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Dr Balmer is the Chief Executive of the Essex Local Medical Committees Ltd (LMCs), which represents approximately 1300 Essex GPs. His role includes personal and professional support to GPs and practices, as well as the promotion of GP interests and aspirations to NHS England, local authorities, CCGs and other commissioning bodies.
He has been a member of the GPC (General Practitioners Committee) since 2002 and within the GPC has specialised in workforce, workload and commissioning/providing issues.
In July 2014 Dr Balmer was elected to the GPC Executive Team and two years later moved to work with ARU on the successful introduction of the first School of Medicine in Essex and has also worked with the NHS in Mid and South Essex on their Primary Care Strategy.
Prior to this, Dr Balmer was a Health Authority Medical Advisor/Director in Essex and gained an MBA in 1996. He was a GP partner in East London for seven years and is a graduate of the University of Manchester. He continues to work as a locum GP.
Born in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, Dr Balmer now lives in Leigh on Sea and enjoys sailing, walking, cycling and military history.
Dr Balmer is the Chief Executive of the Essex Local Medical Committees Ltd (LMCs), which represents approximately 1300 Essex GPs. His role includes personal and professional support to GPs and practices, as well as the promotion of GP interests and aspirations to NHS England, local authorities, CCGs and other commissioning bodies.
He has been a member of the GPC (General Practitioners Committee) since 2002 and within the GPC has specialised in workforce, workload and commissioning/providing issues.
In July 2014 Dr Balmer was elected to the GPC Executive Team and two years later moved to work with ARU on the successful introduction of the first School of Medicine in Essex and has also worked with the NHS in Mid and South Essex on their Primary Care Strategy.
Prior to this, Dr Balmer was a Health Authority Medical Advisor/Director in Essex and gained an MBA in 1996. He was a GP partner in East London for seven years and is a graduate of the University of Manchester. He continues to work as a locum GP.
Born in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, Dr Balmer now lives in Leigh on Sea and enjoys sailing, walking, cycling and military history.
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