| September 2018 Newsletter |
Response to digital-first providers consultation |  | | We have responded to NHS England’s consultation on ‘Digital-first primary care and its implications for general practice payments’. | |
Response to GP partnership review | Read our written response to the GP partnership review. We are also planning a further meeting with the review team. | |
Student MMR and MenACWY | Practices are likely to see increased demand for student vaccinations, with larger numbers of students living in the family home and lower childhood vaccine uptake among those age cohorts starting university. |
Premises update | Advice for practices in Community Health Partnerships or NHS Property Services premises, including guidance on Occupancy Agreement Letters and Occupancy Change Notices. |
Winter pressures – keep us up to date | With winter approaching we are keen to learn what local contingency plans are in place for winter pressures. |
|  | Resource of the Month | School sickness requests guidance |
| Download our GP State of Emergency guidance and waiting room poster to accompany our template letter. |
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Guidance Updates |
Londonwide DiarySeptemberOctoberNovember |
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How to be a dementia friendly practice21 September is World Alzheimer’s Day, Dr Aoife Keily of the Alzheimer’s Society explains how practices can be more dementia friendly. |  |
BMA survey of Docman problems |  | The BMA are asking for practices to provide information on the volume of correspondence in their ‘unprocessed’ Docman folder and how long it will take them to go through it. Responses will be used to push for some degree of reimbursement for the additional work created through the Docman error. | |
LEAD training events |  | A round-up of our upcoming training events and courses for practice staff and clinicians, including day-long workshops and our blended learning courses for practice nurses, healthcare assistants and practice managers. | |
Jobs board reminder |  | Don’t forget our vacancies section is free to use for practices. All you need to do is complete and submit the web form and we will do the rest to get your job listing online. | |
How we use your data |  | In line with recent data protection legislation changes, we have updated our privacy policy which explains how we handle your personal data. | |
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Last updated : 17 Oct 2018
