Do you want 8,000 more GPs? Here’s how #TeamGP : A Blueprint for a sustainable General Practice. docs.google.com/document/d/1--… @DrFJameel @ClareGerada @Parody_RCGP @DrSimonHodes @DrSelvarajah @BMA_GP @rcgp

GP Crisis @susannareid100 challenges @wesstreeting about increase in NI employer contributions which could lead to fewer GP appts 1.4 million appts a day with 20% cut in £/patient in 8yrs Funding not reform is needed for GP appts & better access to care

Government still refusing to give a timely confirmation that GPs will not be forced to cover national insurance hikes from their own pockets. Watch the urgent parliamentary question by @drlukeevans parliamentlive.tv/event/index/4f…

Hospital league tables are nasty, simplistic, retrograde & counterproductive. They will demoralise staff, generate cultures of fear & fail to value all that is unquantifiable in healthcare - kindness, compassion, humanity, discretionary effort. My piece: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The future of the profession is bright, people like @m_ratwatte and @RobLaurensonD4P are among the best of us and represent members amazingly well. Proud to work alongside them to protect GP voices. Thank you to all those who voted against SR4. Here’s to the future! 🥂

Our ambition to reform the NHS - ⁦@wesstreeting⁩ Not one mention of General Practice 1.4million people will have been consulted today at a GP practice, half the population every month Just 5.6% of the NHS budget this needs fixing now to fix NHS gov.uk/government/spe…

Why is @wesstreeting blocking talks about GP retention? There is a GP crisis in this country with 1000’s of GPs out of work, yet the public are crying out for a GP appointment. GP to patient ratio is higher than ever. @UKLabour must act seriously to recruit and retain GPs.

The @LibDems & @EdwardJDavey are right. GPs across Britain are worried about the impact of the NI hike on patient care. We need urgent reassurance from @Keir_Starmer, @wesstreeting, and @DHSCgovuk that GP funding will not be put under further pressure. #PMQs #TeamGP #RebuildGP

BMA Council have released a statement on the adverse effects on UK general practice of the Autumn Statement of 30 October 2024 👇 bma.org.uk/bma-media-cent…

📢 GPs in Wales - ensure your BMA membership information is up to date. 📝 Your voice matters, especially after the recent WGPC vote rejecting the Welsh Government’s contract offer. Check your details here: myaccount.bma.org.uk 🗳️ #SaveOurSurgeries

🚨A must read for all doctors🚨 Guilt trips, subliminal or direct threats, and or emotional blackmail are all widely used by some NHS managers. Arm yourselves with how to respond and never sell yourselves short when giving up your free time! 👇🏼✊🏼

My sister (pharmacist) said there is NO distinction between which patients are booked with the PA or GP in her surgery Elderly, baby, acute, complex etc. No filtering at all. The PA role was purely created to replace GPs - it was not & has NEVER been about patient care.

Bring back the Family Doctor TODAY @wesstreeting if funding was made available to GP practices Poll of 1000 GPs just 2/3 working the hours that they want 3500 GPs (full time equivalent) available 20% cut in £/patient funding, increased costs, 20% increase in workload can be fixed

I spoke to @TimesRadio this morning If @wesstreeting wants quick productivity results he should fund community care & GPs There are potentially 3000 GPs (WTE) available now to work if the funding was made available Plus Nurses & other community teams @DAUK_GP

'I can’t see how continued austerity is going to help prevention.' Following the Budget, Pulse editor-in-chief Jaimie Kaffash reflects on how Labour’s already underwhelming plans for the NHS seem to have crashed at the very first hurdle buff.ly/48JwZjX

GPC members voted unanimously in favour of rejecting the contract offer, which will be put to Welsh GPs who are members of the BMA – including GP partners, sessional GPs and GP registrars – in a referendum later this month. buff.ly/4hB8eKY

GP CRISIS “Why will it kill the family doctor? It’s because GP practices aren’t eligible for employment allowance, they can’t put up their prices and their only option is to cut staff & services, and that would be a disaster!” ⁦@wesstreeting⁩ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…

Patients deserve better than these untruths and half truths. Minutes from patient participation groups are elucidating - these are meetings between practices and patients that are supposed to empower patients and help meet their needs. Some practices are using it as an…

📢Attention GPs in Wales GPC Wales has unanimously rejected the Welsh Government's 2024/2025 GMS contract offer Please read this letter from GPCW chair @GOelmann 👇

Thanks to the 1000 plus GPs who have completed the survey. All GPs (BMA members or not) can complete it, only the IA question is not asked of non-members. Please complete and tell all your colleagues to get involved. Apply the guidance too! bmascotland.home.blog/2024/11/01/gps…

Prescribing is a privilege not a right. It is one of the most dangerous things a doctor does. Despite all of our training mistakes are made frequently. Therefore how can we possibly suggest extending prescribing to PAs. The GMC has lost their head