July 2022 Newsletter
Read our July 2022 Newsletter on the CQC Regulation review, the Mayor thanking London practice teams and the new patient record access date.
Londonwide LMCs is the clinically led independent voice of general practice in the Capital
Londonwide Local Medical Committees is the professional voice of London general practice. Providing specialist advice and guidance on a wide range of local and pan-London issues, our focus is helping practices to secure their future. In today's challenging health and social care environment we undertake this crucial role with passion, pride and professionalism.
Latest News
Automatic access to patient records from 1 November 2022
Patients with an existing online account will automatically be given access to future (prospective) entries to their patient record, including free text, letters and documents when a new system of access is implemented. This was originally due to come into effect on 1 April 2022, but was delayed shortly before this deadline and is now […]
Mword Issue 99 – Dr Michelle Drage’s latest update for GPs and practice teams
22 July 2022 Dear Colleague They know price of everything and the value of nothing Today your national representatives unanimously resolved to reject the UK Government’s 2.1% for partners and 4.5% for other GP roles. At a meeting of GPC England, which I and a number of London colleagues attended as elected reps, we passed […]
Featured guidance and resources
The guidance section holds relevant information on a wide range of subjects related to general practice.
How to safely retrospectively amend GP medical records
Background The GP Support Team at Londonwide LMCs have been involved in several cases over the last few months in which a GP has got into difficulty on the basis that they have retrospectively amended the records in a non-transparent way. The cases have usually involved an adverse outcome and whilst it has been the […]
Amending medical records – appropriate circumstances and how it should be done
When records might need to be amended There are reasons why a patient’s medical record may need amending. There are reasons why a patient’s medical record may need amending. The information is wrong. The patient is requesting certain details in the record to be removed. There is a difference between the ‘facts’ and ‘opinions’. Retrospectively […]
Londonwide LMCs’ GP Professional Support Network
Londonwide LMCs’ GP Professional Support Network provides a single point of online access to match GPs with the most appropriate form of professional support for them. The service is open to all GPs who work within the areas of London covered by Londonwide LMCs, providing confidential, expert and impartial one-to-one advice and support to any individual GP. […]
Your Local LMC
LMCs are made up of practicing GPs and practice staff elected by local GPs and are bodies recognised in statute that represent the interests of all local GPs and their teams. Londonwide LMCs is the overarching organisation that represents 27 boroughs across the capital. We provide LMCs with support and guidance on pan-London and local issues, via our primary care, communications, resources and GP support directorates.
Upcoming events and training
Managing People in General Practice and Primary Care module
- Time 0:00 - 0:00
- Location Online blended learning programme
- Role(s) Practice manager
Who is it for? Any manager working in primary care Anyone in practice who has a responsibility for human resources in primary care How does it work? One online module One full day taught day* *taught days are currently being delivered by Zoom. Students will have a maximum of 6 months access to the online […]
Managing a multi-located team
- Time
- Location Online
- Role(s) Practice manager, GP, All practice staff
This new module provides learning and guidance on leading a team whose members are based across multiple sites for some or all of the working week. It is suitable for anyone in a management or leadership position, including those managing staff across a multi-site GP Contract or overseeing ARRS staff across multiple practices. The course […]
Wellbeing webinars – spring 2023
- Time 12:15 - 13:15
- Location Delivered online.
- Role(s) GP
The webinars aim to support the emotional and psychological health of staff by supporting you in finding your own strategies, tools, and coping mechanisms. These 40-minute interactive webinars are packed with take-home applications. Each webinar is followed by a 20-minute Q&A/discussion session. The webinars are led by Dr Amrita Sen Mukherjee who is a GP, […]