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Practice Management Lead - Essex EQUIP Ltd

Billericay, Essex
Joined February 2009
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As you watch the Aurora this evening, it’s worth reflecting that you’re getting a rare direct glimpse of the power of Nature. Those charged particles causing the atmosphere to glow came from a sunspot complex 17 times the diameter of Earth and traveled across 90 million miles at a million miles an hour. Without our magnetic field to protect us, our atmosphere would have been lost to space long ago. Those colours in the sky are Nature reminding us that we’re very lucky to be here amidst the violence. And perhaps therefore also reminding us not to shite it all up :-)
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Pleased to be at @essexlmcs Practice Managers Conference today - pop by and say hello to Vicky & Danuta
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Next Tuesday Zaheera will be exhibiting #SurgeryConnect to #practicemanagers in Essex at the @essexlmcs Practice Managers Conference. #lmc #healthtech #primarycare #generalpractice #cloudtelephony
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How dare you take credit for our hard work. 71% of GPs report extreme stress, and GPs are leaving in their droves. More appts does not improve quality, it just pushes the workforce to quit. If you want the NHS to survive don’t fall for this government’s rhetoric #blameMPsnotGPs
We’re making real progress in getting patients to see their GP quicker. ✅ Almost 2 million more appointments were delivered this February vs. February last year. 🗓️ That’s 100,000 more appointments each working day. 📈 With more GPs and primary care staff to come.
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“Boris Johnson has argued it was essential for his staff to have leaving drinks while insisting that you weren’t allowed to visit dying family or to attend their funerals. I can’t begin to comprehend the anger that you must justifiably feel and I am deeply sorry for you all”
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You’ve spelt bullshit wrong, lads.
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In January, 870,736 appointments were offered to patients registered with an Essex GP practice. That's 78,323 more appointments than offered in December. There was also a decrease of five FTE GP's in Essex compared to December. Our workforce is continuously stretched - be kind.
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ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 Calling all NHS workers 😀 You can now have FREE access to the Body Coach App 💪 Apply here bit.ly/3SzVkkn (you will need an NHS email to register) 💙 Please RT to help let others know 🙏🏼
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Word of the day is a reminder of ‘smellfungus’ (18th century): one who grumblingly finds fault in everyone and everything.
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Dear Jacinda, Have a well-deserved rest, and then please come and be PM of the UK.
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I’m signing off for Christmas now, I’ll be back on Tuesday 27th, but before I go, how about a giveaway? One lucky person who Retweets and Follows by midnight on 31st December will get to pick a shelf from my bookcase of the year and be sent all six books from it! Merry Xmas!
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🎄 Christmas Giveaway! 🎄 Who fancies one of these limited edition enamel #StoneBlind pins? If you're based in the UK, reply with a winter emoji for a chance to win. 2 winners will be chosen on Dec 21st. Badges will be mailed out last week of Dec / first week of Jan.
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Blaming GPs for not enough appts is like blaming the only worker on the till at Tesco for your wait, for all the other empty tills, & telling them to work 24/7 1.4m consult GPs every day 1896 fewer GPs since 2015 Some chose to work ‘part-time’ due to 12hr days🤷🏻 #GPCrisis
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Another week in the world of General Practice Here’s the latest news 🗞️ 🧵 👇
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Right we’re obviously making Matt Hancock do absolutely every single trial aren’t we? We can just agree on that as a nation?
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It's time for bed so that I'm ready for more adventures tomorrow.
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flatmate has just asked me whether i think the lettuce voted leaf or romaine in the brexit referendum and im frankly furious at how funny i found it
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Word of the day is 'blutterbunged' (19th century dialect): dumbfounded, confounded, and open-mouthed in amazement. (Not to be confused with 'dumfungled': utterly exhausted.)
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