GP Bulletin
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- Thursday 17th September 2015 – Protected Learning Event (please see attached flyer(1))
The next Protected Learning Event will be held on Thursday 17th September 2015.
Please see attached flyer with all the booking details including how to reserve your place, and request SELDOC cover
We are using a new venue for Lambeth ‘The Foundary’ at Vauxhall, details can also be found on the flyer
SELDOC will be available from 12.30-6.30pm.
Please share with your Practice teams.
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- New E-mail address for GSTT Maternity Services
The maternity services at Guy’s and St Thomas have now a direct email address for bookings:
GPs can make referrals by emailing r by using theNHS e-Referral Service
For full information on how to refer your patients please visit our website
The service has capacity to accept new bookings
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- Patient Safety Survey
The Commission on Education and Training for Patient Safety are looking at how we can improve patient safety through education and training. They have been asking people across the NHS for evidence of best practice as well as feedback on what is already in place.
They are now also asking for feedback from patients and carers too.
Please share this link amongst your networks: and encourage everyone to feed into this piece of work. The surveys will remain open until 13 September.
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- Diabetes template for EMIS
A new diabetes template for EMIS has been developed to replace the current “GP Contract” template that many practices use.
The new diabetes template has been developed for use during routine diabetes reviews in practice and to support local initiatives such the GP delivery Framework and diabetes virtual clinics.
It is hoped that the new diabetes template will be easier to navigate, help standardise READ coding, improve the quality of diabetes assessment, improve data capture and reduce the variability in clinical care.
The new diabetes template (LCCG_Diabetes Template 2015) is ready to download now from the Medicines Optimisation intranet page (click here).
Feedback is encouraged and can be sent to Dr Neel Basudev, CCG Diabetes Clinical Lead ()
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- Cancer Clinical Network Lead
A new opportunity has arisen to join our Clinical Network as Cancer Clinical Network Lead. For more information and an application form, please go to:
Please forward to anyone who you think may be interested - closing date is currently the 30th August 2015 to allow for people being away over the summer period.
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- Outpatient Strategy Workshop at St George’s Hospital (please find official invitation attached (2))
You are invited to our Outpatient Strategy Workshop on 2 September 2015 1.30pm-4.00pm. Please find attached the official invitation.
St George’s are currently developing a 5 year Outpatient strategy to ensure they are delivering an optimum outpatient service to all patients across all sites. To enable them to develop a successful strategy, they are engaging with key users to find out more about experiences with accessing Outpatient services. The event will take the form of an interactive discussion from which to take away some productive and innovative ideas for the future.
For Information
- Lambeth Integrated Disabilities Team and Lambeth Mencap (Please see attached flyer (3))
Will be continuing with their series of Learning Disability Carers’ Workshops throughout 2015 and 2016, please see attached flyer for future dates
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- Concerned about a child’s mental health?
Lambeth Childand Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are providedby South London & Maudsley Mental Health Trust (SLaM) for children and young people up to the age of 18 years.
Services are commissionedby the CAMHS Joint Commissioning Group (JCG), led by Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)in partnership with the London BoroughofLambeth.
There is a single point of access to CAMHS and, as a GP, if you have any concern about the mental health or emotional wellbeing of a child, young person or their family, you can contact Lambeth CAMHS directly on 020 3228 7370
The service will provide you with advice and referral information.
If you have any queries about the commissioning of CAMHS please contact:
Daniel Taegtmeyer, Senior Commissioning Manager Email:
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- Midwifery Film Seminar with Dr Rebecca Say
Breech is an animated film to support pregnant women making decisions about external cephalic version, planned caesarean section and vaginal breech birth and is part of a decision support package. It was directed by award winning filmmaker Ellie Land, produced by Siobhan Fenton and is based on PhD research carried out by Rebecca Say, funded by the National Institute for Health Research. The seminar will describe the user-centred design process and research findings used to develop the website and film; show the animation; and facilitate discussion about the content and making of the film.
Date 21st October 2015
Time 17.00-19.00
King's College London- B5Waterloo Campus
Tickets available via the link below, please forward to students andcontacts
Training Opportunities- Diabetes Learning Events
Thursday 19th November 2015 1pm – 4.30pm
- Pregnancy & pre-conception
Obesity & diabetes
- Glycaemic control (new NICE)
Renal (new local guideline)
Lunch available from 12.30pm at both events
To reserve a place please email
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- Respiratory Events (please see attached flyers (4-7))
- Protected Learning Time event, Thursday 17 September see attached flyer and book using the link. The event is focussing on breathlessness, asthma, chronic and persistent cough, and we will also have representatives from ‘Singing for Better Breathing’ along so you can practice your singing!
- Training sessions on spirometry (Thursday 22 October), COPD (Thursday 19 November), asthma (Thursday 21 January) are being provided by the Integrated Respiratory Team. See attached flyer for info and booking details.
- BreathEasy group – meets 3rd Thursday of every month at Streatham Library 11am to 1pm. Suitable for people living with respiratory conditions and their carers. See attached programme for upcoming events. Patients can just turn up, or contact British Lung Foundation for further information phone 03000 030 555 Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm or visit the website
- Singing for Better Breathing (S4BB) – a singing group for people living with COPD. See attached flyer for more information. For more information, visit the website
- Chronic Cough & COPD (please see attached flyer (8))
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- Chronic Kidney Disease Care planning – King’s College Hospital
Venue: Cicely Saunders Institute (address below)
Speaker: Dr Josephine Clayton, University of Sydney
Topic: Advance care planning for people with chronic kidney disease
Further details can be found at For further information on seminars, please contact
There are also details on our website of our seminars:
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- Best Practice &Best Practice in Nursing 21-22 Oct NEC Birmingham
Member Practice engagement: With clinics set 12 weeks out we have a small window of opportunity to secure tickets and enable practice & community nurses/practice managers/GP’s to schedule resource accordingly.
Please note: We have an education bursary for 2500 complimentary tickets to Best Practice and 1500 complimentary tickets to Best Practice in Nursing….tickets are going fast!
Tickets can be transferred or cancelled at any point in the run up to the show - Key is to secure your complimentary ticket(s) now in order to confirm dates in your diary!
Best Practice,produced in partnership with the NAPC, is the annual conference to attend for practical advice on all the big issues facing general practice and how they will impact on your practice and federation. And it is fair to say that 2015/16 is set to be a bumper year for big issues and investment in general practice. There is a New Deal on the table, a new Government on the horizon and a new vision for the NHS that will change the landscape for ever. Exactly a year on from publication of the NHS Five Year Forward View, Best Practice 2015 is a timely opportunity to find out how your practice will be affected by these changes, where the threats and opportunities lie and how you should respond. Other headline topics will include: GPs trailblazing new community-based care models as part of the £200 million Forward View ‘transformation’ programme; how the £1 billion primary care infrastructure fund is being spent, details of the £10 million programme to expand the general practice workforce and the impacts of co-commissioning on general practice.
Delegate Registration Process:(GP’s, Practice Managers & Primary Care Teams):
- A complimentary ticket will be issued on completion of the on-line booking from.
- Each ticket allows access across both show days in order to offer flexibility around work commitments (can attend ADHOC to suit work schedule)
- Delegate badges are dispatched approx. x10 days prior to the show
- Alternatively, please complete the attached booking form and return to me for processing.
Best Practice in Nursing (BPiN) is a new two-day national conference to train, support and raise the profile of general practice and community nurses. We are excited to be launching this event (co located with Best Practice) for more than 1,500 nurses in recognition of your leading role in improving patient outcomes and driving integrated care in the community. This free-to-attend conference is perfectly timed to coincide with the national roll-out of revalidation at the end of the year and announcements over new national career structures for practice and community nurses. Better still, by attending this event you will get all your mandatory training requirements met for free under one roof, eliminating the need to take time out of clinic at other times in the year.
Delegate Registration Process(Practice, Community, Acute Nurses and Primary Care Teams):
- A complimentary ticket will be issued on completion of the on-line booking from.
- Each ticket allows access across both show days in order to offer flexibility around work commitments (can attend ADHOC to suit work schedule)
- Delegate badges are dispatched approx. x10 days prior to the show
- Alternatively, please complete the attached booking form and return to me for processing.
With budgets restricted and large scale cut backs required within the NHS, we work tirelessly with our exhibitors and sponsors in order to offer FREE CPD accredited events for all NHS Staff!
With revalidation for Nurses commencing 2016 this is a great way to get to kick-start the process!
Stacey English, CCG Client Relationship Manager, Tel: 0207 348 5758, Email:
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- Women’s services - Free teaching event for GP’s & Practice Nurses
Programme of the day:
After you reserve a place, we will ask you to choose four of the clinical topics you would like to learn about. All attendees will be divided into groups and multiple workshops will be running at the same time.
Topics include:
- Gynaecology- heavy bleeding, pain, vulval problems, colposcopy and ovarian cysts, endometriosis/pelvic pain, menopause and uro-gynaecology
- Maternity and obstetrics- 4D scanning, renal problems and pregnancy, normal pregnancy, VBAC, high risk ante natal care
Date: Thursday 8 October 2015; 6.00pm-9.00pm
Venue: Mc Nair Centre, Guy’s Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT
To reserve a place click here or on the link below:
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- Free vascular update for GPs at Guy's Hospital
An eveningevent for GPs organised by Guy’s and St Thomas’ and the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Mr Stephen Black Consultant Vascular Surgeon at Guy's and St. Thomas', will present on:
- Acute and chronic deep vein thrombosis
- Post thrombotic syndrome.
- Claudication
Time: Buffet from 7pm - lecture starts at 7.30pm
Venue: Roben Suite, Floor 29 Tower Wing,Guy's Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT
To book a place visit theRCGP website.
Or link to:
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- Sexual Health in Practice (SHIP)
Delegates must attend all session to complete the training they are as follows:
Practice Nurse Sessions: PN1
Date: 14th October 2015, 12.30 pm - 5.00pm
Practice Nurse Sessions: PN2
Date: 4th November 2015, 12.30 pm - 5.00pm
Venue: Session 1
Akerman Health Centre
Room 045
60 Patmos Road
London, SW9 6AF
GP session: Key Issues in Sexual Health
Date: 11th November 2015, 12.30 pm – 5.00pm
Venue:
Akerman Health Centre
Room 045
60 Patmos Road
London, SW9 6AF
Final Session for GPs & PNs: General Practice & HIV
Date: 18th November 2015, 12.30.pm - 5.00pm
Venue: TBC
Download Application:
Contact:
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- South East London Sexual Health & HIV Network Training Dates
Camberwell Sexual Health, Meeting Room, Denmark Hill, SE5 9RS
This popular ½ day course provides doctors and nurses with the opportunity to extend their role in service provision.
Course Aim - To give a comprehensive introduction / update on the use IUD/IUS, on the working anatomy and physiology combined with practical experience on Zoe / pelvic models.
Fee: £50
This course is accredited by the Faculty Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare. Application and further information on this course can be downloaded from south East London Sexual Health & HIV Network
Nexplanon Workshop - Wednesday 23rd September 2015, 14.00pm-16.30pm
Faraday Building , Lecture Room 2, Denmark Hill, SE5 9RS
This popular ½ day course provides doctors and nurses with the opportunity to extend their role in service provision.
Course Aim - To give a comprehensive introduction / update on the useNexplanon, on the working anatomy and physiology combined with practical experience on model arms.
Fee: £50
This course is accredited by the Faculty Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare. Application and further information on this course can be downloaded from south East London Sexual Health & HIV Network
Clinical Update in Sexual Health - Saturday 28th November 2015, 09.15am to 15.45pm
Weston Education Centre, King’s College Hospital, London, SE5 9RS
This is our Annual Updating Day suitable for all health professional working in the field of sexual and reproductive health, who is required to advise patient on wide range of issues, and who need to be fully inform about recent development and current thinking.
The course programme can be viewed at
Fee: Doctors £100, Nurse & others £50
The course is recognised by the Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare and is valid for 6 hours of re-certification of the DFSRH also CPD. Application and further information on this course can be downloaded from south East London Sexual Health & HIV Network
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- Electronic Prescribing System (EPS) Refresher Workshops
The workshops are being held between 12.30pm-3.00pm - click on the links below to book a place on your preferred date:
Tuesday 8 September 2015 in Lambeth Accord, 336 Brixton Road SW9 7AA
Wednesday 23 September 2015 in the Hideaway, 2 Empire Mews, Streatham SW16 2BF
Wednesday 30 September 2015 in Bolney Meadow Community Centre, 31 Bolney Street, Vauxhall SW8 1EZ
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) and EMIS Web are working with the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to deliver the training events to refresh your needs on EPS and answer your questions and the events will provide:
An opportunity for practice staff and community pharmacists working in Lambeth to ask questions, discuss and share their experiences with EPS.
A chance for GP practices to meet with their local community pharmacy to help resolve EPS issues.
A chance for practices to support & share their valuable experiences with other practices.
Specialist knowledge from both the HSCIC EPS Team and EMIS Web system trainer.
Confirmed speakers:
Ashik Rai, Senior Implementation Manager, HSCIC
Siobhan Murphy, Utilisation, HSCIC
Dawn Friend, EPS Implementation Support Manager
Nisha Patel, EMIS web Training Consultant
The events are for Lambeth practice staff including GPs and administration staff, Locality Care Network lead pharmacists and Lambeth Community Pharmacists. Places are limited and we would encourage early booking.
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- Lambeth & Southwark Cervical Screening Training Dates