Key successes and future plans
Key successes:
- Expertise, input and robust challenge around the local Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) process continues
- Key influencing role on committees reshaping local healthcare
- Facilitative and leading role in establishing local Primary Care Networks (PCNs)
- New negotiations process to secure a better deal for local general practice
- Greater recognition of intermediate care by local commissioners and the need to work collaboratively to close ‘black-hole’ of unpaid work falling to GPs
- Provided practice support to a number of vulnerable local GP practices and individual GPs/Practice Managers around issues such as workforce, finances, mergers and CQC inspections
- Provided pastoral support with a continuing year-on-year increased caseload
- Enhanced communications – including launching a new website, a revamped monthly newsletter and new social media channels
- Hosted several events including the regional General Practitioners Committee Roadshow and a Practice Managers Conference with Kernow Health
- Closer engagement with local medical schools and attendance at regional GP job fairs
- Future proofing the LMC – including succession planning of the back-office function
- Prudent management of LMC resources and finances.
Future plans
- Play a key role in the emerging local health landscape, especially supporting embedding primary care networks
- Expand core services
- Closer engagement with sessional and locum GPs
