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7 May 2020

Dear colleague

Please find below the latest GP update regarding Covid-19.

You can view the North West London password-protected GP extranet homepage using the details below.

As always, you are advised to review the full list of Covid-19-related service changes on a regular basis, to ensure you have not missed any notices.

Website: https://www.nwlondonccg.nhs.uk/professionals/coronavirus-clinical

All the documents in today’s bulletin: https://www.nwlondonccg.nhs.uk/professionals/coronavirus-clinical/navigate/3579/3207#ccm-block-document-library-3579

Password: NWLCovid-19

Today’s update includes:

  • Message from NHSEI re death in service
  • Valproate Pregnancy Prevention Programme: temporary advice from MHRA
  • GP advice service from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
  • Webinar recording: Covid-19 Presentations in our Paediatric Population
  • Webinar recording: Direct booking into primary care from NHS 111 and CCAS via GP Connect
  • Pharmacies on 8 May bank holiday

 

​Message from NHSEI re death in service

ACTION: Read full message and eligibility criteria FAQs here

Further to the request through Internal Medicine Training (IMT) to provide some guidance on staff who work in the independent sector and employed to provide NHS commissioned services, please see the email provided by Melanie Whitfield from the People Directorate. Please share this with your teams as required.

The SoS announced last week a Death in Service Benefit that health care practitioners maybe eligible for if not a member of the NHS pension scheme. This is not the same death in service benefits as permanent employees. It’s a stand-alone life assurance scheme, which is not linked to the pension and is a £60k lump sum payment. I have copied the full note below so you can see the context of the eligibility.

Note that locum and agency staff are covered by the scheme providing they support the delivery of NHS or publicly funded social care services.

 

Valproate Pregnancy Prevention Programme: temporary advice from MHRA

ACTION: Read the MHRA’s letter in full here

Guidance for initiation of valproate in female patients, for annual review and pregnancy testing to support adherence to pregnancy prevention requirements during the coronavirus pandemic, has been issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Read more here.

 

GP advice service from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

ACTION: Reference the guides here as needed

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has published an update on its GP advice service here.

While some specialties are operating on reduced capacity, others have extended operating hours, provided additional support or are now responding to GP queries via advice and guidance on e-RS only.

There have been GP queries about accessing advice and guidance on e-RS. In the link above on our password-protected page for GPs, you will find the NHS Digital guidance. You will also find useful instructions and information in the help section on e-RS. The NW London service desk can also provide support as appropriate.

 

Webinar recording: Covid-19 Presentations in our Paediatric Population

ACTION: View the recording and slides here as needed

Yesterday’s weekly Covid-19 webinar was on Covid-19 presentations in our paediatric population. If you missed it, you can access a recording of the webinar here. You will need to log into MS Teams to access the presentation.

The paediatric team from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust joined the webinar to discuss the current status with Covid-19 in children and young people, explaining some of the new findings around inflammatory diseases in children.

The speakers were:

  • Dr Mando Watson (Consultant Paediatrician, Clinical Director CLCH)
  • Dr Liz Whittaker (Clinical Lecturer and Consultant Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology)
  • Professor Ian Machonochie (Paediatric Emergency Care Consultant)

 

Webinar recording: Direct booking into primary care from NHS 111 and CCAS via GP Connect

ACTION: View the guidance, slides and webinar recording here as needed

Following the NHSEI webinar held on 5 May, you can now access the guidance, slides and recording of the webinar by signing up to the Digital Primary Care workspace on the Future NHS platform. (Anyone who signed up to the webinar will receive an invitation to the workspace via email.)

 

Pharmacies on 8 May bank holiday

For North West London pharmacies, this remains unchanged. View it here for reference.