Dr Mark Baxter

NHS GP in suburbia. Married to a nurse. Views are mine, not necessarily shared by the NHS or my colleagues!

[Dr Mark Baxter @DrMDBaxter]

@clinpsyhealth @LHCHFT @NHSNWGames Well done Jo!

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@Dianna_Mannhart @GrassendaleGPs @NHSNWGames After review at the highest level within the practice, it has been judged that the Senior Partner just edged it 😉

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@DGlaucomflecken I am a primary care doctor in the UK and I LOL'd at your massively relatable video!

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@DrAdamLawton This was the tweet shown to me below yours. I wonder how much the people at @NHSX know about the realities of life on the wards, and just how far the NHS has got to go in terms of modernisation?

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@yvette_ruddock @drcjgeorge @DLGDen Yeah that’s fair enough, would make a very refreshing change to have one of those on our triage!

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@JulietSarah5 @DLGDen This isn’t universally true: our dentist has been very good and my wife received excellent, timely care as an NHS dental patient.

[Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts]

In every census, millions of non-religious people tick a religious box in answer to the biased question "What is your religion?" The census is used to justify religious privilege - like using taxpayers' money to fund faith schools - so it matters!
https://t.co/kW2qobNXCV

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@DrSdeG Ours too!

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This is also an inappropriate gavel. I must try and create some stock photography of "law" images without gavels - there is clearly a lack of resources.

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This is an inappropriate gavel @NHS_HealthEdEng
cc @igavels

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@ChrisBrearton @FullyChargedShw @bobbyllew @Merseytravel @GrassendaleGPs @sduhealth That's great Chris! Would love to have a socially-distant look at it when you get it, never seen one up close.

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@TomPMarshall @danfurmedge That’s an interesting finding. At my practice it’s the longest-serving non-clinical staff who insist on referring to me as Dr. I have told all of the staff they can call me by first name but they can’t shake the habit established after years working for my predecessors.

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@markyt204 @murrayellender @econsult_thinks What’s the reasoning behind some practices turning off the eConsult facility at weekends? The practice I’m registered with is “currently unavailable”.

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@BarristerSecret Is this something worth contacting my (Labour) MP about?

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@PaulaMc007 @Psychologicsal @AndyBurnhamGM @RichardHullster From a brief scan of the mentions, is it to support those with autism or learning disabilities?

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@PaulaMc007 @Psychologicsal @AndyBurnhamGM @RichardHullster Even then, depending on specialty that's not necessarily true. Is a rheumatologist more qualified to have that discussion than the GP? I don't think so. Palliative Care, probably. You can't generalise and say "a specialist" though. Specialists in what?
Also, no, not saying that.

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@thewitchofcapri @Psychologicsal @AndyBurnhamGM @RichardHullster Absolute nonsense.

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@PaulaMc007 @Psychologicsal @AndyBurnhamGM @RichardHullster Based on your hashtag you're perhaps referring to a particular group of patients, fort room that might be true. The vast majority of these CPR decisions though are with fail, elderly patients, and often there is no specialist involved.

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@Psychologicsal @AndyBurnhamGM @RichardHullster Agreed, GPs wouldn't be able to have this conversation with an in-patient so it would have to be the acute team. As this thread was in the context of patients receiving a letter at home that wasn't very clear.