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Included in this edition: GPC update on new contract changes 23-24 to LMCs 2023/24 GP contract update webinars New to Partnership Payment Scheme GP workload pressures and safe working guidance Junior doctors’ strike action – guidance for GP trainees and GP practices Unnecessary GP workload Court order medical requests GP trainee visas Working with Torture….
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Included in this edition: Retirement of Christine Watts Phlebotomy interim LES ADHD Prescribing Requests from Private Providers GP workforce and workload pressures Consultation on NHS Pension Scheme regulations for England and Wales GPC England reject ‘unsafe and insulting’ contract offer Update on the Digital Firearms Flag Health Education England education contract Communication between DWP and….
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Included in this edition: Quality Support and Stability Payment (QSSP) Advice to colleagues and practices on strike action being undertaken across the NHS Junior doctors’ guide to strike action – guidance for GP trainees Streptococcus A Latest evidence indicates children’s nasal flu vaccine may help reduce cases of Group A Strep Requests to alter DNACPR….
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Included in this edition: Dates for your diary Prescription Payment Errors Winter LES – Ipswich & East Suffolk Population Health Management Private Interface & Prescribing Information for Practices in the East re: Datix/Interface Issues Wellbeing resources Practitioner Health Advice for managing long COVID with GP staff Crisis in general practice Letter from GP for travel….
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Included in this edition: DDRB announcement – GPC statement GP workload and workforce The fallacy of failure in general practice in Suffolk GP patient survey GP ‘bureaucracy busting concordat’ Reminder: Information for Practices in the East: Datix/Interface Issues Patient Access to prospective GP Records – 1st November Digital firearms marker PCNs – clarification on CQC….
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Included in this edition: Dates for your diary Information for Practices in the East: Datix/Interface Issues Phlebotomy Bariatric Surgery performed abroad – follow up guidance for practices GP Pensions – Message from BMA Pensions Committee All CQC-registered providers to ensure their staff receive training on interacting with people with a learning disability and autistic people….
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Included in this edition: Dates for your diary Important information on the GP pension scheme – new CPI modeller Fuller Stocktake report on the next steps for integrating primary care Dental Cases Secondary Care Interface Inclisiran AAA Screening Extending fit note certification Working conditions of independent contractor GPs Access to online records update GP workforce….
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Included in this edition: PCN DES – update from GPC GPC – Contract 2022-23 update Friends and Family Test Emergency GMC registration to end in September Safe working guidance Health foundation report on access to general practice Inclisiran Diabetes in East Suffolk MCCD/Coroner referrals Flu orders DWP change to fit note – from 6 April….
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Included in this edition: Dates for your diary Patient online access to records GP contract negotiations and future of general practice Safe working in general practice Policy Exchange report on the future of general practice Datix Reports – ESNEFT Guidance for 2022/23 seasonal flu vaccination programme Mandatory vaccinations for healthcare staff to be revoked Pneumococcal….
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Suffolk LMC represents all GPs and welcomes any applicable GP standing for election. Nominations shall be by two doctors who shall be practitioners entitled to vote in the constituency for which the candidate is nominated. In the event of more than one candidate being nominated for a particular constituency, voting papers will be sent out….
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