Key Facts about Derby and Derbyshire LMC:
Comprises of 32 elected members representing all GPs in levy paying practices.
Meets monthly on the first Thursday afternoon of each month.
90% of GP practices contribute to the voluntary levy, which is the LMC's only source of income.
The Committee
All Local Medical Committees (LMCs) operating across the United Kingdom are recognised in statute as the local representative committee for independent GPs.
Derby and Derbyshire LMC is the ONLY committee with a statutory obligation to represent the interests of Derby and Derbyshire General Practitioners working in the National Health Service, irrespective of which type of medical services contract held.
It has well over eighty statutory responsibilities in addition to being recognised as an expert body with a very considerable and unique corporate memory of the NHS, sadly lacking elsewhere because of continual reorganisation.
The elected members and officers of Derby and Derbyshire LMC remain at the heart of the organisation. Acting under the elected members’ direction, the LMC liaises, engages and negotiates with and between NHS North Midlands, Public Health, Commissioning Managers, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and GP practices.
Elected Members 2025–2029
Following a recruitment and election process earlier this year, we are pleased to welcome our new committee members.
The committee comprises two GP representatives from each Primary Care Network, each serving a four-year term.
In addition to the GP representatives, six Practice Managers (PMs) have been co-opted in a non-voting capacity. These PMs represent the three wider areas: City, South, and North.
Current LMC Leadership:
Chair: Dr Merryl Watkins
Treasurer: Dr Sam Thomson
Directors: Dr Joanne Swindell, Dr Ripon Ahmed, Dr Caroline Robertshaw
Chief Executive: Dr Ben Milton
Belper PCN Area Representatives
Dr Kate Woodier
Dr Sam Thompson
Derby City North PCN Area Representative
Dr Joanne Swindell
Dr Noreen Jawad
Derbyshire Dales PCN Area Representatives
Dr Peter Williams
Derby City South PCN Area Representatives
Dr Ajay Mahajan
Dr Merryl Watkins
Chair
Erewash PCN Area Representatives
Dr Emma Pizzey
Dr Weronika Tobiasiewicz
PCCO PCN Area Representative
Dr Iram Afshan
High Peak PCN Area Representative
Dr Ashley Dawson
Dr Susan Karimi
North East Derbyshire PCN Area Representative
Dr Abigail Lucking
Oakdale Park PCN Area Representative
Dr Rachel Burnett
South Dales PCN Team Area Representatives
Dr Simon De Sousa
South Hardwick Area Representative
Dr Sudeep Chawla
Dr Katherine Bowman
Swadlincote PCN Area Representative
Dr James Betteridge-Sorby
Dr Mitesh Patel
Chesterfield & Dronfield PCN Area Representative
Dr Ripon Ahmed
Dr Selina Sawhney
Greater Derby PCN Area Representative
Dr Caroline Robertshaw
Dr Lakvinder Dhamrait
North Hardwick & Bolsover PCN Area Representative
Dr Hazel McMurray
North Derbyshire PCN Area Representative
Dr Blessing Aziegbemi
Dr Christina Moody
Arch PCN Area Representative
Dr Michael Wong
Dr Louise Clarke
Invited PM - Derby City
Holly Goodrich
Simon Jones
Invited PM - Derbyshire North
Julie Chaplin
Brodie Bagshaw
Invited PM - South Derbyshire
Nelle Hutchinson
Kay Smith
Derby and Derbyshire Local Medical Committee (LMC) Constitution and Articles of Association
This document sets out the Constitution and Governance Framework of the Derby and Derbyshire Local Medical Committee (the Committee) for the area of the county of Derbyshire.