Lincolnshire LMC | Guidance

Guidance

Directory of Service (DOS) guidance

This guidance shows you how to change you DOS status when at safe working capacity or when you have a service interruption so 111 and other system partners do not divert patients back to your practice that day. Lincolnshire ICB requested the emails be sent to them only and that they would liaise with the […]

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Verification of Death guidance flowchart

18 December 2024

Verification of Death (VOD) is the establishment of the fact of death (deciding whether someone has died). VOD has nothing to do with the certification of death (issuing of the…

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Performance Matters – The importance of trained chaperones

26 November 2024

The LMC is regularly involved in representing and supporting doctors who have been identified as having “performance” issues. The LMC has identified a number of themes which recur, and this…

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Releasing medical records to Home Nations

31 October 2024

When releasing medical records for patients who have moved to another Home Nation (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), only paper medical records should be sent. Please do not send records…

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Hints and Tips for Dispensing Contractors-October 2024

31 October 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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Change to referral process for Covid Medication Delivery Unit (CMDU)

24 October 2024

The referral process for access to the Covid treatment pathway (CMDU) is changing. This is a pathway that supports non-hospitalised patients who are at high-risk of developing severe complications from…

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Performance Matters – Accurate examination documentation.

15 October 2024

The LMC is regularly involved in representing and supporting doctors who have been identified as having “performance” issues. The LMC has identified a number of themes which recur, and this…

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Improved Single Point of Access to help find the best support for complex patients

15 October 2024

Health and social care professionals working across Lincolnshire are reminded that they have access to a dedicated, clinically led single point of access (SPA) to escalate challenges with patients who…

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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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QOF Point Value and Prevalence

13 August 2024

We often get asked how disease register prevalence and list size affects the value of QOF. This article explains how QOF is calculated using your practice prevalence data from NHS…

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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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