https://twitter.com/DrSteveTaylor/status/1663947512179195915?s=20
GENERAL PRACTICE CRISIS

2000 fewer GPs

7% increase in population

12% decrease in real terms funding

20% increase in workload

Govt promise of 5000/6000 GPs not delivered

PLEASE WRITE TO YOUR MPs
#GPCrisis #TeamGP

Also yet another being fobbed off by all the doctors and the only helpful person out there was the nurse who did my bloods. Caredoc sent me to ER, after 10 hours ER confirmed my toe is super infected and I've a respiratory infection both will need an antibiotic, they then advised me to go to my GP even after I advised them she's booked solid until July. #GPcrisis #HealthCareCrisis #GPshortage FF/fg have really fkd up the #hse we need #SlainteCare yesterday

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The NHS ‘bail out’

It happened between 2000- 2010

National debt didn’t increase

Inflation didn’t rise

But waiting times decreased

GP numbers were rising

#NHS was beginning to function

It can do again with investment

#NHSCrisis #GPCrisis

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The NHS ‘bail out’

It happened between 2000- 2010

National debt didn’t increase

Inflation didn’t rise

But waiting times decreased

GP numbers were rising

#NHS was beginning to function

It can do again with investment

#NHSCrisis #GPCrisis

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@wesstreeting@twitter.com Dear Wes 👇🏻

I am no longer a Partner & have no vested interest

I have, however, got 33years of knowledge of the workings of GPs & the #NHS

You really need to listen

Happy to advise

I have done 140000 consultations

Trained 60 Drs

Don’t mess this up - Listen

#GPCrisis https://twitter.com/drstevetaylor/status/1611497027216543744

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RT @SophieScamps@twitter.com

There is a crisis in General Practice - It has been desperately underfunded for years

If it collapses the rest of the health system will go down with it.

👇 #medicare #GPcrisis https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/06/doctors-want-medicare-rebates-to-double-amid-catastrophically-bad-access-in-rural-areas?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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7million waiting hospital treatment

GP practice with 7000 patients

700 people in this practice are now waiting

700 people were already consulting each week

Those waiting are adding to this number

1.4m consults/day - 2000 fewer GPs than 2015

Blame MPs not GPs
#GPCrisis

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RT @DrSteveTaylor
A small GP practice in one of the most beautiful areas of the country

Unable to continue due to funding cuts making it financially unviable

Is this the future of GP in 2023?

GPs need the support of the public

Many GP practices are near collapse

Blame MPs not GPs
#GPCrisis https://twitter.com/centrallakesgp/status/1608894045987962880

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If the media, the Government, NHSE don’t support GP

This is the effect

Don’t believe the lies

1.4m appts a day / 1m Face to Face / Demand greater than supply / 2000 fewer GPs than 2015 / record no. of appts

#GPCrisis #BeKind https://twitter.com/drshehlaiu/status/1608815939373649920

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1 of the only ways I can communicate with my GP surgery is by email during a #mentalhealth crisis. The email has now been changed to only accept emails between 7-10am Mon-Fri! We heard about this on a text to wish us a happy Christmas last Friday! Totally disgraceful. #gpcrisis

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One by one GP Practices will close

Since 2015 there 1900 fewer GPs

2015 Conservatives promised 5000 more GPs

2200 patients per GP - effectively 4million have lost their GPs - those GPs that are left are doing more & more

Less resources = less GPs

#GPCrisis 🆘 https://twitter.com/pennymordaunt/status/1603805262523121665

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One by one GP Practices will close

Since 2015 there 1900 fewer GPs

2015 Conservatives promised 5000 more GPs

2200 patients per GP - effectively 4million have lost their GPs - those GPs that are left are doing more & more

Less resources = less GPs

#GPCrisis 🆘 https://twitter.com/pennymordaunt/status/1603805262523121665

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Advice to GPs from NHSEngland
“On days where there is industrial action, patients (& GP practice staff calling on their behalf) should only call 999 if it is a life threatening medical or mental health emergency”

Actually we only ever call 999 when it’s an emergency
#GPCrisis

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RT @DrSteveTaylor
Let’s not hide the facts

1896 fewer GPs since 2015 is the equivalent of 4 million people losing their GP

Those 4m are spread out amongst the remaining GPs

If there is no GP available say it loud

THERE IS NO GP AVAILABLE

Before there are no GPs

#GPCrisis
Blame MPs not GPs https://twitter.com/meddyglou/status/1602558137382408192

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The Headline - GPs work part-time

80% work more than 35hrs a week - full-time by any measure

61% of all GPs are doing over 40hrs/week - 24% over 50hrs - 9% over 60hrs

Providing a record 32m appts/month with fewer GPs, working extra hours which are not funded

#GPCrisis 2/🧵

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No one can see a GP - The Headline

Facts -
7million appts/wk - 10% population
71% Face to Face
5.7% DNA

Why does it take a month to get an appt? - The Headline

Facts -
39% same day
8% next day = 47%
20% week = 67%
15% by 2w = 82%
8% by 3w = 89%
5% by a month = 94%
#GPCrisis

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Blaming GPs for not enough appts is like blaming the only worker on the till at Tesco for your wait, for all the other empty tills, & telling them to work 24/7

1.4m consult GPs every day

1896 fewer GPs since 2015

Some chose to work ‘part-time’ due to 12hr days🤷🏻

#GPCrisis

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Blaming GPs for not enough appts is like blaming the only worker on the till at Tesco for your wait, for all the other empty tills, & telling them to work 24/7

1.4m consult GPs every day

1896 fewer GPs since 2015

Some chose to work ‘part-time’ due to 12hr days🤷🏻

#GPCrisis

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Listen to Drs/Nurses etc - not Media

Dr since 1989, GP since 1993

140,000+ consults with people of all ages & backgrounds

Mentored & helped train 60 GPs

Ran a GP Practice 27yrs

I think that gives me some knowledge of what might work in the #NHS

#GPCrisis
Blame MPs not GPs

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Just heard @RishiSunak@twitter.com tell @BBCHughPym@twitter.com that there are record number of GPs

Well perhaps he meant a record of lowering numbers

We actually now have the equivalent of 1,896 fewer fully qualified full-time GPs compared to Sept 2015

#GPCrisis Blame MPs not GPs
@BMA_GP@twitter.com @DAUK_GP@twitter.com

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