Londonwide LMCs June 2025 newsletter
Covering: new CEO, workforce survey last chance, LMC elections, spotlight on patient engagement, UK LMC Conference motions and more.
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Media comment: Comprehensive Spending Review investment would deliver most in general practice
Our CEO calls for the Government to prioritise general practice and preventative care, which offers the best value for money.
Spotlight: GP Direct – commended for their patient group’s work at the London General Practice Awards
The GP Direct team talk about their dedication to community engagement, which earned them recognition at our awards event in February.
Covid-19 vaccination campaign – January update
Since our last newsletter there have been a number of developments with the Covid vaccination campaign, most notably: The approval of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, NHS England’s instruction to prioritise essential services to free capacity for vaccinations and the arrival of vaccine stock into GP-led sites outside of the Wave 1 pilots. Our Covid vaccination microsite has all […]
Free to attend wellbeing webinars for GPs
Back in August 2020 Londonwide LMCs launched the GP Professional Support Network to provide a single point of online access to match GPs with the most appropriate form of professional support for them. As part of this initiative we are now offering a series of free to attend wellbeing webinars to provide further support for GPs who […]
Hesitancy around Covid vaccination
A poll carried out by the Royal Society for Public Health in December found that just 57% of respondents from black or ethnic minority backgrounds were likely to accept a Covid-19 vaccine, compared to 79% of white respondents. The poll also found that BAME respondents who were not willing to be vaccinated were especially receptive to offers […]
Mword Issue 80 – Dr Michelle Drage’s latest update for GPs and practice teams
11 January 2021 Dear Colleague Welcome to our latest M word. Reading this, some of you may notice there is not as much of a ‘Michelle’ tone to this Mword. Our CEO is currently on the mend from her own bout of Covid-19 and I have the privilege of deputising for Michelle until she returns […]
Helping sessional GPs to match to practices in their area during the Covid-19 vaccination programme
During these difficult times we appreciate that general practice is under extreme workload pressures trying to meet numerous demands which they may be struggling to do so with existing staff and workforce numbers and challenges. Londonwide LMCs would like to help practices and sessional GPs connect in order to fill any gaps to assist with […]
Mword Issue 79 – Dr Michelle Drage’s latest update for GPs and practice teams
22 December 2020 Dear Colleague With just three days left until this Christmas weekend, and, hopefully, some kind of break for some if not all of us, I have a few things to share: Latest Covid-19 Vaccination Programme (CVP) updates. New ICS legislation. Thank you. 1. Latest Covid-19 Vaccination Programme (CVP) updates. We will continue […]
Newham LMC newsletter December 2020
The Newham LMC December 2020 newsletter is available by clicking here.
Mword 78: Brace Brace
14 December 2020 Dear Colleague, Brace Brace The Health Secretary has just delivered a statement to Parliament: New variant of Covid-19 virus in South East of the UK. Doubling time is now 7 days. Not known if these are linked. Not just in children. Over 60s also increasingly affected. London and South East, South Essex, […]
Londonwide LMCs’ December 2020 Newsletter
December 2020 Newsletter Updated Covid-19 vaccination microsite Numerous updates have been made to our microsite in the last few days, including curated links of over 100 pieces of guidance. READ MORE ► Integrated Care System legislation consultation Our full response to the ICS new legal structure consultation will be on our website from 22 […]