General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – further guidance now available - 16 February 2018
The Information Governance Alliance (IGA), which includes the Department of Health, NHS England, NHS Digital and Public Health England, is in the process of producing guidance for GDPR ahead of it coming into force in May this year. It is worth keeping a check on the IGA GDPR website...Tips of the Month February 2018 - 16 February 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 Clinical governance is a contractual requirement although there is no...Obituary: Dr Param-Jeet Singh Sandhu 1947-2018 - 24 January 2018
General Practitioner, Hammond Road Practice, Southall, Middlesex. (Birth 1947 q. Punjabi University 1972 – Died on 5th January 2018 from metastatic carcinoma of the prostate at the age of 70 years). After qualifying and working in...What makes an award winning practice team? - 24 January 2018
Dr Suresh Tibrewal, partner at Richmond Road Medical Centre and member of City and Hackney LMC, explains some of the ways or working which lead to the practice team at Richmond Road being recognised as General Practice Team of the Year at the General Practice Awards last...LMC elections 2018 - 23 January 2018
It’s LMC election time again at Londonwide LMCs! This year every LMC seat is up for election. Any GP working in one of the 27 London boroughs we represent may be nominated for election regardless of their contractual status. In particular, we welcome nominations from those GPs who are under-represented...GPC regional election nominations 2018 - 23 January 2018
Nominations are open for the round of GPC regional elections to cover terms from 2018-21. In London two seats are up for election: Enfield and Haringey, Camden and Islington, Barnet, Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth, Kingston and Richmond Outside London the following seats are...Get ready now for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - 23 January 2018
Data protection law changes in 2018. Practices need to be ready for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force on 25 May 2018. NHS guidance on what practices need to do is expected to be issued next month, but there are some helpful resources you can...Child safeguarding reports – where does your practice stand with local authorities? - 22 January 2018
This item was originally published in April 2017, following feedback from LMCs we can now add that Hammersmith and Fulham Council do pay GPs for child protection reports and have a mechanism for practices to claim for the service. Ealing and Hounslow LMC are currently in discussion to clarify that the...Tips of the week December/January 2018 - 22 January 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 If you are a GMS practice you must offer employment...Changes to the Londonwide LMCs' Buying Group - 22 December 2017
Londonwide LMCs’ Buying Group will be ending its relationship with PSS on 31 December 2017, following concerns over the quality and advertising of some products. New arrangements are imminent and our new service will ensure access to the most popular services from the old arrangements...London Health and Care Devolution Memorandum of Understanding signed - 20 December 2017
The London Health and Care Devolution Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed last week by London, national partners and central government. We currently have some high-level details which we can share with you, we will share more specifics about what this means for London general...Primary Care Barometer – practice manager participants wanted - 20 December 2017
Londonwide LMCs is working with an independent evaluation team who want to improve the understanding of the challenges faced by GP practices as they try to deliver routine services at the same time as implementing changes to service delivery. The evaluation team are looking for...Thank you for your hard work this year - 19 December 2017
Well done. Not enough people say it to you, the difference everyone working in London general practice makes to the people you care for and the adversity you face in doing so means you’re performing a minor miracle day-after-day, all year round. Thank your for your hard work from everyone here at...Winter 2017 workforce survey closes at the end of December - 19 December 2017
Thank you to everyone who has made space in their hectic working day to complete our short survey on practice workforce issues which helps us to gather insight to share with key opinion formers and stakeholders, and to generate stories highlighting the pressures you are under for trade and national publications. If you...NHS England extend access advertising campaign - 19 December 2017
On Monday 11 December NHS England launched an advertising campaign telling patients in London that 75,000 GP appointments are in the month spanning the Christmas period and to contact their practice to book an appointment with their GP or one nearby. This took the form of an advert covering...Tips of the week November/December 2017 - 19 December 2017
At the start of December we launched a weekly tip 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 If you wish to hand...BMA update on NHS Property Services and Community Health Partnership - 15 December 2017
The BMA have advised that practices in NHS Property Services (NHSPS) and Community Health Partnership (CHP) premises may receive a letter demanding payment of outstanding invoices, in fact many practices have already received such letters. The BMA advise that if you receive this letter and continue to have concerns over...
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