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New guidance for London practices and PCNs on the Covid Vaccination Enhanced Service (ES) is now available on our new purpose-built microsite. As new information is made available we will update our guidance, and we will continue to escalate queries from practices at a local and national level. Please get in touch via info@lmc.org.uk if there are issues […]

Since mid-October when we sent out our last newsletter, our Living Guide has been updated a number of times which includes added information on long-term conditions. The following accompanying documents to the Living Guide have been updated in the last month as well: GP management of febrile children during the Covid-19 pandemic (new document) Long Covid (new document) […]

During these difficult times we appreciate that a number of our sessional GPs working in London have found it difficult to find sessions, yet general practice is under extreme workload pressures trying to meet numerous demands. As part of our work supporting sessional GPs, we would like to help colleagues build contacts with practices in […]

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. We have offically launched our new microsite which has information for London practices about the Covid-19 Vaccination Enhanced Service programme. The site will be updated […]

The England Conference of LMCs will take place on Friday 27 November and is being held virtually for the first time. The full agenda is available to view here, motions being put forward by LMCs from the areas covered by Londonwide LMCs are detailed below: 5. Agenda committee to be proposed by Tower Hamlets: That conference, in respect […]

18 November 2020 Dear Colleague Another temperature check – just to be sure The deadline for practices and their respective PCNs to identify designated sites from which to deliver the Covid-19 vaccination programme has been and gone. Whilst we await word from NHSEI on the proposed sites, I’d like to beg a couple more minutes […]

13 November 2020 Dear Colleague Taking your temperature – Let me just get another reading. The vaccines being proposed have very specific requirements and GPs and public health experts need to be thoroughly supported to deliver them. With new information coming out by the hour, it is essential that GPs and practice teams are updated […]

11 November 2020 Dear Colleague Taking your temperature Late on Monday we finally received the much awaited letter setting out details of the Covid Vaccination DES. With around three weeks to 1 December and barely six weeks until Christmas, General Practice has been presented with the prospect of scoping, building and delivering a brand new […]

30 October 2020 Dear Colleague If you or other practice team members have seen an increase in aggressive behaviours from our patients, sadly you are not alone. We are receiving increasing reports of such experiences from valued staff at our front desks, our caring nurses and our GPs. Examples include swearing during phone consultations about […]