Month: April 2025
May’s Future of Primary Care webinar
This month .in conversation with Dr Johnny Marshall OBE
Pharmacy rota for May Day Bank Holiday
Opening hours for pharmacies in London
NEL Commissioned end of life care medicines pharmacies for early May Bank Holiday 2025
End of life care medicines access over Easter Bank Holiday.
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller free webinar – meet the Health Champions on 14 May 2025
Recruitment and training is underway for 15 community health champions in north east London
Call for Expressions of Interest: Neighbourhood delivery simulation
NHS England London Region are looking for frontline professionals, clinicians, and others working in or around neighbourhood health and care […]
BCG eligibility poster
Identifying infants aged 0-12 months who are eligible for the neonatal BCG vaccination programme
London Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme Procurement
InHealth Ltd re-appointed as provider of the service.
GP contract financial information published
Financial information and ready reckoners published by NHS England.
NHS England project on catheters
Short survey: understanding patients under practice care, who might benefit from a catheter review.
Psychosocial Support resources
Directory of training resources for healthcare professionals involved in the delivery of psychosocial services.
Orthopaedic Refresher course for primary care – BHRUT
Full day training course in orthopaedics – 28 June 2025.
Forthcoming Change in eGFR Calculation Methodology
FAO: TNW practices – important change in how estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is being calculated in laboratory reports.
Living Well with Type 2 Diabetes: new videos to support patients and patient conversations
A series of videos led by local clinicians, to give you the tools to talk effectively with patients about diabetes management.
CHSCP – TUSK April/May 2025 edition
FAO: City & Hackney practices – latest TUSK edition now available.
Ultrasound referrals (Redbridge)
Reminder: as part of the new community ultrasound service for Redbridge, all ultrasound referrals should now be sent directly to Healthshare.
Redbridge Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) in Primary Care Survey 2025
Redbridge practices: share your perspective on LARC and what additional support would be needed to provide more LARC within your practice.
Coaching and Mentoring in Tower Hamlets
Apply for up to 12 hours of free, confidential, one-to-one coaching by a trained and quality assured mentor.
Tier 2 Medicine Supply Notification (MSN) for: Estradiol (Estradot®) 25micrograms/24 hours, 37.5micrograms/24 hours, 50micrograms/24 hours, 75micrograms/24 hours, and 100micrograms/24 hours transdermal patches
Out of stock and limited supplies.
UKHSA Health Protection Briefing Note 2025/015: Two national hepatitis A clusters under investigation
Increase in hepatitis A cases under investigation.
Webinar: Translation and Cultural Work
Supporting primary care clinicians with postnatal maternal checks.
RCGP Webinar series – Uncovering subconscious bias in healthcare
Three-part webinar series exploring how to
recognise, challenge and mitigate subconscious bias.
NEL ICB Board recruitment – Primary Care partner member
NEL primary care practices are invited to nominate a primary care partner member of the ICB Board, by Friday 2 May, 2025.
Academic GP Advanced Fellowships – NEL ICB & QMUL
Recruiting: 20 academic GP Fellows to work 50:50 in academic and clinical practice, for up to 5 years.
NEL Enhance Programme – Webinar 5
Theme: Creating low carbon neighbourhoods.
PGD extension Hepatitis B
Any registered healthcare professional due to administer vaccinations under this PGD should be aware of this Notice.
Living Well with Diabetes – UK Peer Group
New flyer which contains all the relevant information, including the contact email address.
New Patient Safety Section added to the primary care portal
Tools, guidance and key links included.
UKHSA webinar: upcoming changes to the routine childhood immunisation schedule (11 June 2025, 14:00 – 15:15)
This webinar is aimed at health professionals involved in the commissioning and delivery of childhood immunisations.
Social welfare and legal advice – Taster Sessions
Free training sessions available.
Tier 2 Medicine Supply Notification (MSN) for: Fentanyl (Durogesic® DTrans®) 12micrograms/hour, 25micrograms/hour, 50micrograms/hour, 75micrograms/hour, and 100micrograms/hour patches
Durogesic® DTrans® patches out of stock until December 2025.
Auto Integration Wider Rollout within EMIS Practices
Roll out between 8th April to 28 April, across all EMIS GP practices.
NEL ICB – IPC newsletter (April)
Access the IPC April newsletter.
2024-2025 Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) submission deadline 30 June 2025
2024-2025 Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) must be submitted before and no later than 30 June 2025.
Women’s Health Hub for Waltham Forest and Redbridge
Update on advice and guidance request responses.
Guidance on shared care agreements with unregulated providers for children and young people with gender incongruence
NHS England guidance on responding to requests that are made by unregulated providers for a shared care approach to prescribing, administration and monitoring of hormone interventions as a treatment option for gender incongruence or gender dysphoria.
Tier 2 Medicine Supply Notification (MSN) for: Galantamine 8mg, 16mg and 24mg modified-release capsules
Changes to Galantamine supplies and actions for practice.
Improving access for people experiencing homelessness
Access the new national video regarding supporting GP registration for people experiencing homelessness.
NEL Cancer Alliance Webinar – meet the Gypsy, Roma and Traveler Health champions!
1pm-3pm, Wednesday 14th May 2025. Register now.
Do you want to take part in piloting a key element of the new Primary Care Patient Safety Strategy?
Call for expressions of interest for year 2 of the pilot of PSIRF in general practice.
Spring Covid-19 vaccines: information for practice staff
The Spring 2025 Covid-19 booster programme runs from 1 April to 17 June 2025.
NEW GUIDANCE: Staying safe from suicide: Best practice guidance for safety assessment, formulation and management
This new ‘wrap around’ suicide prevention guidance will help clinicians provide more personalised care for patients struggling with suicidal feelings.
Future of Primary Care Webinar – April
Building Primary Care infrastructure at par with Acute services webinar 16 April 19.00-20.00
NHS Lateral Flow Device Tests Supply Service extension
Community pharmacy NHS Lateral Flow Device (LFD) Tests Supply Service extended for another year, starting 1 April 2025.
Pharmacy webinar – Tuesday 8 April from 18:00 – 19:00
For community pharmacies: outlining the arrangements for the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework: 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026
Bright Start in Life: relaunching the NHS NEL childhood immunisation campaign in Spring 2025
This April, we are re-launching our childhood vaccinations campaign: Bright Start in Life.
Testicular health posters for practices
Access the new NHS posters on testicular health.
IPC refresher training for GP practices
Free IPC refresher training – two hour session.
Serious Shortage Protocols for Estradot ®
New SSP for Estradot® 25 microgram patches til Friday 2 May and extension of Estradot® 50, 75 and 100 microgram patches extended to Friday 2 May.
GENERAL PRACTICE ASPIRING PARTNERS PROGRAMME
North East London ICB in partnership with Londonwide LMCs and NEL Training Hub are pleased to offer a suite of Modules to support aspiring partners.
GP IT Facilitation Team Monthly Focus: Universal Care Plan (UCP) – A Primary Care Update
The GP IT Facilitation Team welcomes you to April’s Monthly Focus: Universal Care Plan (UCP) – A Primary Care Update.
RCGP Safeguarding Standards
Watch the webinar. Access the presentation. Join the special interest group.
Rhinitis management guideline and pathway for London published
An updated guideline and pathway for the management of rhinitis in London is now available on the London Elective Improvement Future NHS page.
Commissioned Pharmacy Rota and end of life care medicines rota for Easter Bank Holiday 2025
Opening hours for pharmacies in London and end of life care medicines access over Easter Bank Holiday.
General Practice Commercial Research Fellows
Up to eleven fellowships are available, at 0.2FTE and will run to 31 December 2026.
BCG vaccinations not available in NEL for children aged over 12 months
NEL ICB does not have a commissioned service for children aged 12 months and above for BCG vaccinations. Read more…
7 Min Briefing – Learning from Case Reviews (Prader Willi Syndrome)
Redbridge Safeguarding Adults has published a 7 minute briefing on learning from case reviews.
7 Min Briefing – Professional Curiosity – respectful inquisitiveness’ or ‘concerned curiosity
Redbridge Safeguarding Adults and Redbridge Safeguarding Children have published a 7 minute briefing on Professional Curiosity.