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Register now: After the Referendum – Our Future, Our Say, Our Way
On Thursday 13 June from 12.30-4.30pm, we will be hosting GPC England leaders and our own speakers at Friends House in Euston.
New medical examiner system (MES) implementation date
The Government has announced that the MES will become statutory from 9 September 2024, having been delayed again from April.
Free practice manager training and development opportunities
We have a wide range of exciting professional development opportunities, fully funded, for practice managers in 2020, as part of our Practice Manager Development project. The funding for this activity comes from money pledged as part of NHS England’s GP Forward View. Londonwide LMCs’ and Practice Manager Association (PMA) learning opportunities We teamed-up with the PMA […]
Updated coronavirus guidance for practices
NHS England and Improvement updated guidance to practices on 18 February 2020. The briefing for primary care providers can be viewed here. This includes: Advice to the public, including posters, what to add to your website/phone system and template communications in the event a practice needs to be closed for decontamination. Actions practices need to take […]
Removal of fax machines from your practice – NHS guidance
The GP Contract states that practices should stop using fax machines for either NHS or patient communications by April 2020. New NHS guidance is now available to assist you in meeting this requirement. The requirement is part of the programme of work agreed between NHS England and GPC England to deliver on a number of IT related […]
Tips of the month February 2020
We provide weekly tips based on common queries which come through to us from London GPs and practice teams. These are shared via social media and collated for this newsletter. The 2020/21 GP Contract makes vaccinations and immunisations part of core, starting with MMR this year and expanding to other vaccinations in 2021/22. #TipoftheWeek […]
Waltham Forest LMC February 2020 newsletter
The Waltham Forest LMC February 2020 newsletter is available by clicking here.
Mword Issue 44 – Covid-19 advice for GPs, practice nurses and all practice staff
14 February 2020 Dear Colleague Covid-19 advice for GPs, practice nurses and all practice staff This is a very brief bulletin to make clear how things are supposed to work during this outbreak. For those with long memories, the plan is completely different from the Swine Flu arrangements in 2009. Essentially Covid-19 appears to be […]
Mword issue 43
Dear Colleague I have just one key item for you today. The 2020/21 GP Contract – some light in the tunnel Yesterday GPC England accepted a package for the 2020/21 contract, following the massive reaction to the DES specifications, as evidenced by your amazing responses to my survey last month. NHSE&I has agreed substantial changes to the […]
Updated 2020-21 GP contract
GPC England has negotiated an update to the GP Contract 2020/21 – 2023/24. This includes revisions to the draft PCN DES service specifications which were published just before Christmas 2019. Here are the top line changes are: The new value of the Global Sum from 1 April will be £93.46. The new value of a […]
BMA advice on Wuhan novel coronavirus (WN-CoV)
The BMA have issued advice on handling patients with suspected Wuhan novel coronavirus (WN-CoV). It is primarily based around isolating individuals in their homes or in a room of the practice where they have presented with symptoms, and contacting the local health protection team. The full BMA guidance is here, details of the local health protection teams for London […]