GPC UK meeting GPC UK met yesterday, 1 October, for its first meeting of the new session 2020/21. We had had to cancel our last meeting in March at the […]


GPC UK meeting GPC UK met yesterday, 1 October, for its first meeting of the new session 2020/21. We had had to cancel our last meeting in March at the […]
Re-election as Chair of GPC UK and GPC England It was announced yesterday that I have been elected unopposed as chair of GPC UK and GPC England for a second three-year […]
Face-to-face appointments It was appalling that earlier this week NHSE/I briefed the media to suggest that practices were not offering face-to-face appointments to patients, implying that we are not available for the […]
ARM 2020 The BMA’s Annual Representatives Meeting will be held virtually next week, on Tuesday 15 September. Debates will focus on some of the key issues currently impacting the profession but the […]
GMS and PMS regulations changes from October 2020 (England) The amendments to GMS and PMS regulations in England to commence from October have now been laid before Parliament and published. These […]
NHS Property Services legal action As many of you will know, the BMA is supporting five GP practices who have started court proceedings against NHS Property Services (NHSPS) to clarify […]
General practice appointment updated guidance (England) We have published joint guidance with NHSE/I on creating more accurate general practice appointment data (GPAD), so that we can more accurately reflect the workload delivered […]
The national flu immunisation programme 2020 to 2021: update Details of the 2020-21 flu immunisation programme were announced this week in a joint letter from the CMO for England, the Public […]
NHS England/Improvement “Third phase of NHS response to COVID-19” NHSE/I have released their Third phase of NHS response to COVID-19 letter today. It highlights the priorities for the NHS as a whole, […]