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KS

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England is an ‘outlier’ in its use of ‘micro-financial incentives’ in general practice, pointing to the use of both QOF and the additional roles reimbursement scheme, for which the evidence base is ‘surprisingly thin’. pulsetoday.co.uk/news/practice-…

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Blocking mobile internet on smartphones improves sustained attention, mental health, and subjective well-being academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/arti… via Noah Castelo et al

Blocking mobile internet on smartphones improves sustained attention, mental health, and subjective well-being
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/arti… via <a href="/n_castelo/">Noah Castelo</a> et al
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April 2nd - Day 2 #HighCourt: #Government #Defends #VAT on #IndependentSchools arguing that adding #VAT does not interfere with the right to education. Is it that Simple? Since the VAT policy was announced, nearly 15 independent schools have closed. And when a school shuts down,

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The are a lot of cases of the sickness and diarrhoea bug, Norovirus in Gateshead. Please do not visit patients in the hospital if you have had any diarrhoea or vomiting in the last two days.

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Doctors urge government to fight poverty after rise in patients with Victorian diseases theguardian.com/society/2025/a…

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And equally it’s a big concern with devolved commissioning . Hospitals get bailed out again and again (£350m locally per this article) yet cuts are made to the easier targets of primary care despite the hospital to community promise

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The are a lot of cases of the sickness and diarrhoea bug, Norovirus in Gateshead. Please do not visit patients in the hospital if you have had any diarrhoea or vomiting in the last two days.

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Talking about cancer saves lives. If you're worried about any signs and symptoms that could be cancer, contact your GP. Don’t carry the worry of cancer with you.

Talking about cancer saves lives.

If you're worried about any signs and symptoms that could be cancer, contact your GP.

Don’t carry the worry of cancer with you.
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Some surprising NHS statistics Since 2019: - GP practice appoints increased by 5m to 31m/month - 111 calls total 1.7m/month - Ambulance calls and transfers unchanged 750k / month - A&E attendances 2.2m/month GPs providing more extra appts than the total of all others combined

Some surprising NHS statistics

Since 2019:
- GP practice appoints increased by 5m to 31m/month

- 111 calls total 1.7m/month 
- Ambulance calls and transfers unchanged 750k / month
- A&amp;E attendances 2.2m/month

GPs providing more extra appts than the total of all others combined
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It’s Publication Day! Are you ready to banish burnout for good? Celebrating the release of my book, Burnout-Free Working, as it makes its way into the world. Deeply grateful to BethLown, MD, for her generous review. Discount in comments! #burnout #MentalHealth #Leadership

It’s Publication Day!

Are you ready to banish burnout for good?

Celebrating the release of my book, Burnout-Free Working, as it makes its way into the world.

Deeply grateful to BethLown, MD, for her generous review.

Discount in comments!

#burnout #MentalHealth #Leadership
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Thousands of doctors are ready to become GPs, but the government won’t let them. Over 15,000 doctors applied for GP training in 2024 yet training spaces were capped at just 4096. Meanwhile patients wait weeks for appointments. Why are you turning away future GPs Wes Streeting?

Thousands of doctors are ready to become GPs, but the government won’t let them.

Over 15,000 doctors applied for GP training in 2024 yet training spaces were capped at just 4096.

Meanwhile patients wait weeks for appointments.

Why are you turning away future GPs <a href="/wesstreeting/">Wes Streeting</a>?
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📢 The Value of a GP We've made it very clear: general practice is vital to a healthy NHS. This new BMA report lays out the evidence – economic, clinical, and human – that shows why GPs are essential. Continuity of care is the remedy. Read here 👉 cdn.intelligencebank.com/eu/share/qMbw1…

📢 The Value of a GP  
We've made it very clear: general practice is vital to a healthy NHS.

This new BMA report lays out the evidence – economic, clinical, and human – that shows why GPs are essential. Continuity of care is the remedy.  

Read here 👉 cdn.intelligencebank.com/eu/share/qMbw1…
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Systems which invested more in primary care, experienced a 15% lower admission rate for non-elective care, and a 10% lower ambulance conveyance rate, alongside lower average activity for elective admissions and A&E attendances cdn.intelligencebank.com/eu/share/qMbw1…

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General practice is vital to a healthy NHS. Yet, it is on the verge of total collapse. Our new report shows why GPs – and the vital role they play in our health system – must be valued. Read more 👉bma.org.uk/valueofagp #endGPunemployment

General practice is vital to a healthy NHS.

Yet, it is on the verge of total collapse.

Our new report shows why GPs – and the vital role they play in our health system – must be valued.

Read more 👉bma.org.uk/valueofagp  #endGPunemployment
@DrKatie.BSky.Social (@doctor_katie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For GPs, focus is always on maintaining patient trust in how their confidential data is handled   We were not aware that GP data, collected for Covid-19 research, was being used to train an AI model, “Foresight”…. 1/x