Practice management: what matters to you, free event for practice managers, 21 November - book your place now - 22 August 2019
Dr Michelle Drage awarded BMA Medal - 21 August 2019
On 26 June at the BMA Annual Representative Meeting in Belfast, Dr Michelle Drage, our Chief Executive, was awarded the Association Medal in recognition of her “distinguished service to the association and her contribution to medicine”. The BMA recognised Michelle’s local service to GPs and...Congratulations to Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer on becoming CEO of Cambridgeshire LMCs - 21 August 2019
At the start of August Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer took over from Dr Guy Watkins as Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire LMC. Katie trained as a GP in London and was previously a medical director at Londonwide LMCs. Dr Michelle Drage, Chief Executive of Londonwide LMCs said: “Congratulations to Katie from all of us...Vaccination update August 2019 - 21 August 2019
Hepatitis B in at risk babies Babies born to mothers infected with hepatitis B require a course of hep B vaccination. The first dose is given within 24 hours in the maternity units, but the rest of the course is provided within general practice. Monovalent Hep B is given at...Primary care buddying system - 21 August 2019
The NHS London Leadership Academy is working with primary care providers to support development in the sector, and to facilitate wider working across the health and social care system. They are offering a tailored organisational development (OD) programme for at least 25 leaders from primary care. The programme’s key focus...Tackling social isolation and loneliness to improve health - 21 August 2019
Colin Brown, UK Director for Independent Living & Crisis Response at British Red Cross looks at how their expertise will be of use to social prescribing link workers, as they take up their roles with Primary Care Networks. In recent months there’s been a real shift in seeing the value...Bowel screening update – August 2019 - 21 August 2019
NHS England have provided an information sheet to explain the introduction of the faecal immunochemical test (FIT). This replaced the guaiac faecal occult blood test (gFOBt) at the start of June. The main benefit of the FIT is that it is easier to use; only one sample is required compared...New CQC guidance section for practices - 20 August 2019
In the past 12 months CQC have visited nearly 400 practices in London and found that: 3 were considered outstanding, 300 were considered ‘good’, 57 required improvement, and 23 were considered as inadequate. Our GP Support team assists a number of practices in their attempts to improve their...New Introduction to Practice Finance module for practice managers - 19 August 2019
We are pleased to announce our new practice finance module will be going live from September 2019. The module provides a vital update for practice managers looking to improve their finance and business knowledge. It also forms part of our practice manager blended learning programme and it can be completed...Tips of the month August 2019 - 15 August 2019
We provide weekly tips based on common queries which come through to us from London GPs and practice teams. These are shared via social media and collated for this newsletter. CQC notification timeframes:• Changes to statement of purpose: within 28 days.•...Safeguarding payments and collaborative arrangements - 15 August 2019
On 11 July 2019 Dr David Geddes, NHSE/I Director of Primary Care Commissioning, wrote to CCGs and STPs advising that payment for safeguarding activity is not covered by core NHS contracts and should be payable via other mechanisms (he gives examples of CCG payment under collaborative arrangements and via LIS)....New GP State of Emergency resources - 13 August 2019
Thank you to everyone who attended the popular GP State of Emergency (GPSOE) workshop at our annual conference in March, run by Dr Elliott Singer, the Medical Director leading on GPSOE at Londonwide LMCs. The workshop included a group session where attendees identified areas for new...CNSGP confirmed to cover safeguarding reports - 13 August 2019
NHS England and NHS Resolution have confirmed that the Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice (CNSGP) does cover GPs for claims relating to reports produced in response to safeguarding requests, for claims relating to activity undertaken since 1 April 2019. NHS Resolution had previously taken the position that safeguarding reports were...Digital Roundtable event and practice nurse Action Learning Set - 12 August 2019
On 3 July we hosted a Digital Roundtable for IT leads and practice managers. Speakers included representatives from the Primary Care Digital Transformation team at NHS England and our own Dr Elliott Singer, who gave a well-received presentation on ‘Is general practice digital ready?’. The talks were followed by a...Primary Care Networks (PCN) update – July 2019 - 02 August 2019
The start of this month saw the deadline for primary care networks to be finalised with CCGs. There have been a number of developments since our last newsletter: PCN process in London The process of forming PCNs in London is nearly complete, save for a...
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