The LMC's monthly newsletter for the Duchy’s GPs and practice managers includes: Who moved my cheese? Update to GP Contract Arrangements 2021/22 Post Covid – the spiky beast  Local IGPM […]

New Secretary of State for Health and Social Care  Following the resignation of Matt Hancock MP last week, Sajid Javid MP has been appointed Secretary of State for Health.   Dr Chaand […]

New PCSE pay and pension system update (England)  We have grown increasingly concerned about the volume of issues being raised about the new online portal for pay and pensions. The […]

GP appointment data (England)  The GP appointment data for April in England was published yesterday, with revised data so that it now also includes COVID vaccinations delivered via general practices. The figures […]

Delay in roll-out of patient data sharing programme (GPDPR) It was announced in the Parliamentary health questions earlier this week that the planned roll-out of the GP Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) […]

BMA calls for delay in roll-out of patient data sharing programme (GPDPR) for England  Today the BMA issued a press release calling on NHS Digital and the Government to delay the introduction of […]

The LMC's monthly newsletter for the Duchy’s GPs and practice managers includes: LMC UK Conference review Transgender patients Printed records for PCSE Payment for general practice child safeguarding reports Places […]

Unsustainable, unsafe, and unfair: General Practice in crisis  Key Facts  Number of appointments in March 2021: 28,4 million  Number of appointments in March 2019: 24.6 million  March 2019 – 28697 […]

General practice in Cornwall and Devon is open for patients and has been throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s the message from the organisations which represent the profession in the two […]

Vote of no confidence in NHS England leadership   As lockdown measures are easing to various extents across the UK this week, and the BMA urging ‘utmost caution’, GPs in England […]