Dear member,
The LMC England conference 2019 took place last week. It was widely reported in the media. The particular focus in the national and local media was a motion proposed by Kent LMC calling to remove home visits from the core GP contract and create a separate acute service for urgent visits.
The debate heard strong opinions expressing that home visiting is a fundamental part of general practice and core to delivering continuity of care to vulnerable patients, not least at the end of life. Many also had the view that the current workload burden, and increasing waiting times that patients are facing, means practices should prioritise offering appointments in the surgery and home visiting can be improved by appointing a dedicated team. This resulted in 54% voting to remove home visits from the core contract, with 46% against.
Watch the webcast > Read more, including the full list of resolutions (PDF) and my speech > |
NHS England and NHS Improvement chief executive Simon Stevens announced plans to cover the costs of tax on the annual allowance for 2019/20. He said the annual allowance tax charge for this financial year (for anyone that incurs it) will be covered via the scheme pays route and, when the individual retires and claims their pension, the NHS will pay them the value of the tax charge for 2019/20 (including interest accrued), thereby covering the cost.
Read the BMA’s response. We are continuing to liaise on the details of how this will operate and lobbying for longer-term solutions, including proposals to get rid of the annual allowance altogether. Read the NHS England letter and FAQs > |
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We have agreed a joint statement with the Royal College of GPs and the General Medical Council stating that GPs should be considered as expert medical generalists and, as such, are specialists in general practice, therefore the GP and specialist registers should be merged. This position is now also supported by the Academy of Royal Colleges. Read their statement >
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