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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 […]

July 2018 Newsletter GP Partnership Review: London fact-finding visit On 30 July we will be meeting with Nigel Watson, who is leading the GP Partnership Review. We have also arranged for Nigel to meet London GPs working in a variety of roles at our offices and two London practices. READ MORE   ► GPSOE success: […]

Our new General Practice Manager (GPM) training programme has now been awarded CPD accreditation by the CPD Standards Office. Students on the programme will now receive up to 106 CPD points for successful completion of the programme. The CPD accreditation is in addition to the professional accreditation with the RCGP. The GPM training programme is designed and […]

Our next free to attend practice manager’s conference will take place on Thursday 22 November 2018 at Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HQ. The packed programme so far includes topics such as working at scale, digital health, patient engagement, data protection, building your team and a CQC update. This is going to be a very popular […]

Dr Nigel Watson, Chair of Wessex LMCs, is leading the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) review of the GP partnership, due to be completed by the end of the year. Once finalised, the review will be sent to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive […]

Following a letter from our GP State of Emergency team, Transport for London have updated their advice to applying for a private hire driver licence to reflect that the charge for a medical exam is to be set by the examining GP. Their advice had previously said that it was £80, however there is no […]

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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 […]