Suffolk Local Medical Committee




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Suffolk Local Medical Committee
Saracen’s House
St Margaret’s Green
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP4 2BN

Tel: 01473 221551

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Welcome

Welcome to the website for the Suffolk Local Medical Committee.

Some areas of the website are password protected and only GPs and Practice Managers who have a valid password issued by SLMC can access these areas.

If you wish to register for a password, please contact the LMC Office at office@suffolklmc.co.uk.

Your views on this website and suggestions as to how we can improve it are very welcome. Please contact Rosie Penkethman at rosiepenkethman@suffolklmc.co.uk

NEW DOCUMENTS

	CQC Presentation	May 2012
	Practice boundaries - Choice of GP Practice	April 2012
	Locum GP Induction & Practice Packs	April 2012
	RCN Indemnity Scheme Changes	April 2012
	Anticipatory prescribing for end of life care	April 2012
	Referral Pathways - Diagnostic Tests for Cancer	April 2012

CQC Registration - Key documents

Essential standards of quality and safety March 2010

An overview of registration with CQC Feb 2012

Your Pension Your Future Your Say

Your guide to industrial action - General Practitioners

Health & Social Care Act - What we know so far...

Follow this series of new briefing papers and be informed on what we know so far on a range of key topics related to the Government's health reforms, and where questions remain unanswered.

The series includes:

1. Health and Social Care Act at a glance

2. The NHS Commissioning Board

3. Local accountability

4. Choice and any qualified provider

5. Foundation trusts

6. Monitor and regulation

7. New providers

Further documents stating the BMA's policies and positions are also available.

GP VACANCIES IN SUFFOLK

Please contact the LMC Office for an up to date list of GP vacancies in Suffolk.

NEWS FEED

Cheap dysentery drug 'promising'
A cheap drug, which is already prescribed for arthritis, could fight amoebic dysentery, according to researchers in the US. link

'Debt deterring would-be doctors'
The prospect of high student debt and increased pension contributions could discourage young people from entering medicine, a senior doctor warns. link

Dieting 'safe for pregnant women'
Dieting in pregnancy is safe and does not carry risks for the baby, a review of research has suggested. link

NHS hospital food 'will improve'
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley insists the quality of hospital food in England will improve, after criticism of the nutritional value of meals currently offered. link

Kids' cardiac service criticised
An independent panel says cardiac services at Glasgow's Sick Children's Hospital "may be unsafe if critical staffing problems are not addressed". link

Father wants 'donation' lessons
A father who lost his son to leukaemia is calling for schools and colleges to make a lesson on donating stem cells, blood and organs part of the curriculum. link

Parent classes 'not nanny state'
Prime Minister David Cameron defends free parenting classes in England, denying they are the policy of a "nanny state". link

Statins 'benefit healthy people'
Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests. link

UK retains strict animal test law
The UK says it will retain stricter animal testing standards than required by a new European Union Directive. link

Dementia patient 'had 106 carers'
A woman claims her husband, who had dementia, was given 106 different carers in a single year. link