BMA staff have spoken loud and clear: enough is enough.
With a 96% vote for strike action on an 80% turnout, GMB members are standing up for fair pay after years of erosion.
📢Important update for GPs in Wales
GPC Wales has agreed the 25/26 GMS contract with Welsh Government & NHS Wales after extensive talks. The deal includes £41.9m of investment for 2025-26.
📩Members have been sent an email with the full details
🔗https://t.co/Epk5fhjQAF
Pleased that WG listened to the strength of feeling of the GP profession in Wales. The post-referendum revised offer signals an understanding of the financial pressures affecting the sustainability of practices.
🚨 BREAKING: GPs in Wales vote to reject the 24/25 GMS contract offer from Welsh Government.
We have taken this mandate to the Welsh Government to ask that they urgently improve the terms #SaveOurSurgeries
Press release ➡️https://t.co/TGN1vzGSUQ
📢 Attention Welsh GP members!
📧If you didn't receive your voting email for the referendum, please visit: ↘️ https://t.co/ETRL7iBvz2
📅The online referendum closes at 12pm on the 16th December.
❌Reject the contract #SaveOurSurgeries
🩺🏴The contract referendum for GPs in Wales is now open!✖️Vote to reject the offer.
📧Members will receive an email today.
📽️ Watch the WGPC chair @GOelmann explain our position here ↘️ https://t.co/SY0CU68FIm
GPs in Wales 🏴
❌GPCW voted unanimously to reject the Welsh Government’s 24/25 GMS contract offer
🗳️From 25th November, members will get the chance to have their say
Read about the offer and the referendum in more detail ➡️https://t.co/Gaw820whpA
🚨BMA Wales’ GP committee unanimously rejects Welsh Government 24/25 GMS contract offer. GPs to vote on whether to accept or reject the contract in a referendum this month.
@GOelmann warns of more surgery closures & patient care crises https://t.co/yr0mtXZYcD
#SaveOurSurgeries
🩺GPs in 🏴
📰GMS contract negotiations are finally underway
📩Members please ensure your contact details are correct to ensure you receive the latest news
🖊️Non- members, join us today
🗣️More voices = more power
https://t.co/z1Gx6ZqjC0
Update for GPs in 🏴
📰This week, negotiations for 24/25 GMS contract will commence after much delay.
🗣️Members, please ensure your contact details are up to date so you can inform our next steps.
Update your details here ➡️ https://t.co/7g1gLg83bT
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🗣️Want to improve GP services in your area?
📩Email your member of the Senedd to help us secure a vital rescue package for general practice in Wales 🏴
➡️ Simply follow this link https://t.co/gqq9InDOrh
#SaveOurSurgeries
🔐100 GP surgeries in Wales have closed since 2012.
🩺Help us to secure fairer funding for general practice to deliver the services you require and improve appointment availability
📩Email your Member of the Senedd to #SaveOurSurgeries
➡️ https://t.co/gqq9InEmgP
📈Patient numbers at GP practices in Wales 🏴 increased by 93,317 from 2013-2022, while full-time GPs decreased by 25%
💔 GP funding fell by over 2.6% since 2005
📢Join our call to Welsh Government - #SaveOurSurgeries ↘️ https://t.co/8Wl4QlkKlv 🎥 https://t.co/GprIaSit9O
📢 Last week GPC Wales launched phase II of #SaveOurSurgeries at the Senedd
🏥 A year after the campaign began, Welsh general practice still faces inadequate resources, increased workload, & a stressed workforce
🚨 Urgent action is needed, support us ↘️ https://t.co/8Wl4QlkKlv
🩺91% of GPs in Wales say they are unable to meet patient demand
🛟87% fear this is impacting patient safety
🗣️Today we’re calling on the Welsh Government for an urgent rescue package for general practice
Press release: https://t.co/f4O8CjD3Iu
#SaveOurSurgeries
“If urgent action isn't taken, general practice could become a dentistry type model, where care is inequitable”
@BMACymru GP chair @GOelmann spells out the crisis in general practice in Wales in this blog:
https://t.co/Ty55fuxIvC