Welcome to our May Newsletter which includes feedback from our LMC Board meeting, and other current issues.
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SUMMARY OF THIS MONTH’S MUST DOS:
- THERE STILL HAS BEEN NO CHANGE TO THE GP CONTRACT YET, AND DO NOT SIGN THE CONTRACT VARIATION NOTICE. SEE SECTION 6 FOR MORE INFORMATION.
- Ensure your practice is engaging with collective action – finding out about what data sharing you are signed up to, and the additional action of turning off/ignoring Medicines Optimisation Software.
- Check if your practice is paying the Voluntary Levy, and if not consider started doing so to support the work of the LMC and national representation of general practice.
- Sign the Rebuild General Practice Petition or one of the other highlighted petitions.
Topics in this newsletter:
- LMC Meeting May 2026 / LMC Conference
- Rebuild General Practice and other Petitions
- LPT – Prescribing by Community Specialist Teams.
- Voluntary Levy
- Changes to Universal Credit Payments
- Contact Imposition for 2026/27 and Collective action
- ICB’s Position Statement regarding Tirzepatide for Obesity
- The Cameron Fund – The GPs’ own charity
- Benzodiazepines and the nervous flyer
- Semaglutide for CVD (NICE TA)
- Podcasts
- Upcoming LMC Events
- Advertise your Job Vacancies Free with the LMC
- Available to Work
- Final Thoughts