With no great surprise having declared us through the pandemic, this morning in primary care looks very much like an explosion of pandemic infections and people poorly with it. Who could have guessed that would happen???
Dr Dave Triska
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Dr Dave Triska
@dave_dlt
GP Partner @witleymilford ๐งโโ๏ธ ๐ฆ| Former RAMC Officer ๐ฆ๐ฒ | ND ๐ง | BBQ enthusiast | Health-tech Consultant
- 1/4 of the GP workforce off with COVID today. #freedom
- In 2019 the GPs in my surgery did 56000 consultations for 11,000 patients. In 2021, this rose to 79,000. We had no extra staff. This year looks to be busier again - general practice is working flat out, regardless of what the media would have you believe.
- Thereโs always a tweet.Nurses donโt want to strike. Ambulance workers donโt want to strike. Patients donโt want NHS strikes. So why does the Government continue to refuse to negotiate with the unions who want a deal to avoid strikes?
00:00 - Abuse to my staff members today from patients asking what do we actually do, why arenโt we seeing patients. Weโre lazy. Now, weโve not changed how we work for 3 years. We do great in patient surveys. This is direct abuse from right wing media nonsense. It has consequences
- Just as an insight for people outside of GP - 0950 on post bank hol tuesday, we've had 160 patient care requests submitted as of now (12,000) practice. Likely to hit 400 for the day. EXTRA PHONE LINES DON'T GIVE YOU EXTRA STAFF TO MANAGE THIS
- Patient coming to see me this morning checking 'you're still wearing masks aren't you, not doing what those bloody idiots say?'. People know.
- ๐งต Why the PA debate? ๐ฅผ Doctors arenโt against other people in their space. We already have advanced nurses practitioners, consultants in other disciplines. Itโs not that. Itโs this. It took me 14 years to qualify to be a GP. 14. Let that sink in.
- Anyone else think we are in a massive flu wave?
- We told you, we said this was coming. Here it is.GP hubs will have only one GP
- On duty this morning and the near-constant upset that patients are relaying to me in terms of NHS care failing them (as it slowly crumbles) has really left me feeling flat and somewhat low. It's not the service I joined.
- ๐งต Watched 'Breathless' last night. It was raw, visceral...a flood of memories from my time as a GP during the pandemic. Scrubbing down at the back door before hugging my kids. Holding staff who broke down, terrified they'd never go home. @doctor_oxford #Breathless
- Local community nursing team now refusing new referrals as no capacity. Minor injuries turning people away as full. CMHRS ... well. Secondary care appointments months and months away. GPs and ED colleagues, are we now on our own??
- โ๏ธ GPs about to exit ๐ฌ๐ง Job advert I found tonight for Vancouver Island, GP. ๐ฐ ยฃ250,000 - ยฃ300,000 Pa ๐งโโ๏ธ 8 hour practice days โWe have recruited UK physicians who now live in beautiful large homes overlooking the oceanโ And UK gov? GPs can ๐off and work to death.
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