On the day the #GPReferendum results are released to General Practice by Civica, I’d invite Amanda Pritchard amanda doyle colleagues at NHS England & Department of Health and Social Care as well as Robert Ede Andrea Leadsom MP & Victoria Atkins to reflect on this compelling thread: 🧵👇

eMed GP at Hand (previously Babylon) is making GP redundancies

Why is a private company in receipt of NHS money making GPs redundant when so many are struggling to see a doctor?

The BMA have now contacted all the GPs we can - members and not yet-members - to offer support.

Dear Colleagues

I know you’ve been rejoining the BMA in your thousands.

On behalf of my team & committee, THANK YOU.

The referendum is not a ballot.
It’s not industrial action.
It’s not subject to the Trade Union & Labour Relations Consolidation Act. But that’s the point.

The Agenda Committee for #UKLMCconf in Newport in May is meeting today.

We're hoping we don't get a 2 hour themed debate on the issue of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) after lunch.

Last few days before the #gpreferendum closes, for those GP in The BMA - please do vote, we want to hear your voice, and I will be discussing the result and the next steps at GPC on Thursday with General Practice colleagues.

We are very sad to share that our beautiful hospice gardens were vandalised overnight.
We arrived to find totem poles, which had been created and painted to record the life stories of patients, upended and thrown into the lake, along with hand-sewn cushions from the arbour. 1/4

NHS workforce plan relies on 'significant' substitution of qualified GPs, NAO warns buff.ly/3IPjuDw #longtermworkforceplan #NHSworkforce plan #NHSworkforce

On a evening GP teaching session & the orthopaedic consultant comes out with this gem:

“We have no choice but to protect primary care. If you don’t have control over primary care, you don’t have control over the health of the entire country”

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A nonsense metric that penalises practices that LET patients book follow up in advance, around their jobs and caring needs.

Absurd, and hateful.

🤗 Join me & Meg!

⏰ Join The BMA before Sunday to get a link to vote in the #GPReferendum !

🤩 Join 2000 GPs who’ve joined since February!

💪 Join almost 30,000 colleagues who have been sent a link!

🙌 Join > Vote > Change

#TeamGP

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'I don't think the health service can survive without properly funding #generalpractice and we are on the precipice of needing something to change drastically,' said Dr Mohit Mandiratta. Rebuild General Practice #TeamGP #GPnews gponline.com/nhs-will-not-s…

Yesterday, GPs from England, Scotland, and Wales, and @SilverVoicesUK spoke with journalists about the pressures facing #GeneralPractice across Great Britain.

The message was clear: national and devolved leaders are failing general practice and its patients.

What appt is value for money in Primary care?
Acute Respiratory Hub £48
Pharmacy First £48
ARRS staff appt £35
All funded by NHS England or ICBs

Or General Practice appts £20 - reduced in real terms by 20% in 8 years

amanda doyle Kamila Hawthorne Amanda Pritchard Andrea Leadsom MP

Congratulations to Gloucester Rugby 🍒 winners of this year’s Premiership Cup Final in the club’s 150th year!! #GlawsFamily

Richly deserved and still unbeaten in Cup competition this season. Let’s add a European title as well!! #Glawster