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Our new General Practice Manager (GPM) training programme has now been awarded CPD accreditation by the CPD Standards Office. Students on the programme will now receive up to 106 CPD points for successful completion of the programme. The CPD accreditation is in addition to the professional accreditation with the RCGP. The GPM training programme is designed and […]
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Our next free to attend practice manager’s conference will take place on Thursday 22 November 2018 at Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HQ. The packed programme so far includes topics such as working at scale, digital health, patient engagement, data protection, building your team and a CQC update. This is going to be a very popular […]
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Dr Nigel Watson, Chair of Wessex LMCs, is leading the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) review of the GP partnership, due to be completed by the end of the year. Once finalised, the review will be sent to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive […]
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Following a letter from our GP State of Emergency team, Transport for London have updated their advice to applying for a private hire driver licence to reflect that the charge for a medical exam is to be set by the examining GP. Their advice had previously said that it was £80, however there is no […]
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Dr Michelle Drage responds to the appointment of Matthew Hancock as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. “Congratulations and welcome to new Health Secretary Matthew Hancock. “I’d love the opportunity to show him the true face of London’s General Practice. Particularly how our resilient and dedicated practice teams act as the front door […]
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The Pan-London Perinatal Mental Health Network are gathering information on disparities in access to, and funding for, perinatal mental health within secondary and tertiary care. This map produced by the Maternal Mental Health Alliance gives some indication of the variation in perinatal mental health spending by CCG. Whilst the Network is aware which services should be available, they […]
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Following the recent Salisbury Novichok 1 incident, Public Health England have issued interim guidance on the diagnosis and early management in organophosphate chemical incidents. This guidance can be downloaded here. Public health messaging has not changed, the risk remains low but is being kept under constant review. Last updated : 05 Jul 2018
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June 2018 Newsletter Workforce survey Our workforce survey closes on Monday 25 June. The data we gather is vital for our work representing GPs and practice teams across London. Please respond if you can. READ MORE ► National data opt-out The ‘National Data Opt-out’ was launched on 25 May 2018, providing a facility for […]