Press Cuttings
Pulse: Sainsbury's plans a rapid expansion of in-store GP surgery programme - 13 February 2013
Article about Sainsbury’s plans to expand its programme to site primary care services in its stores (a further seven planed, including two in London), in which comments from Dr Tony Grewal are included (in context below). 'But Dr Tony Grewal, medical director of Londonwide LMCs, said that while...GP Online: CCG constitution breach could trigger GP contract termination - 11 February 2013
Another article following the Londonwide LMCs conference on February 7 2013 that focuses on issues practices could face if they break CCG constitutions. Read the full article on the GP Online website.Pulse: Revealed: Genuine patients kicked off practice lists in ‘heavy-handed’ validation drives - 11 February 2013
Article about patients that have been wrongly removed from practice lists under heavy-handed list cleansing drives, in which comments from Dr Tony Grewal are included (in context below). 'Dr Tony Grewal, medical director at Londonwide LMC said patients believe the GP has ‘struck’ them off the list. HeGP Online: GPs must speak out about poor commissioning plans, LMC warns - 08 February 2013
An article following the Londonwide LMCs conference on 7 February 2013. Dr Drage is pictured and her comments, taken from her opening speech at the conference, form the article (in context below). 'Speaking at a Londonwide LMCs conference on Thursday, Dr Michelle Drage said it was important for...Hackney Gazette: Hackney GPs to challenge out-of-hours bid bombshell - 05 February 2013
Article on the same subject as above. Dr Deborah Colvin has comments included (in context below). 'Chair of City and Hackney LMC, GP Deborah Colvin, who has been key in the negotiations, wants to know why doctors have been blocked from opting back in to running the borough’s...GP Online: GP out-of-hours bid blocked as private provider extends deal - 04 February 2013
An article following a GP-led social enterprise in London, losing out in a bid to take back responsibility for our-of-hoursservices from a private provider. Dr Colvin is pictured, and her comments were included in the article (in context below). 'Around 80% of local GPs had joinedthe social...Pulse: Give English GPs as good a deal as in Scotland, GPC urges - 22 January 2013
Article following the GPC urging the UK Government to stop ‘discriminating’ against GPs in England and give them similar arrangements to those in Scotland. Included are comments from Dr Tony Grewal (in context below). Dr Tony Grewal, medical director at Londonwide LMCs and a GP in...GP Magazine: GPs face 100k service charge - 21 January 2013
This article is the print version of the price of coverage above (PCTs hire debt collectors to claim GP service charges). Dr Tony Grewal is pictured and his comments form much of the article (in context below). Londonwide LMCs’ medical director Dr Tony Grewal described the situation in...GP Online: PCTs hire debt collectors to claim GP service charges - 09 January 2013
Article about the PCT hiring debt collectors to claim GP service charges they believe practices owe. Dr Tony Grewal is pictured and his comments form much of the article (in context below). Londonwide LMCs' medical director Dr Tony Grewal said he had heard of one PCT in the...GP Online: Editorial: DH must make GP premises a priority - 04 January 2013
Editorial piece in GP Online discussing inadequate GP practice premises.A line from the King’s Fund response produced by Londonwide LMCs is mentioned (in context below). 'Dr Tony Grewal, medical director of Londonwide LMCs said:‘Geographically speaking, schlepping to the Royal Marsden is a difficulty...Pulse Magazine: Practices at breaking point - 01 January 2013
Investigative feature looking in to how practices are planning to cope following changes to the funding shake up in three months time. Comments from Dr Tony Grewal are included (in context below) Dr Tony Grewal, Medical Secretary at Londonwide LMCs, says practices simply do not have...Pulse: Imperial launches further review of cancer treatment for 126 patients - 20 December 2012
Article as a result of Imperial College London launching a further review into the cancer treatment received by 126 patients. Comments made by Dr Tony Grewal are included in the article (in context below). 'Dr Tony Grewal, medical director of Londonwide LMCs said: ‘Geographically speaking,...GP Magazine: High QOF scores 'linked to happy patients'' - 07 November 2012
The article follows the King’s Fund report ‘Improving GP services in England’. Included are comments from Dr Drage (in context below). Practices that performed poorly both on patient experience and clinical quality tended to be in London or deprived areas. London practices fared worse than practices in...Pulse: GPs brace for another cut in take-home pay - 17 October 2012
An article following news of further reductions in GPs take home pay. Included in the article are comments made by Dr Sella Shanmugadasan, chair of Tower Hamlets LMC (comments in full below). Dr Sella Shanmugadasan, chair of Tower Hamlets LMC, said that expenses for everything from IT...Pulse: Practices face 'pedantic' claims over QOF points - 17 October 2012
Article following the warning from LMCs, that practices are facing unprecedented scrutiny on their achievement under QOF and enhanced services. A comment made by Dr Tony Grewal, a medical director at Londonwide LMCs is included in the article (in full below). Dr Tony Grewal, medical director of Londonwide...Pulse: Practices forced to fight for overdue LES payments - 02 October 2012
Article following a Pulse survey of 252 GPs that found that as many as one in eight practices is owed LES funding. Included in the article are comments made by Dr Tony Grewal (in context below). Dr Tony Grewal, Medical Director of Londonwide LMCs, said London PCT clusters...HSJ: Worst performing London boroughs for GP outcomes revealed - 02 October 2012
Article resulting from an internal report on the quality of GP practices in London that found that one cluster was performing significantly worse than the other five. Included in the article are comments made by Dr Tony Grewal(in context below). Tony Grewal, medical director for their representative body...Independent on Sunday: NHS ‘cover up’ over lost cancer patient records - 30 September 2012
Article about Imperial College Healthcare NHS trusts poor handling of a computer issue, which affected medical records. Included in the article are comments made by Dr Tony Grewal (in context below). Dr Tony Grewal, one of the GPs who had made referrals to Imperial, said doctors should have...Pulse: GP practice loses phone line for four days due to cable theft - 28 September 2012
Article urging practices to check business continuity plans following a practice losing phone lines for four days after theft of cable. Included in the article are comments made by Dr Tony Grewal (in context below). Tony Grewal, medical director of Londonwide LMCs, warned that the GP contract stipulated...GP Online: Patient choice pilots extended by six months. - 13 September 2012
Article featuring a quote from Dr Michelle Drage. The story follows confirmation from the Department of Health on a six month extension to patient choice pilots. Dr Michelle Drage said she hoped the DH would look carefully at the pilots once they were completed. She continued, “The whole point of...News
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