2025/26 GP contract formally agreed

LMC elections begin next month in the Londonwide LMCs area

Government announces large scale NHS reforms

Raising general practice issues with political leaders

Written questions to DHSC following MP meeting

Comment on Chancellor’s Spring Statement

Practice information being pulled onto websites of private providers

Vacancy: Data and Information Governance Officer

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Londonwide Diary

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March 2025

Announced at the Special Conference of England LMCs, the deal includes a commitment to a wholly new GP contract within the current Parliament.

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Please make we have your details up-to-date and sign-up to one of our awareness events to learn more about the benefits of LMC membership.

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ICBs will lose half their staffing budgets by October, plus NHS England and the DHSC will merge with reduced headcounts.

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LMC representatives recently met with Ben Coleman MP and Danny Beales MP, who are both on Parliament’s health committee, and with Dan Tomlinson MP.

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Bell Ribiero-Addy MP asked for details on ARRS, deprivation funding, GP unemployment and national insurance contributions.

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Shared care pathway

Shared care guidelines are frequently used in the NHS to transfer work and the care of patients from secondary/tertiary care to primary care.

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Post and browse vacancies for free, covering all roles working in London practices.

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•	GPC newsletter
•	Government statement on 2025/26 contract
•	NHS England: changes to the GP contract
•	ICB infectious disease outbreak planning guidance

09	Afternoon contract webinar
10	Evening contract webinar
16	Understanding the NHS Pension Scheme – you as an employer
23	Afternoon contract webinar
24	Evening contract webinar

15	Introduction to medical terminology
22	Summarising medical records
29	Travel health update

Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell, our CEO-Designate, called for more NHS funding to be transferred into the community to meet the Government’s aims of bring care closer to home and improving prevention.

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We were recently made aware of a private provider of medicinal cannabis creating a directory of NHS GP practices on its website. Potentially other providers may begin doing this because of the search engine advantages it offers.

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Join us to use your expertise to provide data and information governance advice, guidance and support across the organisation. Closing date: 17 April.

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Get in touch to take part in our website usability testing to help us understand how we can improve it.

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On 14 March, Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell, our CEO-Designate was quoted in the BMJ cautioning that cuts to ICBs could destabilise general practice. On 13 March, Dr Michelle Drage, our CEO, was quoted in Pulse accurately predicting that the abolition of NHS England could make the negotiation of a wholesale new GP contract more likely.

We continue to be very active promoting the interests of London GPs and practice staff on Bluesky, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. If you have an example of general practice doing something well which could make a news story please get in touch. We also support practices that are approached with media requests. You can find details here.

The Buying Group is available to all London practices and gives access to discounts on
a wide range of goods and services from Miab, MidMeds, Practice Index and Surgery Connect.
Contact buyinggroup@lmc.org.uk or visit the Londonwide LMCs’ Buying Group webpage for further information.

Got a story? Email us at comms@lmc.org.uk. Deadline for next month's submissions is Wednesday 9 April.	Download guidance and resources from our website.