GHOST PATIENTS A letter turned up / Looked a bit like a scam / So I binned it / Well who wouldn't? Someone drew up a plan / Never met a patient / Never sat in the queue / We'll save a few million / They said with a grin / By deleting the living 👇🏻 youtu.be/MGFUKP70ZwE

FP69 - Ghost Patients

YouTube video by Lancashire and Cumbria Local Medical Committees

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Today over 3500 GPs will have qualified to join the workforce There is a huge problem, there aren’t enough jobs, the DHSC & NHSE are failing to fix GP employment They have cut GP practice funding by 20% in 10yrs @andyburnham.bsky.social @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social your issue to fix now

Today over 3500 GPs will have qualified to join the workforce There is a huge problem, there aren’t enough jobs, the DHSC & NHSE are failing to fix GP employment They have cut GP practice funding by 20% in 10yrs @andyburnham.bsky.social @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social your issue to fix now

A&E handles approximately 70,000 cases a day GPs have increased capacity by 200,000 more appts per day since the pandemic to 1.5million The relative numbers are crazy Yet this is done with a reduction in funding Hospitals have been made inefficient by cuts in capacity No beds no flow

Your occasion reminder that there are now more Surgeons than qualified GPs That GP practice appointments are now 31-35m a month That the number of operations hasn’t changed And the share of NHS funding to GPs has reduced considerably And yet GPs asked to do more whilst hospitals do less 🤷🏻‍♂️

There will be a sign in the heavens on 12th August Vote Count Binface 13th August #votebinface4clacton

Count Binface@countbinface.bsky.social · 3d ago

Can electoral lightning strike twice? #VoteBinface #Clacton

There will be a sign in the heavens on 12th August Vote Count Binface 13th August #votebinface4clacton

Count Binface@countbinface.bsky.social · 3d ago

Can electoral lightning strike twice? #VoteBinface #Clacton

GP practices provided 35,000,000 appointments in June 50% more than 2019 Sadly too many in the media ignore this Many commentators refuse to accept the truth In the end GP practices will close, GPs leave & GPs will be blamed despite doing more for less year on year

GPonline@gponline.bsky.social · 2d ago

General practice in England delivered nearly 35m appointments in June this year - a new record that is 46% above the same month in 2019, GPonline analysis shows. Full story: www.gponline.com/general-prac...

Adult social care is mostly a local responsibility. The exception is NHS continuing healthcare, a national programme providing free care to those who qualify. It's the mother of all postcode lotteries. Application success rates in Manchester were 12x higher than in Gloucestershire in Q1 2026.

Your occasion reminder that there are now more Surgeons than qualified GPs That GP practice appointments are now 31-35m a month That the number of operations hasn’t changed And the share of NHS funding to GPs has reduced considerably And yet GPs asked to do more whilst hospitals do less 🤷🏻‍♂️

GP practices provided 35,000,000 appointments in June 50% more than 2019 Sadly too many in the media ignore this Many commentators refuse to accept the truth In the end GP practices will close, GPs leave & GPs will be blamed despite doing more for less year on year

GPonline@gponline.bsky.social · 2d ago

General practice in England delivered nearly 35m appointments in June this year - a new record that is 46% above the same month in 2019, GPonline analysis shows. Full story: www.gponline.com/general-prac...

As the African proverb puts it, ‘If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you haven’t spent the night with a mosquito.’ One person can stop a great injustice One person can be a voice for truth One person’s kindness can save a life Each person matters Keep going 🦟 #Medsky

#PalantirOut There is clearly "state capture" at the top of the NHS (and government), but happily not across the board "FOI request showed NHSE plans to overhaul part of its evaluation methods after an official raised concerns" www.ft.com/content/bc58...

NHS England to revise Palantir platform data after staff concerns

Changes to two most widely cited claims come as scrutiny grows over US tech company’s contract

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There is only one European nation with fewer hospital beds per capita than the UK Sweden but they have the highest number of care home & nursing home beds 26% fewer care home beds 23% fewer nursing beds Fewer hospital beds Then people wonder why A&E is blocked

The GP contract is currently over 250 pages long, full of tick boxes and takes GPs aways from actually providing care for patients @andyburnham.bsky.social @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social It’s time to keep it simple & let GPs see & treat patients ‘Your GP, here for you!’

Dr Steve Taylor@drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Let’s really ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’ Wes Streeting with a real patient focused contract & real funding to make it happen Patients want to see GPs & GPs want to see patients Your GP, here for you - time to make it happen, it’s in your hands dauk.org/our-call-for...

The GP contract is currently over 250 pages long, full of tick boxes and takes GPs aways from actually providing care for patients @andyburnham.bsky.social @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social It’s time to keep it simple & let GPs see & treat patients ‘Your GP, here for you!’

Dr Steve Taylor@drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Let’s really ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’ Wes Streeting with a real patient focused contract & real funding to make it happen Patients want to see GPs & GPs want to see patients Your GP, here for you - time to make it happen, it’s in your hands dauk.org/our-call-for...

Andy Burnham is asking the wrong question about social care youtu.be/CsW6cBnXMco?... Suppose the issue isn't budgets at all, but why we are so sick for so long before we die? Shouldn't we be looking at causes, not consequences, when solving the social care problem?

Andy Burnham is asking the wrong question about social care

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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Neighbourhood Centres🤔 Since 2015 in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1474 community GP practices have closed, leaving 6149 We take it for granted that wherever you live there'll be a GP But when the GP is suddenly half an hour's drive away & a road is blocked in the winter it’s a problem www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Doctors warn rural GP practice closures will harm patients

The warning comes after the closure of a medical practice in Reeth, North Yorkshire, in May.

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Neighbourhood Centres🤔 Since 2015 in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1474 community GP practices have closed, leaving 6149 We take it for granted that wherever you live there'll be a GP But when the GP is suddenly half an hour's drive away & a road is blocked in the winter it’s a problem www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Doctors warn rural GP practice closures will harm patients

The warning comes after the closure of a medical practice in Reeth, North Yorkshire, in May.

bbc.co.uk

Windmills ‘China doesn’t use them’ When you see them you see a failing country - USA number 2

Not the NHS Again! Podcast Summer break! Over the past 3-4 months of recording these Podcasts we have covered a number of important topics and stories. Use the summer break to share, listen to some again or listen to ones you’ve missed. Back in September. youtu.be/y5rzjldpza8?...

Summer break!

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Jenrick: A 10% tax will come off the value of property you leave Garraway: What do you think happens now? People lose their whole property Jenrick: That doesnt happen to everybody There we have it. The rich can afford social care &dont lose all their wealth. F**k everyone else

Not the NHS Again! Podcast Summer break! Over the past 3-4 months of recording these Podcasts we have covered a number of important topics and stories. Use the summer break to share, listen to some again or listen to ones you’ve missed. Back in September. youtu.be/y5rzjldpza8?...

Summer break!

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Hospital to community! @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social Nah scrap that let’s use the community budget in hospitals 🤦🏻‍♂️ www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/premise...

Not the NHS Again! Unlock the truth about fighting for a better NHS—starting with medical students who hold the key to lasting change How to bridge the gap between future doctors the system they’re set to serve. Full episode 👇🏼 youtu.be/FSaxj4FyBhY?...

You never know when you might need the #NHS, a sudden change can occur at any age, at any moment The healthy & wealthy are the ones making decisions about how much & on whom the £s are spent A society that cares for the vulnerable & those in need is a better one @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social

Let’s really ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’ Wes Streeting with a real patient focused contract & real funding to make it happen Patients want to see GPs & GPs want to see patients Your GP, here for you - time to make it happen, it’s in your hands dauk.org/our-call-for...

You never know when you might need the #NHS, a sudden change can occur at any age, at any moment The healthy & wealthy are the ones making decisions about how much & on whom the £s are spent A society that cares for the vulnerable & those in need is a better one @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social

Most of us have no idea how profoundly pharmaceutical industry politics influence the cost of medicines—ultimately, our health and survival We look at how the US, Big Pharma and the UK Government have been complicit in failing the NHS & all of us, more generally Episode 👇🏼 youtu.be/C8EgqFO5HDs?...