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Dear Colleagues, Three things to tell you right now: 1. Yesterday’s CQC/media onslaught 2. Christmas and New Year Opening 3. Valuing General Practice – our assurance to you in this climate of uncertainty and fear 1. Yesterday’s CQC/media onslaught Yesterday was simply the pits for GPs and the practice nurses, managers and all staff who support […]

M word – Issue 16 – Securing the Future of General Practice in London Dear colleagues, Londonwide LMCs’ General Practice Cares campaign – Securing the Future of General Practice in London I want to bring you up to speed with proactive work we have been doing over the summer on behalf of you, your practice and your patients. […]

Dear colleague, As we knuckle down after another week of media onslaught, I  have 3 topics to cover: 1. A brief MMR update 2. The latest ideas emanating from the Secretary of State 3. The Londonwide LMCs’ General Practice Cares campaign As ever, if you have any feedback, thoughts, queries or concerns, please send to mword@lmc.org.uk. And do remember […]

I thought I’d share three of my more serious thoughts to do with Providing General Practice and NOT commissioning (mostly!)   The new transitional management landscape in London Our main job is Providing General Practice – enable us to get on and do it properly! Asserting our professionalism   I hope you will see some […]

In issue 1 I set out to make some sense of the language and jargon of the new NHS world and give you some not-so-subliminal messages about what we want to see happen and not happen from GP Commissioning. Now, almost two weeks later, much to my own surprise, it’s all still valid – an […]

Dr Michelle Drage’s personal briefing for practices on NHS reforms. This is the first in my personal series of briefings which will provide commentary and updates on key issues facing you and your practice as some of the NHS reforms kick in ahead of the Health Bill completing its passage through parliament.   These briefings […]

Here’s the latest update on what has and what has not been going on over the last few weeks, and what is likely to happen over the Autumn. I will cover: Pathfinder Clinical Commissioning Groups (pCCGs) – previously pathfinder GP consortia Grip and QIPP pressures diverting pCCGs away from commissioning of hospital and community services […]

The Day After…   The Politics The Real World Michelle’s 3 step guide (definitely not a toolkit) to QIPP and GRIP   Dr Michelle Drage FRCGP CEO Londonwide LMCs   1.    The Politics   So the listening exercise is over, the Field Future Forum (FFF) has reported, the Prime Minister (PM) has spoken, and the Secretary […]

Dear Colleague, Measles – MMR Catch up Programme UPDATE Thank you for all your questions. Here are a few more answers from our GP and practice support team along with some new information covering the following items:   1. Identifying your target cohort for the MMR catch up programme 2. Minimum requirement to claim payment […]