CLMC Bulletins

CLMC bulletin 468 - 22.06.21 including:

• New PCSE pay and pension system update 
• Workload crisis 
• GP appointment data
• Long-covid and weight management enhanced services
• Long COVID NHS plan for 2021/22
• PCN handbook
• Time to end NHSE/I directive letters 
• COVID-19 vaccination programme  
• Delay in roll-out of patient data sharing programme (GPDPR)
• BMA COVID-19 guidance 
• Proposed changes to annual complaints collection (K041b form) 
• Reminder: Deadline for THE EU SETTLEMENT Scheme – 30 June 
• GPC UK and GPC England committee pages 
• Specialist and Professional Committee elections  
• BMA moral distress report launch
• Community Health and Wellbeing Worker at level 3 apprenticeship standard: demand scoping for employers
• Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) Occupational Health Awareness Week, 28 June – 2 July
• GPC GP Bulletin

CLMC Bulletin 467 - 15.06.21 including:

• Delay in roll-out of patient data sharing programme (GPDPR)
• COVID-19 vaccination programme
• Extending the medical examiner into primary care
• New PCSE pay and pension system update GP registration for in/under-documented migrants
• PCN Funding
• Reminder - Pension guidance for retired doctors
• Fall in prescription items dispensed
• Reminder: Deadline for THE EU SETTLEMENT Scheme - 30 June
• BMA Specialist and Professional Committee elections
• BMA webinar: Board of science discussion event - Long Covid, 16th June 10.00am-12.30pm
• VWV Webinar: General practice - current and future issues update, 3pm 24 June 2021
• BMA Law Webinar: Mediation & Dispute Resolution, 29 June 1pm
• GPC GP Bulletin

CLMC Bulletin 466 - 08.06.21 including:

• Delay in roll-out of patient data sharing programme (GPDPR) for England
• New PCSE GP pay and pensions portal
• Deadline approaching for EU settlement scheme
• TNA (Trainee Nursing Associate) information webinars
• GP partners and practice managers sought for research on locum doctors
• NHS cervical screening management system to be introduced on 30 October
• Mask Exemptions for airline passengers in relation to COVID-19
• Spirometry
• GPC GP Bulletin

CLMC Bulletin 465 - 01.06.21 including:

• Unsustainable, unsafe, and unfair: General Practice in crisis 
• BBC cover GP pressures
• Urgent meeting held with ministers to seek action to address pressures in general practice 
• RCGP statement on NHS pressures  
• COVID-19 vaccination programme  
• 15-minute observation period (Pfizer) 
• Vaccine data 
• Locum doctors in the NHS: understanding and improving the quality and safety of care 
• New PCSE GP Pay and Pensions portal
• £120m COVID expansion fund - fair shares allocation per STP
• GP Data for Planning and Research
• Final Seniority Factors for 2017/18
• NHSEI review of urgent and emergency care standards 
• Health inequalities toolkit – call for examples 
• Cameron Fund – 10 top tips for financial wellbeing 
• GPC GP Bulletin

CLMC Bulletin 464- 25.05.21 including:

• Vote of no confidence in NHS England leadership: GPC England Motion passed 
• Online consultations – the contractual position   
• 'If I die it will be your fault' campaign: supporting your teams
• COVID-19 vaccination programme  
• Updated Enhanced Service Specification 
• BMA media campaign ‘Spread the word, not the virus’  
• Guidance for vaccination centres to ensure access to people with dependent children 
• Storage of Pfizer vaccine 
• Vaccine data 
• COVID-19 data
• NHS Standard Contract 2021/22 – New “interface” provision
• GP Data for Planning and Research, legal direction
• Reminder: New GP Pay and Pensions system 
• Primary care system development funding and GPIT funding guidance
• LMC UK Conference 2021 
• Forced labour in international PPE supply chains through COVID-19 – issues and solutions 
• GPC GP Bulletin
• GPC Sessional GP Bulletin

CLMC bulletin 463 - 18.05.21 including:

• Face-to-face appointments  
• Online Consultations - Contractual Requirements
• LMC UK Conference 2021 
• COVID-19 vaccination programme  
• COVID vaccine status 
• Change to 2nd dose vaccination schedule
• Changes to National Booking Service (NBS) for pregnant women 
• Vaccine data 
• Multilingual versions of pulse oximetry patient video
• Referring patients with minor illness symptoms to a community pharmacist
• DPN for GP Data for planning and research (GPDPR), legal direction
• International Nurses Day 
• New GP Pay and Pensions system
• GP Trainees Committee regional elections 2021 
• Cameron Fund, Top Tips for Financial Wellbeing
• Home Office EU settled status webinar: Wednesday 26 May, 12-1pm
• GPC GP Bulletin

CLMC Bulletin 462 - 11.05.21 including:

• BMA survey – GP workload pressures
• Workforce data and GP pressures
• COVID-19 vaccination programme 
• JCVI announcement regarding AstraZeneca vaccine for people under 40
• Patients bringing babies or children to vaccination appointments
• Oversupply of PPE to vaccination centres
• Microsoft N365 licences will be allocated for Locum GPs 
• Central procurement for Pneumovax®23 from 1 June 2021
• GP Trainees Committee regional elections 2021 – Please circulate to any Trainees you may have within your practice
• Your chance to inform staff training in primary care 
• GPC GP Bulletin

CLMC Bulletin 461 - 04.05.21 including:

• GP appointment figures and workload pressures
• COVID-19 vaccination programme
• New photographs show the people behind the national vaccination effort
• Weekly COVID-19 data 
• Racism in primary care report
• Sir Simon Stevens to stand down as NHS England chief executive
• Domestic Abuse Bill receives Royal Assent
• Serious Shortage Protocol for Estradot
• Extension to the shingles immunisation programme
• Launch of framework for suppliers of digital services to general practice
• Appraisal 2020 survey
• Global health leaders back BMA call for urgent action as COVID crisis in India worsens
• Clare Wand Fund trustee elections
• GPC GP Bulletin

CLMC Bulletin 460 - 27.04.21 including:

• COVID-19 vaccination programme
• Second vaccinations
• Guidance on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and very rare clotting disorders
• Vaccinating during pregnancy
• Vaccine dose data
• Weekly COVID-19 data
• PCV Hib MenC and Childhood 6 in 1 data collection for payment 
• NHS Digital’s GP Collections website 
• Improving General Practice appointment data (GPAD) webinars and demos
• Updated guidance for HGV medicals
• DWP Forms
• Maternal mental health 
• New GP Pay and Pensions system
• 21/22 PA preceptorship primary care offer: NOW OPEN for applications
• GPC GP bulletin

CLMC Bulletin 459 - 20.04.21 including:

• Flu vaccination programme 21/22
• COVID-19 vaccination programme
• Vaccinating during Ramadan
• Vaccine dose data
• PRINCIPLE trial on COVID treatment
• GP Career Support Hub
• Call for swift action to remove GMC’s power to appeal tribunal decisions
• Weekly COVID-19 data update
• National e-Referral Service (e-RS) advice and guidance webinar
• GPC GP bulletin
• GPC Sessional GP Bulletin

CLMC Bulletin 458 - 13.04.21 including:

• GMS/PMS regulations - pandemic amendments
• SFE and global sum calculation
• DES directions and flu immunisations 
• Flu vaccination 20/21 achievement and plans for 2021/22 
• Vaccinations and immunisations guidance
• Network Contract DES 2021/22 and improving general practice appointment data
• Improving GP appointment data 
• NHS Standard Contract 2021/22 – New “interface” provision
• MHRA/JCVI and EMA statements on AZ vaccine
• Pinnacle now features reporting functionality
• COVID-19 vaccination programme
• Shielding for clinically extremely vulnerable to end
• Maximising vaccine uptake in underserved communities
• Vaccine certificates
• Vaccine dose data
• Community pharmacy pandemic delivery service 
• Easing of restrictions and testing
• Free COVID-19 PPE scheme extended until the end of March 2022
• Access to vaccination for parents with children
• Weekly COVID-19 data update
• Salaried GPs vaccination reimbursement
• Delayed applications to New to practice partnership scheme
• New Roles in Primary Care Resource Updates - Version 4
• Race report BMA response
• BMA summary: NHS Planning Guidance 2021/22 and NHS Mandate 2021/22
• GPC Voting open for Durham and Cleveland regional elections
• Inspiring the female GP leaders of tomorrow
• Webinars: Circulated by the Primary Care Training Hub and provided by Nuffield Health
• GPC GP bulletin

CLMC Bulletin 457- 30.03.21 including:

• COVID-19 one year on
• Support for CCGs in addressing vaccine inequalities
• COVID-19 vaccination programme
• COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy
• Quality Assurance Framework and SOP for lateral flow devices for COVID-19 vaccination sites
• Vaccine dose data
• Medical assessments for prospective foster carer and adopters
• NHS Operational Planning and Contracting Guidance 2021/22
• Annual allowance voluntary scheme pays 201819 deadline extension
• BMA report on impact of COVID-19 on health inequalities
• GPC Voting open for Durham and Cleveland regional elections
• Investment in General Practice report and data quality statement 2015/16-2019/20
• BMA moral distress survey
• NHS Confederation Survey: ICS and the White Paper
• Webinars: Circulated by the Primary Care Training Hub and provided by Nuffield Health
• Mental Health and wellbeing - looking after you and your practice team
• GPC GP Bulletin

CLMC Bulletin 456 - 23.03.21 including:

• £120m additional funding for general practice
• COVID-19 vaccination programme
• Reduction of vaccine supply for April
• Deadline to opt out of second phase of the CVP
• MHRA confirms that people should continue to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine
• Vaccine dose data
• Ongoing support for general practice
• Shielding for clinically extremely vulnerable to end
• VAT removal for primary care
• General Medical Services (GMS) Ready Reckoner 2021/22
• Implementing the 2020/21 GP contract changes to personal medical services and alternative provider medical services contracts
• Overworked doctors must be allowed to rest and recover so we can keep patients safe, BMA warns
• Weekly COVID-19 data update
• Medicine Delivery Service
• Webinar: BMA Law, New GP Partners - What to Consider
• Training opportunity through Primary Care Training Hub: Video Group Consultations
• Webinars: Circulated by the Primary Care Training Hub and provided by Nuffield Health
• NHS Digital Research Session Request - NWRS (National Workforce Reporting System)
• GPC GP and Sessional GP bulletins

CLMC Bulletin 455 - 16.03.21 including:

• COVID-19 vaccination programme
• Guidance for QOF payments 2020/21
• Vaccination and Immunisation guidance
• Workload Prioritisation
• Locum income support
• Everyday sexism survey
• The latest BMA tracker survey showing gender disparity
• BMA briefs peers ahead of committee stage of Domestic Abuse Bill
• NHs Pensions scheme webinar for sessional GPS and locums
• School absence note requests
• Patients ordering PCR tests without symptoms
• Covid-19 Assisted Lateral Flow Device test results to GP records
• Discharge Medicines Service
• Managing environmental impact of prescribing webinar
• GPC GP Bulletin 

CLMC Bulletin 454 09.03.21 including:

• Flu vaccination orders and reimbursement
• Amended QOF SFE 2020/21
• General Practice Fellowships Programme
• Vaccinating cohort 7 and Phase 2 of the Covid Vaccination Programme
• Vaccination deployment
• Improving social staff vaccination rates
• NHS Number and COVID vaccinations
• Vaccine dose data
• Health Secretary's message of thanks to GPs on pandemic effort
• Recruiting and maintaining your vaccination workforce
• Government Budget 2021
• Letter to Chancellor about funding in general practice
• Government evidence to DDRB
• Contract webinar 2021/22 recordings
• Navigating the NHS Pension Scheme for Sessionals
• New to Partnership Payment - Physician Associates
• Remote fit notes - please remember to sign them
• BMA Member Webinar - Proposed NHS Reforms and potential impact for the North East
• Senior female GPs Leadership webinar
• GP Retention Scheme webinar
• GPC Durham/Cleveland elections
• Mental health and wellbeing - looking after you and your practice team
• BMA COVID-19 guidance
• GPC GP Bulletin

CLMC Bulletin 453 02.03.21 including:

• Lockdown restrictions loosening
• GPC GMS Contract Webinar 2021/22
• COVID-19 Vaccination Programme
• Signposting patient to access Covid vaccinations via pharmacy
• Vaccinating people with a learning disability
• vaccinating people with Severe Mental Illness (SMI)
• COVID-19 Clinical Risk Assessment Tool (QCovid)
• Vaccinating those aged under 18
• Vaccination cohort 5
• Vaccination patients who are HIV positive
• Studies on COVID-19 vaccine efficacy
• Updated BMA COVID-19 risk assessment tool
• Annual allowance repayment scheme 2019/20
• Medicine Delivery Service
• 21/22 Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) applications: NOW OPEN
• GPCC Durham/Cleveland elections

CLMC bulletin 452 23.02.21 including:

• COVID-19 vaccination programme
• Vaccinating cohorts 5 and 6
• National pool of Steward Volunteers
• COVID vaccination for healthcare workers
• Retired doctors – return to practice to support the pandemic effort
• Updated GMC guidance on prescribing
• BMA briefing on White Paper on NHS reform and Integrated Care Systems
• Protection for Healthcare workers
• NHSPS- service charges dispute
• GPDF: Advice note on Criminal Finances Act 2017 and Corporate Criminal Offences
• Lung cancer campaign launch
• NHS Discharge Medicines Service
• Online fit note research help
• GPC Durham/Cleveland elections
• Tees Valley Primary Care Training Hub Newsletter
• Contract agreement 2021/22 webinar
• GP Retention Scheme Webinar

CLMC Bulletin 45116.02.21 including:

• COVID-19 vaccination programme
• NENC ICS Vaccination Board - cohorts 5 & 6
• Vaccination of frontline health and social care workers
• Transport of Astra Zeneca vaccine to GP practices within the PCN Grouping
• Feeing up practices to support COVID -19 vaccination
• Green Book update in relation to Covid-19
• vaccine hesitancy
• Vaccine dose data
• February 2021 Screening and Immunisation bulletin - North East and North Cumbria
• Thank you from the Prime Minister
• Government White Paper on NHS reform and Integrated Care Systems
• Assessments carried out for detention under the mental health to take place in person
• Amendments to European Health Insurance cards (EHICs) and S1 forms (UK) Regulations
• GP Assistants wave 2 of the GP Assistants Programme
• Contract agreement 2021/22 webinar
• GP Retention Scheme Webinar
• Mental health and wellbeing - looking after you and your practice team
• BMA COVID-19 guidance
• GPC GP bulletin

CLMC Bulletin 450 10.02.21 including:

• Vaccination of JCVI cohorts 1-4
• National call/recall letters to Clinically Extremely Vulnerable people
• Movement of AstraZeneca vaccines
• IPC Bulletin for General Practice on 'Donning and doffing stations for PPE'
• Second Doses
• New vaccination information helpline and alternative point of care systems
• Vaccine doses data
• Contract agreement webinar for 2021/22
• Government backs BMA proposal to fix unlawful age discrimination of the NHS Pension scheme
• Flu Vaccine reimbursement 2021/22
• Staff with long COVID
• Freedom of Information requests for practices' Gifts and Hospitality register
• SSP for levothyroxine 12.5 mcg tablets
• Bame forum launch
• GP Retention Scheme Webinar
• GPC UK regional elections
• mental health and wellbeing - looking after you and your practice team
• BMA Covid-19 guidance
• GPC GP Bulletin

CLMC Bulletin 449 02.02.21 including:

• Contract agreement for 2021/22
• COVID-19 vaccination programme
• Vaccination of healthcare workers
• Vaccine wastage
• Second doses
• Legal advice note commissioned by GPDF on Covid-19 vaccination programme
• IT issues
• Transfer of vaccines
• Care Homes
• Update PCN Vaccine planning and progress tracking tool
• Coronavirus vaccination figures
• CQC activity in Primary Care
• New to Partnership Scheme
• Skilled worker/tier 2 status registrars
• NHS Pension Scheme Access for ARRS staff
• GP appointment data
• GP referrals into CPCS
• Face to Face Vaccination Training Offer - North East and North Cumbria
• Health & Wellbeing Coaches Workshop - NENC
• GP Retention Scheme Webinar
• Healthwatch South Tees Star Awards 2021
• GPC regional elections
• Mental health and wellbeing - look after you and your practice team
• BMA COVID-19 guidance
• GPC GP Bulletin

CLMC Bulletin 448 26/01/2021 including:

•   Contract agreement for 2021/22
•   PCN DES ballot results
•   PM praises GPs 
•   Tees Locum Support Forum
•   COVID-19 vaccination programme  
•   Securing enhanced and suitable PPE 
•   BMA joins calls for emergency legislation to protect medics from 'unlawful killing' cases 
•   Judicial Review against Northamptonshire safeguarding partners (safeguarding fees) 
•   Payments during suspension - SoS Determination
•   LMC England Conference resolutions 
•   GPC regional elections 
•   Meeting on public health restructuring for public health doctors working outside of PHE

CLMC Bulletin 447 19/01/2021 including:

• Additional funding to support rapid care home vaccination
• Vaccine rollout and mass vaccination centres
• Vaccination of healthcare workers 
• Change in legislation to allow any GMC registered doctor to administer the COVID-vaccine in primary care settings 
• COVID-19 vaccinations programme guidance 
• Supporting doctors throughout the second COVID-19 wave
• Workload prioritisation: Level 4 or 5 
• Update on CQC’s regulatory approach 
• Guidance for clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) patients 
• COVID PPE scheme extended until June 2021 
• Lateral flow test ordering
• Pulse oximetry guidance update 
• Pre-registration for offenders leaving prison 
• NHSE/I legislative proposals on Integrated Care Systems
• Fit notes (med 3) 
• Tees Valley Primary Care Training Hub - General Practice opportunities

CLMC Bulletin 446 12/01/2021 including:

• National lockdown, workload prioritisation and vaccination of healthcare professionals
• COVID-10 vaccinations programmes
• Home delivery of medicines and appliances
• Vote on future negotiations on the PCN DES
• PCN Clinical Director Survey Results
• Lloyd George envelope digitisation project
• BMA Law Partnership Webinar
• GPDF response to ICS Consultation
• Domestic abuse letters
• THE GP International Induction and Return to Practice Programme
• Mental health and wellbeng - looking after you and your practice team
• GP appraisal leads and GP tutors offer of telephone support conversations
• Crisis Coaching & Mentoring
• GPC GP Bulletin