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27 November 2018 Dear Colleague As we run into the busiest time of the year I would like to ask you to briefly cast an eye towards the big picture, in particular: The GP Partnership Review – your last chance to feed in by 3 December Conference of England LMC Representatives An eventful start to […]

November 2018 Newsletter Workforce survey – please respond Our winter 2018 workforce survey will be in your inbox today. The data we gather is vital for our work representing GPs and practice teams across London. Please respond if you can. READ MORE   ► Check CCG data against practice data with regard to immunisation targets […]

We are looking for examples to highlight how people can access appropriate care from GP practices, wider primary care and other community based services this winter, to feed into a public awareness campaign called My London GP. If your practice and/or other providers of care in your local area would like to provide an example of how […]

Practices are advised to check data presented to them by CCGs with regard to levels of service provision, especially in relation to PMS/GMS premiums. In particular, CCG immunisation levels data should be checked against practices’ own records. Practices were advised to use the 6-in-1 vaccine when stocks of 5-in-1 were in short supply, but this substitution has not […]

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 must notify NHSE (your Responsible Officer) if there is a serious incident or you are being investigated. — Londonwide LMCs (@LondonwideLMCs) 19 […]

We are exploring the possibility of creating a health care support worker (HCSW) forum and would like to gauge the views of any health care support workers in practice teams across London. We currently run very popular forums for practice managers and practice nurses where members from across London come together for quarterly meetings as […]

You should have received an email from us around midday on Friday 2 November with this subject line: “Keep informed by keeping us informed (SSE/NWL/NCNE)” This email contains our current records for who works at your practice, it would be really helpful if you could update the grid in the email which has been sent […]

The Movember campaign runs each November with the aim of improving awareness of men’s health issues. Dr Anil Shah, of Newham LMC, explains how best to encourage men to monitor their prostate health and seek advice when they have concerns. Men are happy to openly talk and brag about many things, such as: the latest […]

Dr Jonty Heaversedge is Medical Director for Primary Care and Digital Transformation (London Region) NHS England and a GP in Southwark. Here he explains why he believes “The Next Steps to the Strategic Commissioning Framework” (SCF Next Steps) is a vision for strengthening general practice collaboration across London, what it means to work at larger scale […]