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March 2024 Newsletter

BMA Contract Referendum

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BMA members wishing to vote in the Referendum have until 27 March. The final webinars explaining the issues are on 20 and 21 March.

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Same Day Access plan removed from ‘single offer’ in North-West London

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Following our representations practices can now deliver the other services in the 2024/25 'single offer' separately to Same Day Access.
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Creating a healthy work environment in a challenged NHS

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This new free course helps frontline practice staff to share how they have adapted to sustain and improve the wellbeing of their teams, via peer-to-peer learning.
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Correctly coding patients as being in resident institutes

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Practices who look after patients in CQC registered residential homes may not be receiving the 43% additional global sum weighted payment.
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GPC elections: voting closes Tuesday 26 March

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The seat covering North Central London and parts of inner-North West has gone to a ballot between two candidates.
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Resource of the Month

image The Medical Examiner System (MES)
We are awaiting an update on the legal implementation date of the MES and will update this resource when we know more.
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Jobs board

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Guidance Updates

GPC newsletter
PCSE pensions update
Measles and MMR promotion resources
Air quality text alerts
Vaccination during Ramadan
London digital exclusion report

Londonwide Diary

March
21 Cut off date for BMA membership for Contract Referendum
26 GPC regional elections voting closes
27 BMA Contract Referendum voting closes
31 CNSGP cover for staff MMR ends
31 Expiration of temporary approval for MES access to confidential patient data.

April

25  Introduction to medical terminology

May

01  Summarising medical records
02 London Mayoral and council elections

 

GPC England GP Contract Referendum: why every vote matters

Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell, our Deputy CEO and a GPC England rep for London, explains the importance of GPs working together to make their voice heard on safety, workload and burnout.

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Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice covers staff MMR for month of March

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Administering MMR vaccinations to eligible staff is covered until 31 March, if those staff are registered with another practice. North West London ICB has also provided patient-facing and practice staff resources to support MMR uptake.

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Identifying and escalating problems with EMIS

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Londonwide LMCs is working with local and national commissioners to raise issues and push for them to be fully resolved.

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Media comment on the spring Budget statement

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Dr Michelle Drage, our CEO, said a lack of investment will hobble preventative care and push more demoralised staff towards the door.

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Media and public affairs round-up

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On 6 March Dr Michelle Drage, our CEO, was quoted in Pulse's coverage of the Chancellor's Budget statement. Also on 6 March Pulse and GPOnline both mentioned our documents outlining concerns about the Same Day Access plan in North West London in their coverage of the ICB altering their proposals.

On 4 March GPOnline covered our concerns around the Same Day Access model's possible over-reliance on ARRS staff to provide care and the BMJ picked up on our concerns over continuity of care.

We continue to be very active in promoting the interests of London GPs and practice staff on Twitter, 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 10 April.
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