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April 2020 Newsletter Covid-19 – Supporting Safe Care In General Practice – A Londonwide LMCs Living Guide Our most comprehensive guide to date covers protecting staff and patients from Covid-19 exposure, symptoms, complications and monitoring, maintaining essential services and death certification. READ MORE   ► CEO announcement on move to Covid-19 focus We are now […]

30 March 2020 Dear Colleague In response to the rapidly developing covid-19 situation I would like to: remind you of the need to practice safely, and provide a much needed update on death certification following the enactment of measures in last week’s Coronavirus Act. As ever, this information is as current as possible and may […]

25 March 2020 Dear Colleague Safety of clinicians to keep patients safe We need to challenge our traditional thinking of how we best assess patients. We need to remember that 90% of the diagnosis comes from the history and be creative in the way that we use video consultations to maximise the examinations that we […]

24 March 2020 Dear Colleague I have further important information and guidance for you in light of the developing situation with coronavirus. My key message is, as if you didn’t know: The world of general practice has changed, and for now you should be operating to a covid-19 prioritised workload. Your entire effort at practice […]

23 March 2020 Dear Colleague Covid-19 remote assessment of patients flow chart This flow chart from Barnet CCG is to enable safe assessment of patients remotely during the covid-19 pandemic. Practices and PCNs should prevent unnecessary face-to-face contact, which is a risk to both patients and clinicians. Please note, the flowchart is being constantly reviewed. Practices in […]

Dear Colleague In response to the rapidly developing covid-19 situation I would like to share some further resources with you, which may aid in addressing some of the queries we have received back from practices across London. I know there are many other issues you need support with as well, and my team and I […]

19 March 2020 Dear Colleague I know that pressure is mounting on practices across London. The Londonwide LMCs team and I will be working hard to support you throughout the coming days and weeks. With CoVid-19 measures developing rapidly, and guidance and advice circulating from a range of sources, now is the time for timely […]

As of Wednesday 18 March we will be gearing all our efforts to supporting you and our GP and practice team colleagues on the frontline. To that effect we will be ceasing normal operations and moving to our Covid-19 Plan which involves a switch of our staff to home-working in accordance to government recommendations. Frontline […]

12 March 2020 Dear Colleague I have three inter-related items for you. Covid19 Tuesday’s Londonwide LMCs’ Annual Conference – Let’s Stick Together Yesterday’s Special Conference of England LMCs. 1. Covid-19. As the country moves from the Containment phase to the Delay phase, things are going to further hot up for GPs and our teams. The […]