Becky Haines
@beckyhaines.bsky.social
GP partner and trainer in Gateshead, Special Interest in Diabetes. Year of Care GP Clinical Lead and Advisor. GST LMC. Lives in Northumberland. Was padsbigsis on the x site!
Are you a GP in Northumberland, N Tyneside, Newcastle, Gateshead, S Tyneside, Sunderland?
There’s a BMA by-election for your GPCE representative, I’m one of the nominees.
Please read our statements and cast a vote - this is a critical year for General Practice.
There’s a BMA by-election for your GPCE representative, I’m one of the nominees.
Please read our statements and cast a vote - this is a critical year for General Practice.
May 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Are you a GP in Northumberland, N Tyneside, Newcastle, Gateshead, S Tyneside, Sunderland?
There’s a BMA by-election for your GPCE representative, I’m one of the nominees.
Please read our statements and cast a vote - this is a critical year for General Practice.
There’s a BMA by-election for your GPCE representative, I’m one of the nominees.
Please read our statements and cast a vote - this is a critical year for General Practice.
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General Practice is struggling to deliver for patients.
Yet, we are the first port of call for 1.4 million patients a day.
We have fewer GPs and practices.
Without support for NI hike, like rest of #NHS has, GP practices are at risk of closing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet, we are the first port of call for 1.4 million patients a day.
We have fewer GPs and practices.
Without support for NI hike, like rest of #NHS has, GP practices are at risk of closing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tax hike could push surgeries ‘over the edge', says GP
A doctor who represents 300 GP practices says many would be forced to cut back on staffing or close.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 8:28 PM
General Practice is struggling to deliver for patients.
Yet, we are the first port of call for 1.4 million patients a day.
We have fewer GPs and practices.
Without support for NI hike, like rest of #NHS has, GP practices are at risk of closing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet, we are the first port of call for 1.4 million patients a day.
We have fewer GPs and practices.
Without support for NI hike, like rest of #NHS has, GP practices are at risk of closing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hey GPs of BlueSky - I’m heading down for my first LMC conference on Friday - will I meet any of you there?
November 19, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Hey GPs of BlueSky - I’m heading down for my first LMC conference on Friday - will I meet any of you there?
Reposted by Becky Haines
Message in from a GP friend. Permission given to share:
"Had enough now Craig, going to retire early next year and go do things less harmful to my health."
Keep blaming GPs for everyone else's problems and they'll just shrug and walk away eventually.
c.f. dentistry.
"Had enough now Craig, going to retire early next year and go do things less harmful to my health."
Keep blaming GPs for everyone else's problems and they'll just shrug and walk away eventually.
c.f. dentistry.
November 19, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Message in from a GP friend. Permission given to share:
"Had enough now Craig, going to retire early next year and go do things less harmful to my health."
Keep blaming GPs for everyone else's problems and they'll just shrug and walk away eventually.
c.f. dentistry.
"Had enough now Craig, going to retire early next year and go do things less harmful to my health."
Keep blaming GPs for everyone else's problems and they'll just shrug and walk away eventually.
c.f. dentistry.
Reposted by Becky Haines
Sharing this again for anyone with #diabetes who’s experienced or experiencing #menopause #perimenopause who’s interested
November 16, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Sharing this again for anyone with #diabetes who’s experienced or experiencing #menopause #perimenopause who’s interested
Reposted by Becky Haines
GP Practices / Social Care / Charity Sector all hit by NI Tax
At a time when Labour committed to funding community care & to ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’ this will hit services hard unless funding is increased now not 2025/26
Commitment needed now to stop redundancies/cuts
At a time when Labour committed to funding community care & to ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’ this will hit services hard unless funding is increased now not 2025/26
Commitment needed now to stop redundancies/cuts
November 16, 2024 at 11:04 AM
GP Practices / Social Care / Charity Sector all hit by NI Tax
At a time when Labour committed to funding community care & to ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’ this will hit services hard unless funding is increased now not 2025/26
Commitment needed now to stop redundancies/cuts
At a time when Labour committed to funding community care & to ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’ this will hit services hard unless funding is increased now not 2025/26
Commitment needed now to stop redundancies/cuts
Reposted by Becky Haines
Trained as an orthopaedic surgeon
Practiced as General Practitioner
One of the key men involved in discovery of #Insulin
Won #NobelPrize 1923
Sold patent for #Insulin to University of Toronto for 1$
Sir Frederick Banting
Saviour of many
Born 14 Nov 1891
#WorldDiabetesDay 💙
Practiced as General Practitioner
One of the key men involved in discovery of #Insulin
Won #NobelPrize 1923
Sold patent for #Insulin to University of Toronto for 1$
Sir Frederick Banting
Saviour of many
Born 14 Nov 1891
#WorldDiabetesDay 💙
November 14, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Trained as an orthopaedic surgeon
Practiced as General Practitioner
One of the key men involved in discovery of #Insulin
Won #NobelPrize 1923
Sold patent for #Insulin to University of Toronto for 1$
Sir Frederick Banting
Saviour of many
Born 14 Nov 1891
#WorldDiabetesDay 💙
Practiced as General Practitioner
One of the key men involved in discovery of #Insulin
Won #NobelPrize 1923
Sold patent for #Insulin to University of Toronto for 1$
Sir Frederick Banting
Saviour of many
Born 14 Nov 1891
#WorldDiabetesDay 💙