To all my Consultant colleague ‘enablers’ who have championed & pushed through the unsafe, unregulated expansion of PAs & AAs by hook or crook, read this below 👇

NHSE justify replacing GPs by non-doctors because it’s “cost saving for the NHS”

But it’s not at all!

As GPs we’re trained to deal with uncertainty & hold risk. We know when NOT to investigate/refer - the most challenging skill of all.

We can manage the vast majority of…

And with that she was gone ….. #RCR #RCR adiologists #RCR membership

Hospitals are falling apart as the govt falls apart. How can any govt allow hospitals to decline so much into disrepair that they fall to pieces and patient appointments cancelled. Shame on them. theguardian.com/society/articl…

Tribute to Jenny Vaughan | Just Culture for all in healthcare is on BBC Radio 4 Last Word today; repeated on Sunday at 2030hrs UK time and available on #BBCSounds & a variety of podcast platforms worldwide.

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It's harder than ever to be an NHS patient, says Steve Taylor.

💙GPs know that NHS patients are suffering because of chronic under-investment in our NHS.

Demand that your election candidates commit to increased funding for our NHS: #NHSPledge
weownit.org.uk/act-now/pledge…

ARRS £is diverting much needed funding from core GP services. NHSE &the government prefer to use this for allied staff rather than employing much needed GPs. This way they can say that they have paid for x number more staff in primary care. It’s a smoke and mirrors numbers game.

ICBs need to get the genuine costs of acute Hub appointments #teamGP

NHSE / ICB leaders are failing by funding more expensive appts, whilst stripping GP practices

Funding for Acute Respiratory Hubs average £48 per appt
GP appt £20 not being funded 🤷🏻‍♂️

Why are NHSE/ICBs pursuing plans that cost more, reduce patient care?
Same day access plans are dangerous, fail patients, are being driven by failed understanding of data/needs
http://https//www.lmc.org.uk/news/why-improving-access-with-core-hours-same-day-hubs-misses-the-point/

What an absolute shambles this is

Government & NHS England board are accountable for workforce planning.
Promoting roles other than Drs, hospital training programmes with not enough posts.
Funding roles other than Drs in General Practice
NHS England Amanda Pritchard Dr Navina Evans

Interesting piece on #virtualwards . Important to see evidence of the positive patient testimonials mentioned. I get in theory all the potential positives for patient experience but i do worry we're only hearing from those with the capacity to speak up.
hsj.co.uk/acute-care/the…

🗣️ | “Many will be moving away from home, some will have family, caring responsibilities and will need to put things in place.'
We share the concerns of final year medical students who have yet to find out which hospital they will start work in.
dauk.org/news/2024/05/0…

ICBs need to get the genuine costs of acute Hub appointments #teamGP

NHSE / ICB leaders are failing by funding more expensive appts, whilst stripping GP practices

Funding for Acute Respiratory Hubs average £48 per appt
GP appt £20 not being funded 🤷🏻‍♂️

It’s telling that the GMC feels the need to publish this.
There would have been no need for this if the GMC had kept to its remit to be the ‘Independent regulator of Doctors’.
They are not independent of Government & don’t listen to Doctors who finance them.

Sometimes only humour gets you through ….

Mr Finkelstein suggested yesterday that every Dr that was convicted of breaking a law should expect a suspension

The law is a complex set of rules that even our country’s leaders fall foul of but continue to work

Protest is unlikely to be a law break that impairs a Drs practice