Guidance

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,...

PCSE provided guidance on nursing home flags to ensure appropriate payment is received. The article is below: Patients who reside in Nursing Homes, or other Residential Institutions, attract an uplift in Global Sum payments for a GP Practice. For this uplift to be...

The ECO4 scheme is a government initiative designed to help low-income and vulnerable households improve their insulation and heating solutions. Private companies have been reaching out to households through cold calls and direct mail to identify eligible homes,...

The ICB has recently written to practices regarding claims and as we near the end of the current financial year, to ensure all claims are submitted and processed appropriately, please find attached Practice Claims Schedule for the financial year 2024/25 for your...

You will be aware that the expiry date for authorisations relating to anticipatory / end of life medications was removed on 1st October 2024, with the aim to reduce the administrative burden to GP practices. As part of this process the authorisation form was...

Part of the Government’s imposed 2023/24 GP contract in England, included practices contractually obliged to provide patients with online prospective access to their records. Practices’ contracts require them to abide by this from 31 October 2023. The LMC has...

THIS GUIDANCE HAS NOW BEEN UPDATED WITH THE NEW RULES RELATED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SERVICE WHICH IS LIVE FROM 9TH SEPTEMBER - PLEASE USE NEW LINK: LLR LMC: DEATH PROCESSES AND THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SERVICE FROM 9 SEPTEMBER 2024 UPDATED RULES FROM 25TH MARCH 2022...

The LMC has recently received queries from several general practices as patients have been directed to them to be prescribed Zyban. General practices are not commissioned or funded to provide a smoking cessation service, which includes prescribing. As it is not...