'When I qualified as a GP in 2008, general practice was called the jewel in the crown of the NHS, but general practice has been demeaned, diminished, diluted, bullied and gaslit long enough. Today, we start the fight-back' - General Practice chair Katie Bramall-Stainer

'General practice is being pushed to breaking point. Even while stretched so thin, GPs and our teams have been working hard to get patients the care they need - but this workload isn’t sustainable, or even manageable,' warns RCGP vice chair Victoria Tzortziou Brown #GPnews

General practice 'at boiling point' after years of bullying, General Practice chair Katie Bramall-Stainer warns gponline.com/general-practi… #GPnews

#GP practice visa sponsor licences extended for 10 years. #TeamGP
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General practice funding in Northern Ireland 'astonishingly low', GPs warn gponline.com/general-practi… #GPnews BMA Northern Ireland RCGPNI

RCGP sets out steps to achieve 'parity of esteem' for general practice gponline.com/rcgp-sets-step… #GPnews RCGP

'We're seeing anger from patients who can't get a GP appointment in a timely fashion. Yet I am also getting cold calls from locums asking do you have any work - literally anything - and suggesting rates we last saw years ago, because they are desperate,' says DocInTheHeed 🦀 Rebuild General Practice

NHS budget failing to keep pace with growing and ageing population, The Health Foundation report shows gponline.com/nhs-budget-fai… #GPnews

'Disturbing paradox' as GPs cold-call practices for work while appointments hit record highs gponline.com/disturbing-par… #GPnews

GP practice saved by patients put out to tender by ICB gponline.com/gp-practice-sa… #GPnews DON’T BID FOR WITHNELL we dont want you

.The BMA calls for #TPP chief executive #FrankHester to resign over alleged racist comments. #TeamGP #generalpractice
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This contract will close practices and harm patients, warns General Practice chair Katie Bramall-Stainer gponline.com/contract-will-…

The 'extraordinary' case of a qualified GP working for Uber to earn a living reflects the reality of the UK general practice crisis, says Katie Bramall-Stainer #GPnews

Reports are increasing of GPs not being able to get enough work, says Steve Taylor - his own research found many locums, partners and salaried GPs struggling to find jobs or as much work as they wanted, and he said: 'In summary it’s a lack of funding within core GP services.’

GP leaders say practice funding has been cut by >50% in real terms over the past decade and a half - this account of a GP driving taxis to make a living is the latest example of how that is hitting the GP workforce. There are GPs out there, but practices can't afford them #GPnews

Qualified GP driving for Uber amid chronic shortage of jobs gponline.com/qualified-gp-d… #GPnews

‘Some of the most incredible, dynamic empathetic doctors that I have ever met have been #GPs and it is terrifying and so sad to see these individuals leave the profession,’ said Dr Rachel Ward Rebuild General Practice #GPnews #generalpractice
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'We’re seeing our profession dismantled,' warns GP Registrars chair Dr Malinga Ratwatte - with underfunding, worsening conditions and ever-growing workload it is 'no wonder that so many GP registrars are already stretched beyond their limits' and concerned for their future prospects.

Government 'must find the money' for general practice, warn public and health workers gponline.com/government-mus… #GPnews Rebuild General Practice