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LMCs Conference 2012 - Live Blog

Follow live updates from the 2012 LMCs conference in Liverpool as GP leaders from across the UK debate key issues affecting the profession on 22 and 23 May.

LMCs conference 2012 - Full coverage

The latest news and live blogs from this year's LMCs conference, taking place in Liverpool on 22 and 23 May.

Practices must provide online booking by 2015

Practices must provide online booking for appointments by 2015 in a bid to end the '8am rush', the DH has said.

RCGP presidential elections: statements from candidates

Ballot papers will be sent out next week after the RCGP revealed the names of six candidates in the running to become its next president. Below are short biographies and statements from each of the candidates.

Tax nuggets - GPs' pensions annual allowance

Russell Finn explains how to work out if you are above or below the annual allowance limit.

 

LMCs CONFERENCE 2012

Let GPs charge for services not available on NHS, say LMCs

Let GPs charge for services not available on NHS, say LMCs

22 May 2012

GPs should be allowed to charge their patients private fees to provide treatment not funded by the NHS, LMCs have said.

 
 
Video: GPC fears 'madcap' local appraisal plans

Video: GPC fears 'madcap' local appraisal plans

22 May 2012
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Plans to leave decisions on the scope of appraisal to local NHS organisations are making the process unworkable, GP leaders have warned.

 
 
GPs challenge health secretary over 'ethical duty' to save costs

GPs challenge health secretary over 'ethical duty' to save costs

22 May 2012

LMCs have contested health secretary Andrew Lansley's view that GPs have an 'ethical duty' to save wider NHS costs, saying GPs' primary duty is to the patient in front of them.

 
 
Future of general practice 'under threat' from Health Act, LMCs say

Future of general practice 'under threat' from Health Act, LMCs say

22 May 2012

Core general practice work is 'seriously threatened' by the magnitude of the current NHS reforms, LMCs have said.

 
 
 

THIS WEEK'S NEWS

Practices must provide online booking by 2015

Practices must provide online booking by 2015

21 May 2012

Practices must provide online booking for appointments by 2015 in a bid to end the '8am rush', the DH has said.

 
 
NHS Commissioning Board chairman rebuked for 'golf-playing GPs' jibe

NHS Commissioning Board chairman rebuked for 'golf-playing GPs' jibe

16 May 2012

The NHS Commissioning Board's chairman has been rebuked for suggesting that GPs 'playing golf' was leading to patients being unnecessarily admitted to hospital.

 
 
GPs could be excluded from action on pension changes

GPs could be excluded from action on pension changes

21 May 2012

GPs could be left out of industrial action on pensions if they do not vote in high enough numbers, a BMA council member has warned.

 
 
Video: GPC chairman sets out key issues for LMC conference

Video: GPC chairman sets out key issues for LMC conference

18 May 2012
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NHS 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.

 
 
 

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  FROM THE BLOGS


 
 

Accountancy, tax and dancing for money

 
 
 
 
 

The Black Tower is looking darker than ever

 
 
 

Preparation for commissioning picks up pace

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

LATEST CLINICAL REVIEWS

Clinical Review - Managing asthma in children

Clinical Review - Managing asthma in children

23 May 2012

The signs that point to an asthma diagnosis and a checklist for primary care follow up. By Dr Atul Gupta and Dr Madeleine Barnett.

 
 
Clinical Review - Ovarian cancer

Clinical Review - Ovarian cancer

16 May 2012

How to investigate and manage ovarian cancer as a GP. By Miss Jane Borley and Miss Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami

 
 
 

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