{"id":1127,"date":"2023-01-17T09:10:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T09:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/nhs-will-be-no-better-off-under-labour-than-the-tories-says-dauks-gp-committee-and-gp-survival\/"},"modified":"2023-01-17T09:10:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T09:10:24","slug":"nhs-will-be-no-better-off-under-labour-than-the-tories-says-dauks-gp-committee-and-gp-survival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/nhs-will-be-no-better-off-under-labour-than-the-tories-says-dauks-gp-committee-and-gp-survival\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS will be \u2018no better off\u2019 under Labour than the Tories, says DAUK’s GP Committee and GP Survival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The i News has reported on DAUK and GP survival’s latest letter to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, following his proposals to reform the GP services. \n\n“Dr Ellen Welch, a GP and co-chair of DAUK, said: \u201cIf you\u2019ve got \u2018internal bleeding\u2019 then you really don\u2019t want to guess which tests you need or which specialists you should self-refer to \u2013 you may bleed to death while deciding.\n\n\u201cDoctors train for 10 years or more to become GPs to assess what\u2019s going on and help patients in the best way possible. It\u2019s shocking that Labour would suggest this. It puts patients at risk while simultaneously devaluing the expertise of GPs\u201d.\n\nThe doctors called on Labour to \u201cavoid reforming, for reforming\u2019s sake\u201d and that the Labour proposals would not improve patient care or produce any cost savings.\n\nGeneral practice is providing a significant number of extra appointments in recent years, despite the overall number of GPs reducing since 2015<\/a>. NHS England data shows general practice consults are up about 20 per cent compared to 2019 levels. An estimated 32.9 million appointments were provided in November 2022.\n\nThe groups said it is the partnership model which has enabled this achievement in \u201chighly challenging circumstances, because it is a \u2018task and finish\u2019 model rather than a time delineated, \u2018clock-on, clock-off\u2019 model\u201d.\n\nThey said a purely salaried model, with fixed workloads, would not be able to adjust to increasing demands in the same way.\n\nDAUK GP Lead Dr Lizzie Toberty said: \u201cIt is clear Labour leaders have not spoken to any doctors in developing their ideas, and it appears the NHS will be no better off under them than the current Government.<\/a>\n\n\u201cAs doctors who live and breathe the NHS in our daily lives, we know the problems our patients are encountering, and more than that we know the likely solutions. We are not the enemy here, we all want a health service of which we can be proud. We appeal to them, please go back to the drawing board and listen to us.\u201d\n\nRead the full news here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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