If the government isn't careful, GPs could go the way of dentists

If the government isn't careful, GPs could go the way of dentists

Each region in the UK has a local medical committee (LMC), a statutory body that represents general practice in its area. LMCs are independent of the British Medical Association (BMA) but act as its eyes and ears, advising the doctors’ union on the views and concerns of grassroots GPs, and instructing it on policy. In May, the LMCs’ conference tasked the BMA to begin work on a “plan B”, a hybrid public-private model that would take general pract…