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Updated Flu Guide |  | | Our guide on the complexities of the flu season has been updated to include new information on supplies, eligible cohorts and coding. | |
Living Guide additions | Our Living Guide has updated sections on essential non Covid-19 health needs, the process concerning the death of a patient and a new accompanying document on staff testing. NHS 111 First | NHS 111 is launching a campaign to encourage people to contact them before going to an emergency department, its aims include directing more patients to access care in other settings. | |
GP Contract changes | Temporary changes to electronic repeat dispensing and increased NHS 111 appointment booking remain in place, as does the suspension of Friends and Family Test reporting. | |
Decision making and consent guidance | The GMC has issued expanding guidance on how doctors can meet their obligations around decision making and consent, effective from 9 November. |
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|  | Resource of the Month | GP Professional Support Network |
| Our wholly online service can match you with experienced professionals who can advise on many of the challenges GPs face. |
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Campaign: general practice is openThrough October we have been running a social media video campaign to show GP practices are open to patients who need to be seen in person and to encourage more people to seek help for cancer symptoms. |  |
NHS Mail for sessional GPs |
 | Sessional GPs are reminded they can now register for an NHS email account or request to have practice specific NHS branding removed from their NHS mail account if they have changed where they work. | |
Health and Social Care Select Committee pandemic report |
 | Parliament’s Health and Social Care Select Committee has taken evidence on problems with the primary/secondary care interface, testing, treatment backlogs and cancer diagnosis, among other areas as part of its investigations into pandemic, and post-pandemic care. | |
Remember to use BEAM to LMC to highlight the pressure you are under |
 | Our BEAM to LMC mobile app, which enables you to tell us about the pressures you are under from commissioners and others, is proving popular. Make sure you check the app for push notifications. | |
Last updated : 26 Oct 2020
