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Workforce survey – please respond |  | | Our winter 2018 workforce survey will be in your inbox today. The data we gather is vital for our work representing GPs and practice teams across London. Please respond if you can. | |
Check CCG data against practice data with regard to immunisation targets | Practices are advised to check data presented to them by CCGs with regard to levels of service provision. There have been cases of CCG data not recognising officially advised vaccine substitutions when counting practice vaccination levels. | |
Viewpoint: London general practice can overcome challenges by working together | Dr Jonty Heaversedge explains why he believes ‘The Next Steps to the Strategic Commissioning Framework’ will benefit London general practice. |
Keep us up to date so we can represent you | Please return our data validation emails, so we have accurate details about who is working in practices. Accurate details allow us to better support and represent you. |
New health record release form | The BMA and The Law Society have produced a new GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 compliant consent form for releasing health records. |
|  | Resource of the Month | ‘Did not attend’ guidance and template letter |
| With winter upon us, ensure patients are making the best use of practice resources. |
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Guidance Updates |
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It’s Movember, which is a timely reminder that men shouldn’t be shy!Dr Anil Shah, of Newham LMC, explains how he goes about raising men’s health issues with patients. |  |
Healthcare support worker forum – give us your views |
 | We are considering forming a forum for healthcare support workers to exchange best practice and provide mutual support. Tell us if you or colleagues would be interested. | |
Updated sessional GP pages |
 | Our library of guidance has been updated, giving London sessional GPs a central resource to find information on issues such as pensions, model contracts, IR35 and more. | |
Winter access case studies |
 | We are looking for examples to highlight how people can access appropriate care from GP practices, wider primary care and other community based services this winter, to feed into an awareness campaign called ‘My London GP’. | |
Last updated : 30 Nov 2018
