Dr Ellen Welch
@drellenwelch.bsky.social
🩺NHS GP
⚕️Co-chair Doctors Association UK; VC North Cumbria LMC; Campaigns/Social media Medical Women’s Federation
⚓️exEM/Cruise Ship Doc
✒️Author
#WhyCantISeeMyGP book royalties to @dauk-gp.bsky.social
@thedauk.bsky.social
#NHSDAAD
⚕️Co-chair Doctors Association UK; VC North Cumbria LMC; Campaigns/Social media Medical Women’s Federation
⚓️exEM/Cruise Ship Doc
✒️Author
#WhyCantISeeMyGP book royalties to @dauk-gp.bsky.social
@thedauk.bsky.social
#NHSDAAD
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Over 30 other organisations have co-signed our letter calling on the government to retain the GMC’s ability to investigate #doctors with health concerns, under a distinct 'health' route. We are proud to stand together on this important issue
www.medicalprotection.org/uk/articles/...
www.medicalprotection.org/uk/articles/...
September 17, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Over 30 other organisations have co-signed our letter calling on the government to retain the GMC’s ability to investigate #doctors with health concerns, under a distinct 'health' route. We are proud to stand together on this important issue
www.medicalprotection.org/uk/articles/...
www.medicalprotection.org/uk/articles/...
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I also can’t plug this enough- DAUK is like another job at times that we do for free because we love it and are total geeks at heart(I speak for myself here)
We do need money to function so if you can donate the price of a cuppa to support our work it will go a long way🙏
We do need money to function so if you can donate the price of a cuppa to support our work it will go a long way🙏
DAUK is led by frontline doctors, for frontline doctors. Today's conference is being put on for free by our fantastic volunteer team. Please support our work
gofundme.com/f/support-th... #DAUKConf25
gofundme.com/f/support-th... #DAUKConf25
Donate to Support the work of the Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK), organized by Ellen Welch
We are a group of volunteer doctors and medical students working on… Ellen Welch needs your support for Support the work of the Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK)
gofundme.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I also can’t plug this enough- DAUK is like another job at times that we do for free because we love it and are total geeks at heart(I speak for myself here)
We do need money to function so if you can donate the price of a cuppa to support our work it will go a long way🙏
We do need money to function so if you can donate the price of a cuppa to support our work it will go a long way🙏
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🗣️ | "There is a huge discrepancy between national messaging and what patients are actually being delivered on a local level."
Our co-chair @drellenwelch.bsky.social spoke in the media this week about the rollout of weight-loss treatment.
📹 | instagram.com/p/DOO8eEYjB54/
Our co-chair @drellenwelch.bsky.social spoke in the media this week about the rollout of weight-loss treatment.
📹 | instagram.com/p/DOO8eEYjB54/
Demand for weight-loss treatment impacting GPs | Doctors' Association UK
DAUK co-chair Dr Ellen Welch provided commentary in the national media on the impact of demand for weight-loss treatment on GPs.
dauk.org
September 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🗣️ | "There is a huge discrepancy between national messaging and what patients are actually being delivered on a local level."
Our co-chair @drellenwelch.bsky.social spoke in the media this week about the rollout of weight-loss treatment.
📹 | instagram.com/p/DOO8eEYjB54/
Our co-chair @drellenwelch.bsky.social spoke in the media this week about the rollout of weight-loss treatment.
📹 | instagram.com/p/DOO8eEYjB54/
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Today is #NSMD, a day organised by @doctorsindistress.bsky.social and NHS Practitioner Health to honour the health and care professionals we’ve tragically lost. Together, we can help to make sure that no more lives are lost to suicide. #HopeThroughAction
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September 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Today is #NSMD, a day organised by @doctorsindistress.bsky.social and NHS Practitioner Health to honour the health and care professionals we’ve tragically lost. Together, we can help to make sure that no more lives are lost to suicide. #HopeThroughAction
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🗞️ | We welcome reports in @theguardian.com that physician associates are to be renamed.
But this is just a start and the fundamental issues of scope and supervision still need to be addressed.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
But this is just a start and the fundamental issues of scope and supervision still need to be addressed.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Physician associates to be renamed to stop them being mistaken for doctors
Exclusive: Government-ordered review concludes term in NHS should be changed because of risks to patients’ safety
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🗞️ | We welcome reports in @theguardian.com that physician associates are to be renamed.
But this is just a start and the fundamental issues of scope and supervision still need to be addressed.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
But this is just a start and the fundamental issues of scope and supervision still need to be addressed.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Read our response from our chair Ms Helen Fernandes and vice chair @drellenwelch.bsky.social ⬇️
dauk.org/report-physi...
dauk.org/report-physi...
Reports physician associates to be renamed welcomed | DAUK
DAUK welcomes reports that physician associates (PAs) could be renamed to stop patients mistaking them for doctors.
dauk.org
June 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Read our response from our chair Ms Helen Fernandes and vice chair @drellenwelch.bsky.social ⬇️
dauk.org/report-physi...
dauk.org/report-physi...
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@thedauk.bsky.social is running a series of webinars - first up:
Managing the emotional aftermath of medical adverse incidents www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-t...
Managing the emotional aftermath of medical adverse incidents www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-t...
June 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
@thedauk.bsky.social is running a series of webinars - first up:
Managing the emotional aftermath of medical adverse incidents www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-t...
Managing the emotional aftermath of medical adverse incidents www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-t...
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GP partnership model has been a cornerstone of English primary care since the NHS’s inception. Partners operate independent businesses that are contracted through NHS England, enabling tailored local services and continuity of care, though often through partners’ goodwill and unpaid overtime.
A report from the Nuffield Trust described the general practice partnership model in England as “withering” and called for urgent government action.
The survival of GP partnerships requires improvements to the GP contract
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
The survival of GP partnerships requires improvements to the GP contract
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
April 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
GP partnership model has been a cornerstone of English primary care since the NHS’s inception. Partners operate independent businesses that are contracted through NHS England, enabling tailored local services and continuity of care, though often through partners’ goodwill and unpaid overtime.
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💻 | Join us on Tuesday 10 June (7.30pm to 8.30pm) for the first in a series of FREE webinars for members.
@clairedocdavies.bsky.social will be talking about managing the emotional aftermath of adverse medical incidents.
Book your place now www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-t...
@clairedocdavies.bsky.social will be talking about managing the emotional aftermath of adverse medical incidents.
Book your place now www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-t...
June 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
💻 | Join us on Tuesday 10 June (7.30pm to 8.30pm) for the first in a series of FREE webinars for members.
@clairedocdavies.bsky.social will be talking about managing the emotional aftermath of adverse medical incidents.
Book your place now www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-t...
@clairedocdavies.bsky.social will be talking about managing the emotional aftermath of adverse medical incidents.
Book your place now www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-t...
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🩺 | How will the climate crisis impact primary care?
It faces increasing pressures through shifting disease trends and extreme weather events.
Health promotion and disease prevention are key to cutting healthcare's environmental impact and improving health.
🔗 ourhealthourplanet.co.uk/hcp-doctor-gp/
It faces increasing pressures through shifting disease trends and extreme weather events.
Health promotion and disease prevention are key to cutting healthcare's environmental impact and improving health.
🔗 ourhealthourplanet.co.uk/hcp-doctor-gp/
Doctor General Practice – Our Health. Our Planet.
ourhealthourplanet.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🩺 | How will the climate crisis impact primary care?
It faces increasing pressures through shifting disease trends and extreme weather events.
Health promotion and disease prevention are key to cutting healthcare's environmental impact and improving health.
🔗 ourhealthourplanet.co.uk/hcp-doctor-gp/
It faces increasing pressures through shifting disease trends and extreme weather events.
Health promotion and disease prevention are key to cutting healthcare's environmental impact and improving health.
🔗 ourhealthourplanet.co.uk/hcp-doctor-gp/
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🌍 | The climate crisis is a health crisis. Extreme weather events are already leading to thousands of deaths.
The Our Health, Our Planet website looks at the threat of climate change to health, how it will impact the NHS and steps people can take to minimise it.
🔗 ourhealthourplanet.co.uk
The Our Health, Our Planet website looks at the threat of climate change to health, how it will impact the NHS and steps people can take to minimise it.
🔗 ourhealthourplanet.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🌍 | The climate crisis is a health crisis. Extreme weather events are already leading to thousands of deaths.
The Our Health, Our Planet website looks at the threat of climate change to health, how it will impact the NHS and steps people can take to minimise it.
🔗 ourhealthourplanet.co.uk
The Our Health, Our Planet website looks at the threat of climate change to health, how it will impact the NHS and steps people can take to minimise it.
🔗 ourhealthourplanet.co.uk
@thedauk.bsky.social is running a series of webinars - first up:
Managing the emotional aftermath of medical adverse incidents www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-t...
Managing the emotional aftermath of medical adverse incidents www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-t...
June 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
@thedauk.bsky.social is running a series of webinars - first up:
Managing the emotional aftermath of medical adverse incidents www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-t...
Managing the emotional aftermath of medical adverse incidents www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-t...
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🗣️ | 'The event provided a valuable platform for sharing legal insight on matters shaping healthcare accountability and reform.'
Thank you to Imran Khan KC and Daniel Cooper, who joined us at our inaugural conference. Mr Khan KC spoke on institutional injustice ⬇️
www.ikandp.co.uk/post/imran-k...
Thank you to Imran Khan KC and Daniel Cooper, who joined us at our inaugural conference. Mr Khan KC spoke on institutional injustice ⬇️
www.ikandp.co.uk/post/imran-k...
Imran Khan KC Speaks at the DAUK Jenny Vaughan Memorial Conference 2025
Imran Khan KC and Daniel Cooper recently attended the Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) Jenny Vaughan Memorial Conference 2025, a day-long event honouring the legacy of DAUK’s founding member and tireles...
www.ikandp.co.uk
May 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🗣️ | 'The event provided a valuable platform for sharing legal insight on matters shaping healthcare accountability and reform.'
Thank you to Imran Khan KC and Daniel Cooper, who joined us at our inaugural conference. Mr Khan KC spoke on institutional injustice ⬇️
www.ikandp.co.uk/post/imran-k...
Thank you to Imran Khan KC and Daniel Cooper, who joined us at our inaugural conference. Mr Khan KC spoke on institutional injustice ⬇️
www.ikandp.co.uk/post/imran-k...
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📸 | Check out our gallery of photos from our first Jenny Vaughan Memorial Conference at dauk.org/dauk-confere...
May 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
📸 | Check out our gallery of photos from our first Jenny Vaughan Memorial Conference at dauk.org/dauk-confere...
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🗣️ | 'One of the most enjoyable conferences I have attended.'
'Excellent speakers, motivating and empowering.'
'I am not alone.'
Our inaugural conference has been hailed a 'huge success' ⬇️
dauk.org/dauk-confere...
'Excellent speakers, motivating and empowering.'
'I am not alone.'
Our inaugural conference has been hailed a 'huge success' ⬇️
dauk.org/dauk-confere...
DAUK conference hailed a huge success | Doctors' Association UK
DAUK’s inaugural conference held in memory of our former chair Dr Jenny Vaughan OBE has been hailed a huge success.
dauk.org
May 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🗣️ | 'One of the most enjoyable conferences I have attended.'
'Excellent speakers, motivating and empowering.'
'I am not alone.'
Our inaugural conference has been hailed a 'huge success' ⬇️
dauk.org/dauk-confere...
'Excellent speakers, motivating and empowering.'
'I am not alone.'
Our inaugural conference has been hailed a 'huge success' ⬇️
dauk.org/dauk-confere...
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It's the end of Week 2 of the UK Covid Inquiry Module 7. The inquiry has examined the testing, tracing, and isolation strategies in the UK and the devolved nations from January 2020 to June 2022.
We learnt: 🧵 (1/9)
We learnt: 🧵 (1/9)
May 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It's the end of Week 2 of the UK Covid Inquiry Module 7. The inquiry has examined the testing, tracing, and isolation strategies in the UK and the devolved nations from January 2020 to June 2022.
We learnt: 🧵 (1/9)
We learnt: 🧵 (1/9)
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📣 The Value of a GP
We've made it very clear: general practice is vital to a healthy NHS.
This new BMA report lays out the evidence – economic, clinical, and human – that shows why GPs are essential. Continuity of care is the remedy.
Read here 👉 cdn.intelligencebank.com/eu/share/qMb...
We've made it very clear: general practice is vital to a healthy NHS.
This new BMA report lays out the evidence – economic, clinical, and human – that shows why GPs are essential. Continuity of care is the remedy.
Read here 👉 cdn.intelligencebank.com/eu/share/qMb...
May 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
📣 The Value of a GP
We've made it very clear: general practice is vital to a healthy NHS.
This new BMA report lays out the evidence – economic, clinical, and human – that shows why GPs are essential. Continuity of care is the remedy.
Read here 👉 cdn.intelligencebank.com/eu/share/qMb...
We've made it very clear: general practice is vital to a healthy NHS.
This new BMA report lays out the evidence – economic, clinical, and human – that shows why GPs are essential. Continuity of care is the remedy.
Read here 👉 cdn.intelligencebank.com/eu/share/qMb...
Reposted by Dr Ellen Welch
Up to 1,000 GP registrars face unemployment this summer
Last summer @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social announced emergency measures to employ GPs in ARRS with a view to fixing this issue
There is no extra funding for employing GPs
Yet 4000/yr are being trained
www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/breakin...
Last summer @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social announced emergency measures to employ GPs in ARRS with a view to fixing this issue
There is no extra funding for employing GPs
Yet 4000/yr are being trained
www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/breakin...
Up to 1,000 GP registrars face unemployment this summer, BMA warns Streeting
The BMA is demanding urgent ringfenced funding to avoid a worsening of the GP unemployment crisis this summer.
www.pulsetoday.co.uk
May 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Up to 1,000 GP registrars face unemployment this summer
Last summer @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social announced emergency measures to employ GPs in ARRS with a view to fixing this issue
There is no extra funding for employing GPs
Yet 4000/yr are being trained
www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/breakin...
Last summer @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social announced emergency measures to employ GPs in ARRS with a view to fixing this issue
There is no extra funding for employing GPs
Yet 4000/yr are being trained
www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/breakin...
Reposted by Dr Ellen Welch
The job of a doctor is not, necessarily, to be kind or popular or fluffy or liked.
It is to do and to say the right thing for your patients.
However difficult it may be to do so.
However tough you may find it.
Many institutions pretend otherwise, including the GMC.
Here's why they're wrong 🧵
It is to do and to say the right thing for your patients.
However difficult it may be to do so.
However tough you may find it.
Many institutions pretend otherwise, including the GMC.
Here's why they're wrong 🧵
May 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The job of a doctor is not, necessarily, to be kind or popular or fluffy or liked.
It is to do and to say the right thing for your patients.
However difficult it may be to do so.
However tough you may find it.
Many institutions pretend otherwise, including the GMC.
Here's why they're wrong 🧵
It is to do and to say the right thing for your patients.
However difficult it may be to do so.
However tough you may find it.
Many institutions pretend otherwise, including the GMC.
Here's why they're wrong 🧵
Reposted by Dr Ellen Welch
A fantastic talk yday that I was so happy to attend & I'm glad Rachel has detailed it here for others.
Telling staff to "be kind" in this context feels like a manipulative tactic designed to gloss over the difficulties of working in today's NHS - code for keeping quiet over the things that matter.
Telling staff to "be kind" in this context feels like a manipulative tactic designed to gloss over the difficulties of working in today's NHS - code for keeping quiet over the things that matter.
The job of a doctor is not, necessarily, to be kind or popular or fluffy or liked.
It is to do and to say the right thing for your patients.
However difficult it may be to do so.
However tough you may find it.
Many institutions pretend otherwise, including the GMC.
Here's why they're wrong 🧵
It is to do and to say the right thing for your patients.
However difficult it may be to do so.
However tough you may find it.
Many institutions pretend otherwise, including the GMC.
Here's why they're wrong 🧵
May 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A fantastic talk yday that I was so happy to attend & I'm glad Rachel has detailed it here for others.
Telling staff to "be kind" in this context feels like a manipulative tactic designed to gloss over the difficulties of working in today's NHS - code for keeping quiet over the things that matter.
Telling staff to "be kind" in this context feels like a manipulative tactic designed to gloss over the difficulties of working in today's NHS - code for keeping quiet over the things that matter.
I also can’t plug this enough- DAUK is like another job at times that we do for free because we love it and are total geeks at heart(I speak for myself here)
We do need money to function so if you can donate the price of a cuppa to support our work it will go a long way🙏
We do need money to function so if you can donate the price of a cuppa to support our work it will go a long way🙏
DAUK is led by frontline doctors, for frontline doctors. Today's conference is being put on for free by our fantastic volunteer team. Please support our work
gofundme.com/f/support-th... #DAUKConf25
gofundme.com/f/support-th... #DAUKConf25
Donate to Support the work of the Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK), organized by Ellen Welch
We are a group of volunteer doctors and medical students working on… Ellen Welch needs your support for Support the work of the Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK)
gofundme.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I also can’t plug this enough- DAUK is like another job at times that we do for free because we love it and are total geeks at heart(I speak for myself here)
We do need money to function so if you can donate the price of a cuppa to support our work it will go a long way🙏
We do need money to function so if you can donate the price of a cuppa to support our work it will go a long way🙏
Reposted by Dr Ellen Welch
We live in a world where the United Nations has to persuade world leaders to do something via social media
Just think about that….
The United Nations!
Just think about that….
The United Nations!
May 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
We live in a world where the United Nations has to persuade world leaders to do something via social media
Just think about that….
The United Nations!
Just think about that….
The United Nations!
Reposted by Dr Ellen Welch
And before people say the UK spends too much
Look at the reality of spending compared to peer nations
Lower Tax
Lower Spend on health
Lower life expectancy
Worst waiting times
All connected
Look at the reality of spending compared to peer nations
Lower Tax
Lower Spend on health
Lower life expectancy
Worst waiting times
All connected
May 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
And before people say the UK spends too much
Look at the reality of spending compared to peer nations
Lower Tax
Lower Spend on health
Lower life expectancy
Worst waiting times
All connected
Look at the reality of spending compared to peer nations
Lower Tax
Lower Spend on health
Lower life expectancy
Worst waiting times
All connected
Reposted by Dr Ellen Welch
#BeKind performative kindness
It is better not to show a hollow act of ‘kindness’ when there is no reality in everyday practice
#NHS & @gmcuk
‘Duty to be kind’
Duty is to do & say the right thing which may not be ‘kind’
Eg. sharing bad news in terminal illness
@doctoroxford.com
It is better not to show a hollow act of ‘kindness’ when there is no reality in everyday practice
#NHS & @gmcuk
‘Duty to be kind’
Duty is to do & say the right thing which may not be ‘kind’
Eg. sharing bad news in terminal illness
@doctoroxford.com
May 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
#BeKind performative kindness
It is better not to show a hollow act of ‘kindness’ when there is no reality in everyday practice
#NHS & @gmcuk
‘Duty to be kind’
Duty is to do & say the right thing which may not be ‘kind’
Eg. sharing bad news in terminal illness
@doctoroxford.com
It is better not to show a hollow act of ‘kindness’ when there is no reality in everyday practice
#NHS & @gmcuk
‘Duty to be kind’
Duty is to do & say the right thing which may not be ‘kind’
Eg. sharing bad news in terminal illness
@doctoroxford.com