The LMC regards communication between representatives and constituent GPs as essential, and is ever striving to improve it. The LMC communicates with GPs in many ways including:

• Newsletters; distributed to all GPs
  
• Professional meetings/seminars, including pan-London events with key speakers
  
  Information bulletins on major issues and summaries of national guidance in co-operation with other LMCs
  
• Open Meetings/Surveys

• Consultation with specific GPs
  
• Telephone, email, fax and mail

Links with other bodies

The LMC maintains an extensive network of formal and informal contact on behalf of GPs with bodies such as:

• NHS ONEL
• Primary Care Trust
• Other  LMCs
• General Practitioners Committee
• Small Practices Association
• Members of Parliament
• Local government

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