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UK LMC Conference |  | | On 9 March, LMCs met in Liverpool to debate issues which affect the whole of the UK and provide direction to the GPC. | |
LMC elections | Next month you will have a chance to stand for election to your LMC. In May we will be holding two drop-in sessions at Londonwide LMCs’ offices. | |
GDPR – further guidance now available | The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25 May; see the latest guidance from GPC, NASGP and ICO. |
CQC inspections and Significant Event Analysis | The CQC are increasingly identifying a lack of awareness, discussion and/or documentation of Significant Event Analysis (SEA) by practices as a problem when rating them. |
Sign-up to our new Buying Group and win a Kindle Fire | Any practice who signs-up to our new Buying Group by the morning of our conference (Wednesday 2 May) will be entered into a draw to win a Kindle Fire 7 care of MidMeds. |
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guidance |
| Prescription requests are a major part of GP workload. Londonwide LMCs has created an action note that outlines the different types of prescriptions and links to further guidance on both repeat and bulk dispensing. |
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Publication of GP earnings – giving the whole pictureThis month Dr Elliott Singer, Londonwide LMCs’ Medical Director, explains how practices can add context to their publication of earnings webpages to show patients the value provided by general practice. |  |
Verification/confirmation of death |
 | We are collating a list of problems experienced by GPs with coroners. Our aim is to minimise the distress caused to bereaved families by the process of certifying and/or investigating deaths and to free-up GPs’ time. | |
Health Select Committee demands NHS Digital stop passing data to the Home Office |
 | The Health Select Committee believe NHS Digital is ‘damaging public trust’ and assisting the Home Office with deportations by passing patients’ address data to them. | |
National data opt-out to be introduced alongside the GDPR in May |
 | The Government has announced that the national data opt-out will be introduced alongside the GDPR on 25 May 2018. It has also been agreed to present the national data opt-out as a single question to cover both research and planning. | |
GMC requests for evidence of English language competence |
 | The House of Commons Library has release updated guidance on what documentation the GMC will accept as evidence that GPs, nurses and pharmacists have sufficient English language skills. | |
Last updated : 18 Apr 2018
