Londonwide LMCs June 2025 newsletter
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Media comment: Comprehensive Spending Review investment would deliver most in general practice
Our CEO calls for the Government to prioritise general practice and preventative care, which offers the best value for money.
Spotlight: GP Direct – commended for their patient group’s work at the London General Practice Awards
The GP Direct team talk about their dedication to community engagement, which earned them recognition at our awards event in February.
October 2021 Newsletter
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Mword Issue 90 – Dr Michelle Drage’s latest update for GPs and practice teams
19 October 2021 Dear Colleague, BMA says: Do not engage at this time. The BMA’s GPC has today advised GPs and practices not to engage in any activity associated with implementing NHS England’s so-called General Practice Support package, describing it as “punitive and damaging”. This is a compelling reflection at a national level of the […]
Update: NHS England advise holding one week’s Becton Dickinson container stock
On 8 October NHS England issued its latest update on the Becton Dickinson blood test container supply problem. The main change from previous advice is the instruction to order Becton Dickinson containers “little and often”, with the aim of practices holding no more than one week’s stock at any time. Demand from June and July this year should be the […]
Mword Issue 89 – Dr Michelle Drage’s latest update for GPs and practice teams
18 October 2021 Dear Colleague, We do have allies. On this autumnal manic Monday, its important to know we are not alone. There are plenty of journalists and commentators ready and willing to counter the toxic narrative spun by the right-wing media last week. Here are just a few: On Thursday Sky News carried analysis […]
Update: NHS England advise holding one week’s Becton Dickinson container stock
On 8 October NHS England issued its latest update on the Becton Dickinson blood test container supply problem. The main change from previous advice is the instruction to order Becton Dickinson containers “little and often”, with the aim of practices holding no more than one week’s stock at any time. Demand from June and July this year should be the […]
Mword Issue 88 – Dr Michelle Drage’s latest update for GPs and practice teams
15 October 2021 Dear Colleague, Staying Present. If you have had a chance to look through the “General Practice Support package” released yesterday then I’m sure you are as disappointed, frustrated, and downright angry as I am. The measures set out by Ministers and NHS England managers, and crowed over by the Daily Mail as […]
NHS letter to help people without an NHS number access the Covid-19 vaccine and register with a GP
On 23 July 2021 NHS England and NHS Improvement and Public Health England issued a useful letter which advises people without an NHS number, including people who are migrants, how to get the Covid-19 vaccine. The letter also advises how register at a GP practice. You can download the letter here. If you have any queries […]
Mword issue 87
01 October 2021 Dear Colleague Practice staff abuse: raising your concerns with political and police leaders I am utterly appalled by the verbal and physical attacks on GPs and practice staff colleagues, and the level of abuse levelled at GPs through social media. I am astounded by the propaganda we face in relation to false […]
Mword Issue 87 – Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell’s latest update for GPs and practice teams
1 October 2021 Dear Colleague Practice staff abuse: raising your concerns with political and police leaders I am utterly appalled by the verbal and physical attacks on GPs and practice staff colleagues, and the level of abuse levelled at GPs through social media. I am astounded by the propaganda we face in relation to false […]