Our response to the APPG enquiry on primary care demand
We have now submitted written evidence to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Primary Care and Public Health’s inquiry into managing demand in primary care.
GUEST BLOG – How can the new GP Retention Scheme help you and your colleagues
Our Medical Director Dr Vicky Weeks looks at the new GP Retention Scheme, which she helped negotiate as a member of the BMA’s Sessional GPs’ subcommittee.
On 12 April Dr Elliott Singer, Londonwide LMCs’ Medical Director, was quoted in Pulse speaking about how APMS contracts favour large, private providers. On 7 April Pulse covered our efforts to prevent practice closures, quoting Londonwide LMCs’ Dr Michelle Drage. On 30 March Dr Michelle Drage spoke at the RCGP’s City Health event, looking at how to maintain the values of general practice amid changing care systems.
We have received a number of requests for information on problems with PCSE and NHSPS directly impacting on patient care, if you can help us to build up a picture of these issues for use with the media please get in touch.
We continue to be very active in promoting the interests of London GPs and practice staff on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. We also support practices that are approached with media requests, you can find details of how to get support here.
Got a story? Email us at comms@lmc.org.uk.
Deadline for next month’s submissions is 17 May.
