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What is the BMA’s new collective‑action plan for GP practices starting 1 June?
Hello and welcome to Talking General Practice, the podcast from GP Online. I'm Emma Bauer, the editor of GP Online. Today on the podcast I'm joined by our Deputy Editor Nick Bostock to talk about the latest news affecting general practice. Coming up we're talking about the ongoing dispute between the BMA and the government about this year's GP contract and what the BMA will be asking GP practices to do from the first of June as it steps up collective action. We'll also be talking about a vote at the UK LMC's conference earlier this month, which saw LMC representatives back exploring the radical step of moving towards a hybrid NHS private model for general practice. We're discussing the government's new health bill and what that means for general practice, in particular the plans for a single patient record, and we'll be talking about update NHS England published on the GP contract at the end of last week, as well as looking ahead to the government's new NHS Workforce Plan, which is expected to be published next month, and what that needs to do to ensure there are enough GPs to meet the demands of an ageing population.
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Spots will go faster, don't wait. Head to mimslearninglive.com forward slash south and grab your tickets today. And if you come along, do pop over to say hello if you see me. So, Nick, there's absolutely loads to talk about this week. There's been so much going on since we last spoke, you know, not least the resignation of Wes Streeting as Health and Social Care Secretary. But first off, should we talk about collective action and the UK LMC's conference? Because they're quite interlinked. We're at the end of May now and the BMA have announced what it wants GPs in England to do to step up collective action from the first of June. This is all part of a protest against the imposed contract for this financial year, which GP's overwhelmingly rejected.
So, what are practices being asked to do next?
The current wave of collective action began at the start of May, and the BMA GP Committee has said that each month it will step up action, another notch to keep pressure building on the government over disputed changes to the contract for 26-27, as you said. The first phase at the start of May involved the BMA asking practices to limit data sharing. Praxis were asked to use a template letter to tell their ICB that they would stop agreeing to voluntary secondary uses data sharing agreements. And the GP Committee also asked practices to audit existing data sharing agreements and report any new requests around that to the BMA. But so far, nothing seems to have shifted. The first stage hasn't resulted in a shift in position.
From from the government of NHS England. So from the 1st of June, GP Practices will move into the second phase of action. And this time, the measure practices will be asked to take is around medicines optimization and prescribing. An update from the BMA describing the measures that they're planning said they would be asking practices to remove or ignore. any non-contractual medicines optimization software and amend your choices of acute prescriptions which may fall outside the remit of the ICB formulary.
Why do you think the BMA is asking practices to do this?
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3 chapters
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What is the BMA’s new collective‑action plan for GP practices starting 1 June?
0:01–13:50
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How are GP practices being asked to change data‑sharing and medicines‑optimization actions in phase 2?
13:50–39:51
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What did the UK LMC conference vote on regarding a hybrid NHS‑private model for general practice?
39:51–42:55
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