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The health service has accomplished a lot, especially in the past year. We have made this video to recognise the momentous efforts made by GPs, practice staff and others working on the frontline.

Innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all. Full draft text of the Bill. Timing The Health and Care Bill received its first reading on 6 July 2021. Measures enabled by the Bill are scheduled for implementation by April 2022. Next steps The Bill received its Second Reading on Wednesday 14 July. It will be followed by Committee Stage – the […]

NHS England confirmed on 15 July 2021 that Public Health England’s infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance still applies to patient-facing healthcare settings, ahead of the law around mask wearing coming to an end on Monday. From a practical point of view this means practice staff can rely on mask wearing being NHS policy, rather than […]

12 July 2021 Dear Colleague, Terminus Today the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has announced that “Freedom Day” is still on next week. Including the replacement of a requirement to wear masks with a recommendation that people do so if they are “in a crowded internal place”.   With Covid prevalent, and […]

We are aware that practices are being contacted by solicitors’ firms seeking damages for patients for “discrimination in relation to mask wearing and access to care”. The following advice may be helpful for practices in order to identify the reasonableness of such claims: Check the solicitor/firm is real using the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) website. The […]

Nominations for the 2021 LMC elections closed on 1 June 2021. Elections will now take place in Bexley, Ealing, Greenwich, Merton and Redbridge. Congratulations to all those GPs who have been elected unopposed as shown below. We look forward to working with them over the course of the next two years as we continue our work to secure the […]

We have just learned that NHS England have extended the standardised GP appointment categories mapping exercise deadline until 31 July. This also means the first payments to PCNs move from 30 September to 31 October. The NHS England communication explaining this can be viewed here, our guidance remains current and can be viewed here.

28 June 2021 Dear Colleague One topic has emerged over the last few days. Its not what you think. SMS Abuse: Enough is Enough We are horrified to read some of the replies you and your practice teams have received in response to text messages you were asked by commissioners to send out to all […]

This month we are saying farewell to Mrs Jane Betts, our valued Director of Primary Care Strategy for North Central, North West and South West London. Jane, a health visitor by training, joined Londonwide LMCs from the NHS in 2010, where she initially commenced her role covering North Central and South East London, and has […]