Friday 17 April 2026

Dear colleagues   GPC England and the profession reject the recently imposed GP contract GPC England met recently and received news that GP members across the country have overwhelmingly voted to reject the contract with 99% saying no to the 2026/27 GP contract that the Government announced and imposed last month. Urgent bilateral negotiations with Government are now underway and are dependent on securing a commitment that contractual proposals around changes to ‘advice and

Thursday 2 April 2026

Dear colleagues Update from GPC England and contract referendum results Huge heartfelt thanks to all of you who voted in the referendum and spread the word.   We heard you loud and clear: 98.9% of you voted NO, opting to reject the Government’s imposed changes to the 2026/27 contract Read the press release >   GPCE (GPs committee England) met last Thursday following the close of the referendum. In response to the ballot outcome, GPCE members considered the next steps followi

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Friday 20 March 2026

Dear colleagues   GP CONTRACT REFERENDUM OPEN NOW Before you do anything else, please stop and check your inbox for your voting link by searching for bma@cesvotes.com .   An email has been sent to all eligible members today and it’s crucial we hear from you.   Deadline to vote is Wednesday noon 25 th March 2026.   Background: GPC England rejected the Government’s 26/27 GP contract changes and opened a referendum for GPs and GP registrars . This is our opportunity to send a

The confirmed minutes from the LMC meeting held on 3 February 2026 are available here.

Friday 6 March 2026

Dear colleagues   GP contract imposition and referendum GPC England met on 26 February and voted to reject the Government’s 2026/27 GMS contract and to open a contract referendum of the profession on the imposed contract changes, which were announced on Tuesday last week .   It is vital you vote in the referendum. To do so, you must be a BMA member.   GP and GP registrar members should have received an email from Civica, inviting you to vote. You’ll be asked if you accept th

Friday 20 February 2026

Friday 20 February 2026

Dear colleagues   General Practice: Critically Endangered, Facing Extinction The Government has indicated they will share their final positions on the 2026/27 GP contract changes in England next week and we await the details of this. It is vital they recognise the critical situation we face with increasing workloads, stretched finances and an exhausted workforce. In the meantime the BMA has just published a 30-minute podcast where the GPC England Chair, Dr Katie Bramall, and

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Friday 6 February 2026

Dear colleagues   General Practice: Critically Endangered - Facing Extinction Many thanks to those of you who logged in to last week’s webinars. It was great to connect with over a thousand GPs joining and contributing to where we are now, and the future direction of travel ahead of coming back to you with more information next month regarding the 2026/27 contract. We expect to receive the final position from government at the end of the month. GPC England will also then meet

The confirmed minutes from the LMC meeting held on 13 January 2026 are available here.

Wednesday 21 January 2026

Dear colleagues   General Practice: Critically Endangered - Facing Extinction   Last Thursday, GPC England met at BMA House for the first meeting of 2026; this week marked ‘Blue Monday’ - the lowest emotional point of the winter. You won’t be alone in struggling to find the joy in general practice currently, especially given relentless online demand and respiratory illnesses which have taken their toll on practices and GPs nationwide.  We are seeing some of our busiest days,