February 2017 newsletter

Submission to new All Party Parliamentary Group Primary Care and Public Health Inquiry

We have been invited to submit evidence to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health’s new inquiry into managing demand in primary care. If you would like to contribute to our pan-London response please do so by 16 March.

LMC Law HR and Employment Indemnity Package

Our employment law advisors LMC Law are launching a new HR and Employment Indemnity Package in partnership with AXA Insurance, which provides advice and guidance as well as insurance.

London Ambulance Service research project

London Ambulance Service (LAS) are looking for GPs to join a focus group in March, to inform a research project that is linking ambulance data to emergency department data, including looking at referrals from LAS to GPs and from GPs to LAS.

Managing conflicts of interest guidance

NHS England’s new guidance on managing conflicts of interest comes into effect from 1 June 2017.

Media and public affairs round-up

On 16 February we provided media training to another four LMC members, please contact us if you would interested in media training. On 9 February we wrote to London MPs and Assembly Members to tell them about our workforce survey results.

We continue to be very active in promoting the interests of London GPs and practice staff on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. We also support practices that are approached with media requests, you can find details of how to get support here.