Kent LMC Advice, Guidance and Support
We provide guidance, advice and support in the following areas, to name but a few:
- PMS/GMS/APMS contracts
- Salaried GP contracts and terms and conditions
- GMS/PMS and APMS regulations and the Statement of Financial Entitlement
- Patient Lists and allocations
- Patient Medical Records
- IM&T
- Superannuation issues
- Ethical responsibilities
- Doctors whose performance causes concern
- Medico-legal issues
- Complaints and disciplinary issues
- Partnership Agreements
- Pastoral support
- Dispensing application appeals
- Clinical Commissioning Groups
- Enhanced Services
- Occupational Health negotiation
- Private Fees
- Collaborative Fees
- Dispute resolution in partnerships
- CQC advice and support
Our wider responsibilities include the following:
| Enhanced Services | Consulted with/agree criteria and sign off |
| QoF | Involved in review/monitoring |
| Contracts | Consulted about variations, new, breaches of, failures & remedial notices re contracts |
| Disputes/Appeals | Conciliation where requested |
| GP vacancies and partnership splits | Informed of & consulted about emerging contracts |
| Premises | Involved in quality visits & consulted about branch surgery situations |
| Practice Lists/assignments | Involvement in appeals |
| Commissioning | Consultation where GPs opt-out and alternative providers explored |
The LMC’s role is to represent the views of all GPs to a variety of bodies i.e. NHS England, CCGs, Social Services, Education, patient representative bodies, the BMA via the GPC, Members of Parliament, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the local and national press.
The LMC role is enhanced under the NHS Health & Social Care Act in respect to doctors whose performance gives cause for concern.
If in doubt, always contact us first and we will be able to help or guide you to the most appropriate organisation i.e. BMA, your own accountant or solicitor etc if we are not able to help.
Updated on Tuesday, 23 April 2024,
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