Ultra Low Emission Zone expansion

Londonwide LMCs works with the Mayor of London’s Office on a range of issues affecting general practice and regularly meets with the Mayor’s Health Advisor, Dr Tom Coffey, who is also a GP in South London. As part of this collaborative working, we are sharing this message from the Mayor’s Office about the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ).

Parliamentary round-up

This month’s round-up covers questions for the Secretary of State to Health and Social Care and a debate on the NHS workforce.

Possible electricity blackout guidance

The Government has issued guidance to businesses on what is likely to happen in the event of scheduled power cuts due to energy shortages.

Practice team wellbeing this winter

To help practice staff manage pressures they are under we will be running a series of wellbeing webinars in the New Year. Ongoing support is also available from our GP Professional Support Network.

Remember to use BEAM to LMC to highlight the pressure you are under

Our BEAM to LMC mobile app, which enables you to tell us about the pressures you are under from commissioners and others, is proving popular. Make sure you check the app for push notifications.

Media and public affairs round-up

On 8 December Dr Michelle Drage, our CEO, was quoted in a GPOnline story about antibiotic shortages and the Strep A outbreak. Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell, our Deputy CEO, had her remarks on workload challenges at the England LMC Conference on 24 November reported in Pulse and GPOnline.

We continue to be very active in promoting the interests of London GPs and practice staff on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. If you have an example of general practice doing something well which could make a news story please get in touch. We also support practices that are approached with media requests. You can find details here.

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