Londonwide LMCs’ September 2017 newsletter

Electronic Referral System: help or hindrance?

As e-Referral is set to become mandatory from October 2018, Londonwide LMCs’ Medical Director Dr Elliott Singer gives his thoughts.

BMA issues advice on premises fees

The BMA has issued advice on an email from NHS Property Services and a letter from Community Health Partnerships.

BMA ballot

GP leaders are to use a BMA survey, revealing more than half of practices are willing to close lists to new patients due to workload pressure, to push the Government to make good on promises from the GP Forward View.

Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials is a government and industry supported scheme to help organisations protect themselves against common cyber-attacks. The award of a Cyber Essentials certificate to Londonwide LMCs should assure you that we have taken all necessary steps to protect our systems against cyber-attacks.

Website review survey

We know how important a good website is in communicating with our GPs and practice teams. As our current site has been around for some time we would like your views on how it looks and works and where you think improvements might be made.

Media and public affairs round-up

The Pulse Power 50 list came out at the beginning of this month; Londonwide LMCs’ CEO Dr Michelle Drage jumped up three spots to 22. Londonwide LMCs was also mentioned in a Pulse article on the audit of patient letters lost by NHS Shared Business Services. On social media we shared resources for Organ Donation Week, Migraine Awareness Week, Sexual Health Week and Suicide Prevention Day.

We continue to be very active in promoting the interests of London GPs and practice staff on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. We also support practices that are approached with media requests, you can find details of how to get support here.

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