We address issues such as workload, workforce and resilience on behalf of local GPs and Practices.
Key activities:
- We provide confidential pastoral support to individual GPs - whatever their employment status
- We provide guidance around administering the GP contract
- We negotiate with the Integrated Care Board (ICB) and other relevant bodies to secure the best terms and conditions for GP businesses
- We represent the interests of GPs in the process of reshaping local healthcare
- We mediate on behalf of GPs in times of conflict within Practices or between constituents
- We are consulted for advice with performance concerns and on these occasions we try and provide contextual and pragmatic input
- We provide confidential Practice support to vulnerable GP Practices
- We provide media support in times of crisis
- We run educational courses for GPs and practice staff
- We provide a conduit between ‘coalface’ GPs and the General Practitioners Committee (GPC) which is the GP branch of practice and national contract-negotiating committee of the profession's trade union, the British Medical Association (BMA). Through this route we can influence the GP contract.
- We support GPs involved in local Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs).
On a day to day basis we can help you with advice and guidance in areas such as:
- Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS)
- Care Quality Commission registration and compliance
- Complaints and disciplinary issues
- Confidential pastoral support to all GPs
- Contracts
- Cornwall and IoS health system insight
- Developing your career in medico-legal politics
- Fee charging
- General Medical Services (GMS) contracts
- Interaction with hospitals
- Medical records
- Negotiation
- Partnership agreements or disagreements
- Pensions
- Personal Medical Services (PMS) contracts
- Revalidation
- Vaccinations
The LMC also works very closely with practice managers to provide information and listen to local issues.
We also offer some wider services to Practices - which aren't core business - such as facilitation and complaint investigation, which are chargeable.
