Georgina Rider, Dr Oge Ilozue, Dan Tomlinson MP, Dr Farzana Vanant, Dr Ahmer Farooqi and Benedicta Aidoo
On 21 March LMC members met him at the Old Court House Surgery in Chipping Barnet. The LMC representatives were Dr Oge Ilozue, Barnet LMC Chair and Dr Farzana Vanant, Vice Chair, from the practice were Dr Ahmer Farooqi, GP Partner, Georgina Rider, Practice manager and Benedicta Aidoo, Practice Nurse.
The meeting covered:
- The merger of NHS England with the DHSC and defunding of ICB management budgets. The LMC raised the fact ICB cuts may impact their ability to guide local issues.
- The ratio of full-time equivalent GPs to registered patients in Barnet.
- How increased population from new housing developments will impact on general practice capacity.
- The newly agreed 2025/26 GP contract and the need for the completely new contract the Government has committed to redress the substantial real-terms loss of funding seen over recent years.
- The rise in employers national insurance and the impact on local practices.