Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Local Medical Committee

The official voice for GPs in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

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About the LLR LMC

The Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Local Medical Committee (LLR LMC) is a completely independent body recognised by statute.  We are a democratic organisation with a governing body of representatives, elected by our members.

Our members consist of all NHS General Practitioners and their team in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland who can access our services in advising, supporting and representing General Practice.

GP and patient
GP and patient

Our Values

We pride ourselves in the values we hold which are embedded in our people and across the organisation, as well as the work we deliver.

 

  • To be impartial and non-judgemental
  • To inspire hope
  • To be kind to ourselves and each other
  • To be honest and straightforward
  • To be courageous, wise and trustworthy

Latest News and Information

Online consultation contractual changes survey

3 November 2025 | News

On 1 October 2025, GP practices in England became contractually obliged to make online consultation tools available to patients throughout the practice’s contractual core hours (Monday –Friday 8am-6.30pm).

GPC England agreed these contractual changes in February 2025 but with the important proviso that ‘necessary safeguards’ would be in place prior to the 1 October implementation date.

Over the following months the GPC England Team met NHSE and DHSC many times, to explain our significant concerns about these changes, including their potential workload impact, and the need to develop safeguards including ways to prevent patients from erroneously submitting urgent requests or queries online. We also emphasised the need for practices to be able to temporarily suspend online access if overwhelmed by demand or struggling with capacity, such as during periods of staff sickness. However, these concerns have not been properly addressed and instead totally inadequate ‘safeguards’ have been suggested by NHSE and DHSC.

As a result, on 1 October, GPC England announced a dispute with the Government over these unsafe contract changes. GPC England wants to understand the impact of these changes on GP practices. This will help us in terms of ongoing negotiations with government and making progress with our dispute.


The survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete and will close on Weds 12 November. Your responses are confidential and will be anonymised for analysis

Thank you very much for your engagement.

Complete survey https://www.research.net/r/onlineconsultssurvey 

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