HR in general practice: recruitment and selection - 21 June 2017
Londonwide LMCs recently ran a recruitment and selection workshop for GPs and practice management colleagues. The day was full of lively discussion as delegates considered all aspects of the recruitment and selection process, focussing particularly on how to enhance the effectiveness of the selection process while avoiding litigation risks. There...Guest blog - How the Lambeth nurse leads model works - 20 June 2017
Paula Marsden, Anne Macrae and Louise Ashwood explain how they set up the Lambeth nurse leads. A group which supports nurses working in general practice within the borough. In May 2013 two senior general practice nurses (GPNs) and two nurse practitioners (NPs) came together to...May 2017 workforce survey – thank you for responding - 20 June 2017
Our latest workforce survey closed on Tuesday 20 June, we received over 750 responses, representing over 550 practices. Thank you to those who took the time to provide us with this valuable information. We will now analyse the results and share the headlines with LMCs as soon as practically possible....Fire at Grenfell Tower - assisting with relief work - 19 June 2017
Following on from the tragic events in Kensington yesterday morning, Londonwide LMCs is here to support you and your practice staff at this difficult time. Please remember look out for yourselves and your colleagues when dealing under these extraordinary pressures, not just now but especially in the days and weeks...General election 2017 – Summary of London results - 15 June 2017
Election night ended with a hung parliament and in London those boroughs represented by Londonwide LMCs saw Labour gain three seats from the Conservatives, Kensington, Battersea and Enfield Southgate. The three new MPs are respectively, Emma Dent Coad, Marsha De Cordova and Bambos Charalambous. After the retirement of Jim Dowd,...Obituary: Dr Chris Jowett 19 August 1952 – 27 May 2017 - 15 June 2017
Last month we lost Dr Chris Jowett, the treasurer of our board, former vice-chair of Hillingdon LMC and a prolific advocate for London general practice for over three decades. This obituary is written by Dr Tony Grewal, who was a partner in practice with Chris from 1987-2010 and preceded him...Use our patient engagement waiting room video to inform your patients of the challenges you face - 13 June 2017
Our new waiting room video is designed to encourage patients to learn about the challenges practices face. We have contacted most providers of waiting room screens in London, currently Egton, Numed and NoticeboardTV have agreed to...Our latest workforce survey is live next week - 05 June 2017
Thank you in advance for making space in your hectic day to complete our short 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...Guest blog: how can the new GP Retention Scheme help you and your colleagues - 24 May 2017
Our Medical Director Dr Vicky Weeks looks at the new GP Retention Scheme, which she helped negotiate as a member of the BMA’s Sessional GPs’ subcommittee. Overworked? Exhausted and can’t get that work-life balance right? Thinking of Leaving? Before taking that final step you should...2016/17 NHS complaints procedure KO41b - important action required - 24 May 2017
Practices have until 7 June 2017 to submit details of complaints associated with their NHS work, prior to it being published on the NHS England Primary Care website. This collection refers to complaints received between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017. Details of...Londonwide LMCs' Annual Conference calls for new models of care to stay true to the values of general practice and ease pressure on GPs - 24 May 2017
On 27 April 2017 we held our annual conference – ‘Under Pressure: stabilise, transform and sustain general practice for London’. The day provided a an opportunity for leaders in the profession to share their thoughts and insight, along with workshops on some of the important issues facing GPs and practice...Are you a digital healthcare provider? Have you registered? - 24 May 2017
The use of technology to deliver regulated activities remotely is increasing significantly with the intention of improving people’s access to healthcare advice, diagnosis and treatment. Practices need to be aware that if they are delivering regulated activities remotely, they need to update their statement of purpose to state that...BMA service charge problems data collection - 22 May 2017
The BMA are asking practices in NHS Property Services (NHSPS) or Community Health Partnership (CHP) premises to return the appropriate form (below) to provide details of any problems they may be having with service charges. The deadline is 23 June 2017. If you need assistance with any NHSPS or CHP...Press release - Patient power bid to ease pressure on GPs - 17 May 2017
A hard-hitting video for practice waiting rooms aims to enlist patient power by showing just how much pressure GPs are under. Part of Londonwide LMCs’ GP State of Emergency, declared last year, the video encourages patients to engage with their practice's patient group and then together lobby councillors and...Winter Indemnity Scheme extended to cover Easter weekend 2017 - 28 April 2017
NHS England’s Winter Indemnity Scheme has been extended to run until 17 April 2017, a month longer than originally intended. The extension has been introduced with a particular view to covering practices providing extended-hours access over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. Eligible practices will be...NHSPS debt recovery letters error - 28 April 2017
The British Medical Association (BMA) have notified us that they have been in discussion with NHS Property Services (NHSPS) over ongoing issues with the approach NHSPS has with practices. However, Shared Business Services (SBS) (on behalf of NHSPS) have still sent debt recovery letters by...Unresourced and unfunded work - 28 April 2017
Our November 2016 workforce survey showed significant demand for work outside of core contract being put on responding practices. Of the 12 types of work not covered by core that we asked practices about, the top three that respondents said they received most requests for...Keeping true to our values while under pressure - 26 April 2017
Ahead of our annual conference: 'Under Pressure: stabilise, transform, and sustain general practice for London', Dr Michelle Drage takes a look at some of the challenges facing London general practice. If you are booked onto our conference you can hear Michelle expand on these themes in her keynote speech tomorrow,...Half day closing and extended hours - 26 April 2017
Section 4 Part 9 of the Primary Medical Services (DES) Directions 2017/2018 indicates that from October 2017 practices that regularly close for a half day, on a weekly basis, will not ordinarily qualify to sign up for the Extended Hours DES. There may be exceptions to this – for example,...
Guidance
We provide expert guidance for practices in our guidance section, as well as an archive of other materials you may find useful.
follow us on...
