Onkar Sahota (@dronkarsahotaam) 's Twitter Profile
Onkar Sahota

@dronkarsahotaam

Practising NHS GP Combining Politics & Health to shape a better future | Former London Assembly Member, Chair Health Committee and Chair of London Assembly

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Layla Moran šŸ”¶šŸ•Šļø (@laylamoran) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Without a functioning GP system, the entire health ecosystem suffers. Too many local residents are struggling to book appointments, and too many GPs are considering leaving due to stress. We owe it to patients and to staff to fix thisĀ crisisĀ now.

Onkar Sahota (@dronkarsahotaam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

MPs’ opposition to assisted dying bill grows. We need to improve palliative care services before we have this vote. Patients should not feel forced to die due to poor palliative care. We need to listen to ⁦Wes Streeting⁩ and ⁦Shabana Mahmood MP⁩ theguardian.com/society/2024/o…

Cllr Hitesh Tailor (@hitesh_t) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Attended the #RemembranceSunday2024 parade and ceremony by #Southall war memorial to lay a wreath as Past Mayor of #Ealing. Large numbers of the community attended alongside several dignitaries with the service led by Rev Mark Poulson. #Lestweforget #WeWillRememberThem

Attended the #RemembranceSunday2024 parade and ceremony  by #Southall war memorial to lay a wreath as Past Mayor of #Ealing.

Large numbers of the community attended alongside several dignitaries with the service led by Rev Mark Poulson.

#Lestweforget #WeWillRememberThem
Onkar Sahota (@dronkarsahotaam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NHS patients at risk as hospital urgent repair costs triple in decade and procedures get cancelled. Add to this the investment required into the primary care estate which has been neglected for 50 years ! theguardian.com/society/2024/d…

Onkar Sahota (@dronkarsahotaam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Patient choice is determined by convenience of travel, proximity for family and friends to visit when in-patient, hospital providing that service and ease of patient clinical journey. GPs do offer choice but cannot change these factors.

Onkar Sahota (@dronkarsahotaam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What will make this scheme impactful will be ease of contacting consultants, access to investigations,community expertise and services to look after those conditions. Real drivers of success will be primary care estate and workforce investment. theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

Onkar Sahota (@dronkarsahotaam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So GPs will be given direct access to MRI scans, CT scans, Colonoscopies, angiography ., etc ? What improves outcomes is not management control or talk but clinical thinking and decision making. GPs don’t need guidance, they need time to look after the patients !

NHS England (@nhsengland) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Menopause isn't a health condition, it’s a stage of life. Improve your knowledge of the menopause and how it may affect you or someone you work with by completing our e-learning module. āž”ļø e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/men…

Menopause isn't a health condition, it’s a stage of life. 

Improve your knowledge of the menopause and how it may affect you or someone you work with by completing our e-learning module.

āž”ļø e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/men…
Victoria Derbyshire (@vicderbyshire) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's World Cancer Day and 10 years ago this year I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I can't believe it was a decade ago This is me in hospital waiting to have a mastectomy. I'm smiling but god I was so anxious, so worried I wouldn't wake up from the anaesthetic If you are

It's World Cancer Day and 10 years ago this year I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I can't believe it was a decade ago

This is me in hospital waiting to have a mastectomy. I'm smiling but god I was so anxious, so worried I wouldn't wake up from the anaesthetic

If you are
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Millions of patients can now register with a new GP at the touch of a button via the NHS App and online. This is part of a major health service drive to make care more convenient, and free up staff time. āž”ļøengland.nhs.uk/2025/04/millio…

Millions of patients can now register with a new GP at the touch of a button via the NHS App and online. 

This is part of a major health service drive to make care more convenient, and free up staff time.

āž”ļøengland.nhs.uk/2025/04/millio…
Onkar Sahota (@dronkarsahotaam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hospitals, general practices and community care services are all struggling. More and more patients display their frustrations in GP practices. The system needs re-engineering and not just tinkering in 5 year political cycles ! theguardian.com/society/2025/m…

Onkar Sahota (@dronkarsahotaam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is welcome but not forget to invest in the crumbling primary care estate - the shop front of the NHS - if you want to reform and save the NHS. theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Wes Streeting (@wesstreeting) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We stand with healthcare workers in Gaza who are doing lifesaving work in most unimaginably challenging and horrific circumstances. Tedros and his team have my full support.