{"id":1443,"date":"2025-10-11T01:12:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T00:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/write-to-your-mp-if-general-practice-fails-the-nhs-fails\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T01:12:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T00:12:22","slug":"write-to-your-mp-if-general-practice-fails-the-nhs-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/write-to-your-mp-if-general-practice-fails-the-nhs-fails\/","title":{"rendered":"Write to your MP: &#8216;If general practice fails, the NHS fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/win.newmode.net\/doctorsassociationuk\/whycantiseemygp-1\"><strong>Write to your MP to tell them:<\/strong><strong><em> if general practice fails, the NHS fails. Don&#8217;t let this happen on your watch<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ve watched the imposition of another unsustainable GP contract unfold this month, implemented by policy makers who insist on calling GPs &#8216;laggards&#8217; and &#8216;refuseniks&#8217;, rather than accepting the real issues grassroot doctors are raising.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We urge you to continue to speak up for our profession and we have two asks of you which will take only a few minutes of your time:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Please write to your MP using\u00a0 our pre-written letter <a href=\"https:\/\/win.newmode.net\/doctorsassociationuk\/whycantiseemygp-1\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Please add your signature to support the same letter so we can send it as a group of GPs to the Health Secretary West Streeting <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/9dj2uLiprG8DtiyN8\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You don&#8217;t have to be a GP to get involved. This is written by frontline GPs so if you agree with the issues raised we urge you to support the NHS and send it to your MP and\/or Mr Streeting.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full text of our letter and add your signature by clicking below.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/win.newmode.net\/doctorsassociationuk\/whycantiseemygp-1\">Write to your MP here<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/9dj2uLiprG8DtiyN8\">Write to Mr Streeting here<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please amplify the message by sharing in your networks &#8211; thank you.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DAUK committee members are all volunteers and campaign about issues facing frontline doctors in their own time. Please support our work by <a href=\"https:\/\/dauk.org\/membership\/\">joining DAUK<\/a>\u00a0or donating to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-the-work-of-the-doctors-association-uk-dauk\">our GoFundMe<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Write to your MP to tell them: if general practice fails, the NHS fails. Don&#8217;t let this happen on your watch. We&#8217;ve watched the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,58],"tags":[557,61,526],"class_list":["post-1443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-practice","category-the-nhs","tag-dauk-gp","tag-general-practice","tag-gpcrisis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}