Dr Clare Bannon has been elected as the new chair of the General Practitioners Committee for England (GPC England).<\/p>\n
Dr Bannon will start her new role from Thursday, 9th July, when she will take over from outgoing chair Dr Katie Bramall, who has held the position since 2023. \u00a0<\/p>\n
A GP based in Barnsley since 2010, Dr Bannon has held a variety of roles within the clinical commissioning group (CCG), integrated care board (ICBs) and local medical committee (LMC) locally. On GPC England she has served as Deputy Chair and as Policy Lead for both Clinical and Prescribing, and Practice Business since joining the committee in 2021. She has led on national work for prescribing COVID therapeutics and recently led work exploring alternatives to GP-issued fit notes to reduce unnecessary workload.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Celebrating the result, Dr Clare Bannon chair-elect said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI am delighted to have been elected chair of GPC England. This is a demanding role at an incredibly challenging time for the profession, but I believe those challenges can be overcome.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMy focus will be on representing the interests of GPs, improving patient care, transforming general practice, and helping to bring together a fractured primary care system. The future of general practice is too important to leave to chance.<\/p>\n
\u201cGPs are seeing more patients than ever, with increasingly complex needs, while our responsibilities continue to grow with little support. As chair, I will seek to unite the committee behind a strategy that improves the working lives of GPs across the profession, including for sessional colleagues on whom practices rely so heavily on.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery GP deserves to feel valued, supported and represented. That is the culture my leadership will foster, and those are the values I will demonstrate. I must emphasise that despite the change in leadership, I remain ready to ballot the profession and proceed with further action if another unacceptable contract is imposed. I want to take a collaborative approach but that should not be mistaken for weakness. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI also want to thank Dr Katie Bramall for her generous contribution to the profession. She has given so much of her personal and professional time to furthering the interests of GPs, from negotiating with successive governments and leading GPs through two rounds of collective action, to securing the largest GMS investment since 2004.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cKatie\u2019s impact will be felt for generations to come, and we thank her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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