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An Important Service Announcement For Our Patients.

General practice has been in a crisis for many years. This is down to decades of neglect from successive governments which is now putting patient safety at risk.

As GPs we want our patients to know – we’re on your side.

We want to be there for you and your family when you need us. But this is getting harder and harder…

This announcement contains important information about the pressures General Practice is facing across the UK which may mean that access to GP services and wait times may deteriorate in the coming months.

If you want your GP to be there for you and your family, you can help us. Take a look at the campaign video at the bottom of this page and write to your MP demanding that NHS GP services receive the funding urgently needed NOW to stabilise General Practice.

Don’t let your GP services go the way of NHS Dentistry!

GP Surgeries are under EXTREME pressure.

• GPs carry out 400 million annual appointments
  • October 2022  36.1 million appointments delivered nationally
  • October 2023  37.2 million appointments delivered nationally
  • OVER A MILLION EXTRA APPOINTMENTS PER MONTH ARE BEING DELIVERED
• 90% of NHS contact is in primary care (delivered on less than 8% of the NHS budget)
• 7.7m suffering patients on hospital waiting lists are placing huge extra demand on primary care
• GP Surgery Staff are burning out with increased levels sickness and early retirement

Numbers of registered patients are rising.

• There are over 6 million more patients on the books and a growing elderly population

But chronic underfunding means 1,300 GP surgeries have closed since 2013.

60 GP Surgeries closed last year alone.

The number of qualified NHS GPs has fallen by 1,877 since 2015.

Each full-time equivalent GP is now responsible for an average of 2,295 patients!

NHS GP Surgeries perform over 90% of patient contacts in the NHS on less that 8% of the NHS Budget. The government plans to reduce this further to 6%.

This will ring the death knell for YOUR local GP services.

On 28th March 2024, the results of a BMA GP referendum were published:

Over 99% of GPs voted against the government and its third consecutive IMPOSED contract on GP surgeries.

How YOU can help save YOUR GP Surgery

❓ So, what can you do?

✍️ Write to your MP, MS, or MSP – find a quick and easy template for you to use here.

♻️ Re-share @RebuildGP X/Twitter posts to your followers.

🤳 Post on your own social media accounts – X/Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Instagram, WhatsApp – using our quick and easy template posts and assets here.

🗣️ Talk to friends and family, letting them know the extent of the crisis and what GPs are doing to provide you with the best quality care under difficult circumstances.

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