Dear Colleagues

At the end of last month, we experienced a somewhat urgent need to make some changes to our systems to support the BMA efforts to maintain pressure on NHS England and, in turn, the government to recognise and respond to the pressures we are facing in general practice. The events were triggered by reports that NHS England were trying to undermine the actions available to us by removing the ability of practices to make a choice of how data may, in future, be coded into our notes.  

We would like to thank you all for taking time out of your weekends to support that. Thankfully, it appears that the action taken by practices up and down the country gave NHS England and IT providers pause for thought. 

For those staff who have previously completed initial vaccination training and are/will be involved with administering influenza vaccine to children and adults. 

A free mental health and wellbeing online course is available for anyone  living or working in Greater Manchester.

The claims submission window for Q1 Minor Surgery DES is currently open and will close on 21 July.