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DHSC consultation on proposals to reform regulation of healthcare professionals

The Department for Health and Social Care is currently consulting on proposals to reform the regulation of healthcare professionals. In general terms there are a number of positive proposals, particularly in relation to the proposed changes to the fitness to practise procedures. The consultation document covers four key areas: Governance and operating framework: which includes proposals […]

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Mword Issue 83 – Dr Michelle Drage’s latest update for GPs and practice teams

27 May 2021 Dear Colleague Words Mean What Words Say Picking up on the impact of the last two weeks events I hope you have had a chance to read our recent messages on 14, 17 and 20 May, regarding NHS England’s Letter B0497, the associated SOP Guidance, and the Response of the BMA’s GP […]

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Newham LMC newsletter May 2021

Please click here to read the latest Newham LMC news update.

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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 […]

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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 […]