“When will / why won’t GPs go back to normal again?” Sound familiar? Here’s some maths to illustrate why a return to patients having the ability to book Face To Face Appointments with GPs without any form of triage first is problematic. A thread: 1/n

So only Poland has less doctors than England per population.... #GPcrisis #nhs

Just look at this rock fall that happened at Porthtowan this morning. Luckily, no one was hurt. We're being reminded to be careful of the cliffs that surround our beaches.

Here's a headline from 2016. A government committed to levelling up would have sorted out the GP crisis 5 years ago. In fact, the NHS has been unsafely staffed for the 34 years I've worked in it. Rather than blaming the staff, why not vote in a govt to deliver to safe staffing?

'Something is very wrong with the system.' Simon Hodes, General Practitioner explains why GPs have threatened industrial action in protest at the government's attempt to force face-to-face appointments. @AndrewCastle63

No golf today just 600 face to face appointments for COVID boosters. Amazing practice teams still operating despite the national media. Allison Pearson Clare Gerada Parody RCGP

Just for the record; > In 30 days the NHS has delivered 5m jabs > Trusts are running at a 92.9% occupancy > GPs have seen 196.8m people ytd, compared to 175.5m same period last year >> 3.5m people have been seen within 4hrs in A&E

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@aimyouteam great talk this morning at #swtrainersconference lots to think about!

There were more people invited to a Downing Street party during lockdown than Ukrainian refugees invited to the UK during a war.

Studying health inequalities has been my life’s work. What’s about to happen in the UK is unprecedented Michael Marmot on Fri 8th April theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Drop a fag butt in the street and get fined £80. Dump millions of gallons of sewage in the river and 292 Tory MPs will vote to let you keep doing it for the next 15 years.

I’m taking a wild guess here, but did Bulgaria, Serbia and Russia not have terribly effective vaccine programs?

Great entertaining talk today from the Welsh/ Cornish legend that is Prof Simon Noble. Simon Noble Linda Simpson Kernow Health CIC

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The number of Drs in the UK has risen in all departments except General Practice & community health It is any wonder that our GPs are overwhelmed Yet all the while it’s claimed but the media that GPs are causing the problems but are holding patient care whilst patients wait

I had a friend who could only do things spontaneously. We called him Oliver sudden.

I was really confused when my printer started playing music. Turns out the paper was jamming.

Trainspotting parodies usually bore the shit out of me, but I quite like this one.

If you’re a ‘journalist’ or a Tory having a hoolyballooly about Starmer, please share the investigations you did, the criticisms you published and your questioning of the rules when this happened… A nation eagerly awaits… (Private Eye, you’re excused)