Lincolnshire LMC

Additional needs from Cancer Pre-Diagnosis Team

4 December 2023

The ULHT Cancer Pre-Diagnosis Clinical Nurse Specialist Team support people on a suspected cancer pathway who have additional needs. These can be physical, social, socioeconomic or mental health needs. For…

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Fracture clinic GP referrals

22 November 2023

Practices contacted us to advise they had been told that they could not refer patients directly to fracture clinic. While most patients who need fracture clinic are referred directly after…

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Transfer of Patient Access to Records Redactions (to/from EMIS)

28 October 2023

Soon after the next SystmOne maintenance release, when receiving a GP2GP record from an EMIS practice (and sending to) where entries within the GP record have been marked as ‘do…

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Paper Medical Records Storage at NEC – Situation Report from ICB

28 October 2023

NEC have established a weekly scan-on-demand service for the practices for whom they store paper medical records. All practices involved should now be using this service. Records are requested electronically…

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Biobank UK

1 October 2023

A communication was recently sent to practices dated 13 September requesting GPs provide Biobank UK with access to consented patient data, the BMA was listed as endorsing the programme. The…

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PSA ranges alignment with NICE guidance

27 September 2023

The previous lab reported PSA ranges were not in alignment with NICE guidance. The list below is what appears on the Lincolnshire – 2WW Urology referral letter. Normal Age…

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Ensuring blood and organ donation decisions are recorded

10 September 2023

Since October 2021, patients’ blood and organ donation preferences are no longer being processed through GP practices. If your practice is using an old patient registration form, it is important…

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Complaints Policies, Leaflets and Websites

9 August 2023

From 1 July 2023, the way members of the public make a complaint about primary care services to the commissioner changed from NHS England to NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board. All…

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NHSmail self-service password reset

27 July 2023

Self-service password reset is now available for your NHSmail account. How does this impact me? This means you can reset your password at any time without contacting local IT support…

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Community Pharmacy Medicine Supply Issues

27 July 2023

Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire, the Local Pharmaceutical Committee, thought that it might be useful to share an extract from a recent briefing on medicines supply issues produced by the national pharmacy…

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Dedicated ICB mailbox for General Practice Estate Queries

15 June 2023

Please note there is now a dedicated ICB mailbox for general practice estate queries. licb.pcestates@nhs.net

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The NHSPS and consolidated charging policy

13 June 2023

BMA secures significant reduction in NHSPS service charge claims for practices The BMA has successfully assisted five GP practices in significantly reducing years of unsubstantiated service charge claims demanded by…

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