RestoreGP

We are a grassroots group of GPs in the UK working together to protect the future of General Practice.

[Dr Haseena Wazir @DrHWazir]

More than 4000 doctors left the UK to work abroad last year - the highest in a decade.

NHS doctors are being driven out by low pay & impossible working conditions while patients wait months for care.

@wesstreeting must value drs if he wants them to stay.
https://t.co/QN93rRczbz

[Dr Shivam Sharma @DocShivSharma]

Why is the GMC, a registered charity, holding £51.7m in reserves?

What could they possibly even do with that money?

Why are we paying £463 a year to the GMC for them to run such a huge surplus?

[Dr Sumi Manirajan @sumitriptan]

I'm running for London Council.

I negotiated the 22% pay uplift, broke the locum cap locally as an f1/2 & won back incorrectly deducted strike pay.

I'm standing with an experienced & driven team to scrap the locum cap and revise London weighting.
Vote:https://t.co/NNtiXh6tSR

[Dr Robert Laurenson @RobLaurensonD4P]

@posikles @therawlucy The most striking part of the medical substitution and deskilling agenda is the extent of deception, corruption, erosion, and influence that enables those replacing doctors to portray themselves as victims.

[Dr Robert Laurenson @RobLaurensonD4P]

I have never pretended anything different. There is a clear agenda to deskill doctors and substitute them.

It is a shame that there are nurses out there who are happy to facilitate the displacement and substitution of consultant doctors supervising registrars - the consultants of tomorrow.

That is not teamwork.
That is not support.
That is not the MDT.

[Amy Small @amyismall]

Sessional GPs in England. Watch this short video about the DDRB uplift and what it means for you!

Reach out to us if you are struggling to get your uplift.

[Dr Haseena Wazir @DrHWazir]

On the train today, I was talking to a family member about going to see their GP.

A man overheard and cut in: “GPs are useless. They don’t do anything. You’re better off seeing a specialist.”

The reality for GPs? Ten minute appointments to unpick complex problems. Hundreds of clinical decisions a day. Hours of paperwork after clinic. Years of training to cover multiple branches of medicine.

All dismissed in seconds.

I told him I’m a GP trainee. I said GPs are working under impossible conditions, many burning out or leaving. His response? “No great loss then.”

It’s easier to blame the doctor in front of you than the politicians that created these conditions. But without doctors, the NHS cannot survive.

If we keep losing doctors, the NHS loses its foundation. That’s why we’re fighting for fair pay and working conditions: because without the staff, there is no NHS.

[Dr Haseena Wazir @DrHWazir]

GPs and GP registrars - RCGP voting is open. Ballots close 5 Sept.

I’m backing Malinga, Cheska and Elliott for RCGP council. I’ve worked with all three; they fight hard for GPs and know what matters on the ground.

If you want a stronger RCGP, vote. We can’t afford complacency.

[James Steen @BMA_James_Steen]

The GMC needs a hard reset:

🔹Clear out current “leadership”.

🔸Full democratisation of the council and all key leadership positions.

🔹Binding vote of no confidence processes.

🔸Return to doctor only regulator status.

🔹Spending surplus rebate mechanism for working doctors.

[Dr Haseena Wazir @DrHWazir]

21% of GP networks in England have reduced their use of PAs in the past year.

Key reasons include:
- Patient safety concerns and rising complaints
- The supervision burden placed on GPs
- Guidance from professional bodies

General practice is a high risk environment with undifferentiated patients. It requires close to a decade of training to qualify as a GP, yet a physician assistant can enter the field after a two year postgraduate course.

At the same time, many qualified GPs remain unemployed. It is difficult to justify hiring PAs over GPs trained specifically for this work.

This is not the fault of individual PAs, but of a system that has placed them inappropriately and exploited them.

The priority must be to hire GPs to work in General Practice, as they have been trained to do @wesstreeting.

[Arthur Li @Art_Li]

**Breaking**

UMAPS has LOST its application for an interim injunction, pending the hearing of its JR claim, to stop NHSE / SoS from implementing the Leng Recommendations.

UMAPS wanted an interim injunction to preserve the current status quo (& uncertainties) pending the resolution of its JR claim.

The High Court dismissed the application.

Nash & Prof Leng were in court.

UMAPS intends to add Prof Leng as the third Defendant to the JR claim.

The fact that the Court dismissed the interim injunction application does not mean UMAPS will fail in its JR claim.

[Dr Robert Laurenson @RobLaurensonD4P]

What an unbelievably arrogant way to handle this.

Doubling down on promotion of the CV of one candidate when simultaneously trying to apologise for promoting them.

This is a farce.

[Dr Robert Laurenson @RobLaurensonD4P]

I don’t know this doctor but they’re standing for election in the college.

The college should do better and respect a period of purdah rather than giving an obvious promotion using college resources.

This is unfair and unreasonable.

The college needs to make amends and reach out to all nominees to provide them with similar level of exposure.

1. Full interview
2. Video recording
3. Publication through the same college outlets

[Dr Haseena Wazir @DrHWazir]

RCGP Council elections are open!

I’ve worked with Malinga, Cheska and Elliott over the years; they’re excellent advocates for GPs and understand the realities on the ground.

We need strong grassroots voices on Council more than ever.

If you’re a GP or registrar, please vote!

[Dr Sumi Manirajan @sumitriptan]

My mum today was talking about how she can’t get a GP appointment and has given up.

She was shocked when I told her there are thousands of doctors who want to be GPs but the government won’t fund the healthcare system properly, so they were turned away from GP training.

[DoctorsUnited @DoctorsUnited]

You were saying @wesstreeting ?

@DHSCgovuk @BMAResidents @TheBMA

[Dr Haseena Wazir @DrHWazir]

When you book a GP appointment, you expect to see a GP. But that’s becoming a luxury.

More and more patients are being seen by anyone but a doctor. Meanwhile, qualified GPs are out of work because there aren’t enough jobs for them.

That’s not by accident. It’s by design.

Yes, there’s a role for other valued healthcare professionals in general practice (with a set scope of practice and for specific tasks) - but not as replacements for GPs.

We risk sleepwalking into a two tier NHS: where only those who can pay get to see a doctor, and everyone else is left behind.

[Neena Jha @DrNeenaJha]

What is happening in the NHS?!

Now there is NO REQUIREMENT to have a SINGLE DOCTOR ON SITE in Urgent Treatment Centres?!

I worked in UTCs b/w 2020-23 & dealt with EVERYTHING from unwell kids to acute anaphylaxis

Doctor replacement is out to control & a HUGE RISK to the public

[Dr Haseena Wazir @DrHWazir]

The GMC has lost the trust of the profession. They are no longer a fit or fair regulator.

Today, @TheBMA is taking a stand.
Doctors: sign the petition and demand a new regulator that puts patients and doctors first.

https://t.co/QCKCC6lcWk

[RestoreGP @RestoreGPUK]

@Parody_RCGP Some advice you once gave us.