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Tips on submitting childhood immunisations (0-5) data to Open Exeter

At our recent finance event for GPs and practice managers NHS England London’s vaccinations and immunisations team gave the following advice to practices when submitting their childhood immunisations (0-5) data to Open Exeter. Always choose ‘save’ AND ‘submit’ to ensure your data is submitted correctly to Open Exeter. Choosing ‘save’ on its own will not submit the […]

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – further guidance now available

The Information Governance Alliance (IGA), which includes the Department of Health, NHS England, NHS Digital and Public Health England, is in the process of producing guidance for GDPR ahead of it coming into force in May this year. It is worth keeping a check on the IGA GDPR website whilst definitive guidance is developed. The latest guidance […]

Practice resources for children and young people

Healthy London Partnership (HLP), brings together London CCGs, NHS England and other partners to assist with the delivery of better health and care for all Londoners. HLP has a range of tools and resources to support GPs and practice staff provide health and wellbeing care for children and young people (CYP). Free event: How to transform […]

Contacting the NHS England London premises team

At our recent finance event for GPs and practice managers, Sian Clapton from NHS England London’s premises team, provided us with contact details for the team. Any issues relating to premises reimbursements or rent reviews should go in the first instance to the premises team. Contact is via the relevant generic inbox for your area: England.gpreimbursementncl@nhs.net […]

MP visit – Chuka Umunna meets with Lambeth LMC

On Friday 29 January 2018 members of Lambeth LMC met Chuka Umunna MP at the Exchange Surgery in his Streatham constituency. The LMC members covered the challenges around recruitment, retention and workload and how the three impact on each other. They also covered Lambeth’s successes with collaborative working and what more could be done to […]

Influenza and the annual vaccine ordering challenge for practices

Kenny Gibson, Head of Public Health Commissioning (London) and NHS England London’s lead on flu vaccinations shares his tips for anticipating the cycle of winter illnesses and getting the best value when buying in vaccine stock. There has been a positive shift in our population’s approach to vaccines. More and more people are seeing the […]

It’s election year at Londonwide LMCs – make your voice heard

This year every LMC seat is up for election. Any GP working in one of the 27 London boroughs we represent may be nominated for election regardless of their contractual status. We particularly welcome nominations from those GPs who are under-represented on current LMCs. As Dr Hannah Theodorou, a sessional GP member of Waltham Forest […]