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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 resilient and dedicated practice teams act as the front door […]

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 is aware which services should be available, they […]

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 but is being kept under constant review. Last updated : 05 Jul 2018

June 2018 Newsletter Workforce survey Our workforce survey closes on Monday 25 June. The data we gather is vital for our work representing GPs and practice teams across London. Please respond if you can. READ MORE   ► National data opt-out The ‘National Data Opt-out’ was launched on 25 May 2018, providing a facility for […]

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 entirely through the app. The service is […]

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 practice are dramatically and appropriately eased. We […]

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 time. A two year transition […]

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 negative impact if these services and sources of support don’t join up, don’t share […]

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 the 2009 complaints regulations. Last […]