Overwhelming rejection of government’s ‘rescue package’  As you will have seen from our message yesterday, GPC England has unanimously rejected the Government’s ‘rescue plan’ which fundamentally failed to address the […]

Government’s ‘rescue package’ out of touch with GP crisis  After weeks of promising an ‘emergency package’ to rescue general practice, we are hugely dismayed that whilst additional funding of £250m […]

Survey on General Practice response to the current crisis We highlighted last week the current pressures in general practice, the media and government pressure to increase face-to-face consultations (despite current […]

The LMC's monthly newsletter for the Duchy’s GPs and practice managers includes: Locum and sessional GP update Media coverage – General Practice in Cornwall on brink of a crisis Abuse […]

Tackling abuse and aggression towards GPs As you will be aware, over the last few months, reports of patient abuse and aggression toward GPs and practice staff have increased, coinciding […]

Cornwall’s GP leader has urged people to have a potentially life-saving free flu vaccination – which is now available at local GP practices. Flu is a highly contagious virus, which […]

Tackling abuse and meeting with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care  In recent weeks, GPs and their practice teams have been subjected to a systematic and cruel […]

General practice in Cornwall is on the brink of a crisis. That’s the warning from Kernow Local Medical Committee (LMC) which represents the profession. The LMC says local GP surgeries […]

#Support Your Surgery campaign  At a time when so many are criticising general practice, we would encourage you to continue to use the resources and tools available on the Support […]

Supporting general practice and challenging abuse – letter to the Secretary of State  I have written a joint letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid […]