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20 June 2019 Dear Colleague I have three items for you today: Updated word version of PCN Model Schedules – v1.2 – KEEP IT SIMPLE PCNs – keep focussed on purpose not structures Our Londonwide LMCs Workforce Survey update 1. Updated word version of PCN Model Schedules – v1.2 – KEEP IT SIMPLE Last week I talked […]

June 2019 Newsletter PCN Model Schedules update We will shortly be issuing an updated version of our PCN Model Schedules to reflect new information which has become available, and respond to queries from practices. READ MORE   ► Babylon GP at Hand update The independent evaluation into Babylon GP at Hand was published in May, […]

We will shortly be issuing an updated version of our PCN Model Schedules to reflect new information which has become available, and respond to queries from practices. The updates include substantive changes to the sections covering voting, dispute resolution and appointment and election of the Clinical Director (all covered in Schedule 2). There have also […]

At the end of May we became aware that Babylon GP at Hand had submitted an application to become a Primary Care Network (PCNs) in Hammersmith and Fulham, with the intention of providing care to their pan-London patient list. This story, and our response to it, was covered by Pulse, GPonline and a number of other media outlets. […]

We provide weekly tips based on common queries which come through to us from London GPs and practice teams. These are shared via social media and collated for this newsletter.   Prescriptions for sexually transmitted infections need to be endorsed by the prescriber to allow free dispensing at pharmacies. This is intended as a stop […]

This month Jane Chiodini shares some advice on managing travel health. Jane is a specialist nurse in travel medicine and last October became the first nurse to become Dean of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Our travel health update, lead by Jane, runs on 10 July. As the […]

Thank you to everyone who attended the popular GP State of Emergency (GPSOE) workshop at our annual conference in March, run by Dr Elliott Singer, the Medical Director leading on GPSOE at Londonwide LMCs. The workshop included a group session where attendees identified areas for new guidance, letters and posters. As a result, the GPSOE team […]

At the end of May the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) recommended that the Government add all medical practitioner roles to the Shortage Occupation List (SOL). Being on the SOL means that an employer can sponsor a tier 2 visa for an employee from outside the UK or EEA without having to demonstrate they have met […]

Our latest workforce survey officially closed on Tuesday 18 June, but we are allowing those who have opened the email to complete the survey, so please do so if you have the time. If this applies to you, check your inbox for an email on Monday evening which will show as being from Dr Michelle Drage, via ComRes, […]