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DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 22/06/22 DDLMC INFORMATION Risk Assessment for Practices DDLMC General Practice Poster - Face Coverings June 2022 We have revised our guidance on COVID-19 risk assessment for practices, following the updated NHSE/I national infection prevention and control (IPC)...

DAILY COVID BRIEFING DDLMC 18.3.2020

KEY MESSAGES FOR TODAY Yesterday Boris Johnson and the Chancellor made a joint announcement. There were no fundamental changes to the self-isolation / social distancing measures. Key take homes were: Further public measures are anticipated over the next few days - details to follow Health care...

DDLMC News Bulletin - 11.01.2019

Please pass this email onto your GPs and Practice Staff. To access some of the links included in this news bulletin you will be required to log into the DDLMC website. Reading this and any actions taken as a result can be logged as CPD time. DDLMC News Bulletin - January 2019 Issue date: 11...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 01/12/22

DDLMC UPDATES ENGLAND LMCS CONFERENCE SUMMARY FEEDBACK As we wrote in last week's newsletter the DDLMC delegation attended England LMCs conference at Friends House in London. See posted newsletter for further details. ACCESS TO RECORDS The accelerated access to online medical records was due...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 03/08/22

DDLMC INFORMATION URGENT IMPORTANT UPDATE Issues Affecting DHU 111 and Out of HoursServices There is currently a national IT issue affecting Adastra (the computer program used by DHU and many other 111 and out of hours providers across the country). This started early on Thursday morning and...

DDLMC Weekly Update 06/06/2022

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 06/06/22 DDLMC INFORMATION New IPC (infection prevention and control) Guidance 01.06.2022 Sent out from Professor Stephen Powis, NHS Medical Director. Please note: This highlights the updates from UK Health Security Agency and notes that this advice should sit...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 06/07/2022

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 06/07/22 DDLMC INFORMATION Fit Note Information Update 2022 - Information Update - Fit Notes - 1st July.pdf From 1 July, new legislation comes into force which allows Nurses, Occupational therapists, Pharmacists, and Physiotherapists to legally certify fit notes, in...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 07/09/22

Access to Records Webinar 1 As your LMC and ICB we are aware that there is a vast array of information, toolkits and checklists already available to you to prepare for access to records. We are working together to bring a Derbyshire wide approach and support network. During this one hour...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 08/12/22

DDLMC UPDATES STREP A AND SCARLET FEVER For parent/carer guidance please see the links below. Strep A and scarlet fever :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk) Scarlet fever - NHS (www.nhs.uk) The following message has gone out today to Prescribing Leads and Practice employed/PCN Pharmacy...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 09/08/2022

Thank You to Derby & Derbyshire General Practice We would like to start this week's newsletter with a huge thank you on behalf of our system partners to every practice across the county for their support and flexibility shown this week. Each and every one of you have helped to ensure continued...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 10/11/22

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 10/11/22 CQC Chat in General Practice Our friends at DKJ Consulting's next drop-in chat will take place on Thursday 24 November at 9.00am, book here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cqc-in-general-practice-chat-tickets-352475923977 Please note that on booking you will...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 13/09/22

Remembering Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II We are extremely saddened by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We would like to take the opportunity to reflect and remember our Great Queen Elizabeth II, who led her people with outstanding elegance and devotion. The Queen was extremely...

DDLMC Weekly Update 15/06/2022

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 15/06/22 Secondary Care To Primary Care Workload Shift Data Gathering DDLMC are asking if you could take some time to share examples of unnecessary workload transfer from secondary care, from UHDB, CRH and SHH. Please send non-patient identifiable examples to...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 15/12/22

DDLMC UPDATES STREP A/SCARLET FEVER GUIDANCE NHS Guidance can be found at Strep A - NHS (www.nhs.uk) Useful links to help children with swallowing meds KidzMed - elearning for healthcare (e-lfh.org.uk) Using solid oral dosage form antibiotics in children - SPS - Specialist Pharmacy Service...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 16/08/22

EMAS HCP Local Information Dr Ben Milton, DDLMC Medical Director and Chief Executive, recently met with Dr Leon Roberts, Executive Medical Director for EMAS to raise concerns about ambulance response times for General Practice and patients being in a 'place of safety'. Dr Leon Roberts, has...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 19/05/22

Jubilee Bank Holiday Weekend Don't forgot to let your patients know you will be closed over the Jubilee weekend, via posters, website, social media, phone message, text message. Giving information on where to go should they need advice, guidance or urgent treatment over the extended bank...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 20/07/2022

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 20/07/22 DDLMC INFORMATION Please note: there will be no weekly update issued next week. The next weekly update will be issued w/c 01.08.2022. If you need any help or support please email the office at ddlmc.office@nhs.net Derbyshire Health and Care System Critical...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 20/07/2022

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 20/07/22 DDLMC INFORMATION Please note: there will be no weekly update issued next week. The next weekly update will be issued w/c 01.08.2022. If you need any help or support please email the office at ddlmc.office@nhs.net Derbyshire Health and Care System Critical...

DDLMC weekly update 20/07/2022

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 20/07/22 DDLMC INFORMATION Please note: there will be no weekly update issued next week. The next weekly update will be issued w/c 01.08.2022. If you need any help or support please email the office at ddlmc.office@nhs.net Derbyshire Health and Care System Critical...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 22/09/22

Government Unveils Two-week Access target for GP appointments At the time of writing we are still awaiting the new Secretary of State's announcement regarding plans to tackle the impending NHS winter crisis. Much of it has been released in advance however and the headlines regarding GP access...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 22/12/22

FESTIVE OPENING HOURS Our office will close at 4:30pm on Friday 23rd December 2022 and reopen at 9am on Tuesday 3rd January 2023. Routine service will be off until the new year, however we have an on-call presence for urgent practice issues during this period and can be contacted by telephone...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 24/11/22

ACCESS TO RECORDS Message from David Wrigley, Deputy Chair GPC We are continuing to push very hard and are working on this issue every day. I have written the attached update so you can easily share information with colleagues and please feel free to send it on widely. I am happy to be...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 25/11/21

LMC INFORMATION Introducing Our New Medical Director We are delighted to announce that Dr Ben Milton will be officially joining DDLMC as our new Medical Director. Ben will have a gradual induction to the team and hence you might meet him in meetings/events over the next few months before he...

DDLMC Weekly Update 29/06/22

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 29/06/22 DDLMC INFORMATION We Need Your Help In view of increasing pressures on GP practice recruitment and retention, the LMC and the CCG are seeking the practices support in understanding if the minimum wage versus real living wage is a factor in staff retention...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE 31/08/22

PRACTICE WELLBEING & OPTION FOR REDUCED HOURS 9th SEPTEMBER 2022 The LMC and GPTF teams wish to recognise the pressures of colleagues working within general practice and promote the positive mental wellbeing for all our staff and colleagues. For some colleagues, workload pressures and demands...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE ISSUE 1/23

GENERAL PRACTICE - ABUSE OF STAFF Over the holiday period we were both saddened and appalled to hear of a GP surgery in Derbyshire 'trashed' by a patient in a violent attack. We wish to offer our sympathies and support to all staff at the surgery who witnessed such a horrific incident. When GP...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE ISSUE 2/23

SAFER WORKING IN GENERAL PRACTICE We are acutely aware of the ongoing pressures In General Practice. Whilst overall the system has come out of the recent critical incident demand for GP appointments continues to be extremely high. An increasing number of practices are reporting that they are on...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE ISSUE 3/23

WINTER HUB REFERRAL PROCESS All practices will have received the updated SOP and referral flowchart this week. We have reattached the documents above and would like to draw your attention to the change in clinical triage requirements to screening - to be completed by practice clinician (please...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE ISSUE 4/23

REMINDER: ACCESS TO RECORDS UPDATE FOR TPP PRACTICES - ACTION REUQIRED BY 27.01.2023 As you will be aware, practices who sent in template letters asking their system suppliers not to enable the accelerated access programme are not currently part of this programme. Practices who didn't send in...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE ISSUE 5/23

DIGITAL FIREARMS MARKER FLAG UPDATE The digital firearms flag will be relaunched on EMIS Web (EMIS) systems on Monday 6th February, and is scheduled for deployment on Cegedim/Vision systems in March 2023. There will be no change with SystmOne (TPP), as this has been operating with the flag....

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE ISSUE 6/23

PRACTICE MANAGER MEETINGS INVITE 2023 We are pleased to announce DDLMC will be holding a series of Practice Manager Meetings throughout 2023, to which you are invited. All events are free to attend with no restriction on location or date. These meetings have been arranged for levy paying...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE ISSUE 7/23

CQC IN GENERAL PRACTICE DROP IN AND MASTERCLASSES Topics discussed in last month's CQC in General Practice chat were: Update the CQC Myth Busters including Infection Prevention and Control, Care of LD Patients, Caring for Carers and Caring for Veterans and their families. What each practice...

DDLMC WEEKLY UPDATE ISSUE 8/23

GP CONTRACT MEETING WITH MINISTER O'BRIEN GP contract meeting with Minister O'Brien Further to GPC England's rejection of the 2023/24 contract change proposals at its meeting on 2nd February, we have met with Neil O'Brien MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, to discuss the GP contract...

Derby and Derbyshire LMC Newsletter - April 2017

Included in this edition… DDLMC working for you We need you! Around the world in general practice GPC Sessional GP newsletter BMA news IR35 Firearms GP Health Service Return to practice Releasing electronic medical information Private practice conference DoLS GP Forward View update GPTF...

Derby and Derbyshire LMC Newsletter - October 2017

Included in this edition… DDLMC Working for You Position statement, procedures of limited clinical value GP peer review for referrals Extended access programme NHS services delivered by private healthcare providers Recent communications to practices Introducing the LMC members DDLMC...

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