GP Partners are receiving emails from Operose Inviting them to look at succession planning with Operose taking over their practices Plan: 1. Starve NHS GPs of £ 2. Continuous poor contracts 3. Appoint former CEO in DHSC 4. Use NHSE data base to contact partners 5. Takeover Is this the grand plan?

GP Partners are receiving emails from Operose Inviting them to look at succession planning with Operose taking over their practices Plan: 1. Starve NHS GPs of £ 2. Continuous poor contracts 3. Appoint former CEO in DHSC 4. Use NHSE data base to contact partners 5. Takeover Is this the grand plan?

Advice and Guidance won’t affect GP referrals 🤔 But what about the 25% deflected back (rejected) with advice? Who holds the clinical responsibility? Patients now waiting in the community? Are Consultants aware that they must process within 5 days? @gmcuk.bsky.social referrals coming

Bonus episode of new weekly podcast ‘Not the NHS Again!’ Out every Friday! Interview with Dr Andy Knox writer of Sick Society Subscribe for content on all things NHS! Full episode here youtu.be/n6nhNHDtZrI?...

Dr James Le Fanu was happy with £7500 in his day! His day as a Junior Doctor 1974 - the following year Junior Doctors were in industrial action with Government £7500 would be £72k now if kept with CPI inflation - no wonder he was happy Maybe he should get back on his sofa

Bonus episode of new weekly podcast ‘Not the NHS Again!’ Out every Friday! Interview with Dr Andy Knox writer of Sick Society Subscribe for content on all things NHS! Full episode here youtu.be/n6nhNHDtZrI?...

Well said Steve, this is rose-tinted nostalgic nonsense of the highest order

Dr James Le Fanu was happy with £7500 in his day! His day as a Junior Doctor 1974 - the following year Junior Doctors were in industrial action with Government £7500 would be £72k now if kept with CPI inflation - no wonder he was happy Maybe he should get back on his sofa

‘Not the NHS again’ A new podcast series every Friday we explore all things NHS Plus bonus episodes as we interview people about why they are involved in writing books or campaigning. ‘Corridor Care Scandal’ this week👇🏼 youtu.be/BAwdmwrDkio?...

Private sector, see a Dr. In the NHS, the plan is for you to see anyone but a Dr. That is a political choice, & it is putting lives at risk UK already has fewer Drs per head than 🇪🇺 No other nation is responding to that gap by designing Drs out of patient care Training more! dauk.org/dauk-respond...

Private sector, see a Dr. In the NHS, the plan is for you to see anyone but a Dr. That is a political choice, & it is putting lives at risk UK already has fewer Drs per head than 🇪🇺 No other nation is responding to that gap by designing Drs out of patient care Training more! dauk.org/dauk-respond...

‘Not the NHS again’ A new podcast series every Friday we explore all things NHS Plus bonus episodes as we interview people about why they are involved in writing books or campaigning. ‘Corridor Care Scandal’ this week👇🏼 youtu.be/BAwdmwrDkio?...

Advice and Guidance won’t affect GP referrals 🤔 But what about the 25% deflected back (rejected) with advice? Who holds the clinical responsibility? Patients now waiting in the community? Are Consultants aware that they must process within 5 days? @gmcuk.bsky.social referrals coming

GPs are Local The Local elections need to be focused on Local issues 31million people consult GP practices every month, half the population #TeamGP time to get the message out Can’t see a GP blame MPs

GPs are Local The Local elections need to be focused on Local issues 31million people consult GP practices every month, half the population #TeamGP time to get the message out Can’t see a GP blame MPs

GP practices are LOCAL It’s a LOCAL issue People need access to LOCAL GPs There are LOCAL elections in May If you don’t have plans for LOCAL GP access to healthcare your won’t win votes LOCAL GPs need support

General Practice: here today, gone tomorrow? It’s time for a simpler, well-resourced GP contract that will genuinely ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’ The current one is 255 pages – & not fit for purpose. And it will cost a little bit more: just £1/week each lowdownnhs.info/topics/gp-su...

We asked the BMA what loads of GPs are asking in private… 👀 Is the profession being played again? Why does collective action keep losing momentum? Where has the PR support been? And who is really fighting for general practice? 🔥 Katie Bramall-Stainer — Chair of the GPC 🔥 Steve Taylor 🔥 Andy Pow

We asked the BMA what loads of GPs are asking in private… 👀 Is the profession being played again? Why does collective action keep losing momentum? Where has the PR support been? And who is really fighting for general practice? 🔥 Katie Bramall-Stainer — Chair of the GPC 🔥 Steve Taylor 🔥 Andy Pow

General Practice: here today, gone tomorrow? It’s time for a simpler, well-resourced GP contract that will genuinely ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’ The current one is 255 pages – & not fit for purpose. And it will cost a little bit more: just £1/week each lowdownnhs.info/topics/gp-su...

Compulsory Advice & Guidance for all GP referrals This will mean more waits in the community, reduced patient choice, more work for your GP practice with no funding As a choice A&G is valuable but with aims to divert (reject) 25% of all referrals it’s top down manipulation

Compulsory Advice & Guidance for all GP referrals This will mean more waits in the community, reduced patient choice, more work for your GP practice with no funding As a choice A&G is valuable but with aims to divert (reject) 25% of all referrals it’s top down manipulation

GP practices are LOCAL It’s a LOCAL issue People need access to LOCAL GPs There are LOCAL elections in May If you don’t have plans for LOCAL GP access to healthcare your won’t win votes LOCAL GPs need support

As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications Influence is being bought Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy - ban it now www.thecanary.co/global/world...

‘Not the NHS Again!’ A new podcast every Friday Subscribe, watch & listen! @dauk-gp.bsky.social @keepournhspublic.bsky.social working in collaboration to share stories & insights Corridor Care, GP unemployment, Vanishing NHS, one to one interviews Friday 3rd ‘Corridor Care’

Spin Doctor Wes Letters from Wes Streeting to the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee are timed to coincide with or precede GPC England committee meetings to disrupt, manipulate & misinform If interested in true negotiation they would be in the weeks building up to meetings to allow discussion

Spin Doctor Wes Letters from Wes Streeting to the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee are timed to coincide with or precede GPC England committee meetings to disrupt, manipulate & misinform If interested in true negotiation they would be in the weeks building up to meetings to allow discussion

As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications Influence is being bought Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy - ban it now www.thecanary.co/global/world...

The GMC, until recently, exclusively regulated doctors – those with full medical qualifications. The Starmer-Streeting axis has already – with the collusion of the GMC – started to erode that distinction www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

🗣️ | @drstevetaylor.bsky.social: "The Government and Wes Streeting need to hear the overwhelming feedback from GPs that the new imposed contract is unacceptable. "It creates needless barriers for patient care, and massive increase in workloads for GPs and their teams." 🔗 dauk.org/government-u...

Out now, my conversation with Tara Humphries Find out why I’m passionate about General Practice I’m biased but worth a listen  podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

The divide between the few & many has never been wider There is 1 GP for every 5 hospital Drs! For every Advice & Guidance a hospital colleague writes a GP will receive 5, for every person seen in hospital General Practice will consult 4 Holding uncertainty but also patients

Out now, my conversation with Tara Humphries Find out why I’m passionate about General Practice I’m biased but worth a listen  podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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The divide between the few & many has never been wider There is 1 GP for every 5 hospital Drs! For every Advice & Guidance a hospital colleague writes a GP will receive 5, for every person seen in hospital General Practice will consult 4 Holding uncertainty but also patients

*GP REFERENDUM* ⚠️Last Chance To Vote⚠️ 0️⃣3️⃣Days Left ⏰Closes Weds 26th 12 Noon ⏰ 📊 Turnout Every. Single. Vote. Counts. 🗳️ Search inbox & junk for [email protected]_ 🔎 ❌ No link? Email <[email protected]> *now* - _do not delay!_ 📖 Info on campaign: www.bma.org.uk/GPContract

*GP REFERENDUM* ⚠️Last Chance To Vote⚠️ 0️⃣3️⃣Days Left ⏰Closes Weds 26th 12 Noon ⏰ 📊 Turnout Every. Single. Vote. Counts. 🗳️ Search inbox & junk for [email protected]_ 🔎 ❌ No link? Email <[email protected]> *now* - _do not delay!_ 📖 Info on campaign: www.bma.org.uk/GPContract

#TeamGP vote NO to the new contract GP is over! You might have employment, but like pharmacists, you’ll be in Tesco at 10pm Apathy & negativity won’t fix it. The future is either Pharmacy working for big corporations or Dentistry / private but unlike dentistry it will be working for big business

NHS England values a simple consultation at £52 Contraception check £25 BP check £10 Value of consultations alone GP £10bn (£52 each) Nurse £2bn (£25) Direct care staff £2bn (£20) Total £14bn Yet the total budget for 2026/27 £13.86bn What about all the other stuff? @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social

GPs Emigrate. My nurse wife works in (non NHS) urgent care centres. Not enough GPs. Some shifts she‘s terrified. The pressure is indescribable.

6300 Neighbourhood Health Centres already in walking distance of 90% of the population Cost to bring hospital to community just 1.5% of NHS budget £50 per patient per year Yet @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social doesn’t want to do it instead it’s 43 centres rather than investing in GP practices

#TeamGP vote NO to the new contract GP is over! You might have employment, but like pharmacists, you’ll be in Tesco at 10pm Apathy & negativity won’t fix it. The future is either Pharmacy working for big corporations or Dentistry / private but unlike dentistry it will be working for big business

6300 Neighbourhood Health Centres already in walking distance of 90% of the population Cost to bring hospital to community just 1.5% of NHS budget £50 per patient per year Yet @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social doesn’t want to do it instead it’s 43 centres rather than investing in GP practices

I’m fuming Dr Amir Khan on ‘No Appointment Necessary’ nails the problem with the new Advice and Guidance It’s effectively moving the hospital waiting list to the community so it’s not counted against Govt targets We see you @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social youtu.be/X9MkVcquAOk?...

Rapid Access Chest Pain clinics used to be seen within 2 weeks Most referred patients would be lucky to get an appt in 8 weeks, this patient died waiting having waited 5 months Cardiology has failed to recover from the pandemic For patients & GPs this is URGENT @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social

I’m fuming Dr Amir Khan on ‘No Appointment Necessary’ nails the problem with the new Advice and Guidance It’s effectively moving the hospital waiting list to the community so it’s not counted against Govt targets We see you @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social youtu.be/X9MkVcquAOk?...

Rapid Access Chest Pain clinics used to be seen within 2 weeks Most referred patients would be lucky to get an appt in 8 weeks, this patient died waiting having waited 5 months Cardiology has failed to recover from the pandemic For patients & GPs this is URGENT @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social

Compulsory Advice and Guidance Mandated open access @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @laylamoran.bsky.social That’s it! GPs are done! Can’t do this any more! As a GP of 30years I will continue to advocate for patients, refer patients appropriately & do what I can BUT THIS IS THE FINAL STRAW