Please see below important information from the Screening & Immunisation Team, Public Health England (South East):
Dear Colleagues,
I am writing to make you aware of a recent change in the...
Please see attached supply update from the Department of Health and Social Care for Seroxat (paroxetine) 20mg/10ml oral solution which will be out of stock until January 2020 due to manufacturing...
http://www.hee.nhs.uk/news-events/news/hee-publishes-gp-recruitment-fill-rate-2016
Monday 21st March 2022, saw the launch of the BMA & GPDF funded campaign, Rebuild General Practice; with a clear call to action for UK and devolved Governments: rebuild General Practice or put...
Kent LMC had added its voice to those dismayed by the treatment of Dr Arora by the Medical Practitioner Tribunal Service. It is concerned that the decision to suspend Dr Arora evidences that the...
The government has officially confirmed that it is reconsidering the legislation requiring vaccination as a condition of deployment which was due to be introduced from 1 April 2022.
In view of...
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From Wednesday 12 January, all Pillar 2, Positive Lateral Flow Device test results will be flowed through to GP systems. In Emis Web, these will present in the Lab Report Workflow as the...
BBC South East News - General Practice Pressures 2nd December 2021
NHS Digital has announced that the collection of GP Data for Planning and Research will go ahead on 1 September 2021. This has been deferred from 1 July 2021. More details can be found here...
Kent LMC is surprised and extremely disappointed at the content and tone of this publication dated 13th May 2021. General practice has never closed throughout the pandemic and has continued to see...
Kent & Medway has partnered with Lantum to build a new, digital staff bank
Kent & Medway ICS has chosen Lantum as a partner to create a system-wide, multidisciplinary staff bank.
The digital...
Following recommendations from a number of key enquiries ( Dr Harold Shipman, Mid Staffordshire Hospitals) a new National Service, the Medical Examiner Service (...
Kent Local Medical Committee applauds general practice for its amazing effort in delivering more than 300,000 COVID vaccines to patients across Kent and Medway. This has been a major achievement...
Please find attached DHSC Guidance for general practice on accessing DHSC centrally supplied flu vaccines.
Please click the link at the bottom of the page to access Kent LMC's Study of workload transfer to NHS General Practice from other providers.
Thank you to everyone that contributed to the...
As services resume from Covid-19 GP practices are facing unprecedented pressure from unmet patient needs and ongoing disruption in services in other parts of the NHS. This is on the background of...
The motion below has been debated at the Local Medical Committee England Conference on 22nd November 2019 and has been passed:
That conference believes that GPs no longer have the capacity to...
Dear Colleague,
A new campaign aimed at enticing more GPs to return to general practice was launched today.
Jointly run by NHS England and Health Education England, the campaign is designed to...
Following the publication of the GP Partnership Review Interim report in October 2018 , this document is the final report of an independent review into the partnership model of general practice,...
We ask that you cease accepting sharps of any kind from patients with immediate effect and refer the patient to their Local Authority to meet statutory obligations.
This will ultimately mean NHS...
https://www.england.nhs.uk/pensions/
Dr Gupta speaks to KMFM about how he is working with health bosses towards the safe implementation of electronic referrals in Kent and Medway.
Kent & Medway Medical School (KMMS) Update, Professor Chris Holland, Foundation Dean, KMMS
Indemnity Update, Keira Moulds, Head of Primary Care (Quality & Regulation), Operations and Information...
Please find attached a letter sent on behalf of the Kent LMC to Kent & Medway Hospital Trusts and CCGs regarding the Electronic Referral Service.
Press Release
The agreement to fund a Medical School based in Canterbury is a game changer for the provision of medical services in Kent and Medway. The effect will not only be that there will be...
Dear colleagues
A short update on the strategic commissioner proposal following the NHS South Kent Coast CCG meeting last week. The GP membership met on 22 February to discuss development of the...
The Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) across Kent and Medway are looking at options for developing a strategic commissioner function that works across multiple CCGs. The aim is to strengthen...
Speaking about the implications of the Dr Bawa-Garba ruling from the High Court in London, Dr Chaand Nagpaul, BMA Council Chair, said:
"The case involving Dr Bawa-Garba is a tragic one and it is...
Victoria Macdonald, Health and Social Care Correspondent, interviews Dr Julian Spinks, GP and Kent Local Medical Committee Vice-Chair on the current pressures in the NHS.
Please click on the links below to access the presentations from the Kent LMC Annual Conference, held on 11th October 2017:
GP Forward View—Where we are now? Dr Robert Varnam, NHS England, Head...
With thanks to Wessex LMC for their permission to reproduce this document.
As we are all aware the NHS is facing some of the most significant challenges it has seen since its inception in the...
Adequate support must be given to GP practices seeking to work collaboratively, the BMA has warned – following the latest findings of the GP...
This report is the culmination of 18 months of events and conversations with the medical profession, from GPs, consultants and trainees who work on the ground, to royal colleges, training...
Please note the GPC email below relating to retired QOF indicators:
Dear LMCs
Practices in some areas have been asked again to accept requests within the Calculating Quality Reporting Service...
Kent LMC's response to the imposition of the Junior Doctor contract - 12th February 2016