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The Fifth Money Laundering Directive (5MLD) broadens the scope of trusts required to comply with and sign up to the Trust Register Service (TRS). The registration deadline is 1 September 2022. Some GP surgeries may be affected, depending on how they are structured, and Londonwide LMCs is seeking further legal guidance and will update London […]
12 August 2022 Dear Colleague, Welcome to MWord 100, which sadly at the moment can’t really be the celebration of general practice that I would like my 100th edition to be, because the pressure on practice teams at the coal face is just so great. But we carry on, and I have two items for […]
Dear colleagues, The summer months are slightly quieter in terms of meetings we need to attend, and we have taken advantage of this to have informal, developmental meetings. We have been looking at the way we work as a committee and how this might be improved. In our August meeting we spent some time on […]
Update, 30 August 2022: Since we sent our initial message to practices a number of resources for the campaign have been released, which are listed here: Patient resources: Have your polio vaccine now – information for parents. This leaflet is also available as PDF and printed copies of the English version can be ordered from […]
Covering: MIAB's insurance reviews and the importance of an accurate building valuation, plus Surgery Connect's advanced phone system.
Read our July 2022 Newsletter on the CQC Regulation review, the Mayor thanking London practice teams and the new patient record access date.
New workforce report On Monday 25 July the Health and Social Care Select Committee published it’s report Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care. Key points relating to general practice include: The lack of a workforce plan from the Government means they are not on track to deliver the 6,000 extra FTE […]
The CQC recently conducted a post-implementation review of three sets of regulations made under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, specifically: Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009 Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 Care Quality Commission (Reviews and Performance Assessments) Regulations 2018 The consultation consisted of questions, with respondents prompted […]
The review of general practice by Professor Claire Fuller has moved from being a ‘stock take’ of how ready the service is for NHS England’s integration agenda to looking at what changes can be made to implement integration. In a panel event hosted by Policy Exchange on 20 July Prof Fuller spoke about ‘stocktake implementation’. […]
