February 2013 Londonwide newsletter now available
The February 2013 Londonwide LMCs' newsletter is now available.
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Clinical Commissioning update – Londonwide event
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Annual Report 2012/13
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NHS Pension Scheme contributions calculator 2013/14
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Security alert – email fraud
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Feedback - Londonwide Survey 2012
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New mental health workshop for practice nurses
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GP Contract Imposition survey
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Sessional GPs Subcommittee Elections
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Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) training – phase one
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QOF (Quality and Outcomes Framework 2012/13 year-end process
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‘The best workshop I have attended’ – LEAD events continue to deliver education and development for London’s GPs and their practice teams
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Londonwide Buying Group update
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RGCP North West London Faculty Events 2013
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Ano-Genital and Mucosal Dermatology Annual Course
This month you will find important updates and information on Clinical Commissioning, our Annual Report 2011/12, feedback from our survey late last year, and much more.
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In January the GPC sought legal advice on Public Health England’s (PHE) instructions to prescribe Tamiflu for the prophylaxis of influenza in nursing and care homes where there have been...Improving well-being and health for dementia patients workshop (14 Oct 2015)
WHELD Research Programme (Improving Wellbeing and Health in Dementia) have organised an Royal College of General Practitioners accredited workshop for GPs in London. It will discuss anti-psychotic medication and no-pharmacological...Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set - participation voluntary (14 Oct 2015)
Advice has been sought from the BMA General Practitioners Committee’s IT Subcommittee on the Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set (CCG OIS) for 2013/14 and 2014/15. Practices have been asked to sign...Year-end deadline for agreement of GP Systems of Choice and GP IT services (14 Oct 2015)
NHS England has published an agreement for signature by practices and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) setting out the provision of GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) and GP IT services. The...Death in service benefits for locum GPs - are you covered? (14 Oct 2015)
You may already be aware that there are persistent current inequities regarding the entitlement to ‘death in service’ benefit for freelance/ locum GPs compared to their principal or salaried GP...Healthwatch ask General Practice Committee for transparency on additional charges (14 Oct 2015)
The General Practitioners Committee (GPC) recently met with Healthwatch England to discuss charges that GPs can make for work not covered by their contract. Whilst the patient group understands the...New London Ambulance Service proposals to introduce non-emergency transport (14 Oct 2015)
London Ambulance Service (LAS) have consulted with us about a new service which they are implementing to help them manage the need for emergency ambulances more efficiently. A letter outlining...Meningococcal B for infants – FAQs update (14 Oct 2015)
NHS Employers have updated their vaccs and imms FAQs in relation to meningococcal B for infants to explain the eligible age cohort (2 – 13 months), as well as a catch-up...Guidance
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