Anna Turnbull

Retired GP now enjoying family, Freddie the dog, garden and travel. My places: Liverpool, Aberdeen, Cumbria

[Jamie Murphy @Microbedoc2]

I can't think of a worse option than Wes Streeting as replacement.

[Anna Turnbull @gingermarm]

@DoctorAngry 🙄

[Anna Turnbull @gingermarm]

@candmclub Adults only now, stayed 58 nights Hebden Bridge in last 4yrs, never seen any issues with children. Our small grandchildren live nearby and love to come for lunch/tea in motorhome with us, so sad this will no longer be possible. This is likely to be our last stay here.

[Sally Lewis @RslewisSally]

Many people seem to think that general practice, as a discipline, is easy.
The longer I practised as a GP, the more I became aware of the uncertainties of medicine.
To fully own a problem with a patient, hold that risk, and see it through carries a huge weight of responsibility

[Catherine Williams @cathjw]

@medicalmodelbri @Molly2323232323 @999Daedalus007 @ClearThinker66 @LostDazes @Mary_Tom11 @DeniseC48200342 @TKCanute @DrNickDalmon @anaesthetic_spr I think the skillset of GPs is enormously underestimated, including by doctors unfortunately. Patients don’t just present with discrete episodes (which the ACP model is designed for), it’s all interwoven. This attempt at efficiency surely produces the exact opposite.

[Wes Streeting @wesstreeting]

NHS staff are desperate and patients have experienced untold disruption, but the Government refuses to lift a finger to negotiate a compromise to stop further chaos.

This is a Government that’s clocked off for Christmas, leaving NHS staff picking up the pieces.

Disgraceful.

[🇺🇦 Dr Kevin O'Kane 🇺🇦 @DrOKaneAgain]

Wesley has been telling fibs again.

Santa’s not going to be happy.

@wesstreeting

[Roy Lilley 💙 @RoyLilley]

The NHS survived this year because staff absorbed the consequences of decisions they didn’t make,chaos they didn’t create.
The blunt message from this year is the NHS is led by someone who isn’t clever enough, experienced enough and is too cocky by half. https://t.co/pzUr9HJ9yC

[Wes Streeting @wesstreeting]

Now we know why Rishi Sunak refuses to negotiate with NHS staff.

He wants the strikes to go ahead, so he can blame doctors and nurses for his failure.

#PMQs

[Ian Higginson @RCEMpresident]

I'm only a humble ED doc but I can't help thinking that the problem in our EDs isn't caused by patients, it's caused by political failure. Last time I looked it wasn't patients with hiccups in my corridors, it was sick elderly patients who we couldn't get into a hospital bed

[Roy Lilley 💙 @RoyLilley]

GP practices already exist, in the neighbourhood https://t.co/3qmgDQ8UX3

[Anna Turnbull @gingermarm]

@candmclub Thank you

[Anna Turnbull @gingermarm]

@candmclub Why are all pitches at Chatsworth site showing to be full on the app from March 2026?

[Dr Sandeep Bansal @iDrSunny]

1/
Imagine you’re waiting for ice cream. 🍦
There’s one pro scooping — fast, smooth, efficient.

Now she’s replaced by 3 helpers who sort of know what they’re doing.
They spill more, take longer, and keep asking for help.

That’s what’s happening inside the NHS.
Welcome to queuing theory.

[Patrick McDermott 💙 @sibelian62]

Very hard to believe that this is a Labour Government or that Wes Streeting really understands how doctors are trained. A complete shambles. 😠

[Dr Done @Dr_Done_]

Why did you delete this @wesstreeting?

[Steve Cox @gpdiarist]

He has no clue has he? ⁦ Daughter #4 is an F2 facing unemployment at a 1/3 chance to get a job. #nhs @Parody_RCGP⁩ ⁦@rcgp⁩ ⁦@TheBMA⁩ ⁦@BJGPjournal⁩ #nhsscandal https://t.co/7JCIHj2yFI

[Anna Turnbull @gingermarm]

@SKinnock This is nasty bullying talk reminiscent of Jeremy Hunt, Steve Barclay etc. I had hoped for better from you, @wesstreeting and the rest of the Labour party. I am so disappointed in you all.

[Roy Lilley 💙 @RoyLilley]

selective emphasis determines what the public ‘thinks about’, rather than what they ‘think’.
>Only 4% of us will be using the NHS at any time.
Most will think they've had a positive experience.
>The other 96% will think about the NHS, and it's broken. https://t.co/Ou252HRN75

[Anna Turnbull @gingermarm]

@marksandspencer why can’t reviews be written? The ‘write a review’ button has disappeared from all items on your website.