17 January 2022
Lincolnshire LMC has generated a letter which practices can use when sending a patient to A&E. Please use this form to indicate why you are sending the patient to A&E…
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22 December 2021
Performance Matters The LMC is regularly involved in representing and supporting doctors who have been identified as having "performance" issues. The LMC has identified themes which recur, and this regular…
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22 December 2021
We have seen an increasing number of requests from private providers to GPs asking for them to arrange investigations or tests for patients. If the GP is asked by a…
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3 December 2021
When patients move into your practice area from other parts of the country, the outgoing Trust can arrange for the patient to be transferred to the new Trust. Patients who…
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23 November 2021
The LMC is regularly involved in representing and supporting doctors who have been identified as having "performance" issues. The LMC has identified themes which recur, and this regular feature from…
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27 October 2021
When patients have bariatric surgery, they usually have this done at regional centres, though some patients choose to have private surgery further afield or abroad. Practices are often asked to…
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27 October 2021
NHSEI regional screening team have identified that there has been an increase in the number of samples being returned as “inadequate”. The cervical cytology laboratory will return samples as inadequate…
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26 August 2021
A new 2-week-wait pathway has been developed for patients who present with non-specific symptoms (NSS). This NSS pathway should be used for patients with the following non-specific symptoms Appetite loss…
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26 August 2021
The LMC is regularly involved in representing and supporting doctors who have been identified as having "performance" issues. The LMC has identified themes which recur, and this regular feature from…
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25 August 2021
As part of QOF, patients should have a Personalised Asthma Action Plan agreed when the patient attends for their annual asthma review. The PAAP should include information about how to…
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8 July 2021
Emergency Departments do not have the ability to safely make or follow-up onward referrals.It has been agreed though that patients seen in ULHT EDs who require urgent assessment, but do…
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28 June 2021
A new dementia pathway has been developed by Primary Care in conjunction with the LMC, Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (LPFT) and other care providers. It is for over 65yr olds…
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