Londonwide LMCs November 2024 newsletter
Covering: London General Practice Awards, workforce survey opens, LAS, BMA NI campaign, primary/ secondary care interface and more.
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Londonwide LMCs’ London General Practice Awards – nominations close 30 November
On 6 February 2025, we will be recognising the hard work of GPs and practice teams at an awards ceremony in the House of Commons.
Act now to keep your performance data anonymous
There is a narrow window of opportunity to push for a GP-led system of pressures reporting, before a top-down one is implemented.
Employing and providing staff in Primary Care Networks
Employing and providing staff in Primary Care Networks Thursday 20 February 2020 This event will provide detailed guidance and advice on the employment and sharing of staff within Primary Care Network member practices. The information provided will also take into account the sharing of risk and funding. Thursday 20 February 2020 09:30 – 12:00 […]
Tips of the month January 2020
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. #TipoftheWeek You have a contractual obligation to offer the Friends and Family Test and report the results to NHSE monthly via CQRS even if […]
Workforce survey autumn 2019 initial findings
388 people working across 328 GP practices responded to the survey, representing 28% of the practices in the Londonwide LMCs’ area. Half of responding practices have vacancies for any role, a third have one or more GP vacancies and two-fifths have one or more GPs planning to retire in the next three years. You can […]
GPC regional representative elections 2020
Nominations are open for the election of GPC regional representatives for 2020-2023 for two of the London GPC regional constituencies. Constituency: Brent, Harrow, Hillingdon, Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow. Dr Michelle Drage is the incumbent and is standing for re-election. Constituency: Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark. Dr Pamela Martin is the incumbent and is stepping […]
Mword 42 – Dr Michelle Drage’s latest update for GPs and practice teams
17 January 2020 Dear Colleague Update – Draft PCN DES specifications 20/21 I want to say a huge thank you to those of you who completed our survey last week, and for tolerating the additions to your bulging inboxes. I realise it is a huge ask to complete surveys, even when they’re from us, but […]
PCSE online accound for the Performers List – important information for individual GPs and practices
The new Primary Care Support England (PCSE) online service for submitting Performer List (PL) applications and changes is now live and replaces the old paper forms. The BMA’s General Practitioners Committee (GPC) has been involved in the move from the paper application to the online application process. Every doctor on the PL should have received […]
Mword – issue 41
10 January 2020 Dear Colleague Happy New Year. I have only one item in this message – the Draft PCN DES Service Specifications for 20/21. I wouldn’t be hassling you if it were not essential, but these new Draft PCN DES Service Specifications are seriously concerning. So no humour from me in this edition. Just […]
Islington LMC newsletter January 2020
The Islington LMC January 2020 newsletter is available by clicking here.
Conference of England LMCs 2019 – resolutions passed
On 22 November LMC representatives from across England met for the annual Conference of England Local Medical Committees. Three motions were proposed by London LMCs, the full list of motions proposed and carried can be viewed here and the webcast of the day here. The London motions were: 18. That conference recognises the workload of the clinical director of […]