Great. Another report by not GPs suggesting funding anything but GP practices to provide care. Membership of NHS fed = acute, mh, ambulance, community trusts, ICSs, networks. The only bit of the system that doesn't run a deficit being told how to function by everyone who does!

This old tweet of mine has gained some traction this week. To be clear, my position hasn't changed. PAs can either be cheap or safe. The 2 are mutually exclusive. If you safely supervise a PA you are paying them v v well to cosplay being a healthcare professional.

In what crazy world does a dependent practitioner tell their supervising clinician, who carries ALL the medicolegal risk, what safe practice looks like? The hubris is breathtaking. If my practice gets a copy of this it will be getting shredded and used as hamster bedding

The call for a purely salaried GP workforce gets trotted out semi regularly. Given the cost effectiveness of the partnership model it would be a spectacular own goal. Putting the only part of the health service that has never run a deficit in employment to bodies that do is dumb

With great sadness, we received the news about the passing of Auschwitz Survivor Denise Holstein. Denise Holstein (6 February 1927 – 16 November 2024) dedicated her life to sharing her testimony and educating future generations about the atrocities she endured. She wrote two

Pay non-dependent clinicians who are able to complete an episode of care independently to do them. You know, professionals who can prescribe independently, legally order imaging including the use of ionising radiation. Doctors. Nurses.

"Lazy fat-cat GPs"...

Do you have confidence in the GMC as a regulator of doctors and impending PAs/AAs? Dr Done @medicalmodelwithabriochebun Iona Collins.DOCTOR. Neena Jha Dr Sarmy™️🩺🏏 Dr Sandeep Bansal David Smith Dr Steve Taylor

Dependent practitioners do not get to dictate to their supervisor what their scope should be. It never ceases to amaze me the entitlement of PAs who feel they should be telling doctors their scope.

It’s hard to describe what it feels like to be a GP. Sitting in a room alone, with patients rotating in and out, tackling a never-ending list—there’s no space to breathe. It can be relentless. 🧵

🤝 Fantastic day today representing Rebuild General Practice at UK Parliament 💬 Great to meet with MPs, GPs and colleagues from across the country - hearing about the Cogora #GPWorkforceReport - hosted by Dr Simon Opher MP 📊 The report is clear - General Practice is in crisis 🧵1/7

Still haven't received your pension statement like me? Vital thread about what to do and what compensation you will be due.

Zero deficit. 20% increase in activity since 2022. Last year 370 MILLION! appointments in General practice. Real terms reduction in practice resource over 15 years. Frankly miraculous we are achieving what we are with what we are given. 7% of NHS budget.

🚨 The General Practice Committee has agreed in principle to the proposed changes to the 2025/26 GP contract. A funding uplift of £889m has been secured—but it comes with conditions. This deal does not “fix” #GeneralPractice, but it’s a step forward. 🧵👇 #RebuildGP

We’ve written to Wes Streeting about the 2025-26 GP contract, and future contract reform. Read the letter here 👇

GPC England has agreed to the 2025/26 contract changes after securing a written commitment from the Government to fully renegotiate the national contract within this parliament. We’re now out of dispute and working on next steps. 👉 Learn more bma.org.uk/gpcontract

Standard govt tactics. Announce 2.8%. "Concede" 4%. Claim "inflation busting" payrise via sympathetic media. CPIH to April 25 is 4.1%, RPI is 4.5%. Pay restoration getting further away, not closer. GPs even worse. "Pay portion" of GMS doing some heavy lifting in the announcement