The LMC's monthly newsletter for the Duchy’s GPs and practice managers includes:
- Pastoral support: Help needed but not asked for may be a tragedy whilst a simple enquiry wastes no-one’s time
- Primary Care Funding streams
- New priority phone number for GPs to speak to RCHT consultants
- Eating Disorder Service – LMC survey
- Art of Brilliance ‘Rising Stronger’ workshop, Thursday, 8 July, 2021 – save the date
- Help signpost locums to the LMC
- Practice contact details for the LMC
- Not site-specific cancer update
- CHIS parent survey
- Safeguarding information for GPs
- Radiology requesting in the Integrated Clinical Environment (ICE)
- Cyber high severity alerts
- Covid Oximetry@home and care home digital health monitoring service outcomes
- Extension to the temporary changes to the GP Contract under the pandemic regulations
- Covid-19 vaccination enhanced service
- Updated PGDs for Covid-19 vaccines
- SMS messaging trial for Covid-19 vaccinations
- Viewing Covid-19 vaccination status on the GP record
- Covid vaccination history now in Summary Care Record 1-click system
- Patients ordering PCR tests without symptoms
- Proof of Covid-19 vaccine for travel purposes
- Covid-19 vaccines and pregnancy
- GP access during Covid-19
- Decisions about living and dying well during Covid-19 – CQC report
- RCGP calls on CQC to address impact of inspections on BAME GPs
- Updated CQC myth-busters
- Remote fit notes – please remember to sign them
- School absence note requests
- Guidance for QOF payments
- Update on Quality Outcomes Framework changes for 2021/22
- General Medical Services (GMS) Ready Reckoner 2021/22
- DES directions and flu immunisations
- Update on vaccination and immunisation changes for 2021/22
- Delivering preconception care to women with serious mental illness
- Cancer Research UK Lung Cancer Campaign
- Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service and improving general practice appointment data
- VAT removal for primary care
- Primary Care Network Dashboard
- New remote working toolkit for GP practices and PCNs
- Best practice in social prescribing
- NHS community pharmacist consultation service
- Home delivery of medicines and appliances
- New national PM representative body agrees strategic aims
- Help patients manage their referral online
- New NHS Complaint Standards
- Updated Freedom to Speak Up guidance
- Health and Social Care White Paper explained
- A future in general practice? Medical applicant GP experience and career aspirations
- Investment in General Practice in England, 2015/16 to 2019/20
- Webinar on pensions for sessional GPs
- Locum GPs – new financial support by Government
- NHS mail for sessional GPs
