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.
Mword Issue 94 – Dr Michelle Drage’s latest update for GPs and practice teams
30 November 2021 Dear Colleague, Four things bridging last week to this: 1. Political news – a new London health advocate 2. Omicron 3. Parliamentary Inquiry – the future of general practice 4. Conference of England LMCs 1. Political news – a new London health advocate Labour Party Leader Sir Keir Starmer MP has revealed his refreshed […]
Tips of the Month November 2021
We provide weekly tips based on common queries which come through to us from London GPs and practice teams. These are shared via social media and collated for our newsletter.
Consultation responses
In the last month Londonwide LMCs has responded to two Government consultations on behalf of our constituent practices. Data access consultation In November we responded to the “Data A New Direction” consultation, which is primarily focussed on whether changes should be made to data protection legislation to make research easier. This is quite a technical […]
Supporting patients from migrant communities
Dr Hannah Theodorou, Londonwide LMCs Medical Director for North West London and Board Member of Doctors of the World writes about GPs’ obligations and best practice when registering and caring for migrant patients. Supporting patients from migrant communities can be incredibly rewarding but also comes with challenges, especially as the system struggles to cope with […]
New GPC England Chair
Last week Dr Farah Jameel was elected Chair of the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee England. Farah is a GP in Camden and Joint-Chair of the LMC for the area, she has been on the GPC Executive team for the last four years and held numerous other representative roles spanning more than a decade, beginning on […]
Help us respond to the Health and Social Care Select Committee enquiry into ‘The Future of General Practice’
We will be responding to this new inquiry as on behalf of London general practice and would welcome your views. We will highlight London GP teams’ commitment to patient access, timely care, and the need for practices and teams to be enabled and resourced to work safely. We would welcome your thoughts on any targeted […]
Engagement to counter abuse of practice staff
Our work to raise awareness of the abuse practices are receiving, counter misinformation and seek practical support are continuing. The information provided in response to our recent survey on abuse has helped with this, alongside figures from our regular workforce, the latest round of which is in practice inboxes now. Last week we met with […]
Covid-19 guidance update – November 2021
This page collates new guidance and existing guidance that has been updated since our last newsletter on 20 October. Covid-19 response guidance Revised UK infection prevention and control guidance, published 24.11.2021 EU DCC (European Union Digital Covid Certificate), published 2.11.2021. Winter preparedness in the NHS, published 25.10.2021. Covid vaccination guidance National protocol for Covid-19 Vaccine […]
November 2021 Newsletter
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