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An obscure but crucial battle for GPs: Where’s the justice if we can’t choose our own negotiators?
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An obscure but crucial battle for GPs: Where’s the justice if we can’t choose our own negotiators?
Wednesday 14 December 2022, 12:00 AM

A new protocol is needed to govern moves on the PHO Services Agreement [Image: Jon Tyson on Unsplash]
An anomaly affects only one party to PHO Services Agreement talks and that party is the contracted provider. Angus Chambers outlines how a stalemate was reached on how representatives for providers can be chosen
Should general practices be able to appoint their own representatives for their own contract negotiations?
Any reasonable observer might think that, Angus Chambers, Angus Chambers [image: supplied]
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