Gpecs works to Minimise health inequalities for those unable to access care Mike Nesbitt @LizK1988 Danny Donnelly MLA Diane Dodds Colin McGrath 🇺🇦 RCGPNI BMANI-GP Ursula Mason Mark A Taylor Department of Health Deirdre Heenan

Sinéad Eastwood Alan Stout GPECS So true! Image the impact at community level for women had this service grown and developed rather than see funding cut. These hubs are transformative but they need strengthening and supporting to keep delivering

Northern Ireland Council chair Alan Stout commenting on the latest quarterly waiting list figures for inpatient and outpatient care.

Fantastic 👏👏👏

Work in primary care or musculoskeletal medicine? Keen to differentiate between inflammatory arthritis and fibromyalgia. Check out this online course from Versus Arthritis Northern Ireland Versus Arthritis action.versusarthritis.org/page/162076/ev… Royal College of General Practitioners RCGPNI Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK Faculty of SEM QUB GP Society American College of Rheumatology

Start 2025 with our Jan Programme! From cardiovascular risk to safeguarding, join expert-led clinical updates designed for NI healthcare professionals. 📅 📷 9 Jan: Cardiovascular Risk 📷16 Jan: TIA Diagnosis📷 23 Jan: Safeguarding 📷30 Jan: Pulmonary Fibrosis #PrimaryCare

Coming up this Thursday 👇

1-Our Chair Ursula Mason outlines the challenges that have culminated in a GP workforce crisis to Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Health

Last day to complete this. NI has the longest gynae waiting lists in Europe.Postcode lottery for many women’s health services including menopause & contraception

Y'day I performed the first Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) excision under the GPECS BCC pathway. This pilot, in collab with South Eastern Trust & Northern Trust allows some GPs to remove low-risk BCCs in primary care, easing secondary care pressures. A milestone for GP-led derm care Department of Health

Now recruiting: Primary Care Clinical Research Nurse 📍 Belfast (Hybrid) 📅 Apply by 25 April 🔗 nijobfinder.co.uk/job/1119378 #researchnurse #primarycare #nijobs #clinicalresearch #fsu #nicrn

Northern Ireland's first memorial tree dedicated to healthcare workers who have died by suicide was planted at a GP surgery in Belfast yesterday. Shore Road Surgery is the first organisation in NI to join our National Memorial Tree Campaign, in association with Adam Kay

We're delighted to welcome the Banbridge Group Surgery to the GP Elective Care Vasectomy service in the Southern Federation. Their experienced team are looking forward to providing a great service for local patients. #vasectomy #electivecare #primarycare

As a Royal College we do not comment on contract negotiations but how could I look someone in the eye who has phoned their GP 115 times without success and say “yeah I think there is enough funding for general practice”

I really fear that if General Practice is allowed to crumble and collapse, the whole of the NHS will fail. Fixing the foundation before that happens is vital!

⚠️🗣GP HITS OUT: 'There’s a narrative that GPs are lazy and play golf in the afternoon. It’s not true. The wheels are falling off.' ❗️Belfast GP Dr Michael McKenna warns Northern Ireland risks losing the next generation of GPs due to mounting pressure on services. 🎤He sat down

Of the 360 dental practices in N.I, just TWO fully NHS. GP’s on same trajectory. A GP appt costs £39.23 (9 min consultation) an A&E visit costs min £359 (King’s Fund). GPs prevent A&E visits, it makes financial & health sense, to fund them properly before it is TOO LATE.

Our Elective Care Vasectomy GPESs held their annual conference in Belfast last Saturday. This was a fantastic opportunity for case discussions and reflective practice, with guest speaker Dr Gareth James ASPC President visiting to discuss findings based on 105k vasectomy cases.

Iona McCormack and Roisin Hill are the Digital Health and Care NI Digital Nurses of the year 2025z Well done and massive congratulations 🙌 👏🎉 #HSCGoesDigital

Thinking of all my GP colleagues from minority ethnic or international backgrounds delivering much needed care in all communities against the backdrop of this appalling violence criminality and racism I pray you stay safe. Remember our society really values you RCGPNI