Adult diagnosis. Husband, father & GP. Dyspraxic & word finding issues too 😫. #actuallyautistic (All views my own ‘ish)
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General Practice on the brink of collapse
Labour - Being back the Family Doctor
Con - End the 8am rush
Lib-dem - Right to see a GP in 7 days
2000 fewer GPs doing 20% more
GP Practices receiving 20% less funding £/patient in real terms
GPs leaving, unemployed & practices closing
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Sad news, I was tuned into his journey.
Rest in peace Matthew Perry, dedicated to using the battle he was fighting with his own demons to help other’s 🕊️
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F1/nurse/HCA and so on - it looks a terrible, horrific ordeal at the moment
Glad to escape, happy to have my life saved but equally terrified at a system I don’t recognise from my training.
Good luck hospital colleagues, and thank you 🏥 – at Headley, England
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5. Hospital is scary - navigating it *as* a physician was still terrifying
6. Iatrogenic harm from system failure was evident around the place
I really felt for the staff. Going home, first thing we said in the car was *who on earth* would train in that system now – at Headley, England
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4 days in hospital after a nasty 🚴 💥
Interesting being on the other side. There were generally well meaning, caring people around. But.
1. Not enough staff
2. Compassion fatigue evident
3. Bed pressure is wild
4. Care fits available resources, not what is needed – at Headley, England
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1145: 205 submissions now. Open since 8am = 0.9 patient requests a minute since opening (and much faster than that for first 2 hours).
Again - phone lines can't and won't solve this.
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Just as an insight for people outside of GP - 0950 on post bank hol tuesday, we've had 160 patient care requests submitted as of now (12,000) practice. Likely to hit 400 for the day.
EXTRA PHONE LINES DON'T GIVE YOU EXTRA STAFF TO MANAGE THIS
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4 years ago today I founded @DoctorsAutistic
When we started, with 7 members & a hope to offer peer support & some insights on autistic health, never in our widest dreams did we think we’d have over 700 members & such an impact on #AutisticHealthcare
Happy Birthday to us 🎉🎂🍾
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This is how you REALLY examine your breasts.
Let me show you -
What to look for
Where to feel
How to feel
What a cancer might feel like
I NEVER checked mine - I didn’t think I would get #breastcancer. I was wrong.
Please share this with anyone who needs to learn
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‘This vote shows, without a shadow of a doubt, the strength of feeling among most of England’s junior doctors.'
bit.ly/3IinT11
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In my opinion, GPs have one of the most difficult jobs.
I'm frequently telling patients who have been referred to me that their GP is excellent!
You can tell this by the referral letter.
Well done and happy Christmas to all my colleagues in primary care!
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GPs have to 1) manage patients with multiple diagnoses 2) deal with problems causer by poor communications with and between hospitals and other specialists services 3) dealing with secondary services which carry out tests rather than treating the patient 4) social care problems
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I’ll say it again @theresecoffey YOU CANT HAVE MORE APPOINTMENTS WITHOUT MORE DOCTORS we now have 1850 LESS than in 2015. Can you see the problem yet?!
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PPS, if you could retweet that anyone needing a listening ear or support can always call Samaritans on 116 123 or text the word SHOUT to 85258 – at Camberwell, London
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In welcoming Secretary of State for @DHSCgovuk, I asked him to commit to sorting out electronic prescribing between hospital consultants and GPs to help save patients and doctors time, and free up vital medical appointments.
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Toast.
ALT A 4 panel comic featuring an anthropomorphized piece of toast wearing a cape. Panel 1: The toast stands heroically on a plate with eggs and hash browns. Caption: Toast is the most heroic food. It can be breakfast. Panel 2: The toast is lying down as the top part of a sandwich. Caption: Or a sandwich. Panel 3: The toast looks concerned, pulling on the pant leg of an old man holding his head. Caption: Or even alert you that you’re having a stroke. Panel 4: We just see the man legs, the toast poking them with a stick. Caption: But only alert you. He won’t call an ambulance or anything.
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Had to clear a few things out of the office so having my penis model ride in style on passenger side. Wondering what a cop would say if I got pulled over?
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@Parody_RCGP hope you can retweet this thread. It’s a sad but true thread to read. The loss of a new doctor after 5 years of training is terrible, but a lot of what she says is true now & in the past & likely in the future. Pay is the hardest one to deal with in these hard times!