Kathryn LifeLearner

As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications This should also be banned Influence is being bought in Govt Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy

@AlisonGeorge10 @Mary_Tom11 @drmankad Thread says to me .. Prim care is underfunded with major variance in practices ability to afford Too few Drs in all levels of care General skills are as vital as Specialised Despite efforts of all-bottlenecks at core diagnostic tech backlogs everything All are under pressure

Hey @drmankad 👋🏼 Experienced, underemployed GP here, currently working in Urgent Care. When you are expected to see & manage/refer on patients of ANY AGE/SEX or STAGE of LIFE, with literally ANY CONDITION you can think of, come back to me & we can chat about ECGs & blood tests.

@MissiP16 from what I've seen, discussions with cartermill... can go on for a long time without a satisfactory conclusion. I think there will be several people who agree with your posts.

@DocEmUK @ApingSpring @132ivan Think knowing what is usual for a person and what isn’t and this kind of ‘translation’ can have almost unquantifiable value

@ApingSpring @RyanMullarkey1 @ligomersall This. And longstanding disabled people are being forced to apply because they have no choice now.

@Cartermill65675 @ApingSpring @BBCPolitics It is indeed it is in sickness and in health, that vow doesn’t mean one should forgo an income.

@Cartermill65675 @ApingSpring @BBCPolitics He is a full-time carer for me, if that counts. He doesn't get paid anywhere near the wage of someone working for adult social services/a private company. As a result, he saves the taxpayer thousands.

@Cartermill65675 @ApingSpring @BBCPolitics Furthermore, due to the extent of my disability, I could be very expensive if I used everything I was entitled to. Full social services and adaptations to my home would cost several tens of thousands.

@BBCPolitics @ApingSpring Has she tried getting a job out there? There aren’t any. Does she know what it’s like to be disabled/too ill to work? All she is trying to do is turn decent people lucky enough to still be doing well against more vulnerable people. Shifting blame and playing political games..

POST OFFICE 1,400 MISSING FILES SHAME The Post Office urged Horizon victims to claim redress, then told about 1,400 of them it cannot find the evidence to back their cases. Most claims go back to before 2005, when records were apparently filed somewhere between neglect and oblivion. These are people seeking the £75,000 fixed payment under the Horizon Shortfall Scheme. Some are still waiting. Parmod Kalia died before receiving full redress. So the scandal now has a sequel. First the system created the losses. Now the paperwork has gone missing too. Source: Computer Weekly, 26 Mar 2026 –

@DocEmUK @CroneThe86880 I want you to be my, and my mito daughter’s GP; who wouldn’t? I stand with every word you’ve said.

@DocEmUK @treekahlo I will support GPs in any action they take. Streeting seems intent on destroying the family doctor.

@DocEmUK We’d love a GP like you - after delays of diagnosis my husband finally diagnosed with throat cancer - no interest from his regular GP at all - we have to keep ringing to ensure they issue the meds the hospital have asked them to give us 😡

@DocEmUK I'm with you, except about the 'waiting' bit. The waiting isn't about you the GP, it's about whether there are enough GPs available, so that waiting (and begging to be given an appointment) ceases to be a thing. It was never a thing when I was young.

@DocEmUK It's true. You're welcome to come to my funeral (I've got incurable cancer) and hope it will be a massive party.

@DocEmUK My GP is excellent. Gets us in when needed, solid advice and thorough. That thoroughness got a cancer removed from my wife very early stage. He's very good as are his colleagues

@DocEmUK I want a gp whose name I know,who listens to what I'm saying,and who I can possibly get to see. A gp who I contemplate going to see when I think there is a problem instead of thinking about it and shaking my head at my own foolish thought. My son in Scotland has same day appts.

@DocEmUK @RedPavlova And we desperately need GP’s who believe in holistic and people centred medical care like you ….sadly this seems to be a thing of the past for too many.

@DocEmUK I just want to see the same GP when I can actually get an appointment for my psoriasis and psoratic arthritis each time instead of locums who's skills seem to be googling symptoms and asking me what am I suppose to do. Quality of care has severely deteriorated over 20 years