@DrHannahBelcher @liammb1984 It’s not that obvious. You have £100 and 1000 priority areas to spend it on, not everything is getting paid for. Anyways I’ve had enough. You win. That’s great. Enjoy the healthcare system where everything is “free”

@DrHannahBelcher @liammb1984 Again, not free. Nothing is free. Someone has paid for it somewhere and odds are that someone works for the NHS. If you want ear syringing on the NHS, then pay more taxes. You can’t not pay more and expect all public services to magically function and function better.

@DrHannahBelcher @liammb1984 We don’t have free healthcare. Just like if you book a hotel and there is coffee in the room the coffee isn’t free, it’s included. Want a room with a view? Pay more. Want ear syringing on the NHS? Pay more. The gov can pay the NHS more,but should it come from the school budget?

@DrHannahBelcher @liammb1984 I’m actually indifferent.I believe that we’ve voted our way into this mess several times & now society is reaping what it has sowed.There is no infinite money tree. Also training standards are shocking now & will be a battle to reverse.I’m confident a two tiersystem is inevitable

@DrHannahBelcher @liammb1984 And the taxes argument. Jeez man. The NHS is the largest employer in the UK, and one of the largest globally. NHS employees make the majority of the tax paying population for crying out loud.

@DrHannahBelcher @liammb1984 Also, it’s not 2001 anymore. £70-100k for a GP is nothing and one of the many reasons I left UK medicine. Have quite literally doubled my salary and work about 40hs less a month. Honestly, keep bleeding a rock for all I care. Fantasy land.

@DrHannahBelcher @liammb1984 There were over 360 million primary care appointments between Nov 23 and Oct 24. Nearly 1.7 million appts per working day. So to answer your question, people go to their GP quite often actually.

@DrHannahBelcher @Glen_Hodgkinson @liammb1984 Please could you point to a single example of a working healthcare system that provides everything for everyone all the time? I mean, does that make sense in any other area of life? How about 1:1 student to pupil ratio across all age groups? Would boost education outcomes!

@DrHannahBelcher @liammb1984 A GP surgery gets in the region of £150 a year for a patient. For unlimited appts, blood tests, prescriptions, etc. Go private and £150 will get you a single appointment.

@AlexJDeighton Oh my God, the irony. I just can’t. This is literally painful.

@Megsenmumdr @fhussain73 @gmcuk @rcgp @fhussain73 hilarious

@Shamz_141 @Sason3 @DavidGWrigley Same money in, more money out = sad budget even sadder.

@hutchi56641 When was the last time you worked in the NHS?

@EffieEss64 @drmattuk There are straight from school 4 year PA degrees. Defeats the whole “previous healthcare experience” thing but heyho

@AmarHujan 20 in a row and you’re automatically a consultant

@mhnparamedic @sarahjane_oc @Dr_BellaR @Roddy_Neilson Because sometimes you just need to have hit the books and sat the exams. It wouldn’t be controversial if an engineer didn’t know the answer to an engineering problem to go to a senior engineer for advice. No one would recommend they talk to the architect. Like honestly.

@medicalmodelbri I look forward to CMAPS representing GPs as well as the @rcgp , @KamilaRCGP , and @ClareGerada have represented PAs. Do our memberships automatically transfer or is there a form to fill out? Or do PAs just get both colleges?

@doc_bipolar Absolutely, but vast majority of my colleagues have already been supportive. Camaraderie was the only thing to get us through placements sometimes. Shame this didn’t come from the trust, which is typically the source of lack of support and frustrations.