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This update is applicable to practices who are leasing their premises from Community Health Partnerships (CHP) or NHS Property Services (NHSPS). Urgent – Occupancy Agreement letters We are aware that NHSPS may be sending practices Occupancy Agreement Letters and Occupancy Change Notices for completion and return. These documents should be treated with extreme caution, and […]

After concerns raised by Waltham Forest LMC, the local council are now telling blue badge applicants not to contact their GP to support their application. The letter states: “Please note your GP should not be asked for specific information for your mobility application and an appointment should not be made solely for the purpose of […]

GPs and practice staff often find it frustrating when a non-NHS medical (or other chargeable non-NHS work) has been booked, such as for a taxi licence, and the patient fails to attend. However, this does not mean that the practice can automatically charge the patient for non-attendance. The arrangement for the medical is purely a […]

If you would like to provide feedback to the GP Partnership Review please send us your thoughts before 30 August: info@lmc.org.uk. On 30 July 2018 Dr Nigel Watson and his GP Partnership Review team visited our offices in Euston and two GP practices. Dr Watson, who is also Chair of Wessex LMCs and a member of […]

Changes to sexual health services in London mean that anyone who is asymptomatic and wants to be tested for STIs should order a testing kit from the Sexual Health London website. It is advisable to update any practice staff who may need to signpost patients to sexual health services. Sexual health clinics will only be providing appointments […]

Election results are now available for all constituencies North central and east London  Barnet Dr Oluwadamilola Adedayo Dr Daniela Amasanti-DeBono Dr John Bentley Dr Martin Harris Dr Oge Ilozue Dr Alexis Ingram Dr Elissa Musetti Dr Farzana Vanat Camden  Dr Tina Agrawal Dr Ben Bromilow Dr Claire Chalmers-Watson Dr Janakan Crofton Dr Jessica Harland Dr […]

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At our annual conference in May, Prof Martin Marshall, vice-chair of RCGP Council, spoke about the need to reconsider what general practice and community medicine looks like. Reinventing medicine is about re-prioritising what is important about supporting patients to improve their health; the wider determinants of health; the inverse care law; recognising that the biomedical […]

This month we are launching our CQC presentation guide, which explains how to prepare for the 30 minute presentation which is part of every practice inspection. Dami Akanbi from our GP support team sums up some of the key points from the guide. Your CQC presentation should focus on their five key lines of enquiry and […]