LMCs Conference 2010 - Full coverage

16 June 2010

All the latest news coverage and live blogs from this year's LMCs conference.

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Healthcare Republic attended the national LMCs conference on 10 and 11 June 2010 in London to report on all the key debates that decide GPC policy for the coming year. Click here for this year's agenda.

News coverage
Tuesday 15 June
Darzi centre director calls for 'overfunding' inquiry 15-Jun-10
Friday 11 June
Ministers to review summary care records 11-Jun-10 GPs should be responsible for commissioning out-of-hours 11-Jun-10 LMCs back GPC on salaried GP representation 11-Jun-10 LMCs criticise PCOs over GP training needs 11-Jun-10 Controlled drugs rules 'harming patient care' 11-Jun-10 GPC dismisses PMS GP neglect claims 11-Jun-10 LMCs say QOF 'too complicated' and affecting consultations 11-Jun-10 Exclusive video - Dr Buckman: will the new government listen to GPs? 11-Jun-10 GPs won't be 'default providers' of out-of-hours 11-Jun-10 Removing practice boundaries 'could endanger children' 11-Jun-10
Thursday 10 June
PCT numbers to be reduced, King's Fund warns 10-Jun-10 Homeopathy 'should not be funded on the NHS' 10-Jun-10 GPC urged to consider scrapping NHS Direct and IT 10-Jun-10 LMCs attack government's swine flu programme 10-Jun-10 Exciting but worrying times for GPs, says Buckman 10-Jun-10 Dr Laurence Buckman' keynote speech 10-Jun-10
Archive
GP hopes for the 2010 LMCs conference 09-Jun-10 LMCs to debate salaried GP time limit 28-May-10

Blogs
Abolishing practice boundaries to create HMOs 11-Jun-10 Why this year's LMCs conference will be the most interesting for years 09-Jun-10

Click here to watch our exclusive video interview with Dr Buckman after his keynote speech

WATCH ALL THE VIDEOS FROM THE CONFERENCE
	Dr Bill Beeby, chairman of the GPC's clinical and prescribing sub-committee, talks to Healthcare Republic about better cooperative work within healthcare.
	Dr Kalish Chand, GPC member, talks to Healthcare Republic about the new coalition government
	Dr Vicky Weeks, chair of the GPC's sessional GP sub-committee, talks to Healthcare Republic about controlling out-of-hours commissioning.
	Dr Georgina Brown, Glasgow LMC and GPC Scotland, talks to Healthcare Republic about how GP contracts need to be specific to different countries
	Dr Kambiz Boomla, tells Healthcare Republic that the honeymoon with the coalition government will soon be over
	Dr Gillian Arbuckle, Borders LMC, tells Healthcare Republic the concerns of GPs and patients across the four nations.