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The GP Forward View (GPFV) launched on 21 April 2016, with several commitments and aims for improving general practice and the care provided to patients. On 28 April, Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell, our Deputy CEO, wrote an article for Pulse looking at the GPFV five years on. Some of these aims were general, but some ambitions and […]

April is Stress Awareness Month and a timely point to reflect on the challenges faced by general practice over the course of the last year. The Coronavirus pandemic has been a very stressful time for everyone, particularly for healthcare professionals working under strenuous, ever-changing conditions, while striving to provide the best care for their patients. With that in […]

Londonwide LMCs and London general practice are supporting Public Health England (PHE) London’s “speaker bureau” initiative, connecting speakers with good general clinical and Covid-19 vaccine knowledge with community events. This involves GPs and other general practice clinicians acting as surrogates for PHE at local and pan-London public meetings to address vaccine hesitancy. The meetings generally provide […]

Since our last newsletter there have been a number of new or updated pieces of guidance that are applicable to the GP run parts of the Covid-19 vaccination programme. The most significant updates are collected here: On 19 March NHS England wrote to GPs to say that the General Practice Covid Capacity Expansion Fund would be […]

We had responses from 384 individuals, working in 316 different practices out of the 1,100 member practices surveyed between 24 November to 16 December 2020. This represents a response rate of 29% of practices surveyed or 27% of the total 1,166 practices represented by Londonwide LMCs. A third of responding practices (35%) were carrying GP […]

3 March 2021 Dear Colleague Welcome to our latest Mword. As you know, our CEO Michelle is currently on the mend from her own bout of Covid-19 and I am deputising until she returns to us. The ongoing challenge of the vaccination campaign continues to be not only to vaccinate newly eligible patients, but also […]

Recent weeks have seen a number of NHS structural changes proposed and/or consulted on by NHSE and the Department for Health and Social Care. On 11 February the Government published a White Paper, outlining their plans for new health legislation, including enshrining Integrated Care Systems (ICS) in law and potentially allowing them to become new […]

Following a recent legal challenge by the BMA, NHS Property Services (NHSPS) may no longer rely on its charging policy as a sole legal basis to increase charges on practices occupying NHSPS premises. NHSPS should now provide a full explanation of the legal and factual basis on which charges to a tenant practice are being […]

Read our February 2021 newsletter