Shropshire Sessional GP Network

Please see letter from the Chairs and accountable Officers from the two CCGs… Board update for GP Practice Colleagues

And another one! Sorry to upload them all at once – I’ve been away :). This does contain important information about the coming together of the two local CCGs next year, amongst other things. https://mailchi.mp/0007771314a0/shropshire-ccg-practice-bulletin-new-edition-2933809?e=c64af25532

Here is  the latest Shropshire CCG practice newsletter. Some is aimed mostly at practices but there are a few nuggets of relevance to sessional GPs… https://mailchi.mp/6d562c53623c/shropshire-ccg-practice-bulletin-new-edition-2929453?e=c64af25532

Please see this month’s GP newsletter from SaTH. I note there are still places for the functional disorders study day in June – if anyone’s interested details are on page 2. GPConnect April 2019

As requested in the recent SSGPN survey, here is the link to the GP-S free peer mentoring service available to all Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin GPs: https://www.gp-s.org The mentors are all local GPs who have received specific training and ongoing support and supervision to be peer mentors. Contact details are on the website and […]

Please see the link below to this week’s new look practice bulletin: https://mailchi.mp/96086b536294/shropshire-ccg-practice-bulletin-new-edition?e=c64af25532

Please see a useful patient advice leaflet from macmillan on managing the side effects of chemotherapy; Chemo helpful hints_v.1_April2019

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. Employer Contribution Rate This rose from […]

Please see below this month’s GP newsletter from SaTH: GPConnect March 2019

Please find attached this week’s practice bulletin, which contains lots of useful information Practice Bulletin – Thursday 28 March 2019

Please see attached the latest TEMS newsletter, with useful information about classical EDS, the COACH programme and the lack of value of subacromial decompression for shoulder impingement: TEMS spring newsletter 2019

Please see this months MacMillan newsletter, which contains important information about a change to the pathway for suspected paediatric cancer referrals. GP cancer update March 2019

Please find attached this week’s practice bulletin. Items of interest include a reminder about the referral pathway for suspected cauda equina syndrome, vacancies for a GP Medicines Lead and for a GP to contribute to the local sexual health network, the new Accountable Officer for Shropshire and some educational events, and more! Practice Bulletin – […]

Please see a press release announcing the new AO for Shropshire CCG: David Stout AO Announcement release

Please see this week’s practice bulletin. Of relevance particularly to sessional GPs are the new criteria for approval of retainer scheme applications. there are also several embedded links further down to newsletters and other items of interest. Practice Bulletin – Thursday 21 February 2019

Representatives from the community midwives and public health nursing services attended the Shrewsbury locality meeting last month. The following is an update summarising and clarifying issues discussed, together with contact details for the public Health nurses and details of School Nurse drop in sessions in local secondary schools. I thought sessional GPs might also find […]

Please see below a letter from Julian Povey, Shropshire CCG chair regarding changes to the Governing Body: Let2-GP Practices Update

Please see message from Ian Rummens regarding the forthcoming GPC roadshow, coming to Shropshire. The date does clash with our March meeting, but hopefully the audience won’t be too divided! Please reply directly to Ian if you would like to go: ian.rummens@nhs.net Dear colleague, We are hosting the GPC contract roadshow at SECC on Wednesday […]

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. it will cover contacted NHS work in all parts of primary care, in […]

For those who don’t receive it, I thought the latest blog from Krishan Aggarwal, who is negotiating with NHSE and capita regarding the problems with pensions, was helpful, if complicated! Capita and the NHS pension fiasco – what is going on? Part 10

Please see the latest information from the BMA regarding the new indemnity scheme – what is known and still being worked on… Indemnity cover: key information and guidance

**For the attention of all GP partners, sessional and locum GPs, and Registrars**     Message from Dr Ray McMurray, GP Workforce Lead   Dear colleagues Following our GP Survey in December which many of you completed (see attached analysis of the results), we are very pleased to announce that we have been successful in […]

Practice Bulletin – Thursday 7 February 2019

The communications team in Shropshire CCG is currently short of personnel, so the usual weekly and monthly bulletins are not being produced in the usual formats, but information is still being sent out. Attached are the latest medicines management updates.. Formulary and Medicine Management Update – January 2019

The new GP contract, launched today, contains, amongst a lot of other information, details of the new State Backed Indemnity Scheme. Here is the information from the BMA sessional GPs subcommittee on this subject, plus the formal guidance document. BMA General Practice state-backed indemnity scheme and its impact on overall pay: guidance for members, January […]

Please see attached a newsletter from the Local maternity service – a few new initiatives you might want to be aware of… 2019_01_18 GP newsletter

Please see attached the letter from the Shropshire CCG Chair to GPs regarding Future Fit Let-FutureFit  

I saw this article and thought it might be of interest to anyone looking for a new challenge… https://www.rcpath.org/profession/medical-examiners/become-a-medical-examiner.html

Here is the latest SaTH GPConnect newsletter, plus the SaTH press release regarding the decision on Future Fit: GPConnect January 2019 Trust Media Release on Future Fit Decision

Some of you might be interested in this information regarding discussions with PCSE aimed at resolving some of the many issues around their management of GP pensions: https://membership.generalpracticesurvival.co.uk/outcome-of-the-gp-survival-nhs-england-pensions-meeting/?fbclid=IwAR2fhmJpoXV7cd91lxYVHTLUvAuLn3DvqXbBH05lB_m1cSs23_U-yq6DJo0