Emma Bower

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1,286 appearances 13 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 14 Aug

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Talking General Practice · BMA to ballot on ‘plan B’ for GP contracts, NHS workforce plan, single patient record fears · 29 May 2026 podcast

And I think, you know, it was a pretty significant moment. voice-verified

Nick, you and I have been to to more LMC's conferences than I think either of us can count now. voice-verified

And over the years these motions about more private work or or moving outside the NHS, they come up every now and again, don't they? voice-verified

And and they're always, always rejected. voice-verified

Um, but this year it wasn't. voice-verified

And it was it was backed really convincingly. voice-verified

It wasn't a narrow vote by any stretch of the imagination. voice-verified

And I think, you know, that goes to show voice-verified

The level of frustration and concern. voice-verified

about the future direction of travel and the lack of funding for general practice. voice-verified

There was a feeling that maybe this wasn't really necessary for Scotland, you know, given voice-verified

the deal that the Scottish GPC has negotiated with the government there for additional funding to employ GPs and also a sense perhaps that maybe things are starting to move along the right track in Wales, but but really in Northern Ireland and England the j the consensus was that, you know, things are really heading in the wrong direction. voice-verified

There was a real feeling from people speaking that the BMA, the G P committees in all four countries, they needed this idea of voting on a Plan B option like dentistry in their back pocket as it were to to strengthen their hand in negotiations. voice-verified

And a lot of really impassioned speeches about the level of work GPs face and the financial pressure practices. voice-verified

Are under. voice-verified

And just as we were coming in to record this podcast, the BMA GP Committee in England confirmed that it was going to ballot the profession on this Plan B option and promised extensive consultation with the wider profession on their support for an alternative contracting arrangement for general practice in England. voice-verified

This is massive really. voice-verified

The BMA told us that the ballot could take place anytime up till June twenty twenty seven. voice-verified

BMA England GP Committee Chair Dr Katie Bramwell said exploring an alternative model. voice-verified

was a consequence of long term political and systemic failure to protect NHS general practice and had left the profession deeply frustrated with no other choice but to explore alternatives. voice-verified

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