GPC chairman: 'LMCs must warn of damaging impact of NHS reform'
GPs must use the 2012 UK LMCs conference this week to urge ministers to halt NHS reform, GPC chairman Dr Laurence Buckman has told GP magazine.
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Video: GPC chairman sets out key issues for LMC conference
18 May 2012NHS reform and the financial state of the NHS will dominate debate at the UK LMCs conference next week, GPC chairman Dr Laurence Buckman has told GPonline.com.
GPs urged to publish information on outcomes
17 May 2012Royal College of Surgeons president challenges practices to publish data about GPs' performance.
Individual GP performance data should be published, says top surgeon
16 May 2012Data showing individual GPs' impact on patient outcomes should be published and could feed into revalidation, the president of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has said.
Exclusive: GPC resists call to boycott CCGs, CQC and revalidation
15 May 2012The GPC is resisting calls to boycott key DH reforms including clinical commissioning, Care Quality Commission (CQC) registration and revalidation, which GPs fear will distract them from core work.
First wave of GPs to receive revalidation date in December
11 May 2012GPs will begin to receive letters from 3 December this year telling them when they will be revalidated, the GMC has said.
Cameron and Lansley to face calls to quit at LMCs conference
03 May 2012Prime minister David Cameron and health secretary Andrew Lansley will face calls to resign at the UK LMCs conference in Liverpool this month.
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