Safe working and preparing for balloting on industrial action Current working conditions are not safe, for patients or GPs, and the contractual changes imposed by NHS England in April do […]

Preparing for balloting on industrial action Last month, the BMA’s GPs Committee for England voted in favour of preparing to ballot GPs in England on industrial action if the Government […]

GPs vote to take industrial action if ‘disastrous’ contract changes are not renegotiated   GPC England held an emergency meeting today 27 April 2023, where the committee voted to ballot GPs […]

GP contract changes guidance Following the announcement of the GP contract changes for 2023/24, which were imposed on 1 April, we have updated our guidance explaining what it means for […]

GP contract imposition GPC England (GPCE) are calling on Steve Barclay, the Secretary for Health and Social Care, to reconsider the imposition of this year’s changes to the GP contract from 1 […]

The contract imposition has led to a situation where practices are doing more than ever, with fewer GPs, and more expectation being piled upon practices.  Access targets, no relaxation of […]

GP contract update As you may be aware, GPC England recently voted to reject the initial contract offer from NHS England. We met with Steven Barclay, Secretary of State for Health, yesterday […]

GP contract meeting with Minister O’Brien Further to GPC England’s rejection of the 2023/24 contract change proposals at its meeting on 2 February, we have met with Neil O’Brien MP, […]

GPC England reject ‘unsafe and insulting’ contract offer GPC England (GPCE) met yesterday 2 February, where we discussed the negotiations for the 2023-24 contract, the final year of the five-year […]

Backing the independent contractor model Recent weeks have seen the huge stresses on the health service appearing front and centre in the media and on political agendas, with politicians from […]