Andy Welch
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@AndyWelch13
Adopted Geordie from Grimsby-rugby follower/surgeon/OBE - ex Medical Director-Views ALL mine.
Pleased to see that under Labour, the number of patients waiting for treatment is down. After years of record waiting lists under the Tories, this is real progress and I look forward to seeing it continue.
So, patients will be seen by the medically unqualified?
Mackey: We’ll reduce our reliance on doctors in response to strikes ift.tt/mTSjKP4
i'm a bit thick, can someone explain starmers logic on threatening to cancel 1000 training places if junior doctors go on strike? isnt that a bit like saying, if you dont stop polluting i'm going to build another coal burning power plant?
Doctors lose new jobs package as strike to go ahead bbc.in/4doDCgc
This along with waiting list list cleansing scheme, transgresses all that is good about NHS clinical care. Not surprising morale is so poor with the pathological obsession to achieve politically driven targets. What has happened to ‘duty of care’ Do you have a view @GMC ?
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph: Labour to ration NHS referrals to hit targets #TomorrowsPapersToday
The new GMC Order is undergoing consultation. The GMC is seeking to remove the speciality register and decide by themselves who should be issued a CCT. This right is currently protected in law. This is the last hurdle before the GMC will be able to issue CCTs to PAs.
We've cut NHS waiting lists again - by 43,000 in January. From expanding surgical hubs and Community Diagnostic Centres across the country, to more evening and weekend clinics, we've taken action to help people get seen and treated faster.
ICBs strip digital and HR directors from top teams ift.tt/yLDMieG
