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Thanks to @bmj.com & & @kamranabbasi.bsky.social for having me on the podcast: bit.ly/4t1BjVR
Our final new contract webinar is Weds lunchtime 12-1.30 Head to BMA.org.uk/GPcontract to register & don’t forget to vote in the GP referendum - it’s your decision re: the 26/27 contract
Podcasts!
This week:
GP Online’s Talking General Practice: open.spotify.com/episode/6jwi...
Today:
eGPlearning with Andy & Gandhi www.youtube.com/live/-UMwjgk...
Next week:
BMJ with Kamran Abbasi
Week after:
Medics Money with AISMA’s Andy Pow and Dr Tommy Perkins
Join Andy and @drgandalf.bsky.social of eGPlearning AND GPCE chair Dr @drkatie.bsky.social to hear how the GP contract will affect you in primary care and what you can do about it.
Live from 11am Sat 7th March here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UMw...
This sums up the new ‘imposed’ GP contract
@drkatie.bsky.social clearly tells @gponline.bsky.social
what the problems are
I will add it’s less than £1.50 per patient per year extra funding
GP practice need £40-£50 to return to 2016 funding
As ever, thanks to Emma for having me on the podcast
Listen also on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6jwid6…
Then go and VOTE in the referendum
@BMA_GP
OpenSAFELY is open from today! Huge thanks to all who supported this vast collaboration: whole population GP data; in a productive platform; innovative privacy protections; unprecedented support from professions, privacy campaigners; &c
Now it's over to users!
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2026/02...
Our practice gets a minimum average of 44 online queries an hour on a Monday. 31 an hour the rest of the week We don’t have the resourcing to cope with this unless we cancel all other work. In the past two weeks we have had two sick babies put through on admin form. Despite our website saying don’t
GPs have done all they can to keep patients safe and provide as much as possible
1.4million people will consult today
Compare this with 67,000 in A&E
The reason for the concerns is we have a capacity problem & a funding crisis
The 8 am rush (it’s bad) will be replaced by the GP waiting list (worse)
Pls RT if you care about
- patient safety
- speaking truth to power
- want better access to your GP
- worry about future of NHS
GPs want to work WITH this govt
Talk to us!
@ShaunLintern @parthaskar @drlukeevans @Parody_RCGP @DailyMailUK @RoyLilley @doctor_oxford @bmj_latest
And so too support your ICBs & teams under huge pressure & redundancy threats to work WITH their practices again supporting patient safety
Again this is the need for co-production not top-down diktat
Trust your 6,331 neighbourhood health services = Your GP practices!
10/11
Pls, @wesstreeting @SKinnock
Let us talk
Let’s support your ambition but give us a guarantee that you won’t breach practices that are trying their best to deliver this
Get @NHSEngland to engage with @theHSSIB recommendations in interest of pt safety @PatientsAssoc
9/x
@Accurx @KlinikUK @TPP_SystmOne @econsult keen to work with practices to make this safe
@NHSEngland @DHSCgovuk why won’t you join us?
8/x
Patients deserve safe & quick access to their GP
Any economics student will explain if you need quick + safe, it won’t be cheap
But GP costs under £140 per pt per year - less than your pet insurance
Less than the cost of 🍎 a day!
& we know continuity of care saves lives
7/x
Patients deserve safe & quick access to their GP
Any economics student will explain if you need quick + safe, it won’t be cheap
But GP costs under £140 per pt per year - less than your pet insurance
Less than the cost of 🍎 a day!
& we know continuity of care saves lives
7/x
We lack the resources, capacity and capabilities to meet the needs of our patients if we can’t switch off online requests when we are full
Not to mention mandating we MUST contact the patient THAT SAME DAY no matter how many patients contact us 🤯
Not safe
6/x
Not just opinion of @BMA_GP but also @theHSSIB
I wonder what @CQCProf & @gmcuk think?
This break’s Jess’ Rule
5/x
On average 88.9 submissions per 1,000 patients in August 2025
The range = 0 to 884.8 online consults, per day, per practice
Why do @NHSEngland @DHSCgovuk insist on treating all practices the same?
Why can’t we temporarily pause online when we are full?
This is not safe
4/x
According to this data
💥5,967 (over 96%) of practices in England have at least one online consultation system
💥5.1 million patient online submissions occurred in August
💥3.5 million clinical, the rest admin
(For context every A&E nationwide offers 67,000/day)
3/x
And guess what? @NHSEngland own data from August:
I’ve just found the following dataset:
digital.nhs.uk/data-and-infor…
“Submissions via Online Consultation Systems in General Practice, August 2025”
Well well well… 🕵️♀️
2/x
If @wesstreeting thinks GPs are stuck in 20thC, visit a hospital
We are the science museum!
➡️Electronic records since 1991
➡️Online triage
➡️Ambient scribes
➡️SMS
➡️Online bookings
➡️Electronic prescribing
➡️Online referrals
➡️Video consults DAYS after 1st lockdown….
1/x
Govt now need to *listen* to our solutions for how to avoid potential disputes, and how this won’t cost Treasury a penny.
@BMA_GP have articulated our concerns professionally & in good faith
GPs have been labelled “laggards” & “blockers of progress” despite eRS; EPS; GPSoC; GPC-UR read access; 99% surgeries on cloud-based telephony; & access higher than any point in 77 yr Hx of NHS: 1.5m pts/day
Equally true:
@TheBMA warns Secretary of State the NHS will die, should Labour lose the next election, because they refused to work with Drs & imposed unevidenced top-down reforms & dangerous contracts risking patient safety…
theguardian.com/society/2025/s…
@BMA_GP @rcgp @TheDA_UK
4. Extend NHSResolution for IG liabilities
5. Govt explicit preference GPs lead SNP & parity of opportunity @ MNP level
This is a critical juncture for the profession
We want to work w Govt to secure solutions, not create problems
But GPs need to see action
GPCE clear what’s needed to ⬇️doubt ⬆️confidence & avoid disputes:
1. Roadmap & timelines for GMS contract renewal & transparency of investment
2. ARRS > practice-level reimbursement
3. Additional practice-level scheme to reduce GP
under/unemployment asap….