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And just like that …. Last sunset of the summer 😎

Workload: longer GP consultations and a near tripling in patient-related admin work led to a 48% increase in average clinical workload per patient between 2005 and 2019 doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2… Tom Marshall Lyvia de Dumast Kym Snell @patrickvm #PrimaryCare

General practices offered nearly than 935,000 appointments to patients across Kent and Medway in July. This is 70,000 more appointments offered than last July and 125,000 more appointments than in July 2022. Read the full story: ow.ly/mFmE50TgeaX

Great catch by Yuvi for Broadstairs CC 🏏 Kent Cricket

"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." @HelenRSalisbury on the reality of GPs' working hours bmj.com/content/386/bm…

You don't have to go through tough times alone Today marks World Suicide Prevention Day 1 in 4 GPs know another who’s died from suicide My own GP took his life in 2021 Please reach out to your LMC, use General Practice support & NHS Practitioner Health or one of these:

One study found that if patients were seen by their usual GP, the time until the next consultation was 18% longer than if they saw a doctor they didn’t know. @HelenRSalisbury looks at the relationship between continuity of care and productivity bmj.com/content/386/bm…

Loved chairing another great Kent LMC conference! Had the most inspirational talk by Ann Daniels record breaking polar explorer as well as crucial updates on GP regulation, finances and BMA’s collective action from Care Quality Commission General Practice Great work by the whole LMC team 🙌🏽

Community Collaboration Very pleased to share that we have installed a defibrillator and Kent’s first bleed kit! Thanks to Faversham Rotary club and local League of Friends for their hard work on this. The life saving equipments are now at Faversham Health Centre, Bank Street

What does the future hold for GP premises? On our podcast this week Gaurav Gupta from General Practice speaks to Emma Bower about all things premises. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts gponline.com/podcast-does-f… #lmcconf

Thank you to all who took part in the LMC conference today. We are more committed than ever to resolving the NI issues with Government and seeking the investment general practice desperately needs. Our voice will only get stronger through joint collective action.

ARRS will not be cut with the current NHS England board in place Think it’s working despite the 31k staff adding just 40m appts for £1.4bn Compared to 27k GPs doing 160m appts Cost-benefit not being done at the highest levels & they actually don’t know how it works Wes Streeting

Dear ADT UK are you aware that your team is charging GP practices exorbitant fees for services not even requested and possibly 1200% markup plus VAT on supplying memory stick? Happy to share the invoices publicly if that helps! General Practice Emma Bower Sofia Lind Kent LMC

General Practice provided 370,000,000 appts in 2024 1.5million a day Despite the workload transfer from Trusts This is what NHS productivity looks like Amanda Pritchard NHS England needs ICBs to protect practices & build their capacity in 2025/26 Wes Streeting Stephen Kinnock

An update from Philip Banfield 💙 outside the Royal Courts of Justice. Today, the BMA’s case against the GMC begins, challenging the use of 'medical professionals' and the blurring of lines between doctors and non-doctors - putting patient safety at risk. Listen here 👇

Big NHS interview on BBC Radio 4 Today with Amol Rajan and Amanda Pritchard - and it was all hospitals, hospitals, hospitals. Only mention of GP was how hard it was to get an appt. Come on R4 you can do better. Gen practice is the only part of the NHS with year on year zero deficits….

I’ll be speaking about the future of GP partnership at Best Practice London on 27th Feb! GP partnership model and its innovative spirit is vital to the survival of NHS. The BMA General Practice Best Practice #BestPracticeShow invt.io/1txb0muzavx

The GMC are increasing doctors’ compulsory annual fees this year from £455 to £463. On a side note, the GMC are spending almost ONE MILLION pounds a year on private medical care for its staff WHY are they using OUR fees to fund their own private medical care?!