Our priorities
GP vision
We have now published our vision for the future of general practice in England and shared this with the Secretary of State.
‘Protect Your Patients, Protect Your Practice’ GP campaign
GP partners/contractors in England have voted overwhelmingly for collective action, which we are urging practices to start immediately.
Accelerated access to records
Read our guidance on how practices can provide prospective access to their patients’ GP-held medical records safely, where all our resources are available.
Confirmation of increased 2024/25 contract pay and staffing expenses funding uplift
The DDRB (Doctors’ and Dentists’ Review Body) has recommended a 6% increase to salary scales, pay ranges and the pay element of contracts from 1 April 2024. NHSE will therefore uplift the contractor income and other staff expenses elements of national practice contract baseline funding by an additional 4%.
Read more about the confirmation of increased 2024/25 contractor pay and staffing expenses funding uplift.
England GP contract changes 2024/25 agreement
GP contractors/partners in England have strongly rejected changes to our contract and we are now in dispute with the NHS. Read our guidance as to how to navigate the changes to the 2024/25 GP contract in England.
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.
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, Mary McCarthy
Chair of the representative body, Latifa Patel
Chair of council, Philp Banfield
Deputy chair of council, Emma Runswick
Treasurer, Trevor Pickersgill
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, Elliott Singer
Deputy chair of the England conference of LMCs, Clare Sieber
Elected by the annual representative meeting 2024 (from an English constituency)
Samuel Parker
Surendra Kumar
Lucy-Jane Davis
Danielle McSeveney
Mark Coley
Amy Small
Tilna Tilakkumar
Elected by the UK LMC conference 2024
Manu Agrawal
Rachel Ali
Anwar Tufail
Gerard McHale
Simon Minkoff
David Wrigley
Voting nominees of other bodies
GP registrars committee (two representatives)
Cheska Ball
Michael McQuaid
Sessional GPs committee (four representatives)
Krishan Aggarwal
Mark Steggles
Venothan Suri
Sarah Westerbeek
Medical Women’s Federation
Caroline Delves
Medical Practitioners' Union (two representatives)
Jackie Applebee
Tom Riddington
British International Doctors Association
Rakesh Sharma
Under-represented groups (voting members)
Prison doctors
Bethan Roberts
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 - Dipti Chacko-Bakshi
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 18 July 2024
- Thursday 26 September 2024
- Thursday 14 November 2024
- Thursday 16 January 2025
- Thursday 20 March 2025
- Thursday 22 May 2025
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].
How to join 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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