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| MP engagement – Jeremy Corbyn visit |  | | We arranged for Islington MP and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn MP to visit the Andover Road Medical Centre, a practice in his constituency. | |
NHS winter crises timeline | This winter has seen unprecedented pressure on NHS services, leading to claim and counter-claim about who is responsible. Our timeline shows who said what and when. | |
Sessional GP engagement | We will provide real-time Twitter updates from our Ealing, Hammersmith and Houslow sessional GP open meeting on 31 January, to allow those who are interested but cannot attend to follow online. |
GMC numbers on death certificates | Registry Offices have started requiring GMC numbers on Medical Certificate of Cause of Deaths (MCCDs). Please add it after your signature (old forms) or in the space provided (new forms). |
Patient engagement round-table | December’s round-table event was attended by patient representative groups and GP practice staff, who contributed useful ideas to steering our Patient Engagement Project. |
|  |  | Resource of the MonthPatient engagement Have a look at the headlines from our recent patient engagement survey. | | SNAP POLL | | The PM has blamed GPs for the A&E crisis and threatened to cut funding to GPs who do not offer extended access. Health Select Committee Chair, Dr Sarah Wollaston responded: “Pretty dismal stuff for govt to scapegoat GPs for very serious NHS pressures.” | | What do you think? | | | | |
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| | | GUEST BLOG – Dealing with online patient comments Our GP Support team’s Jan Swannell shares how she managed online complaints during her time as a practice manager in North London. |  |
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| Clinical pharmacist funding scheme |  | NHS England have launched a scheme to partially fund the first three years of employing a clinical pharmacist. | |
Londonwide LMCs’ jobs board |  | Don’t forget our vacancies section is free to use for London practices. All you need to do is complete and submit the web form and we will do the rest to get your job listing online. | |
Jeremy Hunt MP questioned on Brexit impact by Health Select Committee |  | Jeremy Hunt touched on general practice issues, accusing some GP leaders of scaling back their commitment to seven-day working. He also re-adjusted the Government’s 5,000 new GPs figure again, it is now “5,000 extra GPs, or thereabouts by the end of the current Parliament”. | |
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