Londonwide LMCs November 2024 newsletter
Covering: London General Practice Awards, workforce survey opens, LAS, BMA NI campaign, primary/ secondary care interface and more.
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Londonwide LMCs’ London General Practice Awards – nominations close 30 November
On 6 February 2025, we will be recognising the hard work of GPs and practice teams at an awards ceremony in the House of Commons.
Act now to keep your performance data anonymous
There is a narrow window of opportunity to push for a GP-led system of pressures reporting, before a top-down one is implemented.
MP engagement – Jeremy Corbyn MP practice visit
On Friday 13 January Rt. Hon. Jeremy Corbyn MP visited the Andover Medical Centre in his Islington North constituency to hear about issues affecting the practice and its patients, particularly around bureaucracy and premises. The visit was organised by Londonwide LMCs and attendee by Dr Adam Jenkins, the Chair of our Board and Dr Vicky […]
The Brent LMC newsletter February 2017
The Brent LMC News Update February 2017 is now available.
January 2017 newsletter
January 2017 Newsletter MP engagement – Jeremy Corbyn visit We arranged for Islington MP and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn MP to visit the Andover Road Medical Centre, a practice in his constituency. READ MORE ► NHS winter crises timeline This winter has seen unprecedented pressure on NHS services, leading to claim and counter-claim about […]
EHH sessional open meeting, Tuesday 31 January 2017
Engage and Connect – Catch up with what all Sessional GPs MUST know Are you salaried? Who could be employing you if MCPs potentially take over GMS and PMS? What is an MCP? Would you even have a choice in working for one? Would they offer an NHS pension? What about CPD, sick/parental leave? How […]
Patient engagement roundtable
Our Patient Engagement Project hosted a successful roundtable event last month which focussed on building working relationships with third sector stakeholders to benefit practices in their work with their patient participation groups (PPGs).
Sessional GP engagement
We will provide real-time Twitter updates from our Ealing, Hammersmith and Houslow sessional GP open meeting on 31 January, to allow those who are interested but cannot attend to follow online. Anyone with internet access can follow the discussion, you do not need a Twitter account, simply go to Twitter and search for the hastag […]
Guest blog – Dealing with online patient comments
Our GP Support team’s Jan Swannell shares how she managed online complaints during her time as a practice manager in North London. After 15 years as a practice manager I joined Londonwide LMCs’ GP Support team last August as an assistant manager. In my time as practice manager I have, like most of you, seen […]
Jeremy Hunt MP questioned on Brexit impact by Health Select Committee
On 24 January Jeremy Hunt MP appeared before the House of Common’s Health Select Committee to answer questions on the impact of the UK leaving the European Union (EU). Highlights of Jeremy Hunt’s evidence to the Committee include: He was unable to provide guarantees on UK citizen’s right to access services covered by the European […]
Requirement to use your GMC number on Death Certificates
Registry Offices and certificates are refusing to accepted Medical Certificate of Cause of Deaths (MCCDs) without GMC numbers on them. GPs working using old books of blank death certificates should write their GMC number next to their signature, those using newer books will see that a field has been added to the certificates for their GMC […]