PCT bars LMC from the surgery tender process.(local medical committee)(primary care trust)

GPs in the West Midlands have reacted angrily to a PCT's decision to exclude the LMC from the selection process for tenders for two practices.

The Brownhills and Willenhall surgeries were put out to tender by Walsall PCT which received 18 bids from a range of suppliers including local GPs, consortia and private companies, but the LMC was not invited to sit on an adjudication panel.

LMC secretary Dr Haris Syed said 'most GPs were not happy about what had happened' and he was working to ensure it did not happen again.

'In the past we were involved in the interviewing process, but this time we were told there was a conflict of interest because local …