Why am I here?
3 years ago I gave up being a a GP Partner
But I have been fighting for Primary Care for all of us
It’s selfish really wanting a GP for me, my kids & everyone
I don’t have vested interests or conflicts of interest, posts here & media work is unfunded
Happy to inform
#GeneralPractice
3 years ago I gave up being a a GP Partner
But I have been fighting for Primary Care for all of us
It’s selfish really wanting a GP for me, my kids & everyone
I don’t have vested interests or conflicts of interest, posts here & media work is unfunded
Happy to inform
#GeneralPractice
November 19, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Why am I here?
3 years ago I gave up being a a GP Partner
But I have been fighting for Primary Care for all of us
It’s selfish really wanting a GP for me, my kids & everyone
I don’t have vested interests or conflicts of interest, posts here & media work is unfunded
Happy to inform
#GeneralPractice
3 years ago I gave up being a a GP Partner
But I have been fighting for Primary Care for all of us
It’s selfish really wanting a GP for me, my kids & everyone
I don’t have vested interests or conflicts of interest, posts here & media work is unfunded
Happy to inform
#GeneralPractice
1 GP per 2300 patients in 🏴 an ⬆️ of 500 patients in 10yrs
The failure to invest in GPs, with a cut in funding of 20%
Led to unemployment & under employment of GPs, practices closing & GPs leaving
The new Govt said it would bring 1000 GPs via ARRS JUST 75 have been employed
FUND #GeneralPractice
The failure to invest in GPs, with a cut in funding of 20%
Led to unemployment & under employment of GPs, practices closing & GPs leaving
The new Govt said it would bring 1000 GPs via ARRS JUST 75 have been employed
FUND #GeneralPractice
November 21, 2024 at 7:12 AM
1 GP per 2300 patients in 🏴 an ⬆️ of 500 patients in 10yrs
The failure to invest in GPs, with a cut in funding of 20%
Led to unemployment & under employment of GPs, practices closing & GPs leaving
The new Govt said it would bring 1000 GPs via ARRS JUST 75 have been employed
FUND #GeneralPractice
The failure to invest in GPs, with a cut in funding of 20%
Led to unemployment & under employment of GPs, practices closing & GPs leaving
The new Govt said it would bring 1000 GPs via ARRS JUST 75 have been employed
FUND #GeneralPractice
Today like every week day 1.3m people will consult in General Practice
1/30 will need emergency care at A&E
1/5 will need a referral to another NHS service for investigation or treatment in the future
GP practices have been dealing with 20% more patients than 2019
5.6% of the budget
#GeneralPractice
1/30 will need emergency care at A&E
1/5 will need a referral to another NHS service for investigation or treatment in the future
GP practices have been dealing with 20% more patients than 2019
5.6% of the budget
#GeneralPractice
November 26, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Today like every week day 1.3m people will consult in General Practice
1/30 will need emergency care at A&E
1/5 will need a referral to another NHS service for investigation or treatment in the future
GP practices have been dealing with 20% more patients than 2019
5.6% of the budget
#GeneralPractice
1/30 will need emergency care at A&E
1/5 will need a referral to another NHS service for investigation or treatment in the future
GP practices have been dealing with 20% more patients than 2019
5.6% of the budget
#GeneralPractice
So much work done by GP practices is unseen
The media focus purely on appointments - 30 million a month & up 5 million since 2019
Imagine if appts are up 20% what is going on behind the scenes
All this with 20% £/patient since 2016 in real terms cuts
#MedSky #RCGP #GeneralPractice #NHS #TeamGP
The media focus purely on appointments - 30 million a month & up 5 million since 2019
Imagine if appts are up 20% what is going on behind the scenes
All this with 20% £/patient since 2016 in real terms cuts
#MedSky #RCGP #GeneralPractice #NHS #TeamGP
November 23, 2024 at 11:29 AM
So much work done by GP practices is unseen
The media focus purely on appointments - 30 million a month & up 5 million since 2019
Imagine if appts are up 20% what is going on behind the scenes
All this with 20% £/patient since 2016 in real terms cuts
#MedSky #RCGP #GeneralPractice #NHS #TeamGP
The media focus purely on appointments - 30 million a month & up 5 million since 2019
Imagine if appts are up 20% what is going on behind the scenes
All this with 20% £/patient since 2016 in real terms cuts
#MedSky #RCGP #GeneralPractice #NHS #TeamGP
GP CRISIS
There appears to be a conspiracy of silence at the top of NHS England & Govt
Why has £2bn been cut from GP practices? (£/patient)
Leading to unemployment of GPs when there is a need for more GP appts
Instead funded alternative roles ARRS
What’s the problem? Why cut?
#GeneralPractice #rcgp
There appears to be a conspiracy of silence at the top of NHS England & Govt
Why has £2bn been cut from GP practices? (£/patient)
Leading to unemployment of GPs when there is a need for more GP appts
Instead funded alternative roles ARRS
What’s the problem? Why cut?
#GeneralPractice #rcgp
November 17, 2024 at 7:10 AM
GP CRISIS
There appears to be a conspiracy of silence at the top of NHS England & Govt
Why has £2bn been cut from GP practices? (£/patient)
Leading to unemployment of GPs when there is a need for more GP appts
Instead funded alternative roles ARRS
What’s the problem? Why cut?
#GeneralPractice #rcgp
There appears to be a conspiracy of silence at the top of NHS England & Govt
Why has £2bn been cut from GP practices? (£/patient)
Leading to unemployment of GPs when there is a need for more GP appts
Instead funded alternative roles ARRS
What’s the problem? Why cut?
#GeneralPractice #rcgp
Early start off to London to see if MPs will listen to the challenges affecting General Practice with @dauk-gp.bsky.social Pulse & Rebuild General Practice
#GeneralPractice #TeamGP
#GeneralPractice #TeamGP
January 23, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Early start off to London to see if MPs will listen to the challenges affecting General Practice with @dauk-gp.bsky.social Pulse & Rebuild General Practice
#GeneralPractice #TeamGP
#GeneralPractice #TeamGP
Doctors have been removed from GP practices by political choice, NHS England policies & funding
Potentially 3000+ GPs are available to work now but the funding isn’t there
Cuts of £350k for the average practice has seen the average number of patients per GP rise from 1800 to 2300
#GeneralPractice
Potentially 3000+ GPs are available to work now but the funding isn’t there
Cuts of £350k for the average practice has seen the average number of patients per GP rise from 1800 to 2300
#GeneralPractice
December 14, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Doctors have been removed from GP practices by political choice, NHS England policies & funding
Potentially 3000+ GPs are available to work now but the funding isn’t there
Cuts of £350k for the average practice has seen the average number of patients per GP rise from 1800 to 2300
#GeneralPractice
Potentially 3000+ GPs are available to work now but the funding isn’t there
Cuts of £350k for the average practice has seen the average number of patients per GP rise from 1800 to 2300
#GeneralPractice
If we are to rescue the #NHS , we need to start with rescuing #GeneralPractice first.
Vast majority of patients contacts and #patientcare starts and ends in #TeamGP .
No solution to the troubles of the NHS can be found without supporting it.
Vast majority of patients contacts and #patientcare starts and ends in #TeamGP .
No solution to the troubles of the NHS can be found without supporting it.
November 17, 2024 at 5:11 PM
If we are to rescue the #NHS , we need to start with rescuing #GeneralPractice first.
Vast majority of patients contacts and #patientcare starts and ends in #TeamGP .
No solution to the troubles of the NHS can be found without supporting it.
Vast majority of patients contacts and #patientcare starts and ends in #TeamGP .
No solution to the troubles of the NHS can be found without supporting it.
‘It’s absurd that GPs can’t find jobs’ @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
Yet there are the equivalent of over 3000 GPs (full time equivalent) available now
Many are looking at options in other careers, private sectors & overseas
Retention of experienced/trained GPs is vital
#GeneralPractice #MedSky
Yet there are the equivalent of over 3000 GPs (full time equivalent) available now
Many are looking at options in other careers, private sectors & overseas
Retention of experienced/trained GPs is vital
#GeneralPractice #MedSky
December 3, 2024 at 8:38 AM
‘It’s absurd that GPs can’t find jobs’ @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
Yet there are the equivalent of over 3000 GPs (full time equivalent) available now
Many are looking at options in other careers, private sectors & overseas
Retention of experienced/trained GPs is vital
#GeneralPractice #MedSky
Yet there are the equivalent of over 3000 GPs (full time equivalent) available now
Many are looking at options in other careers, private sectors & overseas
Retention of experienced/trained GPs is vital
#GeneralPractice #MedSky
GPs and patients are feeling the effects of the crisis in #GeneralPractice - especially in deprived areas.
Gateshead GP Dr Paul Evans took The Guardian inside his surgery to show the impact of the crisis.
#RebuildGP #TeamGP
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/vide...
Gateshead GP Dr Paul Evans took The Guardian inside his surgery to show the impact of the crisis.
#RebuildGP #TeamGP
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/vide...
‘Fix poverty, fix health’: A day in the life of a ‘failing’ NHS
A GP surgery in one of the most deprived areas in the north-east of England is struggling to provide care for its patients as the health system crumbles around them. In the depths of the winter flu se...
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
GPs and patients are feeling the effects of the crisis in #GeneralPractice - especially in deprived areas.
Gateshead GP Dr Paul Evans took The Guardian inside his surgery to show the impact of the crisis.
#RebuildGP #TeamGP
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/vide...
Gateshead GP Dr Paul Evans took The Guardian inside his surgery to show the impact of the crisis.
#RebuildGP #TeamGP
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/vide...
As GPs we are very familiar with supporting our patients when demands tip them into crisis
Sadly many GPs find themselves in this position, with increasing demands, little support & failure of leadership to listen & provide what’s needed
How many more leaving will it take?
#Medsky #GeneralPractice
Sadly many GPs find themselves in this position, with increasing demands, little support & failure of leadership to listen & provide what’s needed
How many more leaving will it take?
#Medsky #GeneralPractice
November 17, 2024 at 2:51 PM
As GPs we are very familiar with supporting our patients when demands tip them into crisis
Sadly many GPs find themselves in this position, with increasing demands, little support & failure of leadership to listen & provide what’s needed
How many more leaving will it take?
#Medsky #GeneralPractice
Sadly many GPs find themselves in this position, with increasing demands, little support & failure of leadership to listen & provide what’s needed
How many more leaving will it take?
#Medsky #GeneralPractice
Did you know that your practice receives just £112.50 per year for each patient, whatever their health needs. That’s less than the cost of an annual TV licence.
It’s just 31p a day for every patient
GP & practice team needs more to support patient care
#GeneralPractice
youtu.be/Tds7ML2OfY8?...
It’s just 31p a day for every patient
GP & practice team needs more to support patient care
#GeneralPractice
youtu.be/Tds7ML2OfY8?...
GPs Are on Your Side: a message for patients in England | British Medical Association
YouTube video by BMAtv
youtu.be
November 21, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Did you know that your practice receives just £112.50 per year for each patient, whatever their health needs. That’s less than the cost of an annual TV licence.
It’s just 31p a day for every patient
GP & practice team needs more to support patient care
#GeneralPractice
youtu.be/Tds7ML2OfY8?...
It’s just 31p a day for every patient
GP & practice team needs more to support patient care
#GeneralPractice
youtu.be/Tds7ML2OfY8?...
Still no response on NI rises for General Practice
GP practices closing
GPs leaving
GPs unemployed
GPs underemployed
Patients can’t get GP appts
‘We will bring back the Family Doctor’ was just electioneering
All words & no action, worse still more costs
#MedSky #GeneralPractice
GP practices closing
GPs leaving
GPs unemployed
GPs underemployed
Patients can’t get GP appts
‘We will bring back the Family Doctor’ was just electioneering
All words & no action, worse still more costs
#MedSky #GeneralPractice
November 21, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Still no response on NI rises for General Practice
GP practices closing
GPs leaving
GPs unemployed
GPs underemployed
Patients can’t get GP appts
‘We will bring back the Family Doctor’ was just electioneering
All words & no action, worse still more costs
#MedSky #GeneralPractice
GP practices closing
GPs leaving
GPs unemployed
GPs underemployed
Patients can’t get GP appts
‘We will bring back the Family Doctor’ was just electioneering
All words & no action, worse still more costs
#MedSky #GeneralPractice
This video shows what behaviour contagion looks like in a team. Want to take the lead and change how you and your team work together in 2025? Join our community, rolling programme: restorativethinking.co.uk/self-guided/ #Medsky #PublicHealth #Nursing #GeneralPractice #Socialcare #Socialwork
January 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
This video shows what behaviour contagion looks like in a team. Want to take the lead and change how you and your team work together in 2025? Join our community, rolling programme: restorativethinking.co.uk/self-guided/ #Medsky #PublicHealth #Nursing #GeneralPractice #Socialcare #Socialwork
GP CRISIS - People in need of GPs
2300 patients per GP up from 1800
7% fewer GPs in practices
20% cut in funding
GP practices closing, GPs leaving, GPs unemployed
Patients being failed by NHS England / Government
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @vsmacdonald.bsky.social
#GeneralPractice
#Medsky
2300 patients per GP up from 1800
7% fewer GPs in practices
20% cut in funding
GP practices closing, GPs leaving, GPs unemployed
Patients being failed by NHS England / Government
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @vsmacdonald.bsky.social
#GeneralPractice
#Medsky
December 7, 2024 at 10:00 AM
GP CRISIS - People in need of GPs
2300 patients per GP up from 1800
7% fewer GPs in practices
20% cut in funding
GP practices closing, GPs leaving, GPs unemployed
Patients being failed by NHS England / Government
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @vsmacdonald.bsky.social
#GeneralPractice
#Medsky
2300 patients per GP up from 1800
7% fewer GPs in practices
20% cut in funding
GP practices closing, GPs leaving, GPs unemployed
Patients being failed by NHS England / Government
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @vsmacdonald.bsky.social
#GeneralPractice
#Medsky
ARRS will not be cut with the current NHS England board in place
They 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
#GeneralPractice
They 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
#GeneralPractice
November 24, 2024 at 1:56 PM
ARRS will not be cut with the current NHS England board in place
They 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
#GeneralPractice
They 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
#GeneralPractice
The funding cuts to GP Practices by NHSE have been the reason for lack of GP appointments
Until recently ARRS didn’t include GPs (75 GPs in Sept)
Funding 31k staff £1.4bn whilst cutting £2bn in real terms cuts for GP practices
Can’t see a GP blame
#GeneralPractice #MedSky #RCGP
Until recently ARRS didn’t include GPs (75 GPs in Sept)
Funding 31k staff £1.4bn whilst cutting £2bn in real terms cuts for GP practices
Can’t see a GP blame
#GeneralPractice #MedSky #RCGP
November 24, 2024 at 2:35 PM
The funding cuts to GP Practices by NHSE have been the reason for lack of GP appointments
Until recently ARRS didn’t include GPs (75 GPs in Sept)
Funding 31k staff £1.4bn whilst cutting £2bn in real terms cuts for GP practices
Can’t see a GP blame
#GeneralPractice #MedSky #RCGP
Until recently ARRS didn’t include GPs (75 GPs in Sept)
Funding 31k staff £1.4bn whilst cutting £2bn in real terms cuts for GP practices
Can’t see a GP blame
#GeneralPractice #MedSky #RCGP
Community Neighbourhood Centres over 6000 of them
GP practices underfunded (20% cut since 2016), overlooked & still there providing 30million appointments a month (5m more than 2019)
Wes Streeting wants to reform them 🤷🏻♂️
Fund them and they will do the rest @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
#GeneralPractice
GP practices underfunded (20% cut since 2016), overlooked & still there providing 30million appointments a month (5m more than 2019)
Wes Streeting wants to reform them 🤷🏻♂️
Fund them and they will do the rest @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
#GeneralPractice
November 17, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Community Neighbourhood Centres over 6000 of them
GP practices underfunded (20% cut since 2016), overlooked & still there providing 30million appointments a month (5m more than 2019)
Wes Streeting wants to reform them 🤷🏻♂️
Fund them and they will do the rest @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
#GeneralPractice
GP practices underfunded (20% cut since 2016), overlooked & still there providing 30million appointments a month (5m more than 2019)
Wes Streeting wants to reform them 🤷🏻♂️
Fund them and they will do the rest @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
#GeneralPractice
It’s not being done to meet any targets - there aren’t any targets that GPs have to meet
Yet last month another record number of appointments were delivered in GP practices
GPs are trying very hard to make it work as well as they can
#GeneralPractice #TeamGP #NHS
www.gponline.com/gp-appointme...
Yet last month another record number of appointments were delivered in GP practices
GPs are trying very hard to make it work as well as they can
#GeneralPractice #TeamGP #NHS
www.gponline.com/gp-appointme...
November 29, 2024 at 9:51 AM
It’s not being done to meet any targets - there aren’t any targets that GPs have to meet
Yet last month another record number of appointments were delivered in GP practices
GPs are trying very hard to make it work as well as they can
#GeneralPractice #TeamGP #NHS
www.gponline.com/gp-appointme...
Yet last month another record number of appointments were delivered in GP practices
GPs are trying very hard to make it work as well as they can
#GeneralPractice #TeamGP #NHS
www.gponline.com/gp-appointme...
I’ve had my first GPs can be replaced by AI on @bsky.app
I’m hoping that there is a big more understanding of the 34,000 GPs caring for 57million people in England
We are trying our best with limited resources
If you can’t see a GP someone else is
#GeneralPractice
I’m hoping that there is a big more understanding of the 34,000 GPs caring for 57million people in England
We are trying our best with limited resources
If you can’t see a GP someone else is
#GeneralPractice
November 24, 2024 at 8:05 PM
I’ve had my first GPs can be replaced by AI on @bsky.app
I’m hoping that there is a big more understanding of the 34,000 GPs caring for 57million people in England
We are trying our best with limited resources
If you can’t see a GP someone else is
#GeneralPractice
I’m hoping that there is a big more understanding of the 34,000 GPs caring for 57million people in England
We are trying our best with limited resources
If you can’t see a GP someone else is
#GeneralPractice
The future map of General Practice for those that can afford it
For those who cannot….
they’ll need to complain more about GP access & funding to their MPs
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
#NHS GPs get £115 per year for everything, including 6/7 appts on a average
#MedSky #GeneralPractice
For those who cannot….
they’ll need to complain more about GP access & funding to their MPs
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
#NHS GPs get £115 per year for everything, including 6/7 appts on a average
#MedSky #GeneralPractice
December 10, 2024 at 10:40 PM
The future map of General Practice for those that can afford it
For those who cannot….
they’ll need to complain more about GP access & funding to their MPs
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
#NHS GPs get £115 per year for everything, including 6/7 appts on a average
#MedSky #GeneralPractice
For those who cannot….
they’ll need to complain more about GP access & funding to their MPs
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
#NHS GPs get £115 per year for everything, including 6/7 appts on a average
#MedSky #GeneralPractice
GP CRISIS
GPs unemployed @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social has been told this enough
£100m for ARRS GPs has seen just 88 employed so far
Potentially 3000 GPs available for work now if funding was given to GP practices
PCN/ARRS (additional roles) isn’t working & a restrictive practice
#GeneralPractice
GPs unemployed @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social has been told this enough
£100m for ARRS GPs has seen just 88 employed so far
Potentially 3000 GPs available for work now if funding was given to GP practices
PCN/ARRS (additional roles) isn’t working & a restrictive practice
#GeneralPractice
December 14, 2024 at 6:59 PM
GP CRISIS
GPs unemployed @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social has been told this enough
£100m for ARRS GPs has seen just 88 employed so far
Potentially 3000 GPs available for work now if funding was given to GP practices
PCN/ARRS (additional roles) isn’t working & a restrictive practice
#GeneralPractice
GPs unemployed @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social has been told this enough
£100m for ARRS GPs has seen just 88 employed so far
Potentially 3000 GPs available for work now if funding was given to GP practices
PCN/ARRS (additional roles) isn’t working & a restrictive practice
#GeneralPractice
Facts verses Fiction
GPs to blame for A&E pressure
2million people a month attending A&E
5million more appts a month in #GeneralPractice compared to 2019
GP practices are breaking under the demand of 7m waiting for hospital treatments, 1.6m waiting for investigations, 500 more long term sick
GPs to blame for A&E pressure
2million people a month attending A&E
5million more appts a month in #GeneralPractice compared to 2019
GP practices are breaking under the demand of 7m waiting for hospital treatments, 1.6m waiting for investigations, 500 more long term sick
November 19, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Facts verses Fiction
GPs to blame for A&E pressure
2million people a month attending A&E
5million more appts a month in #GeneralPractice compared to 2019
GP practices are breaking under the demand of 7m waiting for hospital treatments, 1.6m waiting for investigations, 500 more long term sick
GPs to blame for A&E pressure
2million people a month attending A&E
5million more appts a month in #GeneralPractice compared to 2019
GP practices are breaking under the demand of 7m waiting for hospital treatments, 1.6m waiting for investigations, 500 more long term sick
5million MORE General Practice appointments per month compared to 2019 (30million / half the population)
A&E is struggling but 2million attendances a month has barely increased
No one is listening!
General Practices are breaking
#GeneralPractice #MedSky
A&E is struggling but 2million attendances a month has barely increased
No one is listening!
General Practices are breaking
#GeneralPractice #MedSky
November 19, 2024 at 9:24 PM
5million MORE General Practice appointments per month compared to 2019 (30million / half the population)
A&E is struggling but 2million attendances a month has barely increased
No one is listening!
General Practices are breaking
#GeneralPractice #MedSky
A&E is struggling but 2million attendances a month has barely increased
No one is listening!
General Practices are breaking
#GeneralPractice #MedSky
The average GP practice consultation rate is 7 but this increases significantly with 1 or more health condition
10-20% of people don’t see a GP in a year depending demographics
50% of all patients are on at least one medication permanently
7.7m waiting for hospital treatment
#GeneralPractice #NHS
10-20% of people don’t see a GP in a year depending demographics
50% of all patients are on at least one medication permanently
7.7m waiting for hospital treatment
#GeneralPractice #NHS
November 26, 2024 at 5:42 PM
The average GP practice consultation rate is 7 but this increases significantly with 1 or more health condition
10-20% of people don’t see a GP in a year depending demographics
50% of all patients are on at least one medication permanently
7.7m waiting for hospital treatment
#GeneralPractice #NHS
10-20% of people don’t see a GP in a year depending demographics
50% of all patients are on at least one medication permanently
7.7m waiting for hospital treatment
#GeneralPractice #NHS