Londonwide LMCs' September 2018 newsletter

 
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September 2018 Newsletter

Response to digital-first providers consultation

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We have responded to NHS England’s consultation on ‘Digital-first primary care and its implications for general practice payments’.

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Response to GP partnership review

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Read our written response to the GP partnership review. We are also planning a further meeting with the review team.
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Student MMR and MenACWY

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Practices are likely to see increased demand for student vaccinations, with larger numbers of students living in the family home and lower childhood vaccine uptake among those age cohorts starting university.

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Premises update

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Advice for practices in Community Health Partnerships or NHS Property Services premises, including guidance on Occupancy Agreement Letters and Occupancy Change Notices.

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Winter pressures – keep us up to date

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With winter approaching we are keen to learn what local contingency plans are in place for winter pressures.

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Resource of the Month

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Download our GP State of Emergency guidance and waiting room poster to accompany our template letter.
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Guidance Updates

GPC news
Sessional GP newsletter
NHS England GP bulletin

Londonwide Diary

September

27 Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell speaking at Management in Practice

October

18 Dr Michelle Drage speaking at Best Practice
25 Introduction to medical terminology
31 Consultation skills: improve your effectiveness and reduce risk

November

01 Clinical supervision for general practice nurses
07 Changes in employment law
08 Evelina London gait analysis course 2018
15 Foundation course on integrated medicine in London
19 The future of innovation at GSTT
22 London practice manager conference


How to be a dementia friendly practice

21 September is World Alzheimer's Day, Dr Aoife Keily of the Alzheimer’s Society explains how practices can be more dementia friendly.

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Also this month...  

BMA survey of Docman problems

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The BMA are asking for practices to provide information on the volume of correspondence in their ‘unprocessed’ Docman folder and how long it will take them to go through it. Responses will be used to push for some degree of reimbursement for the additional work created through the Docman error.

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LEAD training events

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A round-up of our upcoming training events and courses for practice staff and clinicians, including day-long workshops and our blended learning courses for practice nurses, healthcare assistants and practice managers.

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Jobs board reminder

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Don’t forget our vacancies section is free to use for practices. All you need to do is complete and submit the web form and we will do the rest to get your job listing online.

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How we use your data

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In line with recent data protection legislation changes, we have updated our privacy policy which explains how we handle your personal data.

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Media and public affairs round-up

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On 17 September Dr Michelle Drage, Chief Executive of Londonwide LMCs, appeared on BBC Radio 2, debating the Health Secretary's call for GP at Hand to be rolled out across the country. On 10 September Michelle took part in Sky News’ morning newspaper review. On 6 September Michelle was quoted in GPonline, responding to the Health Secretary's speech to the NHS Expo. On 5 September our response to the NHS England consultation on digital-first providers was mentioned in the BMJ. On 31 August Michelle was named as the 18th most influential GP in the UK by Pulse's Power 50 listing.

We continue to be very active in promoting the interests of London GPs and practice staff on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. We also support practices that are approached with media requests. You can find details here.

 

 

Got a story? Email us at comms@lmc.org.uk.
Deadline for next month's submissions is 10 October.
Download your resources from our GP State of Emergency website.

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Last updated : 17 Oct 2018

 

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