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December 2024 

Dr Lisa Harrod Rothwell appointed CEO-designate


Following an interview process Lisa has been confirmed as CEO-designate

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10-Year Health Plan consultation response

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Read our full response to the Government’s consultation on the future of the NHS.


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Routine patient communications via email

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Text message charging means practices may wish to use email more, our guidance provides best practice for doing this.

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Government evidence on doctor’s pay

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The DHSC submission to the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB) says 2.8% extra is available for doctors’ pay.

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Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU) guidance

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Do you know what practices should consider when setting out arrangements for speaking up in line with national policy and requirements?

 

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Resource of the Month

image The pitfalls of social media usage and how to avoid them  
New guidance to enable GPs to use social media while minimising professional risk.
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Jobs board

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Guidance Updates

GPC newsletter
Sessional GP newsletter
Synnovis update
Christmas break opening requirements
Ordering and retaining death certificates
Cameron Fund Christmas appeal
PCSE update
Pharmacy First winter campaign resources
Template letter: giving notice to stop unfunded services
Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessment changes

Londonwide Diary

January

08  Complaint handling
15  Contraception update
29  Your NHS Pension and the changes

February 

06  Inaugural London General Practice Awards
07  General practice management training programme

 

How Londonwide LMCs supports GPs who need clinical supervision

An anonymous GP explains how we helped find them a clinical supervisor and how this eased some of the stress of the process.

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Londonwide LMCs website research

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We are conducting usability testing on our website to understand how we can improve it. We are wanting to speak to a range of people, from those who use it regularly through to those who rarely use it.

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General Practice Alert State (GPAS) paused

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This will give us time to evaluate its impact and consider the best way of gathering information on practice pressures.

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Thank you for responding to our workforce survey

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Our latest workforce survey officially closed on Wednesday 11 December, with responses coming from 193 of our 1,121 practices. Results will be shared in the Spring.

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Media and public affairs round-up

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On 3 December Pulse mentioned our work supporting a GP in Hillingdon who has won a judicial review after NHS England tried to terminate his contract. On 27 November the London Post quoted Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell's remarks on a series of deliberative workshops about the future of healthcare services in London

We continue to be very active promoting the interests of London GPs and practice staff on BlueskyTwitter, 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.  

 
 
Got a story? Email us at comms@lmc.org.uk.
Deadline for next month's submissions is Wednesday 15 January.
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