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Bookmarking this for when it turns out to be a disaster.
@NHSEngland is inviting potential bidders for an £80 million contract to create ‘multi-neighbourhood training hubs’ which will be ‘go-to’ points for training in general practice pulsetoday.co.uk/news/specia… via @hhetherington_ Who are they going to train? @rcgp @BMA_GP @DrSteveTaylor
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Wait, there was no formal representation from bodies who represent doctors on the panel that wrote these guidelines? The BMA should have been at the front and centre of this. Looks like they need to bin these and start from scratch. @lengreview this is embarrassing.
The proposed protocols, if enacted, would effectively enable the NHS to continue to dangerously use PAs. We are clear - PAs must not assess, diagnose, or manage undifferentiated patients in any healthcare setting. Read the proposals here:
cdn.intelligencebank.com/eu/…
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The consultation on clinical protocols for PAs to see undifferentiated patients is published below⤵️
These are loose and unrestrictive, raising safety concerns
Worse, the burden of supervising falls on ST4s+
Doctors, reach out to your royal college and ask them to reject this.
.@TheBMA @thomasdolphin, when are you planning on consulting members on the latest step in the Leng review?
We've not heard anything yet.
The closing date is fast approaching.
The clinical protocols have been sent to 84 stakeholders
@TheBMA @theRCN @rcgp @RCPhysicians @RCoANews @RCPCHtweets @RCollEM @thecsp @ParamedicsUK @rcpsych @BritOrthopaedic @RCSnews @rc_pharm @RCRadiologists @SCoRMembers
Will you consult your members?
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Today I learnt that saying only people with a medical degree should work on doctors’ rotas is an extreme, polarising view 👀
Which is weird because I always thought that should be blatant common sense…
…or else what’s the point of medschool?
🤷♂️
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King’s College ED openly states ACPs are equivalent to ST3 but I wonder if @RCEMpresident will address this with the same vigour and enthusiasm as that taken when commenting on the BMA’s collaborative article with @Telegraph.
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How many more before we get change?
🚨 EXCL: Patients are being harmed and dying because the NHS is replacing doctors with 'advanced practitioners', medics have warned.
GIFT LINK ⬇️
telegraph.co.uk/gift/ca90b76…
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It is NOT elitist to say ONLY doctors should practise medicine
In the same way as it is not elitist to say;
Only nurses should practise nursing
Only dentists should practise dentistry
Only physios should practisephysiotherapy
It is literally doing the right degree for the job
The joke is on all of us.
The patient doesn't receive the correct diagnosis.
Pharmacy first pays out £17.
The GP that can diagnose this is paid 30p a day for a patient.
No wonder the country is so unproductive when the Government comes up with rubbish like this.
Which short sighted person signed off on this decision?
Your service is held on by a thread of good will and your response is to burn that last bridge?
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No more dodgy graphs patting yourselves on the back @DHSCgovuk?
Are you going to try blaming this on strikes as well?
Incompetent.
The practice of medicine is sometimes knowing what you don't know. That's when a doctor speaks to a specialist colleague.
The only thing more dangerous that not understanding something, is not appreciating the gap in your knowledge.
This is a serious risk @DHSCgovuk
It's ok. Maybe NHS England has put together some e-learning modules to replace a medical degree.
1) Which bit of the Urological system have you highlighted👇🏼?
2) If your pharmacists don’t know how a Shingles rash presents, why are they assessing & prescribing for patients👇🏼?
3/ Since when have your Sinuses been located at the end of your nose👇🏼?
@NPA1921 @YvetteCooperMP
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In GP - cases that presented as “simple” symptoms:
“Tummy bug” ➡️ brain tumour
“Runny nose” ➡️ sepsis in newborn
“Bit of a headache” ➡️ meningitis
“Just a little rash” ➡️ skin cancer
I’ve been a doctor for 20 yrs -
**Simple symptoms do NOT equal simple diagnoses**
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We're making it quicker and easier for people to get the care they need, closer to home.
From this autumn, participating pharmacies will be able to assess and treat five additional common conditions.
Find out more: england.nhs.uk/2026/09/patie…
Hey @NTeesHpoolNHSFT this is irresponsible and a huge patient safety issue.
How many patients will be harmed before you stop this?
This is basically the same tweet that you put out almost a week ago.
What are you going to do about it? Keep tweeting them?
Arrowe Park saying the quiet part out loud is a damning indictment of the scale of doctor replacement in the NHS.
We're continuing to campaign and challenge this practice and calling for doctors' roles to be protected, patients to know who is treating them, and medical workforce shortages to be addressed properly.
bmj.com/content/394/bmj-2026…
@NHSE_WTE @NHSEmployers @DHSCgovuk @CareQualityComm
And yet thousands of nurses and doctors are locked out of work and training due to incompetent workforce planning from DHSC.
