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LEAD events May and June 2018

Hold the date: our annual Practice Manager Conference will take place on Thursday 22 November 2018 at Woburn House Conference Centre. The following events are now available for online booking.   Mental Health First Aid: 23 and 30 May (delegates must attend both days) The course includes an in depth understanding of mental health and […]

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Stand. Vote. Engage. The 2018 LMC elections

Nomination papers for this year’s LMC elections were sent out in the week beginning 30 April 2018. This year every LMC seat is up for election. We want any GP working within the 27 London boroughs we represent to stand for election, regardless of their contractual status. We particularly welcome nominations from those GPs who […]

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Recommended codes for vaccinations

Childhood vaccination coding can be unexpectedly complex there are just 26 pre-school and school age vaccinations, but practices can record these vaccinations using over 1,000 different codes. Data export providers, Health Intelligence and Quality Medical Systems (QMS) have adopted a standard export for all possible vaccination codes. Phil Kirby from Health Intelligence says that for […]

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Concerns about coroners issues

In response to concerns raised regarding GP relationships with the coroners’ office, we recently requested examples of problems experienced by GPs and practice staff. Examples provided so far include: coroners lack of consistency and the problems this is causing for GPs; issues over cremation form completion/medical examiners; inappropriate requests to confirm the fact of death; […]

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Londonwide LMCs’ March 2018 newsletter

March 2018 Newsletter UK LMC Conference On 9 March, LMCs met in Liverpool to debate issues which affect the whole of the UK and provide direction to the GPC. READ MORE   ► LMC elections Next month you will have a chance to stand for election to your LMC. In May we will be holding […]

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GMC requests for evidence of English language competence

The House of Commons Library has release updated guidance on what documentation the GMC will accept as evidence that GPs, nurses and pharmacists have sufficient English language skills. These controls sought to “stop foreign healthcare professionals working in the NHS unless they have passed robust language and competence tests”. Initially set out in 2010, these […]

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LMC elections – join us in May to learn about what is involved in being an LMC member

This year every LMC seat is up for election and next month you will have a chance to stand for election to your LMC. Any GP working in one of the 27 London boroughs we represent may be nominated for election regardless of their contractual status. We particularly welcome nominations from those GPs who are […]

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NHS Digital questioned on Home Office data sharing

On Thursday 15 March the Health and Social Care Select Committee took evidence from Sarah Wilkinson, Chief Executive Officer, NHS Digital; and Noel Gordon, Chair, NHS Digital on data sharing. The transcript can be seen here, highlights include the following snippets:   Q103       Chair: In other words, you see yourselves as suppliers of data rather than custodians […]