The BMA have previously agreed a joint statement with the Royal College of GPs and the General Medical Council, which stated that GPs should be considered as expert medical generalists, and as such are specialists in general practice, and that therefore the GP and Specialist Registers should be merged. This week their position has been supported by the Academy of Royal Colleges. You can read their full statement here: 

https://www.aomrc.org.uk/statements/general-practitioners-specialists-in-general-practice/

The Council strongly felt that there should be a single specialist register and that this gives the right signals in terms of collaborative working and breaking down barriers between primary and secondary care.