We are now in the insane situation of having GPs available to work but unable to find it - because the govt financially pushes practices into hiring non-doctors.

Absolute madness.

With inexplicable buy-in from
NHS England 😔 theguardian.com/society/articl…

Having failed on its promise to deliver 6000 more GPs by 2024, the government is quietly replacing GPs with non-medics.

Over half of all surgery appointments are now with non-GP staff such as PAs.

It’s an astonishing, wholesale change to NHS care - without patient consent.

⁦James O'Brien⁩ talk in Sheffield- truth and righteous rage. Can’t wait

#Health inequalities for people with #learningdisabilities in BJHM review article with Andrew Lee Elizabeth Herrieven 💙

magonlinelibrary.com/doi/epub/10.12…

Free lunchtime webinars run by Down's Syndrome Scotland for health professionals on topics related to #DownSyndrome

First is 30th April with yours truly talking about acute presentations. Relevant for primary care, EM, acute med & Paeds

RCEMLearning Royal College of Emergency Medicine RCGP APEM RCPCH

It's #WorldDownSyndromeDay2024 today. A day to celebrate the people in our communities who live with Down Syndrome. This year's theme is to #EndTheStereotypes . Do take a moment to pause & reflect on what our personal biases might be. If you can, do consider supporting Down's Syndrome Association.

“Assume That I Can” awareness video is taking the internet by storm! Madison Tevlin delivers ANOTHER “must see” performance! GLOBAL is a proud sponsor of the CoorDown international awareness campaign video.
#assumethatican #WDSd24 #WorldDownSyndromeDay #EndTheStereotypes

Health inequalities for people with #learningdisabilities : why it matters and what emergency physicians need to know.

Educational piece in British Journal of Hospital Medicine, relevant for clinicians, written with Elizabeth Herrieven 💙 Neil Harrower

Do share!
magonlinelibrary.com/doi/epub/10.12…

Wishing all NHS staff a Happy New Year! In my opinion *ALL* undervalued, worst of all our junior doctors & the future of UK medicine- look at NYDs disgraceful rates of pay👇

RT if like me, you want govmnt's NY resolution to return to negs THEY abandoned to make a credible offer

And here is the link to the accessible version of the #LeDeR2022 report, presented by our co-production team Learning from Lives and Deaths - LeDeR researchers. Hard-hitting messages on avoidable deaths of people with a learning disability
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW31o2…

Wow! Who knew that staggeringly large waiting lists were not caused by covid/doctors strikes but rather a 'decade of underinvestment in the NHS, chronic staff shortages & neglect of social care have undermined efforts to tackle it'👇

Answer: Most voters in next general election

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But UK voting public is watching 👀- even this group of Mail+ readers polled 2wks ago 👇say its the most important of Rishi Sunak's 5 pledges & the SINGLE one seperating Conservatives & The Labour Party

RT if you want this / next goverment to fix #RETENTION #FIXPAY

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And to those those who say waiting lists were 'turning the corner'/COVID/would have improved after January 23 had it not been for the strikes - its simply not true - waiting lists dip each winter / January.
The long term trend is clearly- and sadly - of waiting list growth

1/3 How have UK Prime Minister allowed this to happen on their watch 👇😢

It’s time to stop gaslighting & start talking Steve Barclay

Your Conservatives waiting lists are killing patients in unprecedented numbers & only 1 in 10 believe your nonsense it’s due to striking NHS workers 👇

RT to demand Rishi Sunak & Steve get real about #PayRestoration

This morning we have written to the Health Secretary calling on him to meet with us, after only meeting with us once in the last 7 months. We remain willing to talk, it's not too late to properly negotiate. #FixConsultantPay

1/ VITAL🧵 So people have had a couple of days to digest the DDRBs 'independent' reports & their imposition by governemnt.

TLDR;they represent further MASSIVE pay cuts.

Lets start with some history and look at what happened BEFORE the current high inflation

Pls read all/RT

There are so many issues with this article which seems to have been framed to fit the government agenda.

Disappointing because we were explicit about a number of things.

bbc.co.uk/news/health-64…

Great to meet Professor Sir David Hall, former RCPCH President and a true #Paediatric hero, and Dr Val Harpin to discuss Paediatric Disability Distance Learning Courses collaboration in #SouthAfrica British Academy of Childhood Disability RCPCH

Art Works Christmas Film 2023 - YouTube m.youtube.com/watch?v=1kT6kZ…