Meningococcal ACWY vaccinations for Hajj and Umrah travellers
Pilgrims and seasonal workers travelling to Saudi Arabia in May/June 2025 need to have proof of a meningococcal ACWY vaccination.
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LMC elections 2025 – nominate yourself by 3 June
Join your LMC to take forward and resolve issues that frustrate you in practice, gain new skills and work with a team of other knowledgeable GPs.
LMC elections: lunchtime awareness session 21 May
Join us online on Wednesday 21 May for an overview of what LMC membership involves and how new members are supported.
Revised data collection regime
The General Practice Extraction Service (GPES) is due to be replaced by General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR), which will eventually unify all data extractions pertaining to health and social care purposes including planning, policy development, public health, commissioning and research. In order to do this NHS Digital sent out a Data Provision […]
City and Hackney LMC newsletter May 2021
Please click here to read the latest City and Hackney LMC news update.
Weekend e-consults and online access
We are aware that many practices are receiving online consultations submitted over weekends and triaging these is creating significant workload, often running into several sessions of GP time each week. Currently there is no requirement for practices to provide online consultations, although there is a commitment for them to become a mandatory part of core […]
Londonwide LMCs’ May 2021 newsletter
Read our May 2021 newsletter
Proof of vaccination status for travel
Patients wishing to prove their Covid vaccination status can do so in two ways, neither of which require the involvement of their GP. The first way is by downloading the NHS App, registering for an account and signing in, the second is by calling 119 and asking for a letter to be posted confirming a […]
Nominate yourself for your LMC by 28 May
Only LMCs represent every GP practice in their area and every person working within each one. Standing for your LMC means giving a voice to your colleagues and personally developing new skills, as our Board members explain in this brief video. The deadline for nominations is 5:00pm on Friday 28 May 2021 and nominations are sought from […]
UK LMC Conference 2021 round-up
The UK LMC Conference took place on 11 and 12 May, the motions debated and voted on at the conference can be read here, including which were carried, or carried in parts. A video archive of the day is available here: Day 1 morning Day 1 afternoon Day 2 morning Day 2 afternoon Motion 7 was proposed […]
NHS England letter on face-to-face consultations
On the evening of Thursday 13 May NHS England wrote to GP practices instructing them to provide face-to-face appointments upon patient request and allow walk-in patients into practice premises for triage. Londonwide LMCs has joined other LMCs in reminding practices that they are only obliged to provide face-to-face appointments or triage where clinically necessary. We have collated various […]
LMC elections 2021 nominations now open – make your voice heard and stand for election
Only LMCs represent every GP practice in their area and every person working within each one. Standing for your LMC means giving a voice to your colleagues and personally developing new skills, as our Board members explain in this brief video. The deadline for nominations is 5:00pm on Friday 28 May 2021 and nominations are sought from […]