Archive - General practitioners
The value of general practice - fact sheet, January 2007
The new GP contract was introduced in April 2004 with full agreement by all parties. In recent months, general practice seems to have been under attack from misleading reports in the media and other sources that GPs are overpaid and not pulling their weight. This fact sheet is designed to give GPs and local medical committees (LMCs) the facts to counter these unfair criticisms. It is to be read with the letter to the profession from Dr Hamish Meldrum.The value of general practice - letter to the profession, January 2007
Letter from Dr Hamish Meldrum, Chairman of the General Practitioners Committee regarding the value of general practice.GMS contractual changes, December 2007
Further to the letter sent to the profession the government has moved to impose contract terms on GPs.GP trainees and registrar news, February 2007
This newsletter aims to help keep you up to date with the issues that have been concerning those training for general practice and the work that the subcommittee has been doing in these areas.Letter to the profession - GP GMS contract negotiations, December 2007
Letter updating the profession on the position the GPC has reached in the GMS contract negotiations for 2008-2009, including proposals for extended opening hours.General Practitioners Committee annual report 2007
This year's annual report covers issues such as policy and negotiations, continued implementaton of the general medical services and personal medical services contracts, pensions, vaccinations and immunisations and government policy.A letter and webcast from Dr Laurence Buckman accompanying poll questions to GPs
The UK wide poll of opinion, which closes today, asks family doctors to choose between the two options regarding extended hours put forward by the government.Letter from the GPC Chairman - details of the poll, 12 February 2008
Further to the GPC's chairman's letters of 21 December 2007 and 8 January 2008 the GPC negotiators and the GPC have been considering their strategy and the implications of accepting or rejecting the government's offer.Letter to the profession - important news on contract negotiations, 8 January 2008
General Practice is facing a period of considerable turmoil and potential conflict. It is therefore essential that all GPs, whether principals, sessional GPs or trainees, and whatever their contractual arrangement, are fully informed about the issues.