LCA Christmas Newsletter

LCA Christmas Newsletter Dear Colleagues, I am writing to bring you up to date with some of the work, events and developments that the LCA has been engaged with to support independent consultants and their patients in our latest and last newsletter for 2021, which you can find attached below. LCA...

LCA Christmas dinner 2021

LCA Christmas dinner   The last two years have been difficult to say the least and so we would like to leave 2021 on a merry and festive note by hosting a dinner on Monday 6th December at the Quo Vadis club in Soho. If you would like to join us, please do contact the […]

Summer 2021 Newsletter

LCA News – Summer 2021  Dear Members of the LCA, I hope you have all been keeping well. The last 18 months have been trying for everyone, for patients and consultants and in other sectors outside of the healthcare industry. One of those areas has been ‘events’ and whilst we hope that our ability...

Medico-Legal Morning Report – New!

Medico-Legal Morning Reports MARCH 2021 The LCA has continued to collaborate with Hempsons solicitors to bring interesting and prevalent medico-legal discussions to the virtual breakfast table throughout this pandemic. We are hopeful that our latest meetings will be the last conducted over Zoom a...

LCA Newsletter 2020

A round-up of 2020 LCA Newsletter  2020 has certainly been a difficult, strange and trying time for everyone in a myriad of manner and form. The healthcare sector has been shaken and pushed to the very limits by the coronavirus and continues to hold its grasp as 2021 begins to unfurl. The two ne...

Competition and Markets Authority Seminar

CMA Competition Law seminar GUEST: Louise Baner, Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) On Wednesday 9th December 2020, the LCA had the pleasure of welcoming Ms. Louise Baner of the CMA to explain the complexities and nuances of Competition Law and particularly its application to the healthcare ...

LCA Virtual Roundtables – Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP

25.11.20 LCA Virtual Roundtable GUEST: Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP On Wednesday evening, 25th November, the LCA hosted another special edition of its virtual roundtables with guest Rt. Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Chairman of the Health Select Committee, to the topic “How we can improve Quality and Safety ...

LCA Virtual Roundtables

28.10.2020 – LCA Virtual Roundtable GUEST: Mr David Hare, Chief Executive IHPN On Wednesday evening, 28th October, the LCA hosted another discussion in its series of virtual roundtables with David Hare, CEO of the Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN). Mr Hare described the role of the...

LCA Virtual Roundtables

11.09.2020 LCA Virtual Roundtable Guest= Peter Connor, MD Healthcode On Friday 11th September 2020 the LCA hosted another roundtable in its series of Friday virtual roundtables with guest speaker Mr Peter Connor, Managing Director at Healthcode and moderated by our own Chairman, Dr Mark Vanderpum...

#ProjectRestartPrivatePractice

#ProjectRestartPrivatePractice Our recent LCA survey heard its consultants…and the outlook for private practice was not good.  The overwhelming feeling from the feedback received was that all practice had been suspended instantly with no support from the sector as overheads loomed and patients w...

LCA Medico-Legal Morning Reports

LCA Medico-Legal Morning Reports with Hempsons solicitors SEPTEMBER 2020 Dr Vanderpump reported on a recent virtual seminar provided by Hempsons on Coroner’s inquests. The following issues were discussed: The 4 statutory questions that are answered at an inquest with the civil standard of proo...

Help during the crisis – IPT

 “Help during the crisis” – Independent Practitioner Today with LCA Chair, Dr Mark Vanderpump The Coronavirus pandemic has seen struggle across the whole healthcare sector as well as confusion and uncertainty for the present and the future of private practice. Our LCA Chairman, Dr Mark Vanderpump...

PHIN News

An announcement from PHIN – The LCA is here to update consultants on news in the sector, particularly during times like these where individual consultants need support from member organisations. June website refresh has been postponed With hospitals focused on supporting the NHS during the Covid-...

LCA Corona Virus Update

COVID-19 Update  – a message from our Chairman, Dr. Mark Vanderpump On behalf of the London Consultants’ Association, I would like to extend our thoughts to everyone in this time of uncertainty and trauma, particularly our gratitude to those working tirelessly across all sectors to combat the vir...

LCA Summer-Autumn Newsletter 2019

The London Consultants’ Association Newsletter – Summer/Autumn 2019 Dear LCA members, Please click here for the LCA’s newsletter for the Summer-Autumn recounting some events passed and most importantly, listing future events for the diary. Do not forget that the Part I evening meeting: So you thi...

The LCA Welcomes New Chairman

London Consultants’ Association Welcomes New Chairman Monday 15th July 2019 Dr. Mark Vanderpump, Consultant Endocrinologist has taken over the Chairmanship of the London Consultants’ Association (LCA) from Professor Neil Tolley, Consultant in ENT and Thyroid surgery having served many years on th...

LCA Spring Newsletter

LCA Spring Newsletter 2019 Dear Colleagues, Please click here for the LCA’s Spring Newsletter detailing the activities and events with which the LCA has been involved from the past year. As mentioned within, if you would like to register for the upcoming LCA ‘Influential Speaker Series’ dinner be...

Medico-Legal meeting report

“Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare, any need to panic?” 27th March 2019 This medico-legal meeting (kindly sponsored by Healthcode) was arranged in response to a flurry of Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare cases brought to the courts and extensive reports in the media (in parti...

LCA Medico-Legal Meeting

“Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare. Any need to panic?” Please see attached our flyer for an upcoming Medico-Legal meeting being held on Wednesday 27th March 2019 in the Garden Room of the Athenaeum in Pall Mall and kindly sponsored by Healthcode. The topic of the meeting shall be: “Gro...

GDPR Update

The General Data Protection Regulations are coming into force on the 25th May 2018, please click here to read our updated Privacy Policy on how we process and protect data   CMA Announces Intention to bring into force the Fee Remedy and New Consultation Process –October2016  The CMA have now...

The OFT Report – April 2012

The OFT report has now been published and you can read it here. This report discusses the asymmetries of information which the OFT perceive as an issue.  The OFT have looked at the consultant/patient relationship in terms of a cost quality equation.  Other issues raised were over fee transpare...