Dr Anita Raja

TV NHS GP | GPwSI SRH |GMB ITV BBC BMTV PTV BBC1|multilingual|Ancestory🇵🇰🇦🇫| Passionate Doctor| Broadcaster | Unapologetically honest |

[Dr Anita Raja @dranitaraja]

@BMA_GP @MidRCGP @rcgp #TeamGP #RCGP #BMA @BSol_ICS @TheBMA

Thank you @GMB
#MedTwitter

[Good Morning Britain @GMB]

1 in 4 people trying to get a GP appointment last month couldn't, according to the ONS.

We've gone behind the scenes at a busy GP clinic in Birmingham to see what a typical day on the NHS frontline is really like for doctors, nurses and support staff.

[Dr Anita Raja @dranitaraja]

I met @krishnakolidoc as young doctor still in my 20’s what seems a lifetime ago!
Absolutely thrilled everytime I meet her!
#GPlife

[Dr Soumitri Chakraborty (she/her) @krishnakolidoc]

@PrimaryCareShow in #Birmingham
@dranitaraja it's a pleasure to meet you as always!
Enjoyed the show, did some #networking

[The BMA @TheBMA]

The BMA remains concerned and calls on the Israeli government to immediately release all arbitrarily detained Palestinian healthcare workers, including Dr Hussam Abu Safiya.

With @AmnestyUK we have written to the foreign secretary demanding action to ensure that the Israeli government adheres to international law and medical neutrality.

https://t.co/UimLJpsvtG

[Dr Anita Raja @dranitaraja]

@s_m_marandi Sending you love from Birmingham! I am half Pakistani and half Afghan! Welcome ❤️

[Dr Anita Raja @dranitaraja]

@owenjonesjourno It’s a disappointing day

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

Let’s really ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’ @wesstreeting @SKinnock @NHSEngland @DHSCgovuk with a real patient focused contract & real funding to make it happen
Patients want to see GPs & GPs want to see patients
Your GP, here for you - time to make it happen, it’s in your hands

[Dr Anita Raja @dranitaraja]

@DrSteveTaylor @wesstreeting @SKinnock @NHSEngland @DHSCgovuk Thankyou for doing this

[Good Morning Britain @GMB]

Today, we'll learn if a national screening programme for prostate cancer could soon become a reality, as a key group of scientists reveal their assessment of how successful a full-scale rollout could be in detecting early cases of the disease. 1 in 8 males will get prostate cancer in their lifetime. But there's speculation in The Times that experts could reject the idea.

@dranitaraja with more on this.

[Dr Anita Raja @dranitaraja]

@andy_sadler @StuartSmudge Humbled 🙏

[Geoff Wet Blanket @geoffwetblanket]

Calls GPs "superheroes" twice and "legends" twice while arguing with the GP who's defending patients and surgery staff. What a creepy creepy condescending man!

[Stuart @StuartSmudge]

Agree with Dr Raja here, as 'white coat syndrome' so to speak, is very real. It could make anxiety much worse, for those already going through a tough time. This Labour government is choosing to do this, rather than tackle high private rents, costing billions. Think about that.

[Dr Anita Raja @dranitaraja]

Today on GMB debating along side @KevinCraigUK on @GMB with phenomenal @edballs & @kategarraway

Emphasising that this seems yet another unfunded administrative overload for GP surgeries. Job advisors are best suited in job centres.

[Kevin Craig @KevinCraigUK]

Providing access to specialist job advisers in GP surgeries is all about giving people a hand-up, not a hand out - as @PatMcFaddenMP rightly says. It’s what @UKLabour is all about.

The value of work is so important to physical health, mental health and general wellbeing. A good, spirited discussion with @DrAnitaRaja, @EdBalls and @KateGarraway on GMB this morning.

[Dr Anita Raja @dranitaraja]

@KevinCraigUK @patmcfaddenmp @UKLabour Thanks for debating on such a crucial topic!

[Dr Anita Raja @dranitaraja]

@ProfKarolSikora If I were in your shoes I would feel the same! Clearly out of touch with the current world living on a completely different dimension where tuition fee and student accommodation was “FREE”.

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

Up to 1,000 GP registrars face unemployment this summer

Last summer @wesstreeting announced emergency measures to employ GPs in ARRS with a view to fixing this issue

There is no extra funding for employing GPs & every year there are more being trained

https://t.co/sGDsT0qCE6

[Dr Anita Raja @dranitaraja]

Honoured to be a guest speaker today at the @TheDA_UK conference in London today

[Doctors’ Association UK @TheDA_UK]

🗞️ | We're thrilled to welcome @Emmajourno @DrPunamKrishan and @dranitaraja for our next discussion on working in and with the media #DAUKConf25

[Ollie Burton @ollieburtonmed]

The data as presented seem to show that PA students seem to have slightly worse understanding of the common areas where med/PA curricula overlap, even when sitting the exam at the end of the year rather than at the start if I'm reading it correctly

[Royal College of General Practitioners @rcgp]

Meet @DrAnitaRaja, a West Midlands based GP who shares her story for Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week.

Listen to Anita's story about her journey with postnatal depression and how the help and support of her general practitioners saved her life.

GPs, please check out our mental health toolkit for resources to help support your patients. ���️ https://t.co/zJo4vGvMJJ

#MaternalMHmatters

[Dr Anita Raja @dranitaraja]

@DrLukeCraddock @wesstreeting Outrageous! We need to respect our workforce

[Dr Luke Craddock @DrLukeCraddock]

Medicine in the UK in 2025.

Doctors unemployed, asking if they can pick up jobs as nurses or paramedics.

Any plans to address the unprecedented doctor unemployment we are about to see this August @wesstreeting?

[Ollie Burton @ollieburtonmed]

This is the question I think all resident doctors should remember.
1. Colleges dictate *very* high standards for medical trainees
2. They then have developed roles specifically designed to replace their labour, without the standards
All done without buyin/consent from residents.