And to close the day, a rather inward looking motion that is nonetheless very important for constituent #NHSGP
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The first of two emergency motions heard this afternoon. Personally and professionally I have nothing but support and good wishes for my junior colleagues. And remember “junior” doctors may have been working in the #nhs for over a decade.
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An interesting one, this. Gets more docs in but are there enough GPs to supervise them? Legally, you can’t work in #nhsgp unless you’re on the Performers List (and so trained as a gp). This is about getting eg care of the elderly docs into gp surgeries. Not about replacing GPs (we do different jobs)
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We are constantly slated in the media. #BMA and #GPC do not always respond as quickly or robustly as many of us feel they should.
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This one is about other services managing their workload by getting us in #NHSGP to manage patients who are waiting for an appointment, or on specialist medication, or under a specialist nurse who can’t access their supervising consultant for some reason. Or a paramedic calling me for advice when they can’t speak to their own senior support. We are busy enough, we have OUR job to do without doing everybody else’s too.
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Another somewhat technical one for non-GPs. Enhanced access is additional #NHSGP time/access, but usually NOT provided by a GP but by other colleagues such as paramedics, physios, pharmacists and nurses (highly valued and valuable but needing supervision and support). This would include up til 8pm weekday and 9-5 Saturday. It is a political “innovation” and use existing staff, who have to do it on top of the day job.
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Related to the previous motion, this one I support completely. Part-time GPs are working what everyone else considers full time or more.
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Next up, change to core hours for #NHSGP service in England. I have mixed thoughts about this one to be honest. I definitely support the concept. Not sure how it works in a modern NHS. We need more GPs or this won’t work and Government aren’t even trying to rectify that.
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Next item about making sure funding intended for #NHSGP stays in GP, resourcing the care we can provide you. We need MORE resourcing, not to share our 8% of NHS spend on “supporting” other parts of the service. We are drowning.
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A more technical motion, but specifically about trying to make sure there is a suitable level of influence for #NHSGP in the modern #NHS
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