(P) Jim Weems
@jim_weems
GP Partner & Local LMC Rep. Oldham Athletic Club Crowd Doctor, trail runner, gardener, husband and dad of 3, views are (vehemently) my own
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No patients held to ransom No industrial action Just millions of online consults delivered everyday by amazing GP teams Meanwhile patient safety concerns flagged from >1000 practices serving 14m pts nationwide If DH/NHSE had worked with us we could’ve avoided all this
You didn’t listen to concerns And the results from 1,300 practices - representing almost 14m patients - following the contract change 42% of GP practices ⬇️ face-to-face appts 45% redeploying staff to cope 74% workload ⬆️ 68% reported ⬆️ stress 54% said their working hours ⬆️
Can you see the problem @wesstreeting @DHSCgovuk 🤷🏻♂️ 31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts 102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons 38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries On average people spend £400pa on hair GPs receive £169pa per patient
Wes has said he will ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’ is he planning on bringing them back from the dead Failure to listen to front line GPs like @drfariahmad will result in worse care for patients There are better ways & GPs are really clear they want better access to GPs for all
GP Crisis is due to Top-Down management ~20% cuts in £/patient funding in 10yr ~Partnership future undermined ~NI hikes ~£ moved to Primary Care Networks ~GP roles cut from practices using ARRS (Addition Roles Reimbursement Scheme)
Well said, David Likewise pts referred by GPs (accepted by specialties) forced to wait in ED (wasting both ED time & capacity as well as miserable for them) prior to admission & a friend was recently advised an 8 wk delay for RadioTx for her Breast Ca The NHS is broken
GPs are being threatened if they don’t reply to an online message within a few hrs. However if we diagnose lung cancer, patients wait over 2 months. Where are your priorities @NHSEngland @DHSCgovuk - all patients deserve better but this new attack on GPs is wrong
As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications This should also be banned Influence being bought in Govt Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy
Oldham Athletic 5-0 Nottingham Forest, 1st January 2007 at Boundary Park. 2nd vs. 3rd at Boundary Park as #OAFC despatch Forest in emphatic style.
Midweek Sport Special October 1989 Littlewoods Cup 3rd Round Frankie Bunn sets a new League Cup record by scoring six goals for Oldham, in their 7-0 victory over Scarborough at Boundary Park. Commentator Alan Parry #oafc
Absolutely ridiculous
The NHS is not a serious organisation. Local trust consultant referred to tertiary centre consultant of a different specialist. Tertiary center administrator rejects as “not through ERS”. …….. “GP to kindly”
To be clear, none of us are blaming the patients. That's really important and isn't always obvious in these discussions. We absolutely know it's not their fault and that they are stuck in the middle. The problem is, for too long services have exploited the goodwill and…
Re: @thetimes clickbait from @NHSEngland re: a letter sent in error to practices from an LMC This is not a BMA comms & its content does not represent our position If 2 specialties are under max pressure, it’s ED & GP @RCEMpresident @TheBMA @BMA_GP @thomasdolphin @DHSCmedia
Wasn’t it confirmed that it wasn’t 20 visits to her GP. Will Wes now confirm that no GP referral will be rejected. And that he will no longer be paying hospitals £33 to remove patients from waiting lists even though they haven’t been seen? I’m better at this than you.
After the tragic death of her daughter, Jessica, Andrea Brady campaigned for a rule encouraging GPs to rethink patient concerns after three appointments. We listened. Here's how @wesstreeting introduced Jess’s Rule to protect patients and catch serious illnesses sooner.
The UK's GP ratio (1 per ~2,300 patients) is higher in patients per GP - Australia: 837 patients per GP (2024, RACGP) - Canada: 700-900 (2024, provincial averages, Maple) - Germany: ~1,000 (2023, Statista/OECD) - France: ~900 (2022, OECD) - US: ~2,000 (2022, AAFP studies) @grok
There aren’t enough GP appts so they need to be rationed for the safety of those that most need the appt, there is no other way sadly & no GP wants this Want vs need an appt Too few GPs with unemployment 20% cut in funding in 10y 1 GP per 2300 patients (average) up from 1800
"This is absolutely incredible! From looking down and out, Oldham Athletic now lead at Wembley! And maybe, just maybe it's their time." 💙🧡 #oafc
NHS pays hospitals £33 per patient they remove from waiting lists. Thousands have been deleted. While this could be valid in most cases, there are fears it could lead to mistakes and the process lacks transparency: thetimes.com/article/d71894…
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