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On 26 May Prof Claire Fuller led a session hosted by the NHS Confederation to talk through the findings of her ‘Stocktake’ report on general practice, including contributions from the various workstream leads. The full report can be viewed here. Prof Fuller and her team spoke with over 1,000 people attending workshops and engagement events, […]

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On 18 May, the Health and Social Care Committee held an evidence session for their inquiry into the future of General Practice, with a specific focus on continuity of care and patient lists. MPs heard from: Dr Pauline Grant, GP in Southampton Dr Jacob Lee, GP in Bristol Professor Steinar Hunskår, Professor of Primary Care […]

In May Health Education England (HEE) London published a report based on a survey of over 1,000 people working in primary care, looking at their experiences of discrimination from both patients and people working within the health system. The report and accompanying research were led by Dr Naureen Bhatti, HEE London Workforce Race Strategy Primary […]

The Rebuild General Practice (Rebuild GP) campaign is being jointly run by the BMA and General Practitioner’s Defence Fund (GPDF). On Monday 23 May the campaign published an open letter to patients which GPs are encouraged to sign and share with their patients, including via social media. Rebuild GP are also planning to meet with […]

Our latest workforce survey closes on Monday 4 July, if you think your practice has not received the invite email please contact info@lmc.org.uk. Thank you in advance for making space in your busy day to complete our short survey on practice workforce issues which will help us to gather insight to share with key opinion […]

The four nations LMC conference took place on 10 and 11 May 2022 in York. The full agenda, including voting and election results, can be read here, the five motions proposed by LMCs from the Londonwide LMCs’ area are listed in full below, including the result of the vote on them and a timestamp for […]

The Primary Medical Care Policy and Guidance Manual (PGM) has been updated to version four, this is the first update since December 2020. The updated document and a summary of guidance changes are available on the NHS England website. Should anyone need to compare it with the previous version, version three can be viewed here. […]

9 May 2022 Dear Colleague “Living With Covid” – the hidden impact on capacity and safety NHS England tell us that Covid related staff sickness and absence is falling… in London’s NON-GP organisations… But this is not what we are witnessing with GP and staff sickness and absence right now in our practices. Just because […]