Avon LMC’s Newsletter on 19-03-25

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The ALMC Newsletter

Welcome to our weekly newsletter, sharing the latest news and topics of interest for practices.

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– LATEST NEWS –

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I’m writing as I catch the train to London for the Special England LMC conference  – which has been called to discuss and debate which actions GPs must take to protect the survival of the profession. A number of us are attending to represent our colleagues across BNSSG.
 
This comes off the back of a board strategy day yesterday, for the directors of the LMC. One of the things we discussed were the results from our phase 3 survey for corrective action. Thanks to those who have completed the survey, and thanks for the kind feedback that some gave back – it was really appreciated after what has been a busy time. There are still a few practices that haven’t responded so it would be great if they could get our numbers up to 100% – there was unfortunately a glitch in the responses so some may need to check if they need to re-submit.  We have set a deadline for Friday.
 
The last few days have seen a new restructuring of the NHS announced, with potential cuts at the ICB. This may impact a number of our colleagues who work across the system, who are probably feeling uncertain at present. We wanted to offer our support to these colleagues as they face this challenge.
 
Dr Mike Jenkins
North Somerset board member

The Chair of GPC England received a letter from the Secretary of State for Health to commit to negotiating a substantive new contract within the term of this government. 

Following the success of our last face to face Members’ event in September, we are holding a virtual event in a few weeks, to discuss the phase 3 survey results and plan next steps.

We would like to invite at least two people from each practice (preferably Practice Manager and GP) but can accommodate up to four people per practice.

Please register your attendance here.

Keep abreast with all the latest local and national updates by joining our broadcast only WhatsApp group. This means you won’t wake up to a million messages because only the LMC admin team can post important updates to share with the membership.

Just email info@almc.co.uk to sign up.

Question: We have concerns about deceased patients receiving texts, such as batch texts, are we required to leave them as registered until the Medical Examiners process is completed?

Answer: Following discussion with the MEO and other practices a work around has been by the Practice admin team removing the deceased patients contact details from the ‘Registration’ page on EMIS, as soon as they are informed that the patient has died. They can copy and paste the telephone number and email address into consultation note, in case required later on. Once the ME service have issued the MCCD, the patient can then be deducted from Emis by the admin team, as the ME service requests.

• 2nd Apr 2025: Virtual Membership Meeting, 19.00 – 21.00
• 6th May 2025: Virtual LMC drop in, 13.00 – 14.00
• 1st July 2025: Virtual LMC drop in, 13.00 – 14.00

• Thursday 13 March General practice bulletin (mailchi.mp)
• Tuesday 18 March General practice bulletin (mailchi.mp)

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– LATEST TRAINING AND EVENTS –

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Please find the message from ICB:

We have good availability on Tier 2 Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism sessions this month (March 2025), please see below for dates:
 

• Friday 14th March at Hampton House Health Centre, Bristol
• Friday 21st March at Hampton House Health Centre, Bristol
• Monday 24th March at the Drake Room, Greenway Centre
• Wednesday 26th March at The Campus, Worle
• Thursday 27th March at Hampton House Health Centre, Bristol
• Monday 31st March at Hampton House Health Centre, Bristol

To book: https://buytickets.at/nhsbnssg

We also have space on Tier 1 sessions, please see booking links below:

• Monday 24th March 2025 (11am – 12pm)
  https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3fb730ac-bd6e-4483-8b38-9293da1d9c26@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3 
   
• Monday 24th March 2025 (2pm – 3pm)
  https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9b7cae3f-2f8b-4b97-8262-887a67707bfe@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3

Further dates covering 1 April 2025 onwards will be released in due course.

The following should be noted:

The Code of Practice in relation to this training has yet to be finalised. Primary Care staff are welcome to book onto the training now or wait until the final Code of Practice has been published. 

Tier 2 training (one day face to face) is for clinical and patient-facing staff.

Tier 1 training (1 hour interactive webinar) is for non patient facing staff.

The Oliver McGowan e-learning module is a pre-requisite to both Tier 1 and Tier 2 training and staff must have completed this prior to booking their space.

There is a maximum of 30 places available at each session.

Places are currently free of charge.

If you can no longer attend, please email: bnssg.olivermcgowantraining@nhs.net to cancel your booking, in order that places can be reallocated.

• Blood Interpretation in Primary Care – Day 4 of 4
  20^th March from 9.15-12.30
  Signup here
• Dermoscopy Training – Part 3
  25h March from 9.00-12.30
  Signup here
• Personalised Care Celebration Event 2025
  26^th March from 9.30-15.30
  Signup here
• BCYP EduForum: Milk related problems in children
  22^nd April from 13.00-13.30
  Signup here

Please see here for full event details.
For further information please contact Bnssg.training.hub@nhs.net

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