Kent LMC Weekly Update: 1st July 2024
Welcome to this week’s edition of the LMC Express. The local updates for this week include:
- GP Connect
- BMA Safe Working Guidance webinars
- Kent and Medway GP Appointments - May 2024
- Receiving the new paper medical certificate of cause of death (MCCD) URGENT action required by 15th July
- LMC Job Vacancy Page
- ICE OrderComms Update for East Kent
- Kent LMC – Training day for GP Locums – Saturday 21st September 2024
- Finance Webinar with Andrew Leal, hosted by Kent LMC - Tuesday 10th September 1-2pm
- KMPT Mental Health Webinar for GPs: Managing behavioural symptoms in Dementia and use of medication
- GP Action South East Roadshow NEW DATE 10th July 2024
- General Practice Alert State (GPAS) National Reporting Dashboard
- **SAVE THE DATE** Kent LMC Annual Conference - 3rd October 2024
- Useful Links
- Upcoming LMC Interface Meetings
This week we have also attached the national update from the BMA, and we particularly draw your attention to the important announcements therein:
- NHSE attempts to remove the ability of GPs as data controllers to amend GP Connect
- Covid and Flu vaccination programme
- GP contract Roadshows
- BMA survey shows that over 80% of locum GPs struggle to find work
- New NHS Vaccination programme against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
- SAVE THE DATE 16 and 17 July: Safe Working Guidance webinars
- Cervical Screening Management System (CSMS)
- BMA sessional GPs conference 2024: diversity, opportunity, safety