Guidance

Following the tragic incident which took place in Plymouth in 2021, the Home Office has issued new Firearms Licensing Guidance, which came into effect on 1 November 2021 The guidance outlines new statutory requirements relating to the medical suitability of...

From 1 October 2025, practices must have a link to the YYGP document from their website. NHS England has published guidance for GP practices to support the implementation of You and Your General Practice. Your practice may find it help to include a caveat on their...

In 2017, Dr Ingrams (LMC Chief Executive) wrote an article about whether AI would replace GPs, which is available to read here . His conclusion was that AI will enhance our work but could never replace GPs. I concluded “I look forward to the improved efficiency and...

POST-EXPOSURE This does not happen very often, but when it does, practices need to know what to do. Details are per Chapter 27 of the Green Book. If a patient has been exposed the risk is determined by a combination of the country they were in and the type of...

A common query from practices is whether they can or should provide treatment to a patient with a dental problem. Treating patients with dental problems is not a GP responsibility, even if a patient is not registered with a dentist because: GPs are not trained to...

After an exceedingly long and painful gestation the NHS 10 Year Plan has arrived. It has various targets in it, the longest being for 2040. As an aside the plan was launched with lots of buzz and press releases without the actual document being shared with anyone...

NHS Practitioner Health Programme (formerly GP Health) Practitioner Health is a free, confidential NHS service for doctors and dentists including trainees across England with mental illness and addiction problems, who are working or looking to return to clinical...

NHS England has published the Flu and COVID-19 Seasonal Vaccination Programme: Autumn/ Winter 2025/26 letter This sets out the eligible groups for flu and COVID-19 vaccination in autumn/winter 2025/26, confirms the timing of the campaign (main campaign starting on...

We are delighted to announce that the LMC board are looking to elect a Resident Doctor (GP Registrar) within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to join the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Local Medical Committee (LMC) Board for the next year. This is an...

Over the last 12 months the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Area Prescribing Committee (LLR APC) has been working with system colleagues to update the guidance relating to Medicines Optimisation at interface between secondary and primary care. This process is...

The LMC holds a series of corporate documents which are available to be viewed below: LLR LMC Constitution The Nolan Principles LLR LMC Code of Conduct & Conflict of Interest Policy LLR LMC Board - GP Trainee role description Any questions relating to the...

We recognise that the Practice Managers are usually the heart of General Practice, but the role is often described as isolating and expectations and workload are forever increasing. The LMC is here to support Practice Managers as much as we can,...

More patients are travelling abroad to have cheap bariatric surgery in Turkey, Egypt and other countries. If they are not entitled to NHS care, then this includes general practice. There are some procedures that are so high risk that the LLR Bariatric Surgery...

Practices have been digitising records for many years, although the legacy manual record (Lloyd George envelope) has had to be kept. After many years deliberation, the DHSC has now agreed that it is appropriate and lawful for the manual record to be destroyed, once...

Myth buster time. There was an erroneous ‘rumour’ that GPs could only complete an MCCD if they had seen the deceased in person anytime during their lifetime. After some digging, I found that this had come from the Regional Medical Examiner and not from anyone...

As with 2024/25, only the following services can be delegated to another provider by practices: Children and Young People Phlebotomy Service – 12 – 15 years and 364 days Ear Irrigation Vaginal Ring Pessaries Wound Care, Dressings, Suture & Clip Removal CBS...

In LLR, we have the recognised process of Transferring Care Safely (TCS) which manages inappropriate workload between local providers. It has recently been announced that if GPs wish to raise a TCS with EMAS, they should use EMAS Service to Service...

The LMC has received a few queries about whether practices need to pay of eye checks for their workers, so we have investigated this and are able to share the following guidance for practices. In summary, the law says employers must arrange an eye test for display...

The LMC has received concerns about patients on Lithium who are discharged from secondary care, and the practice subsequently have difficulty in getting further support from psychiatry. The LMC has raised this with Dr Samantha Hamer, Associate Medical Director,...