Sessional GP Sub Committee Elections 2016 – 2019 – call for nominations
Do you want to make a difference to the lives of your fellow sessional GPs? Then stand for election to the only nationally elected body that represents the interests of all sessional (salaried and locum/freelance) GPs – the GPC Sessional GPs Subcommittee. A single UK-wide election will be held to elect sixteen members of the subcommittee for a three year term (until the end of the 2018-2019 session). Counting rules will be applied to ensure that a candidate will be elected from each of the subcommittee’s thirteen regions, and that there are at least two salaried GPs and two locum/freelance GPs on the subcommittee. The election will be conducted by Electoral Reform Services – an independent supplier of ballot and election services. To apply to stand in this election, please complete a nomination form, which can be downloaded from our website  and return it to the GPC office by 5pm on Friday 4 March 2016. To be eligible to stand for election, your must be a salaried or locum / freelance GP whose NHS general practice performer’s work is solely as a salaried and / or freelance GP (excluding work as a GP appraiser), and you must have completed an average of at least seven hours per week of NHS general practice work during the six months prior to the election. Notes:

• The workload criteria above can be waived if you were prevented from meeting them by recent sickness, absence on maternity / adoptive leave, or other exceptional circumstances.
• Retainer Scheme GPs are eligible to stand in this election as salaried GPs
• Because the subcommittee represents all sessional GPs, you do not need to be a BMA member to stand in this election.
• The subcommittee’s regions are based on BMA Regional Councils, plus Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. If you do not know your region, visit our website  for assistance.

You can also request a copy of the nomination form by emailing info.gpc@bma.org.uk.

Sessional GP Newsletter
The February edition of the sessional GPs subcommittee newsletter, has now been published, which can be accessed here.