Hear more about Long Covid in this discussion between YORLMC member Dr Matt Ansell and Dr Amy Small, who is a GP in Sheffield, a Clinical Advisor for Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland, and a member of the BMA sessional committee.

The discussion includes:

• Dr Amy Small's personal experience of Long Covid
• Our first awareness of Long Covid
• Caring for patients with Long Covid

Below are links to resources mentioned in the podcast:

• POTS UK
• The Long Covid clinic YouTube channel

You may also find this leaflet from Long Covid SOS useful.

The latest edition of the Early Career GP specials is a discussion about portfolio careers with YORLMC members Dr Laura Molyneux and Dr Emily Appleyard.

In this podcast Emily talks to Laura about her portfolio career including roles as a GP, LMC member, Clinical Director and in MSK.

The discussion looks at:

• How did you get into a portfolio career?
• What does a usual week look like?
• What challenges or obstacles have you encountered?

To find out more about YORLMC, or to come along to one of our meetings, please email [email protected]

Find out more about how YORLMC can support you in this Early Career GP Special with YORLMC members Dr Emily Appleyard and Dr Matt Ansell.

Emily and Matt talk about:

• What is the LMC
• How they got involved
• Support from YORLMC for early career GPs
• What YORLMC does, including interface with secondary care
• How to attend a YORLMC meeting
• Wellbeing and mentoring services from GPMplus

To get in touch with YORLMC about attending a meeting, or any other matter, please email [email protected]

To join our early career GP mailing list, please complete this survey.

An overview of the new LES specifications for Humber & North Yorkshire area practices. Dr Zoe Norris and Dr Sally Tyrer join Maddie Clifford-Roper for a join Humberside LMCs and YORLMC podcast to explain what each of the specifications involves.

• Background and rationale
• Tariffs and costings
• Diagnostics
• Anticoagulation
• Intrauterine system insertion/removal
• Diabetes
• Shared care
• PSA monitoring
• Vaginal pessaries
• Wound care
• Training, equipment and next steps

YORLMC members Dr Abbie Brooks and Dr Andrew Moriarty discuss appraisals with Dr Yasmin Khan, Responsible Officer for GPs across Yorkshire & Humber.

Find out more about:

• How the appraisals process works
• What is the Responsible Officer role
• Performance Management
• The role of the GMC
• Wellbeing
• How you can get support, including from YORLMC

Hear more about the England LMC Conference with YORLMC members Dr Abbie Brooks and Dr Ummara Makhdoom.

Find out about:

Dr Brian McGregor speaks to Cameron Fund Chair Dr Terry John and Deputy Chair Dr Rob Barnett about the Fund.

Their discussion includes:

For more information about the Cameron Fund you can visit their website here. There's more detail about how to get support from the Fund here.

There's information here about how to support the Cameron Fund when shopping online via Give as you Live.

NHS practices in the YORLMC area can advertise jobs free of charge on the YORLMC jobs board. GPs looking for work in the YORLMC area can also advertise on the jobs board free of charge.

The jobs board is available here. To place an advert, please email [email protected]

Did you know that YORLMC offers practices access to a range of legal services, including several that are fully funded and available free to access?

LMC Law works for LMCs and GPs across the country providing support to LMCs and their constituents and providing advice on a variety of issues.

There’s more information on the YORLMC website about services available for practices from LMC Law.

The BMA survival toolkit identifies 10 actions practices may choose to take as part of collective action.

YORLMC isn’t a trade union – we can’t direct you to take particular actions. But we have put together toolkits for North Yorkshire and Bradford & Airedale to help support discussions at practice, PCN or locality level.

These toolkits are available on the YORLMC website.