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Mword Issue 52 – Dr Michelle Drage’s latest update for GPs and practice teams on covid-19

2 April 2020 Dear Colleague Our GP clinically led teams at Londonwide LMCs, always by your side, have produced a substantial new Living Guide to help you through the Covid-19 emergency. We distributed it yesterday in our newsletter, it is live on our website, and I am sharing it with you again right here. Please see this […]

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Call-out for remote consulting resources

If you are a GP with extensive experience of remote consulting we are urgently looking for instructional videos to explain how to safely conduct a number of examinations via phone or video link. This is a call for the sharing of expertise on performing remote consultations. We want to share guides to help manage work […]

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Covid-19 PPE and other supplies update

Our Londonwide Buying Group partners are working to support practices. There is a high demand for practice supplies, especially PPE which is in short supply everywhere. Londonwide LMCs’ Buying Group supplier MidMeds is still taking orders as normal however we understand that delivery times are longer. We’re advised that items including surgical masks and visors […]

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Londonwide LMCs’ April 2020 Newsletter

April 2020 Newsletter Covid-19 – Supporting Safe Care In General Practice – A Londonwide LMCs Living Guide Our most comprehensive guide to date covers protecting staff and patients from Covid-19 exposure, symptoms, complications and monitoring, maintaining essential services and death certification. READ MORE   ► CEO announcement on move to Covid-19 focus We are now […]

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Mword Issue 51 – Dr Michelle Drage’s latest update for GPs and practice teams on covid-19

30 March 2020 Dear Colleague In response to the rapidly developing covid-19 situation I would like to: remind you of the need to practice safely, and provide a much needed update on death certification following the enactment of measures in last week’s Coronavirus Act. As ever, this information is as current as possible and may […]

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Mword 50 – Dr Michelle Drage’s latest update for GPs and practice teams on covid-19

25 March 2020 Dear Colleague Safety of clinicians to keep patients safe We need to challenge our traditional thinking of how we best assess patients. We need to remember that 90% of the diagnosis comes from the history and be creative in the way that we use video consultations to maximise the examinations that we […]

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Mword 49 – Dr Michelle Drage’s latest update for GPs and practice teams on covid-19

24 March 2020 Dear Colleague I have further important information and guidance for you in light of the developing situation with coronavirus. My key message is, as if you didn’t know: The world of general practice has changed, and for now you should be operating to a covid-19 prioritised workload. Your entire effort at practice […]

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Mword Issue 48 – Dr Michelle Drage’s latest update for GPs and practice teams on the covid-19 remote assessment of patients flow chart

23 March 2020 Dear Colleague Covid-19 remote assessment of patients flow chart This flow chart from Barnet CCG is to enable safe assessment of patients remotely during the covid-19 pandemic. Practices and PCNs should prevent unnecessary face-to-face contact, which is a risk to both patients and clinicians. Please note, the flowchart is being constantly reviewed. Practices in […]