Taking the mick
Open Surgery: Fix me
Dear GP, please do a home visit to remove this patient’s cannula as you have nothing else to do. Thank you.
Health secretary welcomes finding that NHS staff ‘happier than last year’
This man needs to be on antipsychotics!
Where's the evidence?
Nothing that the government does is evidence based but is rather politically motivated.
DH plans for pharmacists and paramedics to retrain as doctors in three years
I thought we were still in February and not April 1st?
Jeremy Hunt appointed chair of the health and social care committee
Good grief! He's come back to finish us off for good!
Millions of patients wait more than three weeks for GP appointment
Meh. The public doesn't care so why should we? When they complain just tell them keep reading the Daily Fail.
High Court rejects appeal from family of locum GP who died on day off
So what happens if a locum dies on the weekend?
GPs vote for home visits to be removed from contract
Well said!
We must convince graduates that general practice is 'exciting', says Ashworth
Unlike politicians, my conscience would not allow me to lie to medical students.
Conservatives pledge 6,000 new doctors in general practice by 2024/25
Is comedy hour over?
The consequences of an underfunded mental health system
Brexit Brexit Brexit. That’s all they care about! Meanwhile people are dying!
Teenager dies after GP mental health referral is rejected
If you can’t afford to see someone privately then you’re stuffed. This is speaking from both personal and professional experience.
Hancock praises 'rise' in GP numbers despite decline in trained FTEs
Haha more GPs doing less work. Idiot!
Average GP waiting times exceed two weeks for first time ever
Stelvio I agree completely but alas this gets voted out annually by none other than big wig GPs who no longer do grassroots GP work.
Practice in GP crisis town launches formal objection to 'unmanageable' new housing
If only!
How to use FIT in general practice
I feel fortunate that my CCG has made this available.
Closures are a grim reminder of the state of general practice
I second that!
GP workload increasing following all time high medicine shortages
This may help
https://www.mims.co.uk/drug-shortages-live-tracker/article/1581516Prime Minister hopes to recruit 5,000 extra GPs 'as soon as possible'
I hope to win the lotto within the next 5 years.
CCGs halving targets of 'extremely disappointing' international GP scheme
Because everyone thinks GPs are stupid they thought that overseas recruitment would be easy. What they forgot is that the top performers in school get into medicine in the first place. Trying to bribe them to work in a rubbish work environment is pathetic.
