NHS chief says networking may be answer to working at scale - 23 October 2017
NHS Chief Executive Simon Stevens told the Health Select Committee earlier this month that “more networked approaches” can also be an answer to working ‘at scale’. This places the NHS England position on at-scale provision closer to Londonwide LMCs’ consistent calls for an approach that does not involve forcing practices...GPC guidance on requirements for PREVENT training - 23 October 2017
Section 26 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (the Act) places a duty on certain bodies (“specified authorities” listed in Schedule 6 to the Act), in the exercise of their functions, to have “due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism”. The only specified...Jeremy Hunt pledges ‘state-backed’ indemnity - 23 October 2017
Speaking at this month’s Royal College of General Practitioners conference Jeremy Hunt announced he is planning to introduce a state-backed indemnity scheme from April 2019. It will cover all GPs including locums and sessionals, he pledged, saying: “I can give the commitment it will be for doctors working in general...Working as a team helps combat workload stress - 19 October 2017
Alison Dalal, practice manager at the Paddington Green Health Centre, shares her top tips. As surveys show, working in general practice can be a stressful business and as the workload crisis shows no sign of abating Londonwide’s Practice Managers Conference next month will be looking at positive steps practices...LMC patient engagement project wins award at RCGP conference - 19 October 2017
Londonwide LMCs’ Patient Engagement Project (PEP) was launched in July 2016 with a focus on supporting practices in fostering and developing Patient Participation Groups (PPGs). The experiences and views of London practice staff and patients have directly informed the project’s delivery. The project team hosted a number of highly successful...Why the GP Patient Survey matters - 20 September 2017
Dr Julie Sharman, Medical Director with our GP and Practice Support Team, explains why practices should care about the GP Patient Survey and what actions they should take to follow-up on it. By this point you may have forgotten about the annual Ipsos-Mori GP Patient...New resource to explain how Londonwide LMCs supports everyone working in general practice - 20 September 2017
Extended access data collection now open - 20 September 2017
As NHS England will have informed you recently, the third bi-annual extended access collection is now open for submission until the end of Friday 29 September 2017. As set out in the 2016 regulations, all GP practices in England are required to submit an online return twice a year through...Practice Managers’ Blended Learning Programme - 20 September 2017
Londonwide LMCs are delighted to be launching a brand new blended learning programme for general practice managers at the Practice Manager Conference taking place this November. The innovative course, which has been accredited by the Royal College of General Practice, is aimed at those who are entering general practice for...Website review survey - 20 September 2017
We know how important a good website is in communicating with our GPs and practice teams. As our current site has been around for some time we would like your views on how it looks and works and where you think improvements might be made. Please could you spare five...BMA issues advice on premises fees - 20 September 2017
As NHS Property Services emails practices with invoices and/or a letter from Mark Day, Chief Financial Officer at Community Health Partnerships the BMA has issued advice to practices. The covering letter to GP tenants can be found here, BMA advice on the CHP letter can be found here and the...Cyber Essentials - 19 September 2017
Cyber Essentials is a government and industry supported scheme to help organisations protect themselves against common cyber-attacks. The award of a Cyber Essentials certificate to Londonwide LMCs should assure you that we have taken all necessary steps to protect our systems against cyber-attacks. The scheme focuses on internet-originated attacks against...BMA Ballot - 19 September 2017
GP leaders are to use a BMA survey, revealing more than half of practices are willing to close lists to new patients due to workload pressure, to push the Government to make good on promises from GP Forward View. Although not a formal ballot for industrial action, the poll revealed 54%...Future GP workforce plans for London - 19 September 2017
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan commissioned The King’s Fund and Nuffield Trust to undertake an independent analysis of sustainability and transformation plans (STP) in London. The full 98 page document is availableonline. The most relevant section for London GPs is the section on workforce reproduced below (P73 in...NHS England asking practices to complete its records on possible patient harm due to correspondence lost by Shared Business Services. - 08 September 2017
NHS England are say 30% of practices in England have yet to respond to their request to provide details of whether any patients may have come to harm due to the loss of correspondence by NHS Shared Business Services. Practices will be paid for the...Waiting room video – what to do when you are referred to a specialist - 01 September 2017
Our new waiting room video is designed to inform patients what they can expect when they are referred to a specialist or therapist. The video includes information on tests and investigations, prescriptions, the provision of sick or fit notes (Med 3) and follow up appointments. You can download it from...Primary care working at scale Master Classes in September - 24 August 2017
There are a series of Master Classes throughout September which will support GP providers in their journey and development as Working at Scale organisations. The events have been organised in a partnership between Londonwide LMCs, Healthy London Partnership and tle miad. The Master Classes...CQC registration fees reimbursement scheme claim process - 23 August 2017
The GMS contract changes for 2017/18 includes full reimbursement of Care Quality Commission (CQC) registration fees. This change is being implemented via the Statement of Financial Entitlements (SFE) which means that from 1 April 2017 the CQC registration fees will be reimbursed by NHS England...Medical records one-off payment - 23 August 2017
Practices should have received a £250 payment alongside their contractual payment by the end of June 2017. If you have not received this payment or you have any queries relating to this issue please contact pcse.ppinfo@nhs.net. The General Practitioners Committee (GPC) negotiated this one-off contribution...
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