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LMC leaders have called on the GPC to pave the way for a vast expansion in the private services that GPs are allowed to provide to their patients, by renegotiating the GMC contract to allow practices to charge for treatment not funded by the NHS.

LMC leaders today voted that any extension of GP training should be ‘fully funded’ and include more time doing out-of-hours work.

LMCs have called for the rollout of the Government’s 111 out-of-hours urgent care line to be delayed, as the plans compromise patient safety and pile additional work on GPs.

GPs have heaped pressure on the GMC by voting unanimously that revalidation must not go ahead without adequate arrangements for remediation that fully cover all types of GPs.

LMC leaders have narrowly backed moves for disengagement from clinical commissioning to be included in any industrial action on the Government's pensions reforms.

Exclusive GPs who take industrial action over pensions should be prepared to have their pay docked by primary care organisations, and could risk contractual action or even contract termination, BMA chair Dr Hamish Meldrum has warned.