7 April 2022
In July 2021, the Government outlined plans to deliver fit note improvements including: removing the requirement to sign fit notes in ink (from April 2022) and allowing a wider range…
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7 April 2022
UKHSA has published information for primary care professionals on how to meet the health needs of patients from Ukraine. Soon after individuals and their families arrive in the UK from…
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11 February 2022
Attached is a copy of the updated primary care antimicrobial prescribing guidelines. These are based on the NICE antimicrobial prescribing guidance for the management of common infections and has been…
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26 January 2022
When making an emergency referral to hospitals it is best practice to discuss the patient with the on-call specialist in advance of referral. This has traditionally been difficult due to…
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17 January 2022
Lincolnshire LMC has generated a letter which practices can use when sending a patient to A&E. Please use this form to indicate why you are sending the patient to A&E…
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22 December 2021
Performance Matters The LMC is regularly involved in representing and supporting doctors who have been identified as having "performance" issues. The LMC has identified themes which recur, and this regular…
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22 December 2021
We have seen an increasing number of requests from private providers to GPs asking for them to arrange investigations or tests for patients. If the GP is asked by a…
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3 December 2021
When patients move into your practice area from other parts of the country it is your practice’s responsibility to arrange local follow up for conditions which the patient was already…
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23 November 2021
The LMC is regularly involved in representing and supporting doctors who have been identified as having "performance" issues. The LMC has identified themes which recur, and this regular feature from…
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27 October 2021
When patients have bariatric surgery, they usually have this done at regional centres, though some patients choose to have private surgery further afield or abroad. Practices are often asked to…
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27 October 2021
NHSEI regional screening team have identified that there has been an increase in the number of samples being returned as “inadequate”. The cervical cytology laboratory will return samples as inadequate…
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26 August 2021
A new 2-week-wait pathway has been developed for patients who present with non-specific symptoms (NSS). This NSS pathway should be used for patients with the following non-specific symptoms Appetite loss…
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