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MD Soundbites! This week... New year and new starts
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Collective Action
- Webinar - Ask the LMC about Collective Action for Somerset Practices
Clinical...
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Somerset LMC would like to wish you all a very Merry and Restful Christmas, and a Happy New Year.
The LMC office will be closed Christmas Day and will reopen on Thursday 2nd January.
MD...
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MD Soundbites! - this week... Keeping everyone safe in our practice is everyone’s business
Collective Action
- Focusing on Collective Action 3 - Serve Notice on Any Voluntary Service
- ‘Ask...
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MD Soundbites! New this week... Red Tape Challenge Survey
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
GPC News
Collective Action
- Conference of England LMCs 2024
- Protect your Patients and Protect...
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MD Soundbites! - this week... Help us celebrate Somerset as a place to live and work
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Collective Action
- 22nd November -The Conference of England LMCs...
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MD Soundbites! New this week... AI - the good, the bad and the ugly!
GPC News Includes... the Budget NI Blow (read the latest government response from GPC England here), Collective Action Advice...
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MD Soundbites! New this week... National Insurance blow for GPs!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Collective Action
- Ask the LMC Webinar about Collective Action for Somerset Practices...
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Please Note: We've been experiencing a few issues linking to documents/webpages therefore some information is attached to this email.
MD Soundbites! New this week... Listening and learning...
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MD Soundbites! New this week... So what do you think of the budget?
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Collective Action
- 'Ask the LMC about Collective Action for Somerset Practices'...
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MD Soundbites! New this week - little nuggets of information go a long way...
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
GPC News
Collective Action
- 'Ask the LMC about Collective Action for Somerset...
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MD Soundbites! New this week... Our ambition to rebuild general practice
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Collective Action
Clinical News/Updates
- Medical Examiner Update
- Radiology...
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MD Soundbites! - new this week... GPCE's Vision for General Practice
The LMC Executive Leadership Team
Clinical News/Updates
- Change to Reporting Infectious Diseases
- Changes to Intravenous...
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End of an Era - Message From Dr Tim Horlock, LMC Chairman
Today marks the end of an era for Somerset LMC.
After 27 years we say goodbye to our Executive Director and good friend, Jill Hellens....
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MD Soundbites! New this week...Domestic Abuse
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Collective Action
Clinical News/Updates
- 3rd part prescribing for GLP1 injectables
- Pathology supplies
-...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Collective Action
- Confused About Collective Action?? EVERYONE Can Do Action 2!
Clinical News/Updates
- Mpox Outbreak Updated NHS...
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MD Soundbites! New this week... Moral Distress and Moral Injury
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Collective Action
- GPC England
Clinical News/Updates
- Cinapsis and eRS
- GPCE View on...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Collective Action
Clinical News/Updates
- Childrens Flu Vaccines
- Death Process and the Medical Examiner Service from the 9th September
-...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
- Due to a low return rate there is no GPAS available this week
Collective Action
- Collective action number 2
- Data Request for Cloud...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Collective Action
- GPC/BMA Collective Action Summary
Clinical News/Updates
- Ask About Asthma Campaign
- New Support Group
- RSV...
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MD Soundbites! New this week - 'Colleagues keep you going'
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Collective Action and Referral Forms and Letters
Clinical News/Updates
- Adding Flu Vaccination to...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Advice for Practices Following Recent Racist Riots
Dealing with Incidents of Racist Abuse in General Practice Settings
Collective Action
-...
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MD Soundbites! New this week - 'GPs braced for collective action'
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Collective Action
- Non-Statutory Ballot in England
- GPs Are On Your Side - A Message for...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Ballot Update from GPCE
Clinical News/Updates
- New NHS Vaccination Programme Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Information for GP...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
And so it begins contd....
Clinical News/Updates
- Amendment to seasonal flu 2024/25
- New regulations restrict the prescribing and supply...
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MD Soundbites!
And So it Begins cont..
GPAS (General Practice Alert State) - No data available due to network problems
Clinical News/Updates
Information for GP...
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MD Soundbites!
And So It Begins
Somerset LMC Position on the PCN Pilot Project
Clinical News/Updates
- GPC News - RSV NHS Vaccination Programme/Webinars
- Guidance for Prescribing in UTIs
-...
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MD Soundbites! New this week - School requests for toilet passes
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
If Not Now, When?
GPC News - Contraceptive Services & NHS Education Funding Agreement...
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MD Soundbites! - GPs Are On Your Side & Remember the GPC England Non-Statutory Ballot
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
GPC News
- GPC England Non-Statutory Ballot for GP Contractors/...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Clinical News/Updates
- AI for Suspected Skin Cancer Referrals - SFT
- Clinisys ICE Ordercomms - Change to Go-Live Date
- Inclisiran...
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MD Soundbites! Making our team flourish...
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Clinical News/Updates
Information for GP Partners/Salaried/Locums/Practice Managers
- BMA 'Calling all GPs' are...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Clinical News/Updates
- Closure of Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust
- Infected Blood Inquiry - Hepatitis C Testing
Information for GP...
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MD Soundbites! - GP Diary - Your essential tool for workload management
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Clinical News/Updates
- Connecting the dots newsletter
Information for GP...
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MD Soundbites! New this week... GP leaders in England vote to launch a ballot for collective action!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Clinical News/Updates
- Dermatology Service Changes
-...
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MD Soundbites! New this week... new operating models
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
News from the GPC
Clinical News/Updates
- Are you measles ready? Knowledge up to date? Know how to...
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MD Soundbites! New this week... Measles
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Clinical News/Updates
- Access to Documents Held in the GP System
- Adult ADHD Referral Process
- Epimax Ocular...
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MD Soundbites! New this week... meeting with Katie Bramall-Stainer
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Clinical News/Updates
- Cervical Screening
- COVID Therapeutics
- LARC Payments
-...
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MD Soundbites! This week... We are now in dispute!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Clinical News/Updates
- Child ADHD/ASD Referrals
- Death Certification Reform and the Introduction of...
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MD Soundbites! this week... BMA Update - share your thoughts with us
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Clinical News/Updates
- GP Appointments - February 2024 Headline from Recent NHSE...
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MD Soundbites! New this week - Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training
GP Contract 2024/25 Documents Published
Clinical News/Updates
- Adult ADHD Referral Difficulties
- Annual Flu Letter
-...
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We Wish all our Readers a Very Happy and Restful Easter!
MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
New Funding Framework
Clinical News/Updates
- Measles Guidance
- MMR Vaccinations...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Clinical News/Updates
- Connecting the Dots
- End of Primary Care Knowledge & Evidence Specialist Provision in Somerset
- Just a Reminder -...
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MD Soundbites! New this week - Rebuilding General Practice
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Clinical News/Updates
- HRT Guidance Updates
- Memory Clinic Update
- Professional Record...
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MD Soundbites! New this week... Staff feeling battered
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
GP Contract 2024/25 Changes - IMPORTANT!
Clinical News/Updates
- Faecal Calprotectin Update
- Memory...
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GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Update on the GP Contract 2024/5
Clinical News/Updates
- Safeguarding Update
- Somerset's New Lipid Guidance
- Connecting the Dots - A Brand New Somerset...
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MD Soundbites! New this week... Contracts and working within them
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Clinical News/Updates
- LMC Clinical Workstreams Survey
- Postnatal Checks and Perinatal...
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MD Soundbites! New this week... Sepsis Guidance
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
News from GPC England
- GP Contract 2024/25
- GPCE Letter to NHSE Regarding the Measles Outbreak
- Cloud...
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MD Soundbites! New - Good Medical Practice
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Clinical News/Updates
- LMC Clinical Workstreams Survey
- Surgical Admissions to Musgrove Hospital
- CAMHS...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
News from GPC England
- GPC England Contract Update YouTube Video - please share
- Referendum of the GP 2024/25 Contract - Join the BMA...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Clinical News/Updates
- Improved Referral Routes into Young Somerset
- Next Connecting the Dots Meeting
Information for GP...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Clinical News/Updates
- ADHD Referral Difficulties
- Private Bariatric Postoperative Monitoring
- Changes to Ordercomms
- Home Oxygen...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Clinical News/Updates
- Death Certification Reforms Draft Guidance
Information for GP Partners/Salaried/Locums/Practice Managers
- GPC...
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MD Soundbites!
Clinical News/Updates
- Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership Procedures
- The Community Pharmacy BP Case Finding Service
Information for GP...
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Somerset LMC would like to wish you all a very Merry and Restful Christmas, and a Happy New Year.
The LMC office...
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MD Soundbites! New - The power of being able to listen
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Clinical News/Updates
- Bacteriology
- Important Changes to Age UK Somerset Toenail Cutting...
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MD Soundbites! New - Measuring continuity…. May not be so hard!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
General Practice Provider Board (GPPB) Chair and Review of GPPB
Clinical...
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MD Soundbites! New - 'Private healthcare and the GP kickback'
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
England LMC Conference 2023 Report
The Ever Increasing Short Term Supply Issue of Drugs
Ongoing...
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MD Soundbites! New today - 'Sharing the learning'
GPAS (General Practice Alert State) Reminder
eDEC Declaration for Practices
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and...
SGPET/LMC EDUCATION NEWS/UPDATE BOARD
First 5 Evening Meeting 7 Dec, 7.30pm via MS Teams - Jenna Clark from Monahans Specialist Medical Accountants is giving a talk titled 'What you need to know abut tax and pensions as a newly qualified GP'. This will over both salaried, locum and partner...
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MD Soundbites! New today 'Please be flexible'
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Patient Access to Records
News from the GPC Chairman Katie Bramall-Stainer
- Accelerated Access
- Physician...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Onboarding Process for Advice First from Cinapsis Underway Across Somerset
Winter Resilience Payment
Staff Vaccination for Flu
New Medical...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
DSP Toolkit 2023/24
Somerset New to Practice General Practice Fellowship Programme for Newly Qualified GPs
Want to Know More About NHSE...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Access to Records
Somerset Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Dashboard 60% of Practices Now Signed Up
PCSE Seniority Payments Reconciliation...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
3 month supply shortages of ADHD medications
New BMA guidance for sessional GPs
DWP Fit note guidance
National Turnaround Time (TAT) in...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
System Issue Affecting Correspondence from Yeovil Hospital (BigHand Dictation Software)
Tellmi - Children & Young People App Commissioned by...
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MD Soundbites! - Updated
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Advice and Guidance from Cinapsis and the DPP
District Nurses and Administration of Flu Vaccinations
Somerset Cardiovascular Disease...
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MD Soundbites! - Updated
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Rebuilding General Practice Press Release
Sexual Safety in Healthcare - Organisational Charter
Somerset's New Lipid...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
GPC News
- Inclisiran
- Free BMA Membership for International Doctors
- Covid-19 Vaccination Programme
- 2023/24 DDRB recommended pay rise...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
NHS England Suicide Prevention Toolkit
Covid Medication Pathway
EMIS Panic Button
Somerset's Weight Management Service
ECO Flex...
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MD Soundbites! - Updated today
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Cinapsis
Sharing Access with External Providers - GREAT CARE NEEDED
Southwest Pathology Services - Paper Lite Helpdesk...
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MD Soundbites! - New
COVID Vaccination Programme Update from the GPC
Referrals Rejected Solely on the Basis of a Lack of Capacity
Completing Palliative Care Mars Chart (Reminder Re...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Shingles vaccination changes: Amendment from last weeks edition
News from the GPC: Pay uplifts
Total Rewards Statement
New Contract...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Covid medication pathway
Updated 2WW Gynaecology pathway
Evidence Based Interventions
Southwest Pathology
National Seasonal Influenza...
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MD Soundbites!
GPAS (General Practice Alert State)
Enhanced Service Specifications for COVID and Flu for the coming Autumn/Winter 23
LD Annual Health Checks (AHC)
General Practice Responsibility...
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MD Soundbites!
ICB-Funded Remote GP Sessions
NHS Health Checks New Supplier
NEW Referral Criteria for Somerset's Tier 3 Weight Management Services and Current Tier 2 Options
Fit Note Update -...
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MD Soundbites!
News from the GPC
- Implementing a Triage System in General Practice
- General Practice Responsibility in Responding to Private Healthcare
- GP Trainee Visa Sponsorship
Skilled...
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MD Soundbites!
Somerset GP provider Board Update
All Salaried Practice Staff Pay Uplift
Pharmacist in Training
PC-SC Collaboration Forum
Career Plus
Safer Somerset Partnership (Violence...
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MD Soundbites!
From the GPC: Call to Action for General Practice
NEW Referral Criteria for Somerset's Tier 3 Weight Management Services and Current Tier 2 Options
Expediting Delayed...
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MD Soundbites!
Covid Medication Assessment Service
Somerset's One Website for ALL Referral Pathways and Resources
Amendment to Annual Flu Letter 2023/24 - Addition of Secondary School Children...
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MD Soundbites!
News from the GPC
Onward Referrals from SFT
Physician Associate Degree Apprenticeships
What Does Good Look Like? Taking Back Control in General Practice LMC Study Day 12th...
Apologies but there was an error in the Somerset LMC Weekly Update sent earlier today. The Men B Catch Up Immunisations information should have read Hep B Catch Up Immunisations, amendment below. Sorry for any confusion.
Hep B Catch Up Immunisations: South West CHIS are making some small...
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MD Soundbites!
Urgent - Digital Clinical Safety Update
Update EMIS Panic Button Removal
ProActive Physical Activity on Referral Scheme Update
Men B Catch Up Immunisations
Post Mortem Reports and...
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MD Soundbites!
Covid Antivirals
Accelerated Access to Records
Oral anxiolytics in MRI scanning - The Somerset LMC position below has been shared with the Trust
Mar Chart Template Letter
NICE...
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MD Soundbites!
Expediting Delayed Ambulances
NHS CHC Fast Track
Update to COVID Antivirals
Adult ADHD Referrals
Semaglutide (Wegovy)
GP in Somerset
Nurse Vacancies/Recruitment
'Oiling the...
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MD Soundbites!
EMIS Reverses Panic Button Decision
OpenSAFELY
Weight Management
Veteran Friendly GP Practice Accreditation
Dermatology GPwER - great opportunity!
Adrian Poole, HR & Employment...
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We have been made aware of an error with one of the articles in the weekly update on Friday. The link for the table wouldn't open, we have now rectified, please see below. Sorry any...
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MD Soundbites!
Update to COVID Medicines Pathway
Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care - Key Points for GPs!
Results of the Somerset Discrimination and Harassment Survey
COPD in...
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MD Soundbites!
What Does Good Look Like? Taking Back Control in General Practice LMC Study Day 12th September Taunton Racecourse
Approval of Locum A Forms by Practices
Retinopathy Screening DNA...
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MD Soundbites!
Access and the new contract
Weight Management referrals
End of Influenza Season
Communications APP
Improving access to OH assessments for small businesses
Signposting...
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MD Soundbites!
News from the GPC
Add-on Tests and Sample Stability
Clinical Correspondence Management
Rheumatology SFT Contact Details
Primary Care Mask Guidance
Somerset's Discrimination and...
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MD Soundbites!
Industrial Action
ADHD Referral Pathway Change
General Practice Indemnity
Freedom to Speak Up Guardian
Transforming Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Prevention in Somerset
New...
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MD Soundbites!
GPC Needs Practices' Feedback - Evidence of the Negative Impact of Imposed 23/24 Contract Changes
GP Prospective Records Access
Bereavement Services
Adrenaline Auto-Injectors held...
SGPET/LMC EDUCATION NEWS/UPDATE BOARD
UPCOMING SGPET STUDY DAYS We hope that you have all had a great Easter and now spring is properly upon us we can look forwards to the next few months of education.
Coming up soon is the Urgent Care Study Day on the 10th May. This is suitable for GP...
All Somerset Practice Managers & GPs
Apologies but there appears to be a problem with the Clinical Investigation Hub link in our update email this morning, the document is now attached for your information.
Kind Regards
Jill
Jill Hellens
Executive Director
Somerset LMC
TEL: 01823...
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MD Soundbites!
Skilled Worker Visa (Formerly Tier 2 Visa) Application Event
Emergency ICB on call Director
PC-SC Collaboration Forum (NB Early Date)
Clinical Investigation Hub Update
GP in...
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MD Soundbites!
Maximising Available Funding for General Practice
Update for the Statutory Phase of the Medical Examiner Service - Delayed!
General Practice Pay Declaration - Guidance from the...
All GPs and Practice Managers
Dear Colleagues
On 3rd March 2023 Dr Kiran Sharrock, Acting Chair of GPC England (GPCE) shared details of the contract changes for 23/24 with all LMCs. Unfortunately, repeated negotiations last week failed to change February's contract offer. The BMA now expects...
All Somerset Senior Partners and Practice Managers
Dear Colleagues
Please find attached the revised QOF guidance which details the requirements for 2020/21. This includes detail of the following:
• The points and payment changes for the four flu vaccination and two cervical screening...
All Senior Partners and Practice managers
Dear Colleagues
After the government finally decided to make wearing a face covering in a shop compulsory from 25th July it did not take long for a practice to get a request for a letter of exemption. The LMC consulted the GPC and received the...
Sent to all Somerset GPs and Practice Managers This and previous updates are available here
SGPET Covid weekly update with all online education can be found here
Staff CV19 Antibody Test Results - Please tell people not to ring the laboratory
COVID & Fitness to fly...
All Somerset GPs and Practice Managers
Dear Colleagues
Hope you have all managed to get some rest over the Easter weekend
Apologies the EMIS guide was not included in the weekly update article, it is now attached for reference,
Please do direct any questions about this to the...
All Somerset Practice Managers
Dear Colleagues
Hope you are all well
The feedback given on the recent survey showed that many of you would like face to face group support.
Yvonne Vigar has therefore set up a series of these over the coming weeks that you can join via zoom. Yvonne is...
All Somerset GPs and Practice Managers
Dear Colleagues
Apologies if you are receiving this letter twice but it appears from the e mails that we are receiving many of you haven't.
it includes a lot of useful information including Easter opening
Stay well
Kind Regards
Jill
Jill...
All Somerset GPs and Practice Managers
Apologies for a further Friday e mail our systems crashed and this should have been included in the weekly update
We are aware that the daily Sitrep that went out to practice managers today was a little complex to complete we will go back to more...
All Somerset Practice Managers
Dear Colleagues
We have received quite a few queries on which privacy policies you need in primary care, you are not alone in the confusion, and day by day we expect this will become clearer, please do remember full compliance is a work towards.
The important...
All Somerset GPs and Practice Managers
General Practice in Somerset: Great Place Great Potential
"Yule Blog" A festive Blog from LMC Chairman Dr Nick Bray
General Practice in Somerset: Great Place Great Potential: The GP in Somerset campaign that was launched to encourage more GPs to live and...
All Somerset Senior Partners and Practice Managers
Dear Colleagues
The CCG bulletin this week contains an article on e referrals to MPH, saying "As you may be aware NHS England has commissioned and mandated a project to change the way GP practices refer patients to secondary care.” This is...
All Somerset GPs and Practice Managers
Dear Colleagues
Please find attached a letter from Dr Nick Bray LMC Chairman in reference to our meeting yesterday with the CCG and their new Chief officer Mr Nick Robinson
Kind Regards
Jill
Jill Hellens
Executive Director
Somerset LMC
TEL:...
24 July 2020
General practice
The NHS has launched a new scheme to encourage hundreds more doctors to return to general practice by offering help towards the costs of caring for children or family members.
Qualified GPs who are interested in coming back to the NHS or joining from overseas...
Deployment of port security software
Somerset CCG are taking steps to improve the security around the use of removable media devices (such as USB sticks, memory cards and other intelligent devices), and mitigate the risk of cyber-attack, data loss or the transfer of viruses / trojans by...
GPC confirmed that it is not compulsory for GPs to attend Prevent training and therefore practices won’t be in breach of their contract if they answer no to this question.
GPC wrote:
Section 26 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (the Act) places a duty on certain bodies (“specified...
Top Tips 2024
National Funding Framework (NFF) Top Tip
The only incentivised element for NFF in year one is Public Health indicator - Hypertension. We have included a link to the section in the specification, please read carefully, the deadline for the QI project will be upon you soon 15th...
National Primary Care Coaching - Looking After You
A communications toolkit has been developed to support The Looking After You National Primary Care Coaching Service.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aS8-sTH1W9gv49d9Tq3hhwg9jJZZ5MFs
Within the toolkit you will find social media...
