The NHS is completely BROKEN It WASNT broken by COVID/Ukraine/inflation(*delete excuse) It was broken by deliberate CHOICES to break it RT if you want this/next government to make CHOICES to properly fund the NHS, reward its staff & provide better healthcare for UK population

GP APPOINTMENTS If everyone in England was given an annual review appt, plus 4 others per year This would mean practices providing 280,000,000 appts 330,000,000 have been provided in past 12m 7% Fewer GPs providing for 15% more people since 2015 #GPCrisis Blame MPs not GPs

As a result of this many people will see their GP multiple times whilst waiting to get a specialist opinion. GPs now doing 120% compared with 2019 & with fewer GPs #GPCrisis

"UK, LISTEN UP. "You now have the opportunity, if you move to the private system, to go bankrupt because of medically related debt." Bernie Sanders has one message for Britain: Keep the NHS public.

PLEASE LISTEN Just stop and listen GPs aren’t just exhausted: we are broken. How many more? 😢 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Facts here should you need them

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wow Labour feel like you should have spoke to a GP before you dropped this

Wow. That’s a powerful piece. @JohnLauner on ageing, the NHS and the fear that the safety net now has too many holes in it to give us the reassurance we all need when it comes to our health and care. A generation betrayed. So so sad. In this week’s The BMJ.

Watch this “how to” video from the British Epilepsy Association. Easy to understand, and super actionable when having to deal with epileptic seizure.

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…

"Most people believe #frailty is inevitable & irreversible. This clinical trial showed that a simple, low-cost, home-based intervention can reverse frailty and significantly improve muscle strength, bone mass, activity levels and slowness in 3 months." bgs.org.uk/blog/twenty-mi…

After losing both of his parents in the Hamas attack מעוז معوز Maoz speaks bravely, wishing for a better life for both Israelis and Palestinians. Share his call to "Cry with us to stop the war".

"The message in Suella Braverman's Christmas card says 'Being born in a stable is a lifestyle choice'" My latest cartoon for tomorrow's The Telegraph Buy a print of my cartoons at telegraph.co.uk/mattprints Original artwork from chrisbeetles.com

Collapse of community care Sept 2009 - 7,055 district nurses down to 3,749 in Dec 22 ⬇️46.9% Sept 2009 - 5,553 learning disability nurses down to 3,045 in Dec 22 ⬇️45.2% Sept 2009 - 8,100 health visitors down to 5,653 in Dec 22 ⬇️30.2% ⬇️2200 Fewer GPs

‘Drexit’ looms as we fail our junior doctors ft.com/content/89fbd7… via @ft

Less than the cost of an apple a day keeps doctors away… 🍏 bma.org.uk/GPsOnYourSide

COST COMPARISON Glastonbury weekend ticket £355 Full car service + MOT £235 Pet insurance £360 Football season ticket £495 5 take-away Coffees/week £3.75 - £975 Did you know that you get all your GP practice services for a year for £165 It’s too little & been cut £35 #GPCrisis

The NHS may be broken, according to The Labour Party Wes Streeting, but here’s how to fix it. Prevention, Prevention, Prevention, Prevention…. 1. Prevent poverty. It’s the single biggest determinant of ill health, and health and social care demand, both now and in the future. Blair