GP Salaried Archives | Lincolnshire LMC

18 September 2024

A quick-to-implement, free support programme for GP practices in England that will enable you and your practice team to easily identify, understand and support veterans and, where appropriate, refer them…

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Launch of BMA GP Safe Working Guidance Handbook

9 September 2024

Following the overwhelming YES vote in our ballot over the summer, practices are starting to take action as part of our ‘Protect your Patients and Protect your Practice‘ campaign. GPC…

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Guidance for GP Surgeries on Patients Recordings Consultations

27 August 2024

Introduction This guidance has been developed to assist GP surgeries in navigating the growing trend of patients requesting to record consultations. With patients increasingly using smartphones and other devices to…

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National Medical Examiner’s guidance for England and Wales

12 August 2024

Following regulations laid in Parliament in April 2024, the Death Certification Reforms come into force on 9 September 2024 (see the end of this summary for details of the regulations).…

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Pensions campaign for GPs in England – now live

27 July 2024

The BMA’s campaign to encourage GPs in England to make sure their pension records are accurate and up to date has just launched, please see webpage here – https://www.bma.org.uk/GPpensionissue Primary…

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Update on HIV, Cardiovascular Risk and Statin use

26 July 2024

Summary People living with HIV (PLWH) are at higher risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Q-risk 3 does not adjust for HIV. A recent study has shown that there is a…

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New Medical Certificates of Cause of Death (MCCDs)

26 July 2024

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has started delivery of the new Medical Certificates of Cause of Death (MCCDs). Many MCCDs have been distributed and deliveries to practices are…

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Blue Badge requests

24 July 2024

Practices have contacted us advising that they are receiving more requests for information or GP reports for blue badge applications. Lincolnshire County Council website does not specifically say a GP…

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Requests for monitoring in general practice

24 July 2024

Practices contact us regularly reporting that they have been asked to monitor certain patients who have one of a group of conditions that has been diagnosed and at least initially…

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Eating Disorders – Responsibility to monitor physical health

23 July 2024

Patients with severe mental illness (SMI) have higher risk of physical illnesses, and it is expected that general practices will perform regular physical welfare checks for patients with SMI, this…

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Hints and Tips for Dispensing Contractors-July 2024

18 July 2024

Hints and Tips is a quarterly bulletin designed to help our dispensing contractors with their interaction with NHS Prescription Services. Get Hints and Tips straight to your inbox and keep…

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Investment and Impact Fund (IIF) and GP Appointments Data (GPAD)

15 July 2024

GPC England recently wrote to NHS England about practices adversely affected by a significant flaw in the appointments mapping data processing for GP surgeries using the TPP SystmOne clinical system.…

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