Londonwide LMCs

Guidance on CCG plans to make GPs ask patients to pay for over the counter treatments

BMA ballot on willingness to close lists as part of industrial action

Violent patients – a step-by-step guide to safeguarding staff

GP Essential Survival Kit event round-up

Premises update

One-off compensation payment for practices

BMA releases updated locum and salaried GP handbooks

Media and public affairs round-up

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July 2017 Newsletter

A number of London CCGs are suggesting practices should ask patients to buy their own OTC medicines. We outline the regulatory and contractual issues created by such plans.

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Practices are asked whether they would consider closing their lists following an LMC conference motion on workload.

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Detailed advice on how to manage safeguarding of staff following the removal of a violent patient from a practice’s list.

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This month we ran our Essential Survival Kit event, we’ve picked out some of the more interesting points raised on social media for those who were unable to attend.

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News on new requirements around leases, relocation and details on the financial assistance available for rents and service charges.

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Response to requests to follow up investigations performed in other settings.

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•	2017/18 resilience funding allocated

28	Practice Index practice manager half-day

28	Child and adolescent learning disabilities awareness training

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11	Infection prevention and control

8	Child and adolescent learning disabilities awareness training

Planning for your winter flu campaign

Now is the time for practices to start making their preparations, including buying in stock, promoting vaccination and scheduling in inoculation sessions.

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Also this month…

At the end of June practices should have received a one-off payment of £250 to compensate them for the administrative burden incurred since April 2016 as a result of problems caused by Primary Care Support England.

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Newly revised handbooks covering working both as a locum and a salaried GP are now available.

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www.lmc.org.uk

On 29 June Londonwide LMCs’ CEO, Dr Michelle Drage was on BBC Radio London’s drivetime show, discussing the pressures on general practice raised at the BMA’s Annual Representative Meeting (ARM). On 16 June Londonwide LMCs’ Medical Director, Dr Jenny Law contributed to a Pulse dilemma piece on how to handle unreasonable behaviour by a partner.

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.

Got a story? Email us at comms@lmc.org.uk. Deadline for next month’s submissions is 16 August.	Downloaded your resources from our GP State of Emergency website.

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