GP Salaried Archives | Lincolnshire LMC

Lincolnshire Teach and Treat: Expression of Interest GP DPPs

19 December 2024

Message from Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire: “We are trying to find GPs who would be open to acting as a Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP) for Community Pharmacists completing their Independent Prescribing…

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Lincs LMC: Christmas and urgent enquiries

19 December 2024

The LMC Office is closed between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. If your enquiry is URGENT during this time please telephone 01522 576659 and you will be transferred to the duty officer. For…

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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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GP Pension scheme members – End of year pensions process

5 December 2024

Since the launch of the GP Pensions services in PCSE Online, NHS Pensions has provided PCSE with annual Type 1 and Type 2 forms and PCSE has incorporated the forms…

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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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Translated GP Transfer Cards

8 November 2024

Accessing healthcare can be a challenge for vulnerable migrants in temporary accommodation. Language and communication barriers can also increase access issues. To address this, NHS England has developed translated GP…

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Collective action

4 November 2024

Thank you to every practice now taking part in our collective action to protect our patients and practices. These actions have already, and will continue to, make a difference: they are…

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Autumn Budget statement

4 November 2024

Comment from GPC England regarding the Autumn Budget statement This week’s budget announcement has left GP partners hugely concerned about the significant rise in employment costs from April 2025 and…

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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 NHS – National Conversation Launch

25 October 2024

The Government and NHS England have launched ‘Change NHS’, a national conversation which will help to shape the new 10-year plan for the NHS, to be launched next Spring. They…

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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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