Funding for Meeting Attendance
We do this by supporting GPs to take part in activity which ensures that the voice and experience of General Practice is heard in meetings, committees and other situations.
Currently the BMA does not recompense or compensate attenders at committee and other meetings, for the first 12 meetings. Given the status of GPs as independent contractors or employees in small organisations, the BMA arrangement is a significant disincentive to GPs to become involved in this type of activity. Therefore, the GPDF currently provides a grant to BMA to remove any disincentive and to encourage GP engagement in representation activity.
This arrangement is in place until June 2020 with future arrangements the subject of ongoing negotiations between the GPDF and BMA.