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What LMC leaders will vote on

Motions to be debated at the special LMCs conference in London on the 30 January include:

  • That the GPC should request undated resignations from the current NHS contract if a rescue package for general practice is ’not be concluded successfully within 6 months of the end of this conference’
  • The GPC should consider a ballot of GPs regarding what work/ services must cease to reduce the workload to ensure safe and sustainable care for patients
  • Concern at the ‘intensity’ that GPs are working and calling for a 48 hour per week maximum and a reduction in core hours
  • Separate contractual arrangements for home visits, vaccinations and patients in care homes
  • Reduced bureaucracy for GP returners scheme
  • That the GPC should produce an alternative to the CQC regime of inspections
  • For revalidation to be suspended and the frequency of appraisals to be reduced
  • Increasing the duration of GP appointments to at least 15 minutes.

Look at the full agenda here 

Pulse will be reporting live from the Special LMCs Conference this Saturday. Follow all the developments at pulsetoday.co.uk/lmcconf