Friday 17 July 2026

Dear colleagues New GPC England Officer team We want to take this opportunity to introduce the new GPCE team. Many of you will already have seen the email and video from the new GPC England Chair, Dr Clare Bannon, that went out at the end of last week. Clare is now joined by Dr Manu Agrawal, Dr David Wrigley and Dr Shan Hussain as Deputy chairs of GPCE (see their information below). In our first week we have taken GPC England feedback on the way forward and view around coll

The confirmed minutes from the LMC meeting held on 9 June 2026 are available here.

Friday 3 July 2026

Dear colleagues Collective Action & Collective Thank You Three years ago, I set out with three simple demands of government: give us and our patients safety, stability and hope. We leave with much still to do, but with a profession that is more organised, more engaged and more informed than it has been for many years. In this week’s Talking General Practice podcast, I speak about my decision not to stand for re-election when our three-year term ends next week, and the highs

St Anthony’s Health Centre, Walker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 2NN Salaried GP - 18 month contract fixed term Monday to Friday between 4 and 8 sessions available throughout We're looking for a GP to join our forward-looking and dynamic practice team. We pride ourselves on providing excellent care to one of the most socioeconomically deprived communities in the North East, and are committed to making general practice not only sustainable but rewarding and enjoyable for

The closing date is 12 July 2026 Job summary We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Salaried GP to join our friendly practice and supportive primary care team on a fixed term basis until 31st December 2026. Working pattern The post is for 2 sessions per week, with flexibility as follows: Option 1: Full day on Monday (2 sessions) Option 2: Split sessions across Monday and Tuesday (1 session each day) Main duties of the job Providing complete clinical care to our community

Friday 19 June 2026

Dear colleagues FP69s, list cleansing and the £40 million question Across England, practices are witnessing an unprecedented acceleration in patient list cleansing. What might appear to be a routine administrative exercise has rapidly become one of the most significant financial and operational challenges facing general practice this year. Over the past six months alone, GP practice lists have fallen by 344,000 patients. At current Global Sum rates, that represents more t

Friday 5 June 2026

Dear colleagues New collective action for practices in June From 1 June, we are urging GP partnerships and practices across England to take part in a further collective action, in the face of the Government’s continued intransigence. We’re thankful to every practice that has taken part in collective action around data sharing agreements during May to stay safe and sustainable in the face of the 2026/27 imposed GP contract. We sincerely hoped that an escalation in action co

We are pleased to advertise a new vacancy at Jesmond Health Partnership. We are looking for a GP to join our clinical team and provide first-class primary care to our patients. Role Salaried GP Locations 17 Osborne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 2AH 200 Osborne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 3LD 5 Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1PQ Church Rd, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 1TX Working Pattern 6 sessions per week (negotiable) Contract P

Friday 22 May 2026

Dear colleagues Collective action against new GP contract - update The GPs Committee for England (GPCE) met yesterday, 21 May, to discuss all the issues we currently face as well as the next steps of our collective action given the imposed contract we are working under since April 2026. The next action, from 1 June is where we ask you to remove or ignore any non-contractual medicines optimisation software, and amend your choices of acute prescriptions which may fall outsi

Friday 8 May 2026

Dear colleagues Collective action against new GP contract As of 1 May, we are urging GP partners and practices to take part in collective action, given Government’s insufficient assurances regarding our concerns over the 2026/27 GP contract. Practices are working in crisis-level environments, where every day feels ‘exceptional’ in terms of unlimited demand outstripping available workforce capacity. Being placed in a position where delivering an imposed contract is an impo

The confirmed minutes from the LMC meeting held on 23 April 2026 are available here.

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

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