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Buying Group Newsletter – August 2022
Covering: MIAB's insurance reviews and the importance of an accurate building valuation, plus Surgery Connect's advanced phone system.
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General practice issues in Parliament – July 2022
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 […]
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CQC review of regulations consultation
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 […]
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Fuller report to inform NHS England approach to practices’ role within ICSs
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’. […]
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Waltham Forest LMC newsletter – July 2022
Dear colleagues, Here is the news from this month’s Waltham Forest LMC meeting. Long Covid Dr Mike Grenville, the LMC Chair, is participating in a Long Covid working group. The form to access treatment has been greatly reduced, and should be available in the practice clinical software system. The LMC will continue to work on […]
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Tower Hamlets LMC newsletter – July 2022
Dear colleagues, Here is the news from the July Tower Hamlets LMC meeting: Enhanced Access Several Primary Care Networks in the borough are working with the GP Care Group towards providing Enhanced Access (EA) appointments on a ‘hybrid model’ – some by the PCN and some by the Care Group. Other networks are planning to […]
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Valuing the contribution of South Asian GPs
For South Asian Heritage Month Dr Chaand Nagpaul writes about the contribution of these doctors to the NHS and the challenges they have faced.
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Automatic access to patient records from 1 November 2022
Note: this page is now out of date, please see our most recent guidance. Patients with an existing online account will automatically be given access to future (prospective) entries to their patient record, including free text, letters and documents when a new system of access is implemented. This was originally due to come into effect […]
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Tips of the Month – July 2022
We regularly share useful tips, guidance and details of contractual requirements on social media. #TipsOfTheMonth