The Real GP

Doctor, wristy slogger, liberal Catholic, occasional blogger

[Gary Lineker @GaryLineker]

@a_webb @secrettory12 There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries. This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s, and I’m out of order?

[The Real GP @tjgillham]

@wesstreeting no need to hold on at 8 and get all angsty. Just submit an e-consult online at your leisure and we’ll call you back the next day. Easy. @bbcquestiontime

[The Real GP @tjgillham]

@bbcquestiontime missing the point: we need a huge public health drive to help patients to look after themselves.

[The Real GP @tjgillham]

@wesstreeting @bbcquestiontime you absolutely will not get the same pound of flesh from a salaried work force. It’s precisely because it’s OUR practice that we put in extra hours and effort. You need to educate patients and push back in “demand.”

[The Real GP @tjgillham]

@bbcquestiontime we need to have a conversation about proactive care of nursing home patients. Is it really appropriate to admit the frail elderly via ambulance to acute hospitals, where they often end up in a side room to die. Let’s make good decisions and restore dignity.

[The Real GP @tjgillham]

@bbcquestiontime Wes does not get primary care and his plans would destroy access and prompt mass GP resignation. Tragically he’s now proved you really can’t trust Labour with the NHS. Please visit our surgery to find what you’re after @wesstreeting

[The Real GP @tjgillham]

@bbcquestiontime why are we taking about accommodating the “demand?” Half of all patients booking GP appointments each day could self-manage with the right public health messages. There is plenty of capacity; it is being misused

[Dr Nikita Kanani (she/her) @NikkiKF]

General practice teams have been working through the pandemic and delivered lions share of vaccinations to date.

Now, with #omicron, we need to make sure everyone is protected ASAP.

#generalpractice will continue to care for patients while also vaccinating to save lives.

[The Real GP @tjgillham]

Today, as a patient, I was treated with a level of compassion, honesty and humanity to which, as a doctor, I can only aspire. Thank you to all the team in the endoscopy dept at @uclh: you’ll have been unaware how invaluable your interactions were today. @rehan_haidry good skills!

[Eddie Barnes @EddieBarnes23]

Delighted today to help start @_scotlandcan, a new project by @scottish_future which aims to highlight and promote the positive, progressive action achievable in Scotland now - at https://t.co/eGFC0YwY6e Give us a follow! 1/4

[Jeremy Barnes @BaldHeadteacher]

When the children returned from evacuation after WW2, I wonder if they were told they were doomed and they would lose forty grand over their lifetime.

[The Real GP @tjgillham]

8 @PeartreeGP GPs out and about vaccinating our housebound today and 8 nurses vaxing JCVI Group 4 back at base. @ECB_cricket England meanwhile smashing it in Chennai. Proud of both teams! #vaccination #COVID19Vaccination

[Jeremy Barnes @BaldHeadteacher]

Parents, take care. Your child might be sad, missing their friends, worried. These are perfectly normal emotions, upsetting as they are.
But it doesn't mean they have mental health problems.

[The Real GP @tjgillham]

@BaldHeadteacher @doctor_oxford @MattHancock We have capacity to do 1600 a week and have planned meticulously. Our vaccine stock has been diverted to the mass vax centres and we’ve only had 1100 in the last 3 weeks. Still not heard what we’re getting next week! We have this: let us help.

[The Real GP @tjgillham]

Very proud of the team at @PeartreeGP who have been vaccinating all morning. A monumental effort and momentous occasion. Well supported by @ENHertsCCG thank you. @PrimaryCareNHS @NikkiKF #CovidVaccine #primarycare

[The Real GP @tjgillham]

Enjoyed fielding questions from the well informed listeners of @BBC3CR this morning. I’d encourage you to seek out evidence based info relating to the #COVID19Vaccine and make an informed decision. Local GPs are working hard to roll out ASAP. @TheOfficialJVS good to chat 👍🏼

[The Real GP @tjgillham]

@BBCHughPym interesting times indeed, could you DM me?

[The Real GP @tjgillham]

https://t.co/4ZDDXhR4ME #gp @noripcord

[David Coleman @drdavidcoleman]

@tjgillham @davenoripcord Indeed. No point waiting to see if inadequate restrictions work - they won’t. So better to do it now. Even better to do it three weeks ago when SAGE advised, but that ship has sadly sailed. Hospitals slammed up here and lag time after any intervention means will only get worse.

[The Real GP @tjgillham]

Decisive, clear, regrettable but essential. Break it, slow it down, then test and trace the hell out of it. T&T will only work with lower prevalence. It’s good old fashioned public health @davenoripcord #circuitbreaker #coronavirusuk