In 30years I have never been this upset with the words coming out of Government

This includes a plethora of Tory Health Secretaries

I am not part of BMA leadership

I am just a GP who gives up his time freely to advocate for patients, the NHS & make sure the facts are correct

Beautiful autumnal day in Donegal with a complete rainbow at Ballyhiernan Beach in the Fanad peninsula

102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons

27,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries

31 million people visit GPs every month a similar number have haircuts

You can see the problem @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social judging by Wes’s trim he is going to the hair salon a lot more than his GP unlike many

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In times like these I find it helpful to reflect on Michael Rosen's poem My Island of Strangers.

Interesting fact.

NHS England pays a hospital as much to remove sutures as it pays a GP practice to look after a patient for a year.

General practice in Northern Ireland is in crisis. GPs have voted to begin collective action - we need an improved offer from the government that increases our core funding to avert a total crisis

#GPsAreOnYourSide

General practice in Northern Ireland is in crisis. GPs have voted to begin collective action - we need an improved offer from the government that increases our core funding to avert a total crisis

#GPsAreOnYourSide

GP partners in Northern Ireland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking collective action as part of their fight for increased funding for general practice.

Read the full statement here - www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

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"Soaring demand and reduced funding do not add up. You can’t take feathers from a frog"

Read Deirdre Heenan: tinyurl.com/2c8ry6xa

GP TRAINING

GPs are trained extensively 5 years of medical school, foundation years which include surgery and medicine, a further 3 years minimum as experienced Drs with extensive supervision

They understand the full curriculum of education as set out by RCGP www.rcgp.org.uk/mrcgp-exams/...

Warm up those Jazz Hands, the City of Derry Jazz Festival kicks off this Thursday

Photo of two boys - one vaccinated against smallpox, the other not - published in 1901 by Dr. Allan Warner.

Smallpox killed over half a billion people in the 20th century alone. On 8 May 1980, the WHO announced its eradication, which was achieved through #vaccines, surveillance, and containment.

I asked DeepSeek three questions:

- How does China treat the Uyghur Muslims?

- Is Taiwan part of China?

- What happened in Tiananmen Square in the 1980s?

Here are DeepSeek's answers:

£3 a week pays for all your GP services

This is 67p less than 8 years ago in real terms

If you can’t see a GP it’s because NHS England have cut the funding for GP practices

Healthcare - you get what you pay for

£3600 the average Tax/person/year goes to #NHS
£165 to General Practice

Discussion yesterday with a US expat - £7600 basic US insurance cover for a fit & healthy 26yr old (still pay for use)

Without the NHS what could you afford?
Private GP appt £79
#Medsky

The calm after the storm
Lough Foyle from Greencastle
#stormdarragh
#Inishowen
#Ireland

Vaccination works!
Meningococcal C cases in UK down by 99% since a vaccination for it was added to childhood routine 25 years ago.
Only three tragic cases in the past year
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