Alan Stout
@alanstout19
GP in Belfast, Chair of BMA NI council. Enjoy golf and gardens!. Views my own!
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23-05-2018 10:02:21
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"Last year the UK’s GPs were reportedly seeing 45-50 patients a day, in stark contrast to many of our colleagues in Europe: 10 a day in Portugal and Belgium; 25 in Switzerland, Italy, and Denmark." Dr Helen Salisbury on the reality of GPs' working hours bmj.com/content/386/bm…
Thanks for everything Dr Stephen Farry , not just an MP but my MP until recently. Took up a number of very key issues on our behalf, and really showed me the importance of proper NI representation at Westminster
Read our statement on the draft Programme for Government released today. "Truly changing our health service may mean taking unpopular decisions, but we cannot keep doing what we are doing and hope it will lead to better outcomes." Alan Stout brnw.ch/21wMuG6
“I don’t know a doctor who isn’t champing at the bit for reform and change of their working practices to make them better so we can get on and treat patients.” BMA chair Philip Banfield 💙 tells BBC News (UK) the government must work with doctors to achieve its plans for reform.
Alan Stout Alan - it’s scandalous and a dereliction of duty that NI hasn’t implemented EPS and are knowingly adversely affecting patients and GP workload.