IT’S HARD TO SPEAK TO A GP The problem is there are not enough GPs 2000 fewer than 2015 8000 short of what is needed One GP per 2200 patients GPs average 40 appts a day (safe levels are 25) NO GP WANTS THIS FOR THEIR PATIENTS #GPCrisis Blame MPs not GPs

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Sad but true reflection of what we are facing in primary care….

People are getting appointments, 100k more each day in Feb 23 than in Feb 22, with 500 fewer GPs. Leading to burnout and doctors leaving in droves #StressAwarenessMonth #blameMPsnotGPs

I’m grateful Dr Dan Goyal for this clear explanation of what is happening around us at a time when it’s hard to articulate how broken the system is, and how upsetting it is to be a GP and see patients suffering but not be able to solve it as we would want to.

Husband and eldest son out on a long run today - no guess needed for which of them is about to head off to Uni for a sports and exercise science degree 🏃🏻‍♂️😆Precision Fuel & Hydration

These 2 send me over the edge every time. The power of friendship #RobBurrow #SirKevinSinfield

Today if you can, offer to make the coffee/tea for a colleague you work with but don’t know well, ask how they are ,then just listen. See what happens. It’s always the smallest of things, the basic human connections that start the biggest of changes 😊

The key points about vaping (E-cigarettes) can be easily summarised. If you smoke, vaping is much safer; if you don’t smoke, don’t vape; marketing vapes to children is utterly unacceptable. I expand on these points in the article below. gov.uk/government/new…

I worked through my cancer treatment as I wanted to minimise the impact of my treatment on that of my patients. I am committed to them, my job and the nhs. I will be striking with my consultant colleagues for all the same reasons. #consultantstrikes #NHS #westandtogether

me in the FT: GPs and the NHS. we (should be) the solution, not the problem. (so lovely to be writing for the FT again, sorry I look so washed out) ft.com/content/ccfa05…

I’m an oncologist and I love my job. But I’m striking because I know first-hand that the NHS is failing our patients with cancer and I’m striking because I know first-hand that the NHS is failing its workforce. lucygossage.com/my-reasons-for… #ConsultantsStrike

👏🏻 well done team 👏🏻

We currently have three opportunities to join our PCN, including roles for a Primary Care Coordinator and a Senior Clinical Pharmacist. For more info and how to apply, visit: haywardsheathvillagespcn.org/work-with-us/

One of the most crucial parts of GP is continuity. Knowing my patients is the most helpful tool I have. The govt is ruining this with politically-driven access targets and other election-ready soundbites which poorly represent what patients actually need. I can’t book follow-up

General Practice 🐼Parody RCGP (not a Doctor/"Physician" Assistant) RCGP Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 Dr Dave Triska AISMA Accountants Andy Pow Medics Money Ben Gowland Digital and Tech GP Dr Goblin Steve Taylor Mark Steggles Department of Health and Social Care Rebuild General Practice NHS England Dr Mark Porter Ruth Rankine 💙 NAPC DAUK GP Committee 💙 Londonwide LMCs Dr Michelle Drage Adam Janjua Hugh Alderwick Becks Fisher IPPR Wes Streeting MP Preet Kaur Gill MP Karin Smyth Transforming health and care Victoria Macdonald Rachel Sylvester Denis Campbell Shaun Lintern laura donnelly Angus Neale Amol Rajan Nick Robinson Mishal Husain Martha Kearney Simple stats since 2015 England general practice SOS 💥Over 1000 practices gone 💥Over 2000 GPs gone 💥Over 6,000,000 more patients on the books 💥 Equivalent of 1:2 population seen EACH month. 💥400 million consults per annum 💥7-8% of NHS funding 💥5% of all NHS staff

On the day the #GPReferendum results are released to General Practice by Civica, I’d invite Amanda Pritchard amanda doyle colleagues at NHS England & Department of Health and Social Care as well as Robert Ede Andrea Leadsom & Victoria Atkins to reflect on this compelling thread: 🧵👇