There are less than three weeks to go til the end of the 2021 pension year.
The current arrangements for employee contribution tiers – bands and rates – expires on 31st March and still there is no information on what these will be for the next pension year from 1st April onwards.… (Continue Reading)
Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin CCGs are pleased to be able to offer opportunities for local GPs to access training to improve their mentoring skills and to provide funded mentoring to colleagues. For further details please see the attached advert document and application form.… (Continue Reading)
The Scheme for General Medical Practice Indemnity (GMPI) has been revised, with a crucial change for Locum GPs.
Details are in Appendix B, page 45 of the attached document below.
In essence, since the start of NHS cover for clinical negligence up til now in order to benefit when working as a locum in Wales it has been necessary to be registered with the All Wales Locum Register (AWLR).… (Continue Reading)
From Phil Morgan, Primary Care Lead for Workforce, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin CCG.
Hi colleagues – a quick follow-up to Steve Ellis’ email below.
All practice staff/locums who volunteer to work on the Covid-19 vaccination programme will be paid for their time.… (Continue Reading)
From Steve Ellis, Head of Primary Care, Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Be part of history – Volunteers sought for Covid-19 vaccine consent and prescribing
Dear Colleagues,
As you will know a vaccine has been approved as effective and safe which is fantastic news in the fight against COVID-19.… (Continue Reading)
From Carol Shillabeer, Prif Weithredwr/ Chief Executive, Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol Powys/Powys teaching Health Board
COVID vaccination for health and care staff in Powys
Book your appointment online at bit.ly/powyscovidvaccine
Dear Colleagues,
I am delighted to confirm that the health board is now in a position to launch the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme.… (Continue Reading)
Message from Dr Chris Brown, GP mentoring lead for Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin:
We want to let you know about this new easy access free confidential ‘GP-S’ service to support GPs (including locums and temporary staff) and practice managers. The new service is rapid in response aiming to match up trained mentors within 48 hours of initial contact.… (Continue Reading)
You may have seen in the national media that there is a shortage of Roche reagents for certain pathology tests. Although the attached letter relates to blood tests, there are also shortages of reagents for some histology stains.
Employee Contribution Tiers
These have been the same for 2015-2016 to 2018-2019. It has just been announced that the tiers thresholds and rates will remain the same for the next two years i.e. until 31 March 2021. This applies to the 1995 and 2008 sections and the 2015 scheme.… (Continue Reading)
Despite the fact that the state-backed scheme is due to start on 1st April the details have still not been published.
The expectation of the MPS is that the state-backed scheme will cover civil claims of negligence for contracted NHS work i.e.… (Continue Reading)
The Montgomeryshire Medical Society is holding the 30th annual Rural GP Conference at Gregynog on 25 – 27 September 2019. Further details about the programme will become available later and I will post here when they are released.
Some will recognise the name of Archie Spriggs, the 7 year old killed by his mother in Wall under Heywood in September last year. The report of the Serious Case Review has just been published.
http://www.safeguardingshropshireschildren.org.uk/media/1168/final-scr-child-e.pdf
For anyone who wants some depressing reading prior to the rearranged Child Protection training next year.