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Any Questions? - Alex Norris MP, Charlotte Pickles, Dr Emma Runswick, Helen Whately MP - BBC Sounds Emma Runswick 🏳️🌈: “poverty is a health crisis”. As doctors, “we’re picking up the pieces”. GPs have voted for patient safety over more GP closures. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
Doctors and medical students should not tolerate racism at work or in medical school. If you are subjected to racism at work, or witness it, you should formally raise the issue through your employer and consider reporting to the police and agencies such as Islamophobia Response Unit and Tell MAMA UK
Have a listen to Katie Bramall-Stainer explain why GPs need to stick together and take collective action to push for a better deal for general practice in this week's podcast. Thanks so much to Katie for taking the time to talk to me again. Listen here or wherever you get your pods.
We now have a pay offer from the Government for junior doctors in England which members will be able to vote on from Monday. Dr Malinga Ratwatte explains how the offer will affect GP registrars and why the GP registrars committee believe this should be accepted. bma.org.uk/jdoffer
"If general practice is the bedrock of the NHS, then the NHS is collapsing with it." Katie Bramall-Stainer, head of General Practice, talks to The BMJ about why the profession is taking a stand against underfunding, physician associates, and the future of primary care 🔗 bit.ly/4dIEDMK
This fight goes way back to when first raised by Dr Samira Anane as education, training & workforce lead, with Euan Strachan-Orr as GP Registrar chair. Good news to move onwards! 🤗 Thanks to The BMA General Practice staff in taking this forwards.
Great thread by Anish that I missed whilst on leave Later this week we’ll be publishing General Practice Safe Working Guidance handbook Our Collective Action is yet another way of tackling the problems inherent in our contract This is why we are calling for a fresh start