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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 […]

The nomination period for the 2018 LMC elections closed on Thursday 7 June 2018. We are pleased to report that nine constituencies will be going to ballot. Voting will be open from Monday 25 June 2018 to 12.00pm on Tuesday 24 July 2018. Results from the constituencies not contested will also be available from Monday […]

NHS general practice is celebrating its 70th birthday, which is a major milestone in the history of British medicine. The availability of general practice to Londoners (8m of us in 1948, 9m now, but as few as 6.5m in the 1990s) has been the bedrock of the NHS since its founding, providing cradle-to-grave care to all […]

LMC support with Premises Issues NHS England/CCGs have a duty to consult with LMCs over issues that impact general practice, including premises/estates issues. Londonwide LMCs has set up a GP Premises Liaison Group with Surrey & Sussex LMCs and Barking & Havering LMCs to meet regularly with NHS England London Region, Community Health Partnerships (CHP) […]