Dear colleagues, In our February meeting we sought answers to a number of questions relating to digital and IT issues: EPIC, ongoing problems with pathology results, AccuRx, ICB plans to charge for SMS fragments, the future of Okta tokens, Ardens and EZA. Sadly, there ae not as many good answers as we would like but […]
Dear colleagues, In our December meeting we confirmed our final membership, including co-options and appointments, which may be found here. We discussed a number of issues with commissioners and others, including the Oliver McGowan training, ongoing conversations with GSTT/KCH regarding the EPIC implementation, and re-procurement plans for NHS111 in SEL and our public health contracts, particularly […]
Dear colleagues, Reasons to be cheerful part 1: we have a great new committee, diverse in many ways and I am confident that collectively we represent Lambeth General Practice in its rich variety. Membership is listed on the Londonwide LMCs website. Reasons to be cheerful part 2: GPCE England’s confirmation of uplift to Global Sum to […]
Dear colleagues, The weather still feels like summer, but we are trying to make our winter plans. This is not helped by the strange antics of NHS England around the flu and covid vaccination programmes, but I am sure all Lambeth GPs will be doing their best under the circumstances. On the LMC we have […]
Dear colleagues, Last week, we had our final formal session of this committee. Following the recent elections, there will be a new committee in September. We will have one more, informal, meeting in August at which we will discuss the GPC “Call to Action” (call to action for general practice). I am happy to receive […]
Dear colleagues, Our meetings normally take place on the first Tuesday of the month. We did not feel that the first working day after the New Year holidays was a good day, so moved to 24/1/23. Current industrial unrest has the potential to impact on the services we offer. Public transport strikes affect the ability […]
Dear colleagues, In our November meeting we discussed the pros and cons of an alert system for General Practice, similar to that used in secondary care. This has been pioneered by Devon LMC: https://www.devonlmc.co.uk/general-practice-alert-state. It is being piloted in north London, and we look forward to the outcome. In SE London, the problems with the Safeguarding […]
Dear colleagues, September is traditionally a busy time for us, and this year is no exception. There were many topics we could have discussed at length, but we devoted most time to the vaccine programmes. Having two booster programmes at the same time is confusing for all of us. Therese Fletcher was able to clarify […]
Dear colleagues, The summer months are slightly quieter in terms of meetings we need to attend, and we have taken advantage of this to have informal, developmental meetings. We have been looking at the way we work as a committee and how this might be improved. In our August meeting we spent some time on […]
Dear colleagues, In our June meeting, Lambeth LMC focused on issues raised by practice managers. Sandra Connolly and Sarah Cross, our practice manager representatives, are trying to coordinate a revival of the Practice Manager Forum. They reported that there is a feeling of being communicated ‘at’ rather than ‘with’ among practice managers. Particular areas of […]
