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Salaried GP Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 1NU We are looking for a new salaried GP here at The Grove. 5-6 sessions to include all day Friday, other days negotiable.  We are a team of 6 GP Partners, 4 salaried GPs and a frailty ANP. We have 13500 patients. We cover the suburban area of Gosforth with a demographic mix of young professionals, families but also a significant elderly population. We are a long established training practice with GP registrars and medical stude

Thursday 13 November 2025

Dear colleagues   LMC England Conference 2025 update Watch a clip of my speech   The 2025 LMC England Conference took place last week in Manchester, where we debated our current dispute around not just the lack of any safeguards to mitigate patient harm with recent online access changes, but also the broken government promise over a new GMS contract, with motions calling for GPC England to prepare for mass non-compliance, onward balloting of the profession, and collation of u

The confirmed minutes from the LMC meeting held on 9 October 2025 are available here.

Friday 31 October 2025

Dear colleagues   Online consultation contractual changes survey On 1 October 2025, GP practices in England became contractually obliged to make online consultation tools available to patients throughout the practice's contractual core hours (Monday –Friday 8am-6.30pm).GPC England agreed these contractual changes in February 2025 but with the important proviso that ‘necessary safeguards’ would be in place prior to the 1 October implementation date.Over the following months th

Friday 17 October 2025

Dear colleagues   GPC England in dispute I know many of you are really struggling with increased online demand. Your GPC England chair has this afternoon, written to Mr Streeting explaining when online GP pathways are opened up to unlimited consultations promising patients’ better access, but providing no more GPs to increase appointment capacity; promising to ‘end the 8am scramble’ but providing no additional appointments, that we cannot safely accommodate this unmet need.

Friday 3 October 2025

Dear colleagues   GPC England in dispute over unsafe contract changes This week, on Wednesday 1 October, GPC England entered into dispute...

Friday 19 September 2025

Friday 19 September 2025

Dear colleagues   GPC England votes to enter dispute from 1 October At the GPC England meeting yesterday, the committee voted to go back...

Monday 8 September 2025

Dear colleagues   Upcoming contractual changes from 1 October We are acutely aware of the deep concern and growing frustration centred...

The confirmed minutes from the LMC meeting held on the 8 July 2025 are available here.

Friday 22 August 2025

Dear colleagues   Following the GPC England meeting in July, we wrote to Stephen Kinnock MP , to set out the conditions that must be met...

Friday 8 August 2025

Dear colleagues   DDRB pay award 2025-26  The Government has accepted the DDRB recommendations for 2025/26, which include a 4% uplift for...

Friday 25 July 2025

Dear colleagues   GPC England meeting and visit from Stephen Kinnock, Minister of State for Care Minister Stephen Kinnock visited GPCE on...

The confirmed minutes from the LMC meeting held on the 5 June 2025 are available here.

Friday 11 July 2025

Dear colleagues   10 Year Health Plan for England The UK Government has published its 10 Year Health Plan setting out a range of reforms...

Thursday 26 June 2025

Dear colleagues As we await publication of the 10 Year Health Plan, last month saw the release of the NHSE draft model ICB blueprint ....

Friday 13 June 2025

Friday 13 June 2025

Dear colleagues   Comprehensive Spending Review 2025 The Chancellor published the second phase of the Spending Review this week, setting...

The confirmed minutes from the LMC meeting held on the 6 May 2025 are available here.

Friday 30 May 2025

Dear colleagues   DDRB pay award 2025-26 Last week, the DDRB pay award recommendations for 2025-26 were finally announced, with a 4%...

Friday 16 May 2025

Dear colleagues The Value of a GP report As patient need continues to rise, general practice is buckling under immense pressure. GPs are...

Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) General Practitioner (GP) Vacancy Job Details Vacancy Type: ARRS eligible GP Initial Date...

The confirmed minutes from the LMC meeting held on the 1 April 2025 are available here.

Friday 2 May 2025

Dear colleagues   GP contract webinars and guidance Last month the GPC England officer team delivered a series of webinars outlining the...

Thursday 17 April 2025

Dear colleagues Local collective action: stay safe, stay organised, stay united GPC England’s national dispute with Government is now...

Friday 4 April 2025

Friday 4 April 2025

Dear colleagues   Local action: Stay safe, stay organised, stay united GPC England’s national dispute with Government may be over,...

The confirmed minutes from the LMC meeting held on the 4 March 2025 are available here.

Tuesday 25 March 2025

Dear colleagues   GPC England receives commitment to full renegotiation of a new GP contract   On the 27th February GPC England (GPCE)...