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10/12/99 General Medical Council Revalidation Website The GMC Revalidation website is full of the latest information on the implemention of revalidation in General Practice. Well worth keeping an eye on. 10/12/99 Revalidation and Non-Principals Revalidation and Non-Principals is a discussion
document developed from the Evidence Based Portfolio Learning For
Revalidation workshop at the second annual NASGP Conference, Stockport
November 1999. Also available in Adobe Acrobat format 8/10/99 PACT data - what do you do with yours? Well, if you're a non-principal, the
answer is obvious. Unfortunately, by not receiving it, we're loosing out on
perhaps the simplest means of producing audit both for our own CPD and to
provide as essential evidence in clinical governance and revalidation. So the
NASGP has set out to get it. I've copied below the letter which we have today
sent to the DoH to get the bal rolling. Watch this space: 19/9/99 The NASGP's new postcode Please note the NASGP's postcode has changed from PO19 2ZA to PO19 1FP. The full address is as follows: PO BOX 188, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1FP.
In association with Amazon.co.uk we can now offer a direct link to the vast range of books available from Amazon's online bookstore. You can order medical textbooks as well as general fiction and non-fiction and provided you use the links on the NASGP's web site every order you make will not only be very good value but will also earn the NASGP income. This is an offer you can't refuse! We plan to set up our own page containing specific medical textbooks of relevance to members but for the while can offer this direct link to Amazon.co.uk. 6/9/99 Provisional program for the Second Annual Conference The provisional program for the NASGP
Second Annual Conference on the 6 and 7 November 2/8/99 Striving for Quality Personal Learning Portfolio arrives It's here! The Striving for Quality
Personal Learning Portfolio are now with us and are currently being stuffed
into envelopes and will be posted on Wednesday 4th August. Again, big apologies
for the delay. 19/7/99 Free subscription to GP for non-principals Further to the recent letter in the Summer 99 NASGP Newsletter, Carol Lewis, the Editor of GP, has contacted the NASGP offering a free subscription to GP to any member. Simply email your address to the Editor, carol.lewis@haynet.com, or fax 0181 267 4866. 18/7/99 NASGP membership statistics
12/7/99 Free Personal Learning Portfolio for all UK non-principals The NASGP will shortly be distributing
a free pocket-sized "Filofax" Personal Learning Portfolio to all 7,500 GPs
working as non-principals in the UK. This project has been funded by the
Department of Health through the Medical Education Unit of the NHS Executive
and is entitled "Striving for Quality". The personal learning portfolio was
commissioned by the NHS Executive after the NASGP had expressed their concerns
relating to the provision of, and access to, continuing medical education for
non-principals, particularly in the light of the compulsory nature of both
clinical governance and, more recently, revalidation. 1/6/99 New postal address for membership applications If you are applying to join the NASGP or if your membership is due for renewal, we now have a new postal address for membership applications, printed below. Our Membership web page contains further information and there is an application form available for downloading and printing on your printer. NASGP Membership 17/5/99 The second edition of this newsletter
published by the University of Wales College of Medicine is now available on
our website. It is available in Microsoft Word format ( 14/5/99 The electronic version of our popular handbook (The "Yellow Book") is now being uploaded on to the website here. You will be able to read the whole book, search for subjects using keywords and print off relevant pages. We're now in the process of writing the second edition but still need sponsorship for this. 14/5/99 Anita Goraya, NASGP council member,
gave birth to Sophia on Tuesday 11th May. She weighed 7lbs 3oz. Both mother and
baby and daddy are resting and well. 5/5/99 "Non-principal
GPs and paying the Voluntary LMC Levy" is a new document by the
NASGP
Secretary Peter Harvey explains the
latest developments behind the campaign to have all non-principals fully
represented on LMCs. It is also available in
Adobe
Acrobat pdf format 5/5/1999 Elections for the new Non-Principal Subcommitee (NPSC) of the General Practitioners Committee (GPC) will be held this summer. These elections are important and the NASGP would like to encourage as many non-principals as possible to vote. Nomination papers have recently been released and voting will take place from 28th May. If you would like to vote in these elections and have not received papers please contact Rachel Timberlake at the GPC on 0171 383 6246 or by fax on 0171 383 6406. 11/4/1999 The NASGP has just published this new document about the future of non-principal GPs. Non-Principal GPs: A NHS Resource explores the barriers to Non-Principal participation in the New NHS and outlines some basic requirements. It is hoped the document will stimulate discussion and debate to help the NASGP promote the welfare of all GP non Principals and help secure their future. The vision is one of choice, opportunity and equity for all GPs and NHS stakeholders. 23/3/1999 The BMA's General Practitioners Committee is seeking nominations for regional representatives for 14 of its 44 constituencies to serve on the committee from 1999 to 2002. Candidates must be:
Nominations should be made on forms available from the General Practitioners Committee at the British Medical Association, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP (tel: 0171 383 6617; fax: 0171 383 6406). Nomination forms and statements in support of candidature must be returned to Electoral Reform Ballot Services, who will be carrying out the elections, by no later than 5pm on Thursday 15 April 1999. Ballot forms will be issued on 30 April 1999 in constituencies where there is a contested election. Results of the elections will be published on 1 June 1999. The 14 constituencies are as follows: ENGLAND The Chairman of the GPC, Dr John Chisholm, said: "The General Practitioners Committee represents all NHS general practitioners. Membership of the committee gives doctors an important opportunity to represent the views of local GPs and help shape the future of primary care at national level. There are major challenges ahead for the NHS and for general practice. I hope that many doctors will seize this opportunity to represent their colleagues and stand in the elections." For further information visit the
BMA web site, e.mail the
BMA Press Office or contact: 14/3/99 Dr
Brian Goss, Chairman of the GPC's education and audit subcommittee gave a
speech at a Non-Principals conference at BMA House on 27 February 1999, a
transcript of which is available here
25/2/99 The Department of Health have released
a document titled "GP Retainer Scheme: Guidance on the Educational Aspects of
the Scheme" which also contains a section from the GPC titled "Guidance to GP
retainees". Both parts make excellent reading and will help to answer many
questions that retainers have about the new scheme. The document is available
for downloading
here
24/1/99 We have available a document from the 2nd RCGP East Anglian Workshop on 9 December 1998, available here. 6/1/99 There is now a useful document explaining the details of the new G.P. retainer scheme on this site available here.
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