Hear from Dr Margaret Jackson, Dr Rumina Önaç and Dr Matt Sawyer about non-clinical environmental impacts from general practice including

and ideas and tips on how these impacts can be reduced.

There's more information and links from Matt here.

Listen to the next in a series of Environmental Specials from Dr Margaret Jackson, Dr Rumina Önaç and Dr Matt Sawyer. This episode focuses on inappropriate overmedicalisation and tips that GPs and practices may wish to consider.

The optimal testing infographic, mentioned in the podcast, is available on the Greener Practice website.

Find out more about being a YORLMC member in this discussion between York Locality Member Dr Naomi Chinn and YORLMC Medical Secretary Dr Brian McGregor.

All locality seats on North Yorkshire & York and Bradford & Airedale LMC will be up for election early next year and in this podcast, Naomi and Brian look at

If you would like more information about becoming a member, please contact YORLMC on [email protected]

GPMplus offers a range of full-funded courses for GPs and practice staff including a special course looking at The Green Practice. This 90 minute course, run on Zoom, looks at how green changes can improve health, reduce health inequalities, improve workload and reduce costs whilst mitigating against the climate crisis. It is designed to help you understand where you can make changes, and give you the tools to begin.

In this podcast, GPMplus Mentoring Lead Dr Jonathan Dixon talks to Dr Sally Franks, who in addition to being the GPMplus Associate Mentoring Lead also facilitates The Green Practice course. Sally and Jonathan discuss what you can expect from the course, the benefits it offers and who will find it most useful.

For more information about The Green Practice course, and to make a booking, please visit the GPMplus website.

Hear from Dr Margaret Jackson, Dr Rumina Önaç and Dr Matt Sawyer about waste and recycling looking at

The podcast mentions Healthcare LCA, which is a database of environmental assessments within healthcare. Have a look at this online database here.

Please also take a look at this link from Rumina to a range of infographics and posters, including a guide to 'which bin'.

Details about the e-lfh module for waste management are available here.

As part of YORLMC’s ongoing support for practices, in July 2022 YORLMC launched GPAS (General Practice Alert System). Developed by colleagues at Devon LMC, GPAS (General Practice Alert State) collects an amount of anonymised data from practices.  This anonymised data from individual practices is combined to indicate to the broader NHS system the pressure General Practice is under.

In this episode, YORLMC Strategy & Development Officer Jack Burgess and Medical Director Dr Danielle Hann look back on the first year of GPAS in North Yorkshire & York and Bradford & Airedale, and how your data is helping demonstrate the challenges currently facing general practice.

As mentioned in the podcast, YORLMC has published reports summarising and analysing the year's worth of GPAS data. You can view these on the YORLMC website.

For practices with any questions about GPAS, please get in touch with Jack on [email protected]

Hear from Dr Margaret Jackson, Dr Rumina Önaç and Dr Matt Sawyer about ways to support each other to make an environmental difference in healthcare.

An update from LMC Law director and lawyer Shanee Baker about contracts including

Practices in the YORLMC area can access a range of services under the banner of YORLMC LAW, in conjunction with LMC Law Limited, which are designed to assist and facilitate legal advice and services to practices, primary care networks and federations. Find out more on the YORLMC website.

Find out more about planetary health and how it affects healthcare in the second environmental special podcast with Dr Margaret Jackson, Dr Rumina Önaç and Dr Matt Sawyer.

For more information about doughnut economics by Kate Raworth, mentioned in this episode, please see this website.

Practice Manager Joanne Rowe discuss her practice's experience of the Healthy Practice programme. In discussion with GPMplus Healthy Practice Clinical Lead, Dr John Bibby, Joanne talks about

Find out more about the Healthy Practice programme, including how to apply to take part, on the GPMplus website.