Conference of England LMCs

Digital telephony funding deadlines

BMA GP survey

Anti-racism statement for London

Workforce survey closes

Tips for accessing your GP practice

Pharmacy First rollout

Met Police firearms marker request

Remember to use BEAM to LMC to highlight the pressure you are under

Media and public affairs round-up

Resource of the Month

Guidance Updates

Londonwide Diary

December

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December 2023 Newsletter

The Conference saw four motions from our LMCs debated, covering workload, the Performers List, unplanned care and private contract holders.

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Practices seeking to upgrade existing cloud phone systems now have until 18 December to express an interest. Those seeking new systems have until 15 December to agree a provider.

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The General Practitioners Committee are seeking the views of all GPs ahead of the latest contract negotiations.

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The Workforce Race Equality Standard group have issued a statement, with signatories including London’s commissioners.

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Thank you to everyone who responded, the survey closed on Monday and we had 234 unique practice completes, which is around 22% of our practices.

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Keeping your CQC registration up to date

Ensuring your practice's details are accurate is a legal requirement, including making timely updates.

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•	GPC newsletter
•	Primary Care Bulletin
•	Diabetes UK inequality report
•	Guy’s and Tommy’s newsletter
•	Pharmacy London briefing for LMCs
•	Guidance on core hours contractual requirements

15	eDec deadline
15	Covid and flu online bookings close
15	Cloud telephony replacement deadline
18	Cloud telephony upgrade funding deadline
20	3-day junior doctor strike

03	6-day junior doctor strike
25	Londonwide LMCs AGM
30	What a GP needs to know about their pension
31	Pharmacy First rollout

We have developed three short animations for your website / waiting room answering common questions from patients, endorsed by Healthwatch.

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Ahead of the full rollout of Pharmacy First at the end of January, read more about the scheme and its clinical pathways, including a briefing for LMCs from Pharmacy London.

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The Met will be sending a standard letter to GPs identified on firearms applications requesting a marker is added to patient records.

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Our BEAM to LMC mobile app, which enables you to tell us about the pressures you are under from commissioners and others, is proving popular. Make sure you check the app for push notifications.

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This month we have provided information for media requests about ADHD medication, Pharmacy First and workforce pressures.

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.

The Buying Group is available to all London practices and gives access to discounts on
a wide range of goods and services from Miab, MidMeds, Practice Index and Surgery Connect.
Contact buyinggroup@lmc.org.uk or visit the Londonwide LMCs’ Buying Group webpage for further information.

Got a story? Email us at comms@lmc.org.uk. Deadline for next month's submissions is Wednesday 17 January.	Download your resources from our GP State of Emergency website.