Category: BMA

News and advice on sessional GPs and the BMA including the subcommittee, the model contract, and advice on GP rates, pay and pension.

BMA will not ballot GPs on industrial action yet

Some 58% vote to see how next negotiations turn out.

GPs offered £200/hour to cover for junior doctors’ strikes

Record bookings on LocumDeck during industrial action.

GPs eye industrial action following contract imposition

Closing for a day ‘challenging’ but ‘on the cards’.

New BMA advice published on Type 2 forms for GPs

GPs can get extra support with Type 2 paperwork thanks to a new guide.

GP pensions proposals ‘too little too late’, BMA warns

The Government has launched a new GP pension consultation in light of dire warnings around a workforce exodus.

GPs could be funded per contact, GPC suggests

‘Current model clearly isn’t working,’ Dr Jameel says.

GP launches campaign against NHS sexism

In its report the BMA found that 91% of women doctors had experienced sexism in the last two years.

Sessional GPs subcommittee applies to split from BMA’s GPC

GP representing the UK’s salaried and locum workforce have applied to become an independent branch of practice, Pulse reports.

Competition law ‘change’ won’t impact locums, NASGP warns

A relaxation of advice around rates needs more clarity, the NASGP warns.

‘Wear FFP2 masks’, BMA warns GPs working face-to-face

GPs should wear FFP2 masks ‘as default’, the union said.

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GPs vote for industrial action over face-to-face diktats

Four in five GPs have voted against ‘name and shame’ tactics in an indicative ballot, The Guardian reports.

GPs threaten industrial action over face-to-face pressure

Should this ballot for industrial action go ahead, eligible BMA members will be able to use this opportunity to make their voices heard.

BMA holds urgent meeting with health secretary following PM’s ‘face-to-face’ comments

Public outcry over GP-bashing in UK parliament and media has led Dr Chaand Nagpaul, BMA chair, to request an urgent meeting with the prime minister.

Seek help from MPs to raise pay, retain salaried GPs, BMA urges

Local MPs can help fight the GP workforce slippage by calling for better GP salaries, the BMA told doctors this week.

GP locums must claim £7.5k SEISS by June, leaders warn

GPs must have filed a tax return for 2019/20 and worked (or expected to work) in 2020/21 to be eligible.

A third of locums say work is increasing, BMA reports

Of the 27.97% of respondents who undertook locum work, a third (9.32%) reported an increase. Just under a third (8.49%) reported no change, but said that they could have done more work had they wished to.

No jabs: 12% of GP locums still waiting for first Covid-19 vaccination, BMA warns

A BMA poll last week found that 12% of locum GPs had not received their first vaccination against the virus by 23 January - compared with just 2% of partners and 7% of salaried GPs.

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Sessional GPs ‘much less likely’ to get COVID vaccination despite JCVI priority, BMA survey finds

Without a centralised system for delivering the vaccine to healthcare workers, sessional GPs must undertake their own ‘trial and error’ strategy to get their first jab.

GP locums urged to vote on primary care networks DES to protect GP funding, BMA says

GPs in England are being urged to use their vote on a new directed enhanced service (DES) about primary care networks (PCN).

GPs put their lives on the line because of PPE shortages in first wave, BMA chair tells MPs

NHS Providers reported on an ‘extremely worrying surge in COVID-19 admissions’ last week.

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Government has left GPs to explain treatment delays, GPC Scotland chair warns

The Government’s failure to tell the public about treatment delays has left GPs and practice staff catching their anger and frustration, Dr Andrew Buist has warned.

Practices can use £150m ‘second wave’ fund for GP locum jobs

The BMA’s new statement gives practices the support they need to make their own decisions about how to get through the second wave.

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GP locums lead the charge at 2020’s annual conference of local medical committees

GP locums are calling for safe working conditions, better training, and a seat at the table in primary care’s recovery from the pandemic at this year’s conference.

Doctors and nurses need ‘psychological PPE’, says Prof Clare Gerada

NASGP fully supports Dame Prof Gerada’s calls for better support at work, and confidential services for clinicians to prevent mental ill health.