32,409,039.

That's how many GP appointments were delivered in January 2024.

That's 3 million more than in January 2023.

And have we seen the GP workforce crisis addressed? No.

This is unsustainable. Government must take urgent action to #RebuildGP now. #TeamGP

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GPC England has spoken: the current 24-25 contract offer is woefully inadequate and puts patients and staffing levels at risk.

Watch the video update from Katie Bramall-Stainer on our next steps, and why GPs should join the BMA to ensure you have your say.
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1. Expert generalist GPs over skill-mix

2. Quality over quantity

3. Continuity over access

4. Autonomous patient-advocacy over banal service standardisation

5. Individuality over uniformity

6. Choice over compulsion

7. Human connection over AI

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⭐️THE GP SURVEY 2023⭐️

For Every GP
BMA member or not 👀
Across ALL England 🌹

💥ST3 & ST4 Registrars
💪Locums
💥Salaried/Retainer roles
💪GPs in secure settings
💥GPs in EDs
💪OOH GPs
💥 Partners & Principals

Colleagues - if you just do one survey - make it this one. 🪄

GPC England passed this emergency motion in all parts today:

“That GPC England fully endorses the recent statement by UEMO expressing concern over the increasing trend of 'Physician Assistants/Associates' (PAs) being used to substitute GPs in English General Practice, &

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Online access will be helpful for the majority of pts. But The BMA General Practice have major concerns over online records access rollout & risk to vulnerable patients.

We’ve asked NHS England & Department of Health and Social Care to consider these pts.

It’s not just GPs who are worried: Refuge

October’s Newsletter: available now

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Contrary to the wording, I & General Practice GPC England did not give UK Biobank permission to support this letter, as @rorycollins knows

Sadly, this now affects my trust in how you’ll gain patient consent for their health data if you ignore mine so freely

GPs: this is not contractual

Yesterday's The Telegraph article from laura donnelly shows the dismal decline of GP practices in England since 2016.

Government is leaving patients without GPs, and continuity of care is being left at the wayside.

Patients want the return of the family doctor. We must #RebuildGP .

In the 6 months from March to August this year, GP practices have delivered nearly 150,000 more appointments per day than they did in the same period in 2019.

'It is categorically untrue that any agreements were made locally'

Five Local Negotiating Committee chairs sign letter to Steve Barclay calling for the health secretary to correct his 'deeply disingenuous claim' about strike exemptions on BBC Radio 4 Today

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'I’m aware that my ability to speak up is linked with my privileges.
Yet so many others have the same advantages and don’t use them as they could.

And there are a few reasons for that in my view'

Why do senior leaders keep 'quiet'?

Via The BMJ

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