...

Provider development event round-up (06 Nov 2015)

Londonwide LMCs, in collaboration with Healthy London Partnership co-hosted an event on 4th November at the Kia Oval attended by over 100 representatives from emerging GP Provider Groups, CCGS and...

Female Genital Mutilation Datasets briefing note (04 Nov 2015)

Practices are now legally required to report Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) to Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). The purpose of the data collection is to improve the NHS...

PMS contract review update (03 Nov 2015)

This briefing is for information only for GMS practices This update follows our recent PMS briefing: in areas where CCGs have already moved to Level 3 co-commissioning, (fully delegated responsibilities)...