Site
Web

You are here:

Latest News

Sessional Doctors/Salaried Your Contact Details Needed - LMC Elections

Attention: all Sessional/Salaried Doctors:

Please email your name and postal address by 20 February to:

NILMC.office@btinternet.com to allow you to participate in the 3 yearly LMC elections.

A postal election process is carried out by EBRS in England

One GP one Vote!

LMC(NI) Conference

Conference taking place at the Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle on Sunday 25 March at 1000H with an informal meeting of the GPC negotiators on Saturday 24 March at 1600H followed by dinner.

All LMC members are welcome and BMA(NI) will be sending out invitations shortly - contact SDowney@bma.org.uk for more details

14.1.12 BMA(NI) Pensions Roadshow !!

A second meeting has been arranged as follows; to allow for members' attendance at Terry McMurray's memorial service, the starting time has been changed;

Saturday 14 January - Ramada Hotel, Shaw's Bridge, Belfast (12.15 pm - 2.15 pm)
Lunch will be available from 12.15 pm and the meeting will commence at 12.45pm

Registration via weblink. Click here

http://connect.bma.public-i.tv/site/player/index.php?a=70790 5.1.12 webcast

Health & Social care Review NI

The findings of the Review of Health and Social Care have now been published:

Health and Social Care Review Report (Transforming Your Care) (PDF 5MB)

Ministerial statement to the Northern Ireland Assembly

HSC Review press release

Dr Tom Black Newsletter to the Profession November 2011

First newsletter to the Profession from Dr Tom Black, NIGPC Chairman.

Click on link for newsletter and

Click on this link for clinical waste questionnaire for all practices

GMS Contract 2012-13 - news

Links to 3 documents: 2.11.11

Letter to Profession re GMS contract 2012-13

QOF agreement 2012-13

Changes to QOf summary

Link to BMA website for QOF docs 2012-13

QOF QP - DHSSPS additional guidance

QOF Additional Guidance

DES Directions and Clinical Priorities 2011

Please click on links below;

Primary Medical Services (Directed Enhanced Services) Directions Ni 2011

Primary Medical Services (Clinical Priorities) Directions NI 2011

QOF guidance version 4

Click on link

QOF Changes 2011-12

Click on link

Announcements

New Enhanced Services Section under Downloads

GMS Contract, QOF documentation and Enhanced Services documents now under INFORMATION/Downloads

Existing for the benefit of all GPs.

Welcome to the Northern Ireland Local Medical Committees web site.

Access & Registration

You need to be a GP working in a LMC levy paying practice to access the full site or registered with NISDA if a Sessional/Sessional Doctor. Otherwise a small fee will be charged.

To gain access, you need to register first. There is a link to the registration page on the menu bar on the top right. Once you have registered and have been verified, you are on to the log in stage. You can then log in by entering your GMC number and password.

Benefits of Registering

Access to:

Important Documents
Agenda and Minutes of LMC meetings
Letters to the Profession
Latest News Alerts
Blog, Forum

News

Pensions - BMA needs your help

Pensions

The BMA has launched Your pension, Your future, Your say - a drive to ensure as many doctors as possible are aware of, and understand the proposed current changes to the NHS pension scheme, and what it means for them as individuals. Ministers are keen to reach an agreement on public sector pensions by the end of the year.

The BMA will then be seeking members’ views on whether they think the final offer is acceptable and, if not, what action they would be prepared to take.

If the proposals are rejected a ballot on industrial action could follow. It is important for the BMA to have members' correct place of work details which are vital for a successful ballot.

We would ask BMA members to complete their place of work details on line http://www.bma.org.uk/employmentandcontracts/pensions/nhs_pensions_reform/index.jsp or return the template form in this link by email/fax to the BMA NI office. Details on the form. Contact 9026 9666 for any queries.

Letters to the Profession

For letters to the profession - please go to Information/GPC Communications

BMJ News

Charity's decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood sparks controversy

The leading breast cancer charity in the United States has ignited a controversy after it decided to stop supporting Planned Parenthood’s cancer screening programmes for women on low incomes.The...

Training can help GPs provide a better death for patients

GPs need better training to boost their confidence in talking about death to patients and to improve care at the end of life, says new research published by the coalition Dying Matters.The coalition,...

Cancer charity rates TV shows in terms of junk food advertising

An Australian cancer charity has launched an interactive online tool so that parents can identify which television shows have the most and least advertising of junk food.Cancer Council NSW has also...

Raised inflammatory markers

Learning pointsNormal levels of inflammatory markers are valuable in ruling out a few specific conditions, notably polymyalgia rheumatica, giant cell arteritis, myeloma, and infection of hip...

Efficacy and safety of enoxaparin versus unfractionated heparin during percutaneous coronary intervention: systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective To determine the efficacy and safety of enoxaparin compared with unfractionated heparin during percutaneous coronary intervention.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources...