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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. Everyone involved in the administration and giving of flu jabs should be familiar with the cold chain in relation to the storage of vaccines, […]
Jacqui Perfect, an experienced practice manager and member of our GP Support team, shares her top tips for the flu vaccination season. It’s that time of year again when the practice needs to get the flu campaign up and running. To help you achieve the best results for your practices, we’ve drafted these top tips. […]
We are keen to understand how leaving the EU without any transitional arrangements could impact on practices’ supplies of medicines, products and staff. Please take a few moments to complete our online survey. Last updated : 19 Sep 2019
The September 2019 City and Hackney LMC news update is available by clicking here.
Londonwide LMCS is aware of the increasing complexity and number of information and data sharing agreements (DSAs) and documents which practices are receiving to review and sign. To support practices, we have put together a checklist and guidance notes to help GPs and practices in reviewing the agreements they receive in order to be able […]
In the past 12 months CQC have visited nearly 400 practices in London and found that: 3 were considered outstanding, 300 were considered ‘good’, 57 required improvement, and 23 were considered as inadequate. Our GP Support team assists a number of practices in their attempts to improve their CQC rating. The team have pulled together […]
NHS England have provided an information sheet to explain the introduction of the faecal immunochemical test (FIT). This replaced the guaiac faecal occult blood test (gFOBt) at the start of June. The main benefit of the FIT is that it is easier to use; only one sample is required compared to gFOBt, which required three […]
Colin Brown, UK Director for Independent Living & Crisis Response at British Red Cross looks at how their expertise will be of use to social prescribing link workers, as they take up their roles with Primary Care Networks. In recent months there’s been a real shift in seeing the value of non-clinical interventions to improve […]
The NHS London Leadership Academy is working with primary care providers to support development in the sector, and to facilitate wider working across the health and social care system. They are offering a tailored organisational development (OD) programme for at least 25 leaders from primary care. The programme’s key focus is how best to build […]
