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LATEST NEWS
Liberating the NHS: commissioning for patients
Liberating the NHS: commissioning for patients - White Paper – further information posted 29/07/2010
Liberating the NHS
Birmingham LMC city-wide meeting to discuss NHS White paper and GP Commissioning posted 19/07/2010
GPC Newsletter - July 2010
Newsletter plus table of contents and appendices. posted 19/07/2010
Equity and Excellence
Liberating the NHS posted 12/07/2010
Liberating the NHS
White Paper posted 12/07/2010
Patient safety issues- urgent advice
Letter from LMC to all Birmingham Practices posted 12/07/2010
News from LMC Conference, June 2010
Resolutions, Election results, Motions not reached, Remainder of the agenda posted 18/06/2010
BMA comment on electronic patient record evaluation
Adoption and non-adoption of a shared electronic summary record in England: a mixed-method case study posted 18/06/2010
Removal of violent patients from practice list
Legal Implications for GP practices following discussions with West Midlands Police posted 18/06/2010
Implementation of the 2010/11 GMS contract uplift
The Review Body had recommended a 1.34% gross uplift in the overall value of GMS contract payments, intended to result in no increase to contractor GPs’ net incomes after allowing for movement in expenses. posted 08/06/2010
BEN PCT data sharing agreement
LMC’s position on the BEN PCT data sharing agreement in respect of the Birmingham Own Health, vascular screening and risk stratification projects following confusion from information given by the PCT to practices posted 01/06/2010
Violent Patients
Practices are being misinformed in respect of immediate removal of violent patients. Whilst there is an obligation to inform the police about the relevant incident there is no obligation to obtain a crime number. posted 01/06/2010
Summary Care Record – Joint Statement from BMA/GPC and NHS Employers 4 May 2010
The BMA/GPC has agreed a joint statement with NHS Employers, on behalf of the Department of Health and Connecting for Health posted 06/05/2010
The swine flu (H1N1) vaccination agreement - question and answers
The joint GPC / NHSE document, Question and answers – the swine flu (H1N1) vaccination agreement, has now been updated, and includes guidance on calculating the vaccinations uptake for the purpose of receiving patient survey threshold easements. posted 29/04/2010
SUMMARY CARE RECORDS - Latest news
New information from BLMC on summary care records has been added to our documents posted 23/04/2010
BMA welcomes suspension of Summary Care Record uploads
The BMA welcomes an assurance that the upload of patients’ records to a national database in England will be suspended in areas where the programme of roll-out has been accelerated. posted 21/04/2010
Statementof Fitness for Work
The DWP's short guide on the revised medical certificate forms posted 22/02/2010
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