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Interview with GP leader on LMC Conference and Support Your Surgery campaign

June 2008

In a new interview for BMAtv, Dr Laurence Buckman, Chairman of the BMA’s GPs Committee (GPC), rounds up the latest news from the 2008 Local Medical Committee (LMC) conference and talks about the million strong petition handed into Downing Street as part of the BMA’s Support Your Surgery Campaign.

During the short interview – available in both video and audio format – Dr Buckman discusses:

• The mood of GPs at the LMC conference and the key motions passed during the first day

• The delivery of the BMA’s Support Your Surgery campaign petition to Downing Street. The petition attracted more than a million signatures.

• How the BMA intends to move the campaign forward in the coming months

• The key issues GPs will face in the next year

• How GPs can get involved to help protect the future of general practice.

To access the interview in video format, log onto BMAtv on YouTube.

If you cannot access YouTube, you can also view the clip on the BMA webcast channel.

You can also download and listen to an audio version of the interview.

A full version of Dr Buckman’s keynote address to the conference can also be viewed on the BMA webcast channel.

The Support Your Surgery campaign
The BMA’s Support Your Surgery petition has attracted 1,196,000 signatures to date and was delivered to Downing Street by representatives of the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee (GPC) on Thursday, 12 June. Full details about the campaign and the petition can be found on the BMA’s Support Your Surgery website and in a BMA press release that highlights the petition’s delivery to Number Ten.

Selection of media coverage for the Support Your Surgery petition
Daily Telegraph - A million patients battle against polyclinics

Daily Mail - Patient power: Over 1m sign petition against Government 'polyclinic' plans

BBC Online – Patients worried by GP threat

Daily Mirror – Over a million sign petition against polyclinics

The LMC Conference
The LMC conference, which took place on Thursday, 12 June and Friday, 13 June 2008 at the Institute of Education, is an annual gathering of GP representatives from across the UK. As in previous years, it met to discuss the key issues facing general practice and how the BMA should respond to the challenges that lie ahead in the next 12 months.

http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/LMCConfJune2008