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It is important that practices submit comprehensive workforce returns by the submission date of 30 September. It is crucial that workforce returns are as comprehensive as possible. Please include the use of all variations of sessional GPs. Doing so may go some way to addressing inaccuracies and misconceptions regarding general practice during the Covid-19 period. […]

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 this newsletter.   If you’re a sessional GP and have yet to read @Krishanx‘s latest pension blog, you really should. It covers a lot of complex issues […]

We have submitted the following organisational response to the Distributing vaccines and treatments for COVID-19 and flu consultation run by the Department of Health and Social Care. 1. Temporary authorisation of the supply of unlicensed products Noting that under normal circumstances vaccines and medications would need to undergo the requisite licensing processes that are detailed in the […]

The NHS Test and Trace app launches on 24 September. Part of the system involves businesses displaying QR codes which can be read by the app, so users can easily allow the system to record themselves entering a business’ premises. If practices want to apply for and display a QR code they can do so voluntarily but […]

Our new document, General Practice During The Pandemic: The Role of the General Practitioner and Practice Team, looks at how practice teams are adapting to the Covid-19 challenge and some of the future implications of this period of rapid change. It also contains guidance on a number of areas, including: Emergency/urgent care Diagnosis and management of […]

17 September 2020 Dear Colleague This has been an awful week for general practice. I’m sure you can’t have missed the high profile media reporting of the letter from NHSE/I about face to face consultations. Needless to say we at Londonwide are responding to NHSE/I, and endeavouring to direct the anger and dismay many of […]

We were approached by Pulse for a comment on proposals for creating new APMS contracts in ‘under-doctored areas’. Londonwide LMCs’ comment on digital first and APMS contracts in general “Based on our experience in London, we are concerned that APMS contracts are notoriously unstable and poor vehicles for the provision of the continuous and effective health […]

During summer 2020 there have been discussions about the possibility of creating new APMS contracts in areas deemed to be ‘under-doctored’ by NHS England and local commissioners. This follows on from a process started in 2018 in which NHS England began looking at the the role of digital first providers in general practice, which was […]

In view of the risk of co-circulation of seasonal flu and Covid-19 this winter, the 2020/21 national flu campaign will be essential in protecting our vulnerable patients and reducing clinical workload due to flu. The following information is intended as a living guide for the seasonal flu vaccination programme for 2020/21, taking into account the […]