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The Brent LMC News Update February 2017 is now available.

January 2017 Newsletter MP engagement – Jeremy Corbyn visit We arranged for Islington MP and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn MP to visit the Andover Road Medical Centre, a practice in his constituency. READ MORE   ► NHS winter crises timeline This winter has seen unprecedented pressure on NHS services, leading to claim and counter-claim about […]

Engage and Connect – Catch up with what all Sessional GPs MUST know Are you salaried? Who could be employing you if MCPs potentially take over GMS and PMS? What is an MCP? Would you even have a choice in working for one? Would they offer an NHS pension? What about CPD, sick/parental leave? How […]

Our Patient Engagement Project hosted a successful roundtable event last month which focussed on building working relationships with third sector stakeholders to benefit practices in their work with their patient participation groups (PPGs).

Our GP Support team’s Jan Swannell shares how she managed online complaints during her time as a practice manager in North London. After 15 years as a practice manager I joined Londonwide LMCs’ GP Support team last August as an assistant manager.  In my time as practice manager I have, like most of you, seen […]

On 24 January Jeremy Hunt MP appeared before the House of Common’s Health Select Committee to answer questions on the impact of the UK leaving the European Union (EU). Highlights of Jeremy Hunt’s evidence to the Committee include: He was unable to provide guarantees on UK citizen’s right to access services covered by the European […]

Registry Offices and certificates are refusing to accepted Medical Certificate of Cause of Deaths (MCCDs) without GMC numbers on them. GPs working using old books of blank death certificates should write their GMC number next to their signature, those using newer books will see that a field has been added to the certificates for their GMC […]

The Government’s weekly updates on the prevalence of winter illnesses and weather conditions in England can be found on the gov.uk website The data for the reports comes from four individual weekly Public Health England reports: Syndromic surveillance National seasonal influenza Norovirus and rotavirus All-cause mortality surveillance

The NHS winter crisis and the Prime Minister’s run-in with GPs The weekend of 14 January saw general practice and Theresa May come to blows over claims about the impact of GP opening hours on accident and emergency attendances. This story broke as the Government sought to quell reports of a ‘humanitarian crisis’ in the […]