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We represent GPs across the UK - @TheBMA
London, England
Joined October 2015
GP practices face collapse unless the Government takes steps to exempt them from National Insurance rises, doctors at #BMAARM2025 heard today. Read more from @BMAtim :
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RT @amyismall: I wrote a blog about the #gpunemployment . If you need to - reach out for help! . Contact your LMC. Contact @TheCameronFund….
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"The current GP unemployment crisis isn’t just a rough patch – it’s deeper, more systemic, and it has many in the profession seriously worried". Sessional GPs committee member Amy Small shares her advice for GPs who are struggling. #endGPunemployment
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We're calling on all GP partners and practice managers in England to complete our GP premises survey today. Your input will help shape our case to Government for urgent investment in GP buildings. 📢Make your voice count .
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“We cannot afford to waste the time, talent and dedication of our future GPs”. GP across the country are facing unemployment. Yet, patients are struggling to access the care they need. That’s why we’re calling on the Government to #endGPunemployment
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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 👉 #endGPunemployment
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"It’s devastating to think that, after years of hard work and study, new GPs might not be able to start their careers". Our new campaign launched this week, calling on the Government to #endGPunemployment. Find out more 👉.
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Most of the recent funding increases to practices in England will go back to Government as NI taxes, with the remainder being insufficient to recruit more GPs or uplift practice staff salaries fairly. (2/2).
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Salaried GPs make up more than half of the family doctors working in practices in England and a 4% uplift won't come close to addressing their pay erosion in the past 15 years or more. (1/2).
A 4% pay uplift, less than current inflation, is an insult to doctors in England. This Government has shown it simply doesn’t value doctors. “The DDRB has failed doctors. If this is the best they can do, government needs to think again.” says @DrPhilBanfield. This ‘award’
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GPs without jobs, patients without care. Today, we’re launching a new campaign calling on the Government to #endGPunemployment once and for all. Red more: @DrCheskaBall @VictoriaHMcKay @doctor_katie.
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“I’ve spent 5 years in medical training and then 3 years in GP training. And I have struggled to find employment”. @DrCheskaBall – BMA GP Reg Committee co-Chair – shares why we need to #endGPunemployment now.
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RT @TheBMA: We’ve written to @wesstreeting to ask the Government to #endGPunemployment by:. ▶️Providing ring-fenced funding to hire more GP….
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RT @TheBMA: GPs without jobs, patients without care. Today, we are calling on the Government to #endGPunemployment once and for all. Fin….
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"We demand a paradigm shift, a commitment to urgent, ring-fenced funding direct to practices to employ newly qualified GPs in high quality, permanent roles.”. @DrCheskaBall @VictoriaHMcKay #UKLMC2025 #EndDrUnemployment.
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"Because if these registrars are not employed and retained within the NHS, they will leave, and they will be lost from NHS general practice, forever.". @DrCheskaBall @VictoriaHMcKay #UKLMC2025 #EndDrUnemployment.
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