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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. Prescriptions for sexually transmitted infections need to be endorsed by the prescriber to allow free dispensing at pharmacies. This is intended as a stop […]
This month Jane Chiodini shares some advice on managing travel health. Jane is a specialist nurse in travel medicine and last October became the first nurse to become Dean of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Our travel health update, lead by Jane, runs on 10 July. As the […]
Thank you to everyone who attended the popular GP State of Emergency (GPSOE) workshop at our annual conference in March, run by Dr Elliott Singer, the Medical Director leading on GPSOE at Londonwide LMCs. The workshop included a group session where attendees identified areas for new guidance, letters and posters. As a result, the GPSOE team […]
At the end of May the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) recommended that the Government add all medical practitioner roles to the Shortage Occupation List (SOL). Being on the SOL means that an employer can sponsor a tier 2 visa for an employee from outside the UK or EEA without having to demonstrate they have met […]
Our latest workforce survey officially closed on Tuesday 18 June, but we are allowing those who have opened the email to complete the survey, so please do so if you have the time. If this applies to you, check your inbox for an email on Monday evening which will show as being from Dr Michelle Drage, via ComRes, […]
13 June 2019 Dear Colleague PCN Model Schedules In my last message to you I talked about taking a simple and straightforward approach to establishing PCNs. 1. Word version of PCN Model Schedules Recognising the specific circumstances that working in the Capital presents, we have drafted some PCN Model Schedules, co-produced with LMC Law, for use by […]
Update 03.06.19 – The PCN Model Schedules can now be found on our dedicated GP Contract page www.lmc.org.uk/gpcontract 31 May 2019 Dear Colleague PCN MODEL SCHEDULES – Keep It Simple. There appears to be a feeding frenzy over legal support to PCNs of industrial proportions taking a simple and straightforward concept to new heights of unnecessary […]
The new Primary Care Indicators Dashboard was due to be launched on 1 May 2019. However, NHS England have encountered a number of problems relating to formatting and resolving outstanding data issues for some specific indicators so the revised launch date is 31 May 2019. NHS England have said that they will bring this date forward if […]
Rent review process The rent review process applies to all practices who rent their premises, regardless of who their landlord is. Practices have been reporting delays following applications for a rent review, including delays in visits and reports from District Valuers (DVs). We have escalated these issues to the relevant STPs and NHS England. We […]
