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London Ambulance Service (LAS) have asked us to help them to revise their strategic plan. In advance of a meeting in late November, we need your thoughts on what is working well between LAS and general practice (green), what is ok but could be improved (orange) and what needs revisiting/ stopping/ updating (red). We would […]

Government developments On 14 October, Prime Minister Liz Truss sacked Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and replaced him with former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.   In subsequent media and parliamentary statements, Mr Hunt stated that ‘all tax measures announced in the growth plan three weeks ago that have not started parliamentary legislation’ will be reversed. This does not […]

We regularly share useful tips, guidance and details of contractual requirements on social media. 💡 #TipsOfTheMonth In the last month several new posters have been added to the childhood flu immunisation campaign resources 👇https://t.co/MRuDRCKEzf — Londonwide LMCs (@LondonwideLMCs) October 18, 2022 💡 #TipsOfTheMonth Participating practices should note that the PCN DES requirements and entitlements document […]

10 October was World Mental Health Day, which is closely followed by Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month in November. We continue to offer support via our GP Professional Support Network and encourage any GP practising in the Londonwide LMCs area to seek help if they feel their mental health is worsening or may be about […]

NHS England wrote to commissioners last week to inform them of two separate issues relating to the seasonal flu and childhood flu extractions, which may affect payments to practices. The communication outlines steps practices need to take, which vary based on their clinical system provider. Issue 1 – seasonal flu Injectable vaccines pharmacy reference sets […]

At the end of September NHS England published a letter outlining support for practices and Primary Care Networks (PCNs). These in-year changes include changes to the ARRS (including changes to reimbursement rates to reflect the Agenda for Change pay award and the introduction of ‘GP Assistants’ and ‘PCN Digital Leads’), removal/postponement of some IIF indicators, and […]

On the 4th October, Health Secretary Therese Coffey made a speech to Conservative Party Conference. This speech repeated the pledges made in her parliamentary statement, which we summarised here. On the 28th September, Shadow Health Secretary and Ilford North MP Wes Streeting made a speech to Labour Party Conference.  In a wide-ranging but relatively short […]

We issued the following comment in response to Charlie Massey, Chief Executive of the GMC’s comments about changing regulations to allow more specialty and associate specialist (SAS) doctors to work in general practice.

This message covers concerns over patient access to records falling on deaf ears in Government and a surprise October PCN DES opt-out window is now open.