GPs in Wales have delivered a resounding rejection of the proposed General Medical Services (GMS) contract from the Welsh government.
In a BMA ballot of its members in Wales, almost all (98.7% or 1079) doctors rejected the proposed contract for 2024-25, with just 14 doctors voting for it. The ballot had a 68% turnout.
The offer included a 6% pay uplift to GP pay, extended to all practice staff, £1.8m for other practice expenses, and an extension of the additional capacity fund for 2025-26, meaning an additional £4m investment next year.1
The BMA’s Welsh General Practitioners Committee (GPC Wales) had asked the Welsh government to invest £10.8m into contractor GP pay, £8.9m to allow practices to cover “unavoidable” practice costs, …
