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.
12 August 2022 Dear Colleague, Welcome to MWord 100, which sadly at the moment can’t really be the celebration of general practice that I would like my 100th edition to be, because the pressure on practice teams at the coal face is just so great. But we carry on, and I have two items for […]
We have been informed that the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and NHS England are tasking London GP practices with identifying, contacting and delivering a polio booster vaccination to eligible children and those who have not had a primary course. NHS England’s timeline sets out that identifying and contacting patients should start immediately with the […]
Read our July 2022 Newsletter on the CQC Regulation review, the Mayor thanking London practice teams and the new patient record access date.
The guidance section holds relevant information on a wide range of subjects related to general practice.
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 […]
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 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. […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
