COVID funding guidance for general practice published After months of significant pressure and lobbying of both government and NHSE/I by the BMA, it is good to see that the long delayed COVID fund has finally been released. This long overdue…
Please find below information regarding the national flu immunisation programme update. As you will already appreciate Government Guidance is continually changing at a fast pace, therefore Birmingham LMC will be unable to update any links on a regular basis and…
Please find attached a patient information leaflet for patients exhibiting COVID-19 Symptoms. You may wish to utilise this within your practice or on your website.
We are all aware that practices are experiencing a vast amount of work that is being pushed back inappropriately to General Practice. We have drafted a letter for your use, which we hope you find useful and is self-explanatory. I…
We have been made aware of a Practice that has received the attached letter from PHE National Team. A female patient with a positive Covid test is being followed up as part of a piece of work to compare risks…
Please see below the updated guidance around Face Coverings. It would be advisable for practices to undertake their own in-house Risk Assessment for the re-introduction of patients back into surgery including a face coverings RA. Face coverings New government guidelines…
The BMA continues to regularly update their toolkit for GPs and practices, which includes a large range of topics relating to COVID-19. There is also guidance on the following topics:Model terms of engagement for a GP providing temporary COVID-19 services…
Shielding will be coming to an end in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland on 31 July, and 16 August in Wales, after which those who have been shielding will be able to return to work provided their place of work…
Please find attached the Key principles for intimate clinical assessments undertaken remotely in response to COVID-19 as issued by NHS England and NHS Improvement.
The LMC have received several enquiries regarding patients asking for face mask exemptions, so we have prepared a guidance note, attached, for you to use if you wish to do so.