These high-profile GPs who have previously featured in Pulse for their contribution to the profession were once again mentioned by colleagues and patients for their hard work during 2020.
• Dr Anthony James, London, chair of RCGP Associates in Training, for lobbying to allow trainees to restart exams.
• Dr Aumran Tahir, founder and director of AT Medics, for implementing technology across the 40 sites and setting up the Brent Covid hub in north-west London.
• Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire LMCs’ executive team, for challenging the primary care network DES, and Dr Matt Mayer, chief executive, for ‘protecting GPs from potential harm caused by political interference’.
• Dr Clare Gerada, London, former RCGP chair, whose NHS Practitioner Health Service has become ‘a lifeline’ for GPs struggling during the pandemic.
• Dr Dustyn Saint, for running his Norfolk practice solo when his partners were off sick with Covid-19 in April.
• Dr Elliott Singer, medical director, Londonwide LMCs, for helping practices with tools and templates.
• Dr Farzana Hussein, London, PCN director and Pulse’s GP of the Year 2019, for setting up drive-in child immunisations.
• Dr Fay Wilson, chief executive officer of out-of-hours group Badger in Birmingham and Solihull, for providing safe spaces when out-of-hours sites became Covid hubs.
• Dr Ishani Patel, founder of Lantum, for helping London CCGs switch to digital consultations ‘almost overnight’.
• Dr Jonathan Leach, Worcestershire, RCGP honorary secretary, for ‘working to get information to GPs via the RCGP Covid hub – he is not afraid to speak truth to power’.
• Dr Knut Schroeder, Bristol, for leading the design and launch of a Covid app to inform the public.
• Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell, medical director, Londonwide LMCs, for helping practices navigate the reams of guidance.
• Professor Mayur Lakhani, former RCGP president, for volunteering for shifts with the Covid assessment centre, mentoring younger GPs, and championing black GPs.
• Dr Michelle Drage, chief executive, Londonwide LMCs, for ensuring GPs’ views are heard.
• Dr Mohammedabbas Khaki, for supporting his A&E team in east London, and for his ‘Who is Hussain’ charity, which has provided food and PPE across the world.
• Dr Murray Ellender, London, co-founder of eConsult for ‘working day and night’ to ensure the platform could be launched across 2,000 extra practices in just two months.
• Dr Neil Modha, NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG chair, for transforming a 27,000-patient walk-in centre overnight and for procuring PPE from China.
• Dr Nicole Atkinson, clinical chair of NHS Nottingham West CCG, for helping to increase NHS app uptake to more than 36,000 people within weeks.
• Dr Olugbenga Odutola, medical director, BB Healthcare Solutions in Basildon, Essex, for setting up Covid hubs and a home-visiting service for shielded patients.
• Dr Russell Brown, East Sussex, for being ‘an amazing boss and a fantastic clinician’.
• Dr Sharon Raymond, London, for her Covid-secure minicab service and free pulse oximeter delivery service.
• Dr Simon Bradley, former Avon LMC chair, for being a ‘DIY hero’ and installing screens and social distancing measures in his practice even though he was at high risk himself.
• Dr Sukhpal Singh Gill, Birmingham, chair of the Sikh Doctors and Dentists Association UK, for ensuring PPE for health workers who have beards for religious reasons.
• Dr Susie Bayley, medical director of Derbyshire’s GP Task Force, for ‘effective, clear, well received’ communications.
• Dr Toni Hazell, London, regular Pulse contributor, for creating resources with the RCGP for GPs.
• Dr Zoe Williams, London, for being ‘a trusted’ media voice, and securing funding for a diabetes lifestyle trial.
WHERE’S DR. KANANI IN THIS LIST OF HONOURABLE MENTIONS?
Sounds a bit like the honours system. The vast majority of GPs are doing an excellent job.