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Anti-abuse campaign

Limitations placed on practices by infection prevention and control measures, combined with the release of pent-up demand for GP services and misinformation about the Covid vaccination campaign have resulted in increasing abuse of practice staff by patients. At Londonwide LMCs we are supporting practices by raising public awareness about the difficulties GPs face and calling […]

Supporting GPs’ mental health

The past 20 months have been an extremely stressful time for many GPs and their practice teams with a significant impact on mental health. We have continued to promote the message that Londonwide LMCs are here to help and are appreciative of everyone’s efforts to provide the best care they can during this time. Our […]

Value. Care. Protect.

Our latest video explains how GPs and practice staff are under pressure and asks patients to be considerate when talking to practice team members. GPs and practice teams have been working tirelessly combating coronavirus for the past year and a half. We know many patients are tired and frustrated by changes in how practices provide […]

ARRS claw back in North Central London

In July primary care networks (PCNs) in North Central London received an unexpected demand from their combined CCG for the return of funding used to pay for staff employed under ARRS who worked in vaccination centres during core hours. The CCG wished to claw back payments made from April 2021 onwards. Some PCNs in the […]

Workforce survey spring 2021 initial findings

408 people working across 322 GP practices responded to the survey, representing 29% of the practices in the Londonwide LMCs’ area. Half of responding practices have vacancies for any role, almost a third have one or more GP vacancies and over a third have one or more GPs planning to retire in the next three […]

Covid and flu enhanced services

The following documentation has either been published or updated over the previous month. Flu vaccination programme Enhanced Service Specifications: seasonal influenza vaccination programme 2021/22, includes separate childhood service spec, published 2 August. Covid vaccination programme – phase 3 Enhanced Service Specification: Phase 3 coronavirus vaccination, phase 3 opt-in form added, 23 July. Covid vaccination programme […]

LMC elections 2021 – results

Voting in the 2021 LMC elections closed on 27 July 2021. The results are listed below. Congratulations to all those GPs who have been elected. We look forward to working with them over the course of the next two years as we continue our work to secure the future of general practice in London. Newly […]