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[Adam Janjua @JanjuaAdam]

People wonder why they can’t get a GP appointment? One of the reasons is the work that is being passed to GP from the hospital. Just this morning I’ve had to deal with numerous cases of patients who are under the specialist but are told to come to the GP to sort (things that are related to the specialist issue). This is getting beyond ridiculous now.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

"It's about love, ultimately."

It really isn’t, @RishiSunak.
Nurses, like doctors, are highly skilled professionals with degrees in their profession.

Please don’t patronise my nursing colleagues.

And please - if you value them as you claim you do - pay them a decent wage.

[Rob Galloway @DrRobgalloway]

I'm an A&E consultant and I'm tired after a weekend of nights.

But this am, I've handed over what I described as a "good department". This was said genuinely and with no hint of irony.

We provided great care and have very short waits to see an A&E doctor, but I'd forgotten how unacceptable it was to have 18 patients in the corridor, and elderly patients waiting over 2 days for a ward bed.

My lens of what is good and acceptable has been slowly warped by the slow & damaging effect of the working conditions of A&E departments up and down the country.

My biggest worry is that I'm starting to accept the unacceptable.

This is not about a lack of gp appointments, patients "abusing" the system or poor management - in fact we had excellent hospital management support, with patients boarding on each ward waiting there instead of A&E for a bed.

This is a simple case of patient demand being greater than what the overall health economy can cope with.

We have to either change the way we work, change demand via expectation management or increase resources.

If not, then the unacceptable becomes the norm and that's unacceptable.

Our patients and staff deserve better.

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

We couldn’t agree more.

Please RT if you do too.

[Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy]

It’s reported that the government is offering nurses a one off payment of 6% and a 5% pay rise. But inflation has been 10% and prices will not fall again - so this offer leaves nurses 5% worse off for good. They’d be mad to accept this offer: and it’s insulting to offer it.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Steve Brine MP is head of the health select committee - supposedly scrutinising the government’s record. Yet he was apparently quite happy to break the rules by pocketing £1600 a month (for 8 hours work) to lobby for them. How is this not corruption? https://t.co/za7m4JoRKe

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Hunt smoothly says he'll take "whatever tough decisions are necessary" after saying there'd be public service cuts - why are such “difficult” decisions always on the backs of poorest & public services, when instead he could take the "difficult" decision to up taxes on wealthiest?

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

300,000+ nurses will receive ballot papers today in the first Royal College of Nursing (@theRCN) strike ballot in its 106-year history.

They've been pushed to the brink: From relying on foodbanks, to a staffing crisis that puts patients at risk.

Solidarity with the nurses! 🤍

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

NHS staff in utter disbelief that Boris is gone but we don't have 40 new hospitals or 50,000 new nurses.

[Rebekah Pierre @RebekahPierre92]

This news won’t make Back to School headlines today, but it ought to be everywhere: Under this gov, a child born on 5th September 2006 can, if taken into care tonight, be placed in a hostel, caravan/barge with no guaranteed adult supervision. And their 15-year classmate, who is

[Sophie Detraux @SophieDetraux]

**The ‘PAY AWARD’ will be backdated to 1st April 22 and due to this your pay for September could be around £200 LESS **
‘Pay award’ = less take home
Disappointed to be greeted by this letter when I arrived home after my 39 hour NHS shift of work/on call. #nhs #nhspay #NHSPayCut

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

The film @BorisJohnson would like to disappear without trace is now steamrolling it’s way to 40 MILLION VIEWS despite an almost complete media blackout. Its never been more important to keep it going. Johnson’s House of Cards is finally starting to wobble!

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

Married GPs, both 81, have jointly dedicated 100 years to the NHS

If that isn’t worth a RT, nothing is 😊

Huge thanks to Mridul and Saroj Datta 💙

https://t.co/EQzNVgJk4b

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Huge thanks to @susannareid100 @campbellclaret & @GMB for being the VERY FIRST UK news show to have the courage to step up & actually screen & debate my film today, now on 25 MILLION VIEWS

[Holly @SocialistHB]

NHS workers were due our pay award in April, NOTHING.

We were told it had been delayed and we would know by mid-late June but STILL NOTHING.

WHY? As we continue to give our all, and continue to plug the gap caused by 100,000 vacancies we are repeatedly ignored! #NHSPay15

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

What would you like @BBCBreakfast to discuss in the morning?

A. Harry & Meghan

B. William & Harry

C. Harry & the Queen

D. A film sent by an outraged public to almost 25 MILLION VIEWS in protest at the Prime Ministers rampant lying in Parliament

If “D” RT to let them know

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

The new Health Secretary has been getting paid £1,500 an HOUR over the last year for his second job and for his third job too.

Today I told him that he has absolutely no right to deny NHS staff a proper pay rise.

He didn't like it.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

It's becoming clear our leaders were distracted during a deadly national crisis. Start the #CovidInquiryNow
(Location: Southampton)

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

Why Matt Hancock should resign:

• 10,000s avoidable Covid deaths
• PPE scandal & failure to protect NHS workers
• Discharged people into care homes without tests
• Unlawful Covid contracts & deals to mates
• £37 billion on privatised Test & Trace system that doesn't work

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

Matt Hancock has clearly broken the Covid rules that he himself put in place.

As a result, we believe he should resign immediately.

Please RT if you do too.

It cannot continue to be one rule for the people and another for those in government.

https://t.co/kCFeJEwg3U