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The first phase of the national deployment of SNOMED CT has now taken place with approximately 20 pilot sites taking part. The wider roll-out for SystmOne GP practices will be implemented from 1 April 2020 and completed by autumn that year. Practices will be notified of deployment plans nearer the time. A two year transition […]
Online report PDF download The Committee considered the increasing reliance on a range of health and care services, which are mostly public but also provided by non-statutory services (charities, social enterprises, community services and private providers), and expressed concerns about the negative impact if these services and sources of support don’t join up, don’t share […]
The window for practices to complete and submit the 2017/18 NHS complaints data return closed on Friday 8 June. The BMA has previously advised that practices are under no legal obligation to complete and submit the current KO41b return – instead the default obligation is for practices to comply with the 2009 complaints regulations. Last […]
The nomination period for the 2018 LMC elections closed on Thursday 7 June 2018. We are pleased to report that nine constituencies will be going to ballot. Voting will be open from Monday 25 June 2018 to 12.00pm on Tuesday 24 July 2018. Results from the constituencies not contested will also be available from Monday […]
NHS general practice is celebrating its 70th birthday, which is a major milestone in the history of British medicine. The availability of general practice to Londoners (8m of us in 1948, 9m now, but as few as 6.5m in the 1990s) has been the bedrock of the NHS since its founding, providing cradle-to-grave care to all […]
LMC support with Premises Issues NHS England/CCGs have a duty to consult with LMCs over issues that impact general practice, including premises/estates issues. Londonwide LMCs has set up a GP Premises Liaison Group with Surrey & Sussex LMCs and Barking & Havering LMCs to meet regularly with NHS England London Region, Community Health Partnerships (CHP) […]
The ‘National Data Opt-out’ was launched on 25 May 2018, providing a facility for patients to opt-out from the use of their data for research or planning purposes. The national data opt-out was launched as part of the ‘Your Data Matters to the NHS’ campaign which informs the public about the strengthening of the rules […]
Londonwide LMCs hosted a dementia friends information session for our office staff on Wednesday 20 June, as part of our commitment to make London more dementia friendly city. We also offer dementia training for practice staff which is separate to the Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friend sessions. Everyone is welcome to be a dementia friend and if […]
“We hope the additional £20bn for the NHS promised by the Prime Minister goes a substantial way to meeting the increasing demand for GP services we are already seeing in surgeries across London, although precedent from previous announcements does give us cause for concern.” “General practice, social care and community services, all of which are […]
