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Thank you in advance for making space in your hectic day to complete our 12 minute survey on practice workforce issues which will help us to gather insight to share with key opinion formers and stakeholders, and to generate stories highlighting the pressures you are under for trade and national publications. Look out for an email […]
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force in less than 48 hours (25 May 2018). We have produced a round-up of a significant amount of guidance to help you with integrating GDPR compliance into your practice systems. Practice Index have released a helpful video designed for GPs to get them GDPR ready. You […]
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A big thank you to all the practices who responded to the data validation exercise, which ran between January-March 2018. We asked practices to confirm the details of the GPs and practice staff who are working at their practice. This exercise was undertaken to ensure we have an accurate and up to date list for […]
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From the 1 October eRS will be the only route for GP to Consultant-led first outpatient appointments, as part of the Standard Contract 2018/2019. However, Trusts have staggered paper switch-off dates before October 2018 after which they will return all non-eRS referrals including those sent my email. Please note this does not apply to diagnostics […]
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The London Leadership Academy, a pan-London leadership development organisation, working across all NHS organisations offers a free coaching service for GPs and practice team members working in the NHS. Recent research points out the huge personal benefits to coaching clients, particularly at times of change. People might see a coach support transition into a new […]
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Almost a fifth of our practices have signed up to the new Londonwide LMCs’ Buying Group which means they can take advantage of offers such as a new shredding service provided by MidMeds, a main supplier to the Londonwide LMCs’ Buying Group. The service provides up to five waste consoles with a monthly on site […]
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NHS Digital will now only share patient information with the Home Office in cases where an individual is being considered for deportation due to “serious criminality”. Previously NHS Digital had been sharing information where individuals had been sought by the Home Office for reasons such as missed meetings or if they were a child with […]
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This month our GP support team pose a challenge: Ask not what your LMC can do for you – ask what you can do for your professional colleagues. Background GPs are facing ever-increasing pressures and may be performance managed by NHSE or come to the attention of the GMC. A doctor who has run into performance […]
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On 2 May 2018 we hosted our annual conference – titled “London Calling” – at the Kia Oval. The day was a great success with an array of guest speakers who discussed a range of topics relating to the ongoing challenges NHS general practice faces, while providing guidance about the best ways to meet these […]
