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I’ve been doing this GP malarkey for nearly 20y now. It struck me today that the only way I can carry on practising the way I used to is if I do it at my own personal expense. It never used to be like this - there was enough time in the day for bereavement visits, wellbeing checks, proactive care, time with colleagues to discuss patients & build relationships. General practice today is decision making at the same speed as a shoot-em-up game. Today was just me for 55 same day requests for appointments, clinical supervision of three members of staff, medical student education, paramedic education and all routine needs for a population of 1250 patients. We’re fortunate to have personal lists - though the new contract doesn’t value the continuity at all - and that matters to me deeply. Leaving work at 7, I decided to pop in to a patient of mine that I’ve known for 14y. In their 80s, they’ve just had joint replacement surgery and are having a bit of a wobble. We had a chat, they felt better, we have a plan & I’ll check in next week. This is the kind of GP I want to be. My day would have been less frantic, I’d have eaten/urinated at a sensible time, and I’d would have been less snappy with the children whom I saw briefly before bed if there hadn’t been so much nonsense crowding my day: 25 mins on hold trying to get through to a specialist (and failing), an insurance company slyly demanding a conversation with me about a non-urgent issue because it saves them money, dealing with consequences of private tests not requested by me but with the inevitable ‘see your GP’ as disposition, missing discharge medication, delayed follow-up, inappropriate ‘GP to’ as the heart failure team have a waiting list - and much more. Commissioning gaps, poor clinical pathway planning, govt targets on access over quality, media perpetuation of entitlement over responsibility and disproportionate investment & expansion of specialists over general practice have caused this. This is not ‘part time’ GP working - as a partner that’s never a thing. This is expectations from everywhere without resourcing to match. We want to deliver the things we did 20y ago - that’s why we went into this. If you want your family doctor back then you need to support us - because we want to be that too. I’m a GP, but also a Mum, wife and daughter of aged parents. I can’t do this at my own expense any more, and nor should I have to. Arguments of laziness and greed always abound, but really what we need is a properly resourced service. Please stand with us - a fight is coming.

🚨 Trump: “We shot down three of our own planes with Patriot missiles… but the pilots survived.” Read that again. U.S. systems took out U.S. aircraft. And it’s being framed as a success. What a MESS! This is genuinely embarrassing.

Ambulance stories from this week: 1. Four empty ambulances burned out in London by unknown people 2. A convoy of fake ambulances (war crimes) used by Israel to attack a Lebanese village and murder 41 innocent people. Guess which one has mass media coverage and condemnation?

In 40 minutes, Donald said: the Strait of Hormuz isn't closed, but he wants it reopened; we’re not at war with Iran, but our allies are cowards for not helping; he wants a ceasefire, but he doesn’t want one. He also declared victory three times. Such clarity. Such leadership.

BREAKING 🚨: This is VERY BRUTAL 🔥⚡ 7.00 AM : 🇺🇸 TRUMP: I am pleased to announce a ceasefire following very good discussions with Iran. 7.01 AM : 🇮🇷 IRAN: There were no discussions with Trump, he is lier and backed down out of fear of retaliation.🔥🔥 ABSOLUTE CINEMA 🔥😭

Never forget how Israel starved 2.2 million people in Gaza. Repost this. Please I beg you

Streets of Havana right now. Full blackout across the entire island. Hospitals, nursing homes, people's lives....all in total darkness. For US imperialism.

Rest in peace legend. This video was deleted from twitter by Elon Musk. You know what to do ‼️

Renee Good, Alex Pretti and Keith Porter could not be reached for comment.

Monday - Send more troops Tuesday - Say we’re ending war Wednesday - Send more troops Thursday - Say ending war Friday - Send more troops Saturday - Golf Sunday - Golf

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London Stansted Airport drop-off price rises from £7 to £10; £28 for 15-30 minutes. Greedy owners portray it as an environment friendly move. Public transport isn't always possible. It is about higher profits. No regulator will side with customers. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Today I$rael tried to kill me in a targeted airstrike in southern Lebanon as I was reporting on was the targeting of bridges and the forced displacement of 1 million people, an ethnic cleansing operation on a larger scale than the Nakba I have absolutely no doubt that this was deliberate. Despite claims there were no warnings ahead of the strike and no notifications sent to the Lebanese Army who allowed us to film As we have seen in Gaza they want to silence journalists who document and report their war crimes It is the western powers who provide political and military support for I$rael, arming it to the teeth to carry out genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing here in Lebanon. They are not simply complicit, but active participants and should be held accountable for their actions. But if I$rael thinks today’s strike will silence us and keep us out of the field they are very, very mistaken

The Iran war is going so bad for Trump right now he might need to release The Epstein Files as a distraction.

The families of the fallen requested no photos at today’s dignified transfer. Didn’t stop Trump. He has now posted them all over social media. How many times does he have to tell the world that he doesn’t care about our troops or their families? How many?

Good on Jon Ossoff for exposing Donald Trump for using a dead soldier’s casket in a fundraising email. One of the most disgusting things I’ve ever seen from any politician in my 20-year career.

The most entertaining two minutes I've watched today.

Almost a week ago, US First Lady Melania Trump chaired a UN Security Council meeting on "children in conflict" while the US and Israel killing children in Lebanon, Gaza and Iran. Today, US envoy Tom Barrack, who is accused of raping children on Epstein Island, is chairing the UN Security Council on the human rights situation in the Middle East. This is the most hypocritical things we have seen in the history of the Security Council.

This is 🇮🇸 Iceland, the Third Happiest Country in the World > President — WOMAN > Prime Minister — WOMAN > Head of all 3 parties — WOMAN Capital city of Iceland - Reykjavík > Mayor — WOMAN > City Council Chief — WOMAN > Police Commissioner — WOMAN PS : Iceland is also fighting a genocide case against Israel at the ICJ 👏 The reason why the world needs more women leaders, than the likes of Trumps & Netanyahus 🫡