Alongside our annual general meeting we will be hosting our inaugural London General Practice Awards in Parliament, recognising the dedication and enterprise of our hard-working GPs and practice teams across the Capital.
We hope to use the event as an opportunity to talk to MPs, peers, journalists and other opinion formers about the challenges facing GPs and their teams at the moment, and to secure their support and allyship.
The event runs in the House of Commons from 2:15 – 4:50pm. You can register your interest in attending before Friday 5 December. Whilst people are expressing interest in attending, confirmation will only be sent out in December, due to limited numbers/ limitations of the Parliamentary venue. We will be trying to ensure that there are attendees covering each of the awards and from areas where MPs have confirmed their attendance.
All categories can be nominated by any constituent and can be self-nominated. The LMC member award can also be nominated by Londonwide LMCs’ colleagues. Nominations open on Monday 1 September and closes on Friday 31 October, a link to the nomination form will be added to this page on 1 September. Individuals are welcome to submit multiple nominations.
Award categories
This year sees the addition of two new categories for commissioning and local government, to recognise those people and organisations operating in these fields who have worked particularly well with general practice. The full list of awards is:
- London General Practice Safety Award – recognising a group or individual’s contributions to safe general practice services;
- London LMC Member Award one for each of the five London ICB area – for demonstrating outstanding commitment to safe sustainable care and the future of general practice;
- London General Practice Nursing Team Award – for outstanding contribution to patient care and practice team collaboration;
- London General Practice Non-clinical Team Award – for outstanding contribution to patient care and practice team collaboration;
- London General Practice Patient Group Award – recognising patient group that has worked in partnership with general practice to co-create/support safe, high quality sustainable services;
- London General Practice Long Service Award;
- London General Practice Parliamentary Champion Award – for advocacy and support for general practice in the Capital;
- London General Practice Local Authority Award – recognising collaborative working, partnership, advocacy and support for general practice in the Capital;
- London General Practice Commissioner Award – recognising effective engagement, collaborative working, partnership, and support for general practice in the Capital.
We will also be taking the time to remember colleagues we have lost in the past year, shared at the same time as nominations.
Eligibility
The awards are pan-London and nominations were open to those working in general practice across London and cover the Londonwide LMCs area as well as Barking & Dagenham and Havering (BDH LMCs) and Kingston, Richmond and Croydon (Surrey and Sussex LMCs) were able to nominate themselves or local colleagues.
Attendance
We will contact those who have registered in early December to confirm whether you have been assigned a space at the event.