Dr Julius Parker is the Deputy Chair of the BMA GP Committee in England and joined Surrey and Sussex LMCs as a Medical Director in 2005 and was appointed CEO in 2007. As colleagues will appreciate working at an LMC is an extension of General Practice, the range of issues and questions that arise are huge, but the aim is to provide GPs and their Teams with advice, support, and to encourage empowerment, and to negotiate successfully, in the best interests of General Practice. He joined GPC in 2008, and the main professional interests are Contracts and Regulation, and the future success of General Practice!