Vic Harris

Psychiatrist (Economically Inactive). Ex Med Dir, and Dir of Med Ed. Woke

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

Becoming a GP - it’s easy🤦🏻‍♂️

Minimum
5yrs medical school
2yrs in hospital

GP Training
40hrs a week over 3yrs
Continuous e-portfolio work placed assessment
AKT exam
Oral exam

Only then a GP is free to safely see undifferentiated (undiagnosed) patients without any supervision

[Vic Harris @vicharrisuk]

@DrAnimeshSingh Psychiatry has had this issue for many years. I lost count of the number of patients who thought they had already seen a psychiatrist, when they had seen Dr X, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, using their psychology doctorate title to further their aggrandisement

[ClinOncDoc @ClinOncDoc]

I am proud to call @doctor_oxford a colleague as we were on strike together in Oxford as junior doctors in 2016

A decade later, not a single thing is better for residents than it was then

@wesstreeting is a copying @Jeremy_Hunt playbook nearly verbatim

[Vic Harris @vicharrisuk]

@JoshFG It costs taxpayers £250k to train a doctor, so you're happy for 50% of them to be unemployed or go to Australia. And using something that needs to be done for the sake of the taxpayers as a bargaining chip is shameful

[Vic Harris @vicharrisuk]

@ian_lawley @jabberwock951 I'm old enough to remember when doctors were held in high regard and paid accordingly. I was one. Having a vocation and being paid well are not mutually exclusive

[Vic Harris @vicharrisuk]

@DHSCgovuk This is a disgrace. Using something that is essential and obvious, both economically and for the good of the population as a bargaining chip is shameful

[Wilmslow Health Centre @WilmslowHealth]

Three GP registrars at @WilmslowHealth have passed all their exams at the end of over 10 years of training!🎉

Yet in an NHS crying out for access, there are almost no GP jobs to apply for.

A manufactured GP unemployment crisis just as winter starts to hit hard?

@wesstreeting @rcgp @BMA_GP
@DrSteveTaylor @SKinnock @ShaunLintern @medicaccountant @vsmacdonald @denis_campbell
@katlay @NickTriggle @BBCHughPym @lauradonnlee
@HSJEditor
#GPcrisis #GPunemployment

[Dr Jinnie Shin 🦀 @jinnieshinnie]

Us juvenile delinquents perform brain surgery for £43/hr, singlehandedly take care of multiple wards overnight for ~£23/hr, deliver babies in distress for £38/hr.

Oh wait, no, sorry... that's what we're asking for, we actually earn much less. And some of us don't have jobs at all.

So hey @wesstreeting, how about less bleating?

[We Own It @We_OwnIt]

🚨"They want to take away your healthcare and sell it back to you"

American doctor in the NHS raises alarm about underfunding and privatisation of the NHS.

Share if you support our NHS. https://t.co/vQfliuAkDk

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

"You've got Streeting, treating people who want to save lives like the enemy.. we always turn on the workers & at the end of the day if my life needed saving its not going to be [politicians] who are saving it, its going to be the drs"

@NancyFielder on #PoliticsLive. Well said!

[Vic Harris @vicharrisuk]

@RidgeandFrost @SophyRidgeSky He's relying on the strikes to go ahead so he can blame them for his failure to improve the NHS. Just a continuation of the previous govt's approach

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.

[Clive Peedell @cpeedell]

Absolutely vital that Resident #Doctors continue to strike until they get a reasonable deal. Right wing media will attack, but ignore them. The public rely on the profession in their darkest moments
Doctors to stage 5 Day strike before Christmas - BBC News https://t.co/3ZAXWH5foU

[Sophia Edwards 💙 @sophia_edw28123]

GPs are the frontline of the #NHS, yet funding hasn’t kept pace with demand.

A new contract must prioritise prevention, fair access and support for deprived communities.

Investing in general practice is investing in the whole NHS.
#YourGPHereForYou
@DrSteveTaylor @DAUK_GP

[Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙 @JujuliaGrace]

£1.8 billion in interest charges alone?! Why is Keir Starmer entering into *new* private partnerships like this? 🚨🚨🚨

[Dr Haseena Wazir @DrHWazir]

Thousands of doctors who could be cutting NHS waiting lists are being turned away; not because they aren’t needed, but because the Government caps how many can train to become Consultants/GPs.

This year 30,000 doctors applied for just 10,000 training jobs. Highly trained doctors who want to stay in the NHS are being blocked from progressing, and some are being forced out altogether. That means fewer doctors in hospitals and GP practices, and longer waits for patients.

The public feels the impact of this every day: longer waits, overstretched services, and fewer doctors available when you need them.

Despite this, the Government’s plan is to bring forward only 1,000 extra training places; far below what’s needed to meet public demand or build up the workforce.

On top of the jobs crisis, the Government has recommended a real terms pay cut rather than continuing the journey towards pay restoration. Those two factors together are why resident doctors were forced to strike again, and why we are now reballoting all grades of resident doctors from the 8th of December to the 2nd of February.

Doctors: update your BMA account details (workplace, home address, training grade etc) to ensure you receive your postal ballot:
👉 https://t.co/5KvMJe87lt
Vote YES for jobs and pay.

If we cannot recruit and retain NHS doctors, patients will be the ones who feel the impact. That is the reality the Government still refuses to address.

[Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 @parthaskar]

Whether you are a Physician or a Physician Assistant?

The policy from @NHSE_WTE @NHSEngland is so spasmodic it’s difficult to actually understand whether there is a plan.
Or anything at all.

@rcgp says no role for PA
@lengreview gives views
@NHSEngland and @wesstreeting accepts in full

And then.. there is money for “Physician Associate/Assistant Preceptorship Programme – Primary Care”

But no money for pay or posts for doctors

Honestly, some of you in leadership roles should just be in a comedy show.

Utter chaos and tomfoolery with lives and careers.

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

It’s hard to get a GP appointment! As GPs we agree because we are patients, parents, sons and daughter too.

But we also know how hard GPs are working to make sure it’s possible for as many people as possible to receive care.

The problem is there aren’t enough GPs in practices

[Sophia Edwards 💙 @sophia_edw28123]

Patients are waiting longer than ever, yet thousands of doctors are unemployed because training posts are capped.

Pay doctors fairly, open posts, and end the cycle of strikes and staff leaving.

#ResidentDoctors #PayRestoration #DoctorsStrike #SaveOurNHS
@BMAResidents

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

In 30years I have never been this upset with the words coming out of Government

This includes a plethora of Tory Health Secretaries

I am not part of BMA leadership

I am just a GP who gives up his time freely to advocate for patients, the NHS & make sure the facts are correct