Camden Local Medical Committee Newsletter, December 2024
Championing general practice in Camden
At Camden LMC, we’ve been working tirelessly behind the scenes to support and advocate for our GPs. Recent work includes extensive interface collaboration with Clinical Interface Groups (CIGs), engagement with Public Health, and raising concerns about the implementation of Long-Term Conditions Locally Commissioned Services (LTCs LCSs) and PMS funding for practices. We’ve also been actively reviewing the NCL Digital Strategy and providing critical input on various clinical pathway reviews. Your LMC is working hard to ensure general practice remains robust and supported.
LW LMC’s GP Support Team provides expert, confidential and bespoke advice and support to individual constituent sessional GPs, GP partners and practices in difficulty. You can contact the team via email at [email protected].
Our current priorities
Looking ahead, our focus remains firmly on issues that matter most to Camden’s GPs. These include securing sustainable funding through LCSs and PMS Premiums, tackling challenges in implementing LTCs LCSs, and enhancing the interface between primary and secondary care, including Mental Health. We are also working closely with Camden Council to address social care concerns and practical issues like GP parking permits. Engagement with our local GPs, PCN Clinical Directors, and GPPA representatives is a priority to ensure your voices are heard and acted upon.
Secondary care contacts and new NCL generic Emails
To improve the primary-secondary care interface, we want to remind you of your secondary care GP liaison leads. You can write to the email addresses below raise enquiries or concerns about specific cases or services:
- Royal Free Hospital
- University College Hospital
- Whittington Hospital
- North Middlesex University Hospital
Additionally, please take note of the new generic email addresses for the NCL ICB, designed to streamline communications with key departments:
We want to hear from you!
Your feedback and concerns are invaluable. Please reach out to us with any issues or queries including queries relating to Collective Action and the increases to employer National Insurance contributions by emailing Sarah Ocran, Committee Liaison Executive [email protected].
The Camden LMC representatives are:
- Dr Farah Jameel, Co-chair
- Dr Tina Agrawal, Co-chair
- Dr Marie-Laure Morelli, Vice Chair
- Dr Ann-Marie Tully, Vice Chair
- Dr Abhishek Bhattacharya, LMC member
- Dr Ben Bromilow, LMC member
- Dr Poppy Freeman, LMC member
- Dr Matthieu Poudevigne, LMC member
- Dr Natalie Rout, LMC member
- Sara Morreale, PM representative
- Sebastian Hall, PN representative
- Dr Dena Ettehad, VTS representative
- Dr Naomi Cairns, VTS representative
Together, we can continue to strengthen and support Camden’s general practice.
Yours faithfully,
Dr Tina Agrawal, Co-chair, Camden LMC
Dr Farah Jameel, Co-chair, Camden LMC