Dear colleague,
We are pleased to present our latest newsletter, which highlights the recent work and collaborative efforts between Hillingdon LMC and Londonwide LMCs along with other local stakeholders. Following LMC elections this summer, Hillingdon LMC started a new three-year term of office on 1 September 2025, please do make yourselves familiar with your local representatives which can be found here:
Current LMC Membership and Contact info
What we do
We are here to support practices and to represent the interests of all local GPs and their practice teams, and one of our key priorities is that we hear the issues and concerns that matter to our local GPs and practices to influence our work. We recognise that this is a two-way conversation and we will be embarking on a more personal practice/ constituency engagement to hear and listen to your concerns about the pressures GPs and practices are facing, but we also need you to reach out to us with any issues or concerns by emailing Amy Honor, Committee Liaison Executive amy.honor@lmc.org.uk.
What has Hillingdon LMC been working on recently?
Practice engagement
Over the next few months LMC representatives will be reaching out to PCNs and Practices to build relationships and ensure all grassroots GPs and Practice concerns and issues are being raised, discussed and challenged. Please do look out for more information regarding this.
Primary/secondary care interface
Work continues to push back on all the inappropriate workload dumping which is taking place. The committee have discussed at length the unfunded requests that practices receive regarding administering Zoladex, Prostap, Denosumab and such like. This is non-core contract work, however a collective push back on this was felt unsuitable due patient care and with some practices offering this. It is for practices to decide if they require to push back on this and these template letters and other resources from Londonwide LMCs can help with this.
Representatives attend several interface meetings including ones with interfacing trusts and NWL ICB. Recent issues being raised at these meetings include Paediatric pathways, Radiology concerns, and Rejected referrals.
Following recent Interface meeting’s NWL Trusts have committed to a timeline of 4 weeks to create a centralised web page with ward and outpatient contact details for patients, to be linked/referenced in Trust correspondence. Concurrently, Trust clinicians are being asked to provide bespoke contact information. This work will be supported by audit tools. This is something we have been pushing for, for a long time. Also a reminder that The Hillingdon Hospital now has a Primary Care Liaison Officer who can be contacted on thh-tr.bookingcentre@nhs.net. This is for GP related queries and feedback. Patients should still contact PALS where appropriate.
NWL LMC Updates
Pan NWL updates can be found in the monthly updates. Here is the latest.
GP Support Team
The GP Support team provides expert, confidential and bespoke advice and support to individual constituent GPs and practices in difficulties. – Contact: GPSupport@lmc.org.uk.
Highlighted resources and training
Resources:
Training:
- Aspiring to Partnership Programme – running in April
- The NHS Pension – End of year processing – running in May 2026
Exclusive deals for practices
Our substantially updated Buying Group offer provides a range of opportunities to save money and improve the quality of products and services you use.
- Get excellent prices and next day delivery on consumables, with a supplier who can respond quickly to your practice needs.
- Access a comprehensive online learning platform, plus packages to manage HR, finance, compliance and rotas.
- Let a specialist GP insurer make sure you have the right cover, with knowledge on developing areas like cyber security, AI scribes and contract holding at PCN level.
- Our records digitisation partners can help free up premises space and recent changes with the National Document Repository have improved practices’ options.
- Intelligent, end-to-end call-and-recall automation does more than simply send reminders, it tailors messages and helps to improve QOF.
- The latest in cloud telephony integrates with clinical systems, provides stats on patient contacts and automates many tasks.
- Reward yourself and your colleagues with free and discounted tickets to concerts, theatre shows, sports and more!
Get in touch!
All constituents can raise any issues of concern with the LMC at any time and thank you to those that have been in touch since the last newsletter. We rely on you to know where support is needed and are grateful for your queries. Please do reach out to an LMC member or Amy. We are keen to hear from our local GPs and practice teams about any issues you are facing. We are here to represent your views. Please feel free to contact amy.honor@lmc.org.uk.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr Venothan Suri
Chair, Hillingdon LMC
Londonwide’s NWL LMC Team
Amy Honor, Committee Liaison Executive, amy.honor@lmc.org.uk
Dr Asiya Yunus, LMC Secretary/Medical Director
Jamie Wright, Director of Primary Care
Lesley Williams, Assistant Director of Primary Care