Discount rates for flu vaccines for winter 2018 through Londonwide LMCs' Buying Group - 06 July 2018
Many practices are starting to plan for winter 2018 and are pre-ordering their flu vaccines. Londonwide LMCs' Buying Group, through our buying partner MidMeds, has negotiated a specially discounted rate for member practices. The discounted rate of 50% of the normal cost has been offered...Join our new Londonwide LMCs' Buying Group - 06 July 2018
We are delighted that so many practices have joined our new Londonwide LMCs’ Buying Group. The group will give registered London practices unique discounts on key products and services. To take advantage of these discounts, and increase our collective buying power, please register your interest by clicking...Salisbury Novichok 1 incident - Public Health England interim guidance - 05 July 2018
Following the recent Salisbury Novichok 1 incident, Public Health England have issued interim guidance on the diagnosis and early management in organophosphate chemical incidents. This guidance can be downloaded here. Public health messaging has not changed, the risk remains low...London general: 70 years of improving life in the Capital - 05 July 2018
NHS general practice is celebrating its 70th birthday, which is a major milestone in the history of British medicine. The availability of general practice to Londoners (8m of us in 1948, 9m now, but as few as 6.5m...LMC elections - latest news - 25 June 2018
The nomination period for the 2018 LMC elections closed on Thursday 7 June 2018. We are pleased to report that nine constituencies will be going to ballot. Voting will be open from Monday 25 June 2018 to 12.00pm on Tuesday 24 July 2018. Results from...Seven London hospital trusts cease to accept paper referrals in June or July - 20 June 2018
From the 1 October eRS will be the only route for GP to Consultant-led first outpatient appointments, as part of the Standard Contract 2018/2019. However, Trusts have staggered paper switch-off dates before October 2018 after which they will return all non-eRS referrals including those sent...Our latest workforce survey closes on Monday 25 June - 20 June 2018
Thank you in advance for making space in your hectic day to complete our 12 minute survey on practice workforce issues which will help us to gather insight to share with key opinion formers and stakeholders, and to generate stories highlighting the pressures you are under...London’s GP leader: ‘NHS cash boost must reach frontline, not become tied-up in red tape’ - 20 June 2018
"We hope the additional £20bn for the NHS promised by the Prime Minister goes a substantial way to meeting the increasing demand for GP services we are already seeing in surgeries across London, although precedent from previous announcements does give us cause for concern.” “General practice, social care and community...Tips of the month June 2018 - 20 June 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 CQC will expect you to have oxygen and a defibrillator unless...KO41b returns not mandatory for 2018 - 19 June 2018
The window for practices to complete and submit the 2017/18 NHS complaints data return closed on Friday 8 June. The BMA has previously advised that practices are under no legal obligation to complete and submit the current KO41b return – instead the default obligation is for practices to comply with...Publication of Integrated Care - Organisations, Partnerships and Systems - 19 June 2018
Online report PDF download The Committee considered the increasing reliance on a range of health and care services, which are mostly public but also provided by non-statutory services (charities, social enterprises, community services and private providers), and expressed concerns about the...SNOMED CT update for SystmOne practices - 19 June 2018
The first phase of the national deployment of SNOMED CT has now taken place with approximately 20 pilot sites taking part. The wider roll-out for SystmOne GP practices will be implemented from 1 April 2020 and completed by autumn that year. Practices will be notified of deployment plans nearer the...GP State of Emergency continues - 19 June 2018
Since April 2016 when GPs in London and across the country declared a GP State of Emergency, our campaign has been a great success. However, we recognise that the GP State of Emergency continues. Patients still at risk Patients still risk losing their GPs unless the pressures on general...Free online mindfulness course for patients - 19 June 2018
Londoners can now access a free online mindfulness tool via the Good Thinking website. The website signposts individuals to resources to help deal with depression, anxiety, stress and insomnia which have been independently assessed and validated. The course of mindfulness is designed to be completed over several weeks, delivered...Premises update June 2018 - 15 June 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 regularly with NHS England...Responding to online comments about your practice - 07 June 2018
This is a reminder for practices about what they can do if they receive notification of negative comments posted on the NHS Choices website. We understand practices are notified of a comment relating to them following the publication of the comment. An alert is...Stand. Vote. Engage. The 2018 LMC elections - 23 May 2018
Nomination papers for this year’s LMC elections were sent out in the week beginning 30 April 2018. This year every LMC seat is up for election. We want any GP working within the 27 London boroughs we represent to stand for election, regardless of their...Londonwide LMCs conference 2018 round-up - 23 May 2018
On 2 May 2018 we hosted our annual conference – titled “London Calling” - at the Kia Oval. The day was a great success with an array of guest speakers who discussed a range of topics relating to the ongoing challenges NHS general practice faces, while providing guidance about the...Tips of the month May 2018 - 21 May 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 You have a contractual obligation to offer the Friends and Family...Thank you to those who responded to our data-validation exercise - 21 May 2018
A big thank you to all the practices who responded to the data validation exercise, which ran between January-March 2018. We asked practices to confirm the details of the GPs and practice staff who are working at their practice. This exercise was undertaken to ensure we have an accurate and...
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