Our priorities
The Value of a GP
As patient need soars, general practice is buckling under immense pressure. GPs are leaving the profession at an alarming rate, driven by burnout, unmanageable workloads, and the pull of more attractive careers abroad. At the same time, many fully trained GPs are unemployed or underemployed. The Value of a GP, is GPCE’s comprehensive new report that brings together a robust body of evidence to highlight the irreplaceable role of general practice in the UK.
National GP practice contract and campaigning
Keep up to date with the recent 25/26 GMS contract changes in England, and our ongoing campaign to reform General Practice via a new substantive GP contract.
GP vision
We have now published our vision for the future of general practice in England and shared this with the Secretary of State.
Safe working guidance
General practice is in under increasing pressure, and we have updated our safe working guide and published a safe working handbook to enable practices to prioritise safe patient care within the present bounds of the GMS contract. The new safe working guidance handbook is an evolution of the previous guidance documents from 2016 (Safe working in general practice) and 2018 (Controlling workload in general practice strategy).
PCN DES opt out
Practices that have signed up to the Primary Care Network Directed Enhanced Service (PCN DES) may decide that the DES is not working for them and subsequently choose to opt-out. This guidance sets out the process for opting out, as well as key considerations that practices should take into account.
NHS Property Services
The BMA supported five GP practices in court proceedings against NHSPS to get clarification of the basis on which NHSPS calculates service charges. The case and subsequent settlements resulted in significant reductions in the amount of debt NHSPS sought to reclaim from the practices involved. We have published a summary on the outcome of the case, as well as guidance for affected NHSPS practices.
Running your practice
Visit our hub for all guidance and advice for GP practices.
GPC England policy and guidance
GPC England policy and guidance is set out by the GPC UK policy groups below and the LMC England conference.
Our people
GPC England is represented by the chair, three deputy chairs, and the committee policy leads.
Chair: Katie Bramall-Stainer
Deputy chairs:
Samira Anane
Julius Parker
David Wrigley
Non-voting members: ex-officio
President, John Chisholm
Chair of the representative body, Amit Kochhar
Chair of council, Tom Dolphin
Deputy chair of council, Emma Runswick
Treasurer, Peter Holden
Chair of GPC Scotland, Iain Morrison
Chair of GPC Wales, Gareth Oelmann
Chair of GPC Northern Ireland, Frances O’Hagan
Voting members: ex-officio
Chair of the UK LMC conference, Matt Mayer
Deputy chair of the UK LMC conference, Alastair Taylor
Chair of the England conference of LMCs, Clare Sieber
Deputy chair of the England conference of LMCs, Paul Evans
Elected by the annual representative meeting 2025 (from an English constituency)
Cheska Ball
Samuel Parker
Taha Khan
Reshma Syed
Danielle McSeveney
Amy Small
Elected by the UK LMC conference 2025
Manu Agrawal
Rachel Ali
Anwar Tufail
Eithne Macrae
Zoe Norris
Mark Green
David Wrigley
Voting nominees of other bodies
GP registrars committee (two representatives)
James Mossom
Sessional GPs committee (four representatives)
Kim Rollinson
Veno Suri
Mark Coley
Bethan Roberts
Medical Women’s Federation
TBC
Medical Practitioners' Union (two representatives)
Sonia Adesara
Tom Riddington
British International Doctors Association
Rakesh Sharma
Under-represented groups (voting members)
Prison doctors
TBC
GP within first five years post CCT
Caroline Rodgers
Royal College of General Practitioners
Mohammed Saqib Anwar
Victoria Tzortziou-Brown
Naheed Tahir
Forest/City and E London - Asad Ashraf
Lewisham, Southwark and Lambeth/Bexley and
Greenwich/Bromley - Penelope Jarrett
Leicestershire and Rutland/Northamptonshire - Jonathan Cox
Sandwell/Walsall/Wolverhampton/Dudley – Uzma Ahmad
GPC England's policy groups focus on specific workstreams, and deliver work on behalf of GPC England.
- Contractual and Regulatory issues.
- IT, Digital & Data.
- Education Training and Workforce.
- Clinical & Interface: Primary and Secondary.
- Premises, Finance & Pensions.
- Prescribing and Dispensing.
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Our meetings
GPC England meets four times a year to discuss the latest issues facing general practice. These meetings are open to GPC members, but the committee also welcomes observers from local medical committees (LMCs). LMCs interested in sending an observer to a GPC meeting should contact the GPC office to arrange a suitable date.
New session 2024-25:
- Thursday 20 March 2025
- Thursday 22 May 2025
New session 2025-26:
- Thursday 17 July 2025
- Thursday 18 September 2025
- Thursday 27 November 2025
- Thursday 15 January 2026
- Thursday 26 March 2026
- Thursday 28 May 2026
All meetings take place from 10am to 5pm either virtually or at:
BMA House
Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9JP
For more information please contact [email protected]
Elections
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Joining GPC England
There are many advantages to becoming involved in our committees. You can actively influence BMA policy-making and negotiations, represent your colleagues' voices and develop your leadership skills.
Get in touch
If you are interested in finding out more about the work of the GPC England, email [email protected].
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