Margaret Ikpoh

🌍 SBPCA has raised £4,000 (and counting) for cholera relief in Sudan 🇸🇩 • £2,000 sent to SDU • £2,000 sent to Hadreen Both groups are working on the ground. We’re still fundraising—every donation counts! Thank you! 🧡 #Sudan #Cholera #SBPCA

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 & 𝗙𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘍𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 We are gathering evidence to fight for better care & policy change. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/cahn/reprodu…

♀️Big thank you to @docmagsy & Guy Harling for providing a platform to discuss the sex biases that continue to undermine women's reproductive, neurodevelopmental & cardiovascular care. ‼️ 😯 Seriously eye-opening accounts from Shema Tariq & Antigoni Gkaravella @ucl

Exciting speakers & activities await you at our #IWD2025 event! Learn from Prof @docmagsy on #Menopause and innovative technologies for women's health. Free entry & dinner included! Register now: IWD-2025.eventbrite.co.uk #WombHealth #maternity This event is Hosted by Caribbean Africa Health Network in collaboration with Nigerian Women’s Group @Mgtyouth Across Ummah @CancerCareDiasp African-Caribbean Medical Society & Black Girls Space (@OfficialUoM)

Thanks for highlighting this important message but we know from the evidence that prostate cancer affects Black men in the late 30s and early 40s hence @cahn_uk’s call for tailored screening for the Black Caribbean & African community. @wesstreeting @AshleyDalton_MP @BolaOwolabi8 @docmagsy @PauletteHamilto @APPGBlackHealth @fayeruddock @FloellaBenjamin @percyakudo

Great game @EnglandNetball (U19 @MavericksNpl vs @RhinosNetballSL ) However @JoymoTv please please sort the shaky camera out 😂 #BEAMAVERICK

Don't wait for minor health concerns to get worse – think pharmacy first and get seen by your local pharmacy team. For more information, visit nhs.uk/thinkpharmacyf…

I was honoured to lecture at the @rcgp 2023 conference about my healthcare experiences. Please watch this film feat @docmagsy & @KamilaRCGP Thanks to @BambosMP & @Haymarket_Media for the link up youtube.com/watch?v=3zfjEm…

@PauletteHamilto MP is now officially the Chair of the #APPGBlackHealth, brings a wealth of experience as Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington and a former NHS nurse. We welcomed influential voices such as @andrewgwynnemp @DawnButlerBrent @DavidDavisMP @docmagsy @cahn_uk and +

Starting now! #Webinar #InclusionHealth #HealthInequalities ⁦@KathrinJThomas⁩ ⁦@docmagsy⁩ Rachel Steen (trailblazer) & Nóra Murray-Cavanagh! The new GP with an extended role in population health & health inequalities: Faculty of Public Health fph.org.uk/events-courses…

We have announced £72m of funding to establish 14 new Commercial Research Delivery Centres across England. These exciting new centres will work with industry partners and other research delivery infrastructure to speed up commercial clinical research delivery and make it more efficient. Read more ➡️ nihr.ac.uk/news/ps72m-boo…

Researchers investigated the causes of psychological ill-health such as stress & anxiety among #NHS staff. They recommend that senior leaders & managers: 💙 improve working conditions 💙 address blame culture 💙 focus on system-level culture change ➡️ evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/system-l… @ParamedicsUK

The RCGP's governing UK Council has today voted to call for a temporary pause of routine CQC inspections, and for an end to the one-word rating system currently used in CQC reports. The College has written to @SKinnock to lay out its concerns with the regulation regime as it currently stands and make these recommendations. It has repeatedly raised concerns about the way the CQC operates in England including the excessive impact of routine inspections on GP workload, and negative experiences reported by GPs and their teams associated with them. It has also called out the potential bias inspections have shown against ethnic minority-led GP practices. RCGP Chair @KamilaRCGP said: “Today’s decision by our governing Council shows the strength of feeling amongst our members that the CQC, as it stands, is not fit for purpose. "We are calling for a temporary suspension of routine CQC inspections until an improved, cost-effective and evidence-based approach to assessments and inspections has been agreed and implemented. Of course, patient safety is our number one priority, and inspections of practices where patient safety concerns have been raised should continue. "We believe that moving away from a rating system that relies on simplistic one-word ratings, and evaluating alternatives that would provide greater support and a more nuanced and rounded view, would be an important step to creating a fairer and better regulation system that practices and patients can have confidence in." You can read the full announcement and letter on our website: rcgp.org.uk/news/gps-call-…

Not before time! Research is fine only if it’s representative and generalisable — research equity is another way of reducing health inequalities! @TheCfRE @OxPrimaryCare @NIHRresearch @PhilEvansRDN @docmagsy @nickpbthomas @cathyharrison00 @davidwebb_1 @CatrionaWaitt @alisonstrath

📢 A Vision for the Future of General Practice returns on Thu 15 May! Join us to discuss and explore the biggest emerging topics in general practice, connect and catch up with peers and colleagues, and update your knowledge and practice skills. Free to RCGP members - register today. ➡️ rcgpvf.org #RCGPLearning #RCGPVF

Today in Parliament 📢 MPs asked important questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, including on the impact of the increase in National Insurance employers contributions on general practice, which was raised several times with thanks to @MartinWrigley MP, @Sarahjolney1 MP, @LincolnJopp MP, @SeamusLoganMP, @wendychambLD MP and Shadow Health Minister @drlukeevans MP. In response @wesstreeting said GPs needed to "hold tight for funding allocations" so they could make "informed decisions about staffing and patient care." It is important that practices are given urgent clarity on how additional resources to cover these costs would be allocated, and separate from any additional investment in general practice so that it does not come at the expense of improving patient care.

On Thursday 19 December, we will discuss the role of GPs in population health and tackling health inequalities during this joint lunchtime webinar with @rcgp. Join us to hear from @docmagsy and @KathrinJThomas. fph.org.uk/events-courses…

“Great evening at the @rcgp member dinner, hearing from Chair Prof. Kamila H. on how the next government can save general practice. Thought-provoking ideas on the future of primary care & the urgent reforms needed to support patients/GPs alike. @SBPCA2 #PrimaryCare #NHS

RCGP Chair, Kamila Hawthorne: "It's disappointing to read these comments, and we are pleased NHS England has distanced itself from them. As the recent Darzi review found, the partnership model provides extremely good value for money for the NHS – as well as supporting innovation in the best interests of patients."

Very gratifying to see the evidence for the benefits of primay care research. So many reasons to think that increasing the number of practices involved and the intensity of the work would improve patient care, staff satisfaction and the NHS system @Bowercpcman @SophieParkOx @AndyHilton74 @docmagsy bjgp.org/content/73/730…