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Concerns remain regarding the leadership and financial management of the General Practitioners Defence Fund (GPDF). Rather than planning activity, we need to focus on and address what are widely believed to be strategic leadership and governance issues, and to ensure that the Fund’s financial management is robust and re-aligned with its core purpose. The benefit […]

It is increasingly important to GPs and that their teams that clear and consistent upper limits of patient contacts to enable them to practise safely both for patients, and for practitioners. The recently updated BMA’s “Safe Working in General Practice” clearly outlines that 25 contacts is the safe limit. Working beyond safe limits, whether to […]

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 […]

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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 […]