CPD Standards Office awards our General Practice Manager Training Programme 106 CPD points - 22 August 2018
Our new General Practice Manager (GPM) training programme has now been awarded CPD accreditation by the CPD Standards Office. Students on the programme will now receive up to 106 CPD points for successful completion of the programme. The CPD accreditation is in addition to...Subject access request survey reports increased requests to half of practices - 22 August 2018
There are some interesting results coming from the current survey on subject access requests (SARs) received by practices that is has been designed by Dr Paul Cundy, a GP in Merton. If you have not done so already, please complete the short online survey. Just one response per practice...Top tips for GP trainees - 22 August 2018
This month a new cohort of GP trainees take up their posts. We share some top tips from a current GP trainee and a GP trainer. If you work in a training practice please encourage your trainees to pass us their email address and the practice they’re training at so...Charging patients who fail to attend non-NHS medicals - 22 August 2018
GPs and practice staff often find it frustrating when a non-NHS medical (or other chargeable non-NHS work) has been booked, such as for a taxi licence, and the patient fails to attend. However, this does not mean that the practice can automatically charge the patient for non-attendance. The arrangement for...Your experience of digital health services - 22 August 2018
With increasing moves toward digital access and service provision in general practice, we want to gather information on the differing platforms and pilots offering online access, including whether and how they have involved practices. We are particularly interested in your comments on any successes and challenges you have experienced in...Tips of the Month August 2018 - 21 August 2018
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. #TipoftheWeek It is a contractual requirement to have two clinical references...Doctors of the World Safer Surgeries toolkit - 20 August 2018
Doctors of the World (DOTW) has launched the Safe Surgeries toolkit, a single site to provide GP practices with resources helping them to better understand the regulations and best practice around caring for migrant populations. DOTW UK is offering practices who opt to become designated Safe Surgeries additional access to free...Blue badge applications – success in east London - 17 August 2018
After concerns raised by Waltham Forest LMC, the local council are now telling blue badge applicants not to contact their GP to support their application. The letter states: “Please note your GP should not be asked for specific information for your mobility application and an appointment should not be made...Online STI service replaces in-person testing for asymptomatic patients - 16 August 2018
Changes to sexual health services in London mean that anyone who is asymptomatic and wants to be tested for STIs should order a testing kit from the Sexual Health London website. It is advisable to update any practice staff who may need to signpost patients to sexual health services....Preparing for your CQC presentation - 08 August 2018
This month we are launching our CQC presentation guide, which explains how to prepare for the 30 minute presentation which is part of every practice inspection. Dami Akanbi from our GP support team sums up some of the key points from the guide. Your CQC presentation should focus on their...National Data Opt Out update - 08 August 2018
The ‘National Data Opt-out’ was launched on 25 May 2018, providing a facility for patients to opt-out from the use of their data for research or planning purposes. The national data opt-out was launched as part of the ‘Your Data Matters to the NHS’...GP partnership review - London fact-finding visit - 08 August 2018
Dr Nigel Watson, Chair of Wessex LMCs, is leading the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) review of the GP partnership, due to be completed by the end of the year. Once finalised, the review will be sent to the Secretary of State for...Premises update June 2018 - 18 July 2018
LMC support with Premises Issues NHS England/CCGs have a duty to consult with LMCs over issues that impact general practice, including premises/estates issues. Londonwide LMCs has set up a GP Premises Liaison Group with Surrey & Sussex LMCs and Barking & Havering LMCs to meet...Dr Michelle Drage's statement on the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care - 18 July 2018
Dr Michelle Drage responds to the appointment of Matthew Hancock as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. "Congratulations and welcome to new Health Secretary Matthew Hancock. "I’d love the opportunity to show him the true face of London's General Practice. Particularly how our...Tips of the month July 2018 - 18 July 2018
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. 2/2 ...or for any prescription or repeatable prescription for any drug, medicine or...Re-inventing medicine round-table - 18 July 2018
At our annual conference in May, Prof Martin Marshall, vice-chair of RCGP Council, spoke about the need to reconsider what general practice and community medicine looks like. Reinventing medicine is about re-prioritising what is important about supporting patients to improve their health; the wider determinants of health; the inverse care...Perinatal mental health access variation - 16 July 2018
The Pan-London Perinatal Mental Health Network are gathering information on disparities in access to, and funding for, perinatal mental health within secondary and tertiary care. This map produced by the Maternal Mental Health Alliance gives some indication of the variation in perinatal mental health spending by CCG. Whilst the Network...Londonwide LMCs' Buying Group - MIAB - 06 July 2018
Caring for those that care the most - expert insurance from MIAB It would be easy to think of MIAB as 'just' another insurance broker. As one of many in the healthcare sector we have to work hard to earn - and keep -...
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