We are urging our elected representatives to put patients first and form an Executive. Our health service is on the verge of collapse. We have the longest waiting lists in the UK, Emergency Departments are overflowing, general practice is in crisis.
BMANI-GP
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BMANI-GP
@BMANI_GP
Twitter account for BMA Northern Ireland's GP committee
Joined July 2020
- Dr Frances O'Hagan has been elected as the new chair of BMA Northern Ireland's GP committee. Congratulations @OHaganFrances on your new role! Read more here > brnw.ch/21wL0WT
- Congratulations to @AlanStout19 and @AndrewBuist17 on their election as co-chairs of GPCUK bma.org.uk/bma-media-cent…
- After six years as chair @AlanStout19 today chaired his last meeting. Thank you for everything you’ve done for general practice. @michealmck led the tributes from the committee.
- WATCH: NIGPC member and Eastern LMC chair @UBMcE today welcomed Peter May and Gearóid Cassidy from @healthdpt to her Mount Oriel Practice in Belfast to see firsthand the pressures in primary care.
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- "I am here today to appeal to you to get this message out loud and clear to society in general and your constituents in particular that GP practices are open and we will deliver care in as safe and accessible a way as we can." @AlanStout19 speaking to @niahealth this morning.
- .@OHaganFrances on @BBCevex now explaining the workforce and workplace pressures on general practice. “When EDs are busy you do not blame the doctors and nurses in ED. Yet GPs and GP practice staff are being blamed for not getting a GP appointment.”
- We met with @allianceparty MLAs this morning to discuss the unfolding crisis among GP practices right across Northern Ireland. Thank you for taking the time to speak to us.
- Thanks to @moneillsf and @SheerinOfficial for visiting Garden Street Surgery in Magherafelt today to hear about the issues facing General Practice #GPneverclosed
- Investment in GP: GP practices are facing spiralling costs, rocketing inflation, a huge increase in the need for appointments and ever-increasing complexity and yet we see a real time decrease in funding of 6.92% bma.org.uk/bma-media-cent…
- GP partners in Northern Ireland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking collective action as part of their fight for increased funding for general practice. Read the full statement from @OHaganFrances here - bma.org.uk/bma-media-cent…
- The abuse being faced by staff and patients at Lisnaskea Health Centre is totally unacceptable. GPs are their teams are doing their best to deliver services to patients. Read our joint statement of support with @rcgp_ni below bma.org.uk/bma-media-cent…
- LMC reps and @AlanStout19 are meeting with members form across NI tonight - cannot underestimate how much pressure the profession is currently under
