Sarah Jacques

GP. DAUK GP Co-Lead. Medical Women's Fed. Sussex LMC. Founder Sussex Outreach Support. Mum, wife, dog + plant lover. Need more time in the day. Opinions my own.

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

This week on NOT THE NHS AGAIN!

The Health Bill, Single Patient Records, the end of NHS England!

Wes Streeting’s passing ‘gifts’ to the NHS!
Dr Sarah Jacques and Dr Steve Taylor discuss.

https://t.co/hW8CT0IfVR

[Neena Jha @DrNeenaJha]

Ultimately - A medically unqualified person allowed to perform
an intimate examination on a child, misdiagnosed & treated incorrectly which led to harm.

The mother thought the PA was a GP

This is NEGLIGENCE

The unethical PA experiment on patients must be stopped

[Doctors’ Association UK @TheDA_UK]

The latest edition of the Not The NHS Again podcast is out now https://t.co/2eoz3pNjeE

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Sir William Osler, 1849-1919, renowned as the father of modern medicine, famously instructed medical students to: "Listen to your patient, he is telling you the diagnosis." It's a simple dictum, but the foundation of the way Osler revolutionised healthcare by insisting that doctors step away from their desks and focus on their patients.

Everyone longs for functioning, joined-up NHS IT, @jamesmurray_ldn (though not via Palantir) - but to suggest, as you have in this post, that history-taking is a tedious irrelevance is to completely misunderstand the nature of medicine. That first conversation between doctor and patient is a close, shrewd, vital therapeutic encounter. As we listen, we observe, appraise, distil. Invariably, the diagnosis can be made. But history-taking, like the rest of medicine, is the marriage of science with humanity. It treats patients as people, not as objects with disease. Through your time, care and attentiveness in history-taking, you communicate something vital to a patient - that they matter and that you care.

Please never forget that healthcare is not a production line of objects, it's an enterprise built on relationships, with humanity at its core. Medical history-taking is its bedrock.

[Doctors’ Association UK @TheDA_UK]

🗣️ | "This is an excellent report and highlights the warnings we've been making for years, that Palantir’s FDP provides poor value for money from a company with ethical values a million miles away from those of the NHS."
We welcome MPs' findings on Palantir's role in the NHS.

[Doctors’ Association UK @TheDA_UK]

✍️ | “The challenge for partners isn't a lack of willingness to reward staff, but the financial pressures practices are currently under.”
@DrSpanielPaws for @NurseinPractice on the challenges for GP partners when trying to reward and retain nursing staff
https://t.co/eck5UxbjjA

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

Just watch this…

And for the love of God, please see Farage for what he is.

His response to Sarah Everard Vs his response to Henry Nowak

Jaw dropping.

[Doctors’ Association UK @TheDA_UK]

🎦 | Healthcare professionals and organisations are taking action on the climate crisis by hosting screenings of the @nebriefing film.
More than 20 events have already been organised and further screenings are being added every week.
https://t.co/4xBRd6Vq6Y

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

@djnicholl @FT Link to programme

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

Last autumn Wes Streeting upset many GPs by referring to those pointing out the safety issues with his proposal as “laggards” who didn't want to modernise. His departure will be regretted by few, writes Helen Salisbury
https://t.co/GUnV9joE7y

[Doctors’ Association UK @TheDA_UK]

DAUK members will have received details in our latest newsletter about a special online screening of the @nebriefing film taking place this evening.

[Doctors’ Association UK @TheDA_UK]

🌍 | "As healthcare workers, we must advocate for climate action for the sake of friends, families and patients."
@Mattylee96 warns healthcare is on the frontline of the #climatecrisis which is adding pressure on stretched clinicians and infrastructure
https://t.co/03DFypGTD8

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

PALANTIR? Very bad for our health and data, and yet …. this is on you Wes

[Good Law Project @GoodLawProject]

Palantir claims its software saves medics time they can spend on patient care.

But leaked internal NHS documents have revealed that Palantir software is 10 times slower than alternative tool 🐌
https://t.co/qIDJLNLbK6

[Doctors’ Association UK @TheDA_UK]

🗣️ | @mattster: "The pressures facing the workforce are immense, and dedicated services like NHS Practitioner Health make a real difference."
We're supporting @DoctorsDistress in calling for @NHSPracHealth to be extended to Northern Ireland
https://t.co/JIETVoLoun

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

GP practices are patient data protectors

The new Health Bill will remove the GP & move the data controller (protector) role to the Secretary of State for Health

Your sharing data ‘opt-out’ may not be protected in the same way

I have ‘opted out’ but doesn’t stop sharing data

[Keep Our NHS Public @keepnhspublic]

For the latest in our podcast series jointly run by @TheDA_UK , GP @DrSteveTaylor joins @CGoodwinFee & @SamanthaJWathen from @Frontline_19 to expose the hidden toll of mental health struggles in healthcare and why stigma around seeking support persists
https://t.co/wb3EX3MPHx

[Doctors’ Association UK @TheDA_UK]

🗣️ | "GPs aren’t always best equipped to understand the options for work. We hope active engagement between patients, GPs, employers and this new service will provide a better experience for everyone."
@DrSteveTaylor welcomes new fit note pilot schemes
https://t.co/0e8cB0eevc

[Doctors’ Association UK @TheDA_UK]

🩺 | The bill showed a ‘total disregard’ for patient data and gave ‘unfettered access’ to third parties which do not need it.
Our GP co-lead @DrSpanielPaws contributed to this article on the new Health Bill and a single patient record #HealthBill

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

The UK government recently published a new Health Bill setting out the legislation ministers think is needed to deliver their plans for NHS reform in England.

Concerns are being raised about political powers, patient voice, and data sharing
https://t.co/go7eEzGhcp