👉New: Winter Pressures in General Practice
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⚠️50% of practices “very busy/burnt out” by Dec
📋Proactive planning & better data use needed
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Great @bmj.com podcast thebmjpodcast.podbean.com/e/bmj-jan-30... featuring the mighty @hughalderwick.bsky.social and @luisaptg.bsky.social talking about our paper on experiences of access to general practice and the 10 year plan. www.bmj.com/content/392/...
In this episode of the @bmj.com Medicine and Science podcast, @hughalderwick.bsky.social and @luisaptg.bsky.social discuss patient experiences of accessing primary care in England and what they mean for the 10-Year Health Plan.
Listen now ⬇️
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Responding to government's new GP contract, @luisaptg.bsky.social says, while it includes welcome commitments, it does not represent the shift in resources needed to deliver 10-Year Health Plan or address challenges around access and continuity of care.
Full response ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4tYmwM0
Our latest survey completed with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social tracking the UK public’s views on the NHS and social care shows nearly half of the public (48%) delayed or avoided contacting their GP practice about a health concern in the previous 12 months.
Read more findings 👇
https://bit.ly/4tTv1ru
The GP contract for 2026/27 is neither wholesale renegotiation nor transformative shift.
@luisaptg.bsky.social and @ninahemmings.bsky.social argue that while there are signs of incremental change, it falls short of what is needed to realise the ambitions of the 10-Year Health Plan⬇️
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Shifting care from hospitals to the community is a core part of the government’s 10-Year Health Plan.
@ninahemmings.bsky.social and @luisaptg.bsky.social examine whether the new Neighbourhood Health Framework will help realise this ambition, and assess the potential risks⬇️
https://bit.ly/4u1ehhp
In this recent blog, @swjatwell.bsky.social and @luisaptg.bsky.social look at government efforts to make the fit notes system more effective, and what could help ensure success.
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https://bit.ly/4fbnJdX
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New opinion piece in @bmj.com by @hughalderwick.bsky.social and @luisaptg.bsky.social with colleagues from @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk sets out some of the potential unintended consequences of policies to increase access to general practice in England.
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Luisa Pettigrew
New paper in @bjgp.bsky.social by @luisaptg.bsky.social @jaketreenotsea.bsky.social @hughalderwick.bsky.social and me, exploring the implications of the NHS Ten Year Plan ambition to shift care from hospital to community, and what it means for general practice👇🏻
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Objective To report experiences and views of patients, carers, and staff on access to general practice in England in the context of major government plans to reform NHS services.
Design Qualitative i...
We’re 18 months into the Labour government, and their changes to the NHS are beginning to be felt. In the 10 year plan that they launched last year, they announced three planned shifts for the health ...
Strengthening primary care is central to the three shifts set out in the government’s 10 year health plan for England: from hospital to community, sickness to prevention, and analogue to digital. New ...
Writing for @bjgp.bsky.social colleagues focus on the 10-Year Health Plan's shift from hospital to community and consider its implications for general practice, drawing on existing evidence to explore the good, the bad and the potentially ugly.
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Labour’s 10-year health plan for England, published on 3 July, set out three strategic shifts — from hospital to community, sickness to prevention, and analogue to digital. This editorial focuses on the first — shifting care from hospital to community — and considers its implications for ge...
