August Newsletter
Londonwide LMCs Newsletter
|
August 2015 Newsletter |
GPs should not automatically provide medical records following insurer subject access requests
|
|
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.
|
|
Primary Care Workforce Commission report
|
|
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.
|
|
GP resilience app
|
|
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.
|
|
Media round-up
|
|
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.
|
|
|
Last updated : 13 Aug 2015
Londonwide LMCs hosted a conference yesterday entitled ‘The Power of Collaboration and Innovation’ – Securing The Future Of General Practice aimed at GPs and Practice Managers and was attended by...
Londonwide LMCs' CEO Dr Michelle Drage invited to City Hall
A meeting to be held by the London Assembly at City Hall on Thursday 6 February to discuss access...
PRESS RELEASE
2 January 2014
Londonwide LMCs' view on practices' early closure during Christmas
Practices across London...
Dear Colleagues,
Three things to tell you right now:
1. Yesterday's CQC/media onslaught2. Christmas and New Year Opening3. Valuing...
The GPC has negotiated and agreed a new contract package for 2014-15. The terms of this contract obviously don’t just affect contractors, but impact upon how all GPs will work....
Dear colleagues,
Londonwide LMCs’ General Practice Cares campaign – Securing the Future of General Practice in London
I want to bring you up to speed with proactive work we have been doing over...
As you will now be aware, we have launched a campaign across London promoting general practice, in an effort to combat the negative rhetoric in the press.
As part of...
Following the announcement by the Department of Health about changes to the Men. C vaccination schedule, that as from 1st June 2013 the second dose currently given at four months...
Dear colleague,
As we knuckle down after another week of media onslaught, I have 3 topics to cover:
Londonwide LMCs’ GPN Online Training Course has been accredited by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). Developed from WIPP (Working in Partnership Programme), the GPN Online Training Course was...
We provide expert guidance for practices in our guidance section, as well as an archive of other materials you may find useful.
Contact our GP Support team if you need help or advice.
The team provide professional and pastoral support to GPs and practice teams on a broad range of issues.