July - Derby and Derbyshire LMC

1913-2013
Newsletter Issue 116
Local Medical
Committee
Limited
LMC
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DERBY AND DERBYSHIRE
“Putting the needs of GPs first”
July 2014
http://www.derbyshirelmc.org.uk/
EMAS - Working together with GPs
We have recently received a communication from Dr
Trevor Mills, interim Medical Director at EMAS,
regarding working together between EMAS and
General Practice. You can read the letter here titled
‘East Midlands Ambulance Service’.
The letter mentions that EMAS is now recruiting to a
pool of experienced GPs to work with their Clinical
Assessment Team at weekends and bank holiday. You
can see the advertisement here.
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Interest on late payments
The GPC has sought legal advice on whether practices
can charge interest on late payment from the Area
Team and sue through the small claims court (assuming
it has not elected to become an NHS body) for cases of
non-payment.
The advice confirmed that this course of action is open
to practices and 'The Late Payment of Commercial
Debts (Interest) Act 1998' should apply too (as the GMS
Contract does not appear to have contracted out of
this). This allows for interest at the rate of 8% above
base rate, plus a fixed sum and reasonable costs of
recovering the debt.
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General Practice and Workforce Developmental Needs
Click here for the Position Statement from Derby and
Derbyshire LMC to Health Education East Midlands
(HEEM) Derbyshire, regarding training and education in
General Practice.
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BMA Committee Visitors Scheme
The BMA Committee Visitors Scheme is a new initiative
that allows BMA members who have not previously
been involved in core BMA work to participate and
voice their say in how the profession is run. For further
details and the list of committees the scheme is
currently available for please click on the following link:
http://bma.org.uk/about-the-bma/equality-anddiversity/committee-visitors-scheme Please ensure
that all completed application forms are sent to the
Equality and Inclusion Unit at [email protected].
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Shingles (catch-up) service specification
NHS England have published the enhanced service
specification for the Shingles (catch-up) vaccination
programme. More details here.
The Primary Care Development Centre (PCDC) Update
The PCDC has officially been launched. For more
information including FREE training courses currently
available, visit www.pcdcnottingham.co.uk or call
0115 979 6911.
Alert: The PCDC is pleased to be able to offer FREE
leadership development training to clinical and non-clinical
staff in ALL practices in Derby and Derbyshire. For further
information please contact: James Cutler, PCDC Associate
on 0119796911 or [email protected]
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Prescription Direction
There is a long-standing agreement between the medical
and pharmaceutical professions that doctors should not in
any way direct patients to any particular pharmacy to have
their prescriptions dispensed. GMS and PMS contracts
require that practices should give patients choice about
where they have their prescriptions dispensed. As always,
choice implies informed choice. This means that if a practice
gives a patient information about a particular pharmacy
without giving the patient the opportunity to acquire
information about other pharmacies the practice could be
said to be directing the patient towards the particular
pharmacy. Pharmacies, including online pharmacies,
advertise their services in different ways. Many are now
doing this by offering specific linkages to individual
practices. In order to avoid allegations of prescription
direction and investigation by NHS England of any
contractual issues we strongly advise practices to be
completely even-handed in their dealings with pharmacies.
If one pharmacy offers, say, a prescription collection service
or buys advertising space in the practice waiting room then
the practice should offer the same facilities to other
pharmacies that wish to do the same and that might, in the
practice's opinion reasonably be used by its patients. The
position is complex when pharmacies offer medicines
management type services to practices that are over and
above the services offered under the NHS pharmacy
contract but, again, we advise that practices should take
steps to be able to show that other pharmacies have been
offered the opportunity to provide similar services to the
practice's patients and that any decisions made by the
practice have been taken solely in the best interests of its
patients _______________________________
Unplanned Admissions Enhanced Service
A revised version of the joint guidance on the unplanned
admissions enhanced service has now been published here
along with NHS England's service specification, click here.
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GP Trainee Elections
The GP Trainees Subcommittee are holding elections in 11
regional constituencies this summer including the East
Midlands: Anyone can stand who is either:
on a GP training programme that will not finish before
24 September 2014 or starting a training programme
between 27 June 2014 and 26 June 2015.
Successful candidates will be elected to serve for two full
sessions; 2014/15 and 2015/16 unless the representative
is set to qualify as a GP during the first session, in which
case they will only serve for one session. Full details of the
election and nomination forms can be found on the BMA
website. Nominations close at 5pm, Friday 18 July 2014.
VACANCIES
For more details visit
http://www.derbyshirelmc.org.uk/Jobs.php
Salaried GP
6 sessions a week - Derby
Contact: [email protected] or 01332 272212
Locum GP (Maternity cover)
8 sessions a week - Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Contact: [email protected] or 01246 223351
Salaried GP (with view to Partnership)
Full-time - Chesterfield
Contact: [email protected] or 01246 223351
Part-time Practice Nurse - Chesterfield
Contact: [email protected] or 01246 456938
Practice Business Manager
Full-time - Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Contact: [email protected]
Salaried GP/Partner
Full-time/Part-time - Ilkeston
Contact: [email protected] or 0115 9301055
Locum GP (Maternity cover)
6 sessions a week - Derby
Contact: [email protected]. or 01332 784684
Primary Care Nurses
Part-time - Belper, Derbyshire
Contact: [email protected] or 01773 881140
Practice Nurse
Part-time - Allestree, Derby
Contact: [email protected] or 01332 541181
GP Partner/Salaried GP (with view to Partnership)
8 sessions a week or job share - Ilkeston, Derbyshire
Contact: [email protected] or 0115 9322933
Sessional Doctors - On-going
Location: EMAS Headquarters Nottingham
Contact: [email protected]
Sessional Doctors - On-going
Location: Bases throughout Derby City and Derbyshire
Contact: Sonia Gale, HR Administrator on 0300 1000 410
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HPV Vaccination programme schedule change
HPV vaccination programme schedule changing from
three to two doses. From September this year, the
number of doses of HPV vaccine that girls aged 12 to
13 years should receive, is being reduced from three to
two. The two doses should be given at least six and not
more than 24 months apart, but, for planning
purposes, Public Health England is recommending an
interval of twelve months between doses.
Local needs, however, should be taken into consideration when planning the programme, so that any girls
who may have missed out on their vaccinations can be
accommodated. Also girls who have received two HPV
vaccine doses under the 2013/14 programme should
still receive their third dose, to complete their course.
For full details of the change to the programme, see
the letter from Public Health England, the Department
of Health and NHS England here.
Upcoming Events
Derbyshire 6C's LIVE in Mentorship
To celebrate the importance of mentoring the future
workforce in healthcare practice
Tuesday 16th September 2014, Alfreton
More info and booking details
LMC TRAINING - NOW BOOKING!
HCA Seasonal Flu Training
Thursday 18th September 2014
Booking forms and Agendas can be found on the LMC
website: http://www.derbyshirelmc.org.uk/
For more info email
[email protected] or contact the
office on 01332 210008.
Contact us at:
Derby & Derbyshire LMC Ltd office.
Norman House, Friar Gate, Derby. DE1 1NU.
Tel:
01332 210008
Fax:
01332 341771
Website: http://www.derbyshirelmc.org.uk/
Email: [email protected]
Lisa Soultana, Director of Business Development and Liaison
(Derby & Derbyshire) [email protected]
James Cutler, Assistant Director of Business Development and
Liaison (Derby and Derbyshire)
[email protected]
Nwando Umeh, Business, Information and Finance Administrator
[email protected]
Hazel Potter , PA/Administrator
[email protected]
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