
Simon Gazeley
351 posts






Your GP says you should see a hospital specialist for your condition Labour’s new Single Point of Access now decides whether that GP referral goes through They have a target to "redirect" 25% of referrals I wanted to know: who is making that decision? I asked the Minister 👇



@AlisonGeorge10 @SKinnock @UKLabour @wesstreeting Everyone declined from specialist consultant referral needs to write a complaint letter to their GP surgery, asking for a written record of why they have been ‘refused NHS treatment’ for something their GP thinks warrants a consultation & copy that letter that the ICB & CQC.



Tonight, @Keir_Starmer and @wesstreeting have decided to cut the number of offered specialist training jobs for doctors. Doctors need these jobs to train to become the specialist Consultants and GPs of the future that the NHS so desperately needs. Instead, this Government has decided to make it harder for you to see a specialist and is effectively holding doctors’ jobs hostage. We are already an under-doctored country compared to other OECD countries. In 2025, around 40,000 doctors applied for just 10,000 speciality training jobs. That means tens of thousands of qualified doctors ready to train, ready to work, and ready to treat patients are being turned away every year. The Government can train more specialist doctors when they want to. They are simply choosing not to. Remember this the next time you can’t get an appointment or your surgery is delayed.











1/4 Spent the weekend reviewing/testing HMRC's interim updated calculator for McCloud compensation (& pay 22/23 AA charges)- its runs to over 160 web pages / questions! 👇 Building some exciting tools to make a much easier automated process with error-free transcription





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