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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

9 days

I honestly never thought I’d see a headline so stark and shocking

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7 months

My goodness she is good. I try to only post on medial matters, but found it surprisingly hard to formulate my thoughts on this. @ClaireHanna has articulated them perfectly

Claire Hanna

@ClaireHanna

7 months

I spoke in favour of an immediate ceasefire for Gaza today. The wholesale slaughter of innocent Palestinian men, women & children has no possible justification.

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Alan Stout

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3 years

Thoroughly disrespectful to so many and nothing short of pathetic. Sadly not unexpected.

Sammy Wilson MP 🇺🇦🇬🇧

@eastantrimmp

3 years

Hark the herald angels ping Robin Swann won’t let us do a thing No more parties, work at home In the streets you cannot roam Omni is far worse than the delta curse Stay at home Or they’ll be far worse to come.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

7 months

This is 1.5 times the entire GP budget for Northern Ireland. It’s not that there is no money, it is political choices

Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

@Haggis_UK

7 months

Yvette Cooper: "The Rwanda scheme will cost the taxpayer over £500m just to send 300 people to Rwanda... it's a cost of about £2m per person... this is a shocking revelation... that the government tried to hide... " #KayBurley

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

Face masks again. You will still be asked to wear one in a GP practice (and any healthcare setting). By definition there are people there that we need to protect. Please do not be surprised, annoyed or angry that this is the case, particularly with our staff who are just helping.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

9 months

‘You’re not even allowed to grieve’ The words of an exceptional colleague this week after the death of their mother. No locums, no help, no support, so straight back in and seeing patients. Lucky to even get time to go to the funeral. How have we got in such a mess?

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Alan Stout

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3 years

I’m strangely encouraged by this. Not by the buffoons and their antics, but by the overwhelming response by politicians and public who see it for what it is and who have seen, done and suffered so much. @RobinSwannMoH , you have the full support and respect of our GP’s

Stephen Nolan

@StephenNolan

3 years

This is Extra ordinary .

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Alan Stout

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4 years

Shocked and disgusted to hear this. He is an outstanding public servant and deserves our thanks our admiration and support. Such a difficult job and impossible to please everyone while trying so hard to keep us all safe. We will only get through this together.

Suzanne Breen

@SuzyJourno

4 years

Robin Swann says he hasn't asked for any additional security measures despite death threats against him. It would send a "wrong signal" to people in very challenging times.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 months

He’ll kill me for it, but everyone is allowed to be a proud parent @durham_uni

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

GP ALERT. 1/2 There will be significant delays and difficulties today in all practices. At midnight last night there were nearly 400 calls in Belfast alone to be returned (by 2 GPs on the red eye). Huge and unsafe pressure for those involved.5

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

Any chance we could agree the 3 year budget before we enter the wilderness. Apologies for appearing selfish, but it is so critical for how we rebuild and run the health service in the immediate future

Marie-Louise Connolly

@mlchealth

3 years

DUP: NI First Minister Paul Givan 'intends to resign' by ⁦ @endamcclafferty ⁩

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

Great picture, and that is my mum as ‘red sister’!

Northern Ireland Historical Photographical Society

@ireland_society

3 years

A ward in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. 1970s. (EPC).

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

@williamcrawley The claims on medicine supply also need fact checked. There are issues, but most are UK wide, for a number of reasons but not protocol. There are actually imminent EU proposals that will protect supply and cost here

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Alan Stout

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3 years

No offence intended to all the anonymous accounts and Twitter abusers, but this is the person I will listen to and take most advice from

David Farren

@David_Farren

3 years

I am a consultant in Medical Microbiology and an Infection Control Doctor. My whole family and I have been vaccinated and boosted as we *know* it is the single best protection to avoid coming to harm from COVID-19. And because it will protect those around us 💙 #VaccinesWork

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Alan Stout

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3 years

Violence, abuse and criminal damage is never acceptable in any healthcare setting. It happened today in my practice. Staff and GP involved very shaken and very upset. It’s tough enough without this.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

1 year

It is such a relief to have this so clearly articulated by a political leader. ……a timely and safe manner

BBC The View

@bbctheview

1 year

"I would far rather travel extra miles to have treatment in a timely fashion." @naomi_long tells @MarkCarruthers7 that more people should be prepared to travel to access healthcare...

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

I’ll take these in turn Paul, and wit a caveat and apologies that this is Twitter, a strange place to have a debate, but clearly restricted. I also have a day job, so apologies that I can’t reply to every query or abuse that follows

Paul Frew

@paulfrewDUP

3 years

Over past few days I have engaged with @naomi_long @BMA_NI @AlanStout19 not one of them could provide me with evidence that horrendous discriminatory Vaccination certification brings positive health outcomes but all push for it. So I ask again including @RobinSwannMoH please ans

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

NHS demand. Current figures show that 10% of the population are contacting GP practices each week, and growing. This is astronomical and very hard to deal with.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

My goodness it’s even starker than that Our consultation rate in NI is over twice that of ROI (same people, same illness, same risks) to get worse outcomes We produce pressure, crisis and overwhelmed staff, and are experts at counting things, but get nowhere near the key outcomes

David McWilliams

@davidmcw

2 years

Fascinating comparison between NHS outcomes (awful) and Ireland (similar/better than EU average) @jburnmurdoch . In the U.Ireland debate it's taken as a "matter of faith" that NHS is the better system.The facts below tell a different story. Interesting to see how this progresses.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

4 years

Covid Vaccination in GP practices will start on Monday in some practices. It will roll out to all practices early January. Please be patient, don’t call us, we will call you with date and time. Only over 80’s to begin with but other groups very soon. Hope for a happy new year!

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

This political nonsense is tiring, frustrating and potentially dangerous. We need to vaccinate as many as possible and reduce the spread of infection. Now more than ever. Don’t focus on the detail, focus on the message, consistency is vital.

Paul Frew

@paulfrewDUP

3 years

And yet they still insist on debating the merits of vaccination instead of debating the impacts of vaccine certification. Bankrupt!

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

11 months

I’ve been told I’m being fired, being referred to GMC and now just have stuff blatantly made up. Life becomes very strange, troubling, and at times very aggressive when included in an @paulfrewDUP thread. The mistake is replying

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

1 year

Never ever forget that patients don’t ‘wait’ on waiting lists. They get older, frailer, sorer, sicker and very frequently poorer by having to pay. We see them many, many, many times in GP

Peter Donaghy

@peterdonaghy

1 year

From the recent NI hospital waiting list stats, 1 in 20 people in waiting lists in NI have been waiting more than *5 years and 13 weeks*. In England waiting lists over 2 years have been nearly eliminated - fewer than 1 in 24,000 on waiting lists in England waited over 2 years.

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Alan Stout

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4 months

Some staggering stats figures in this piece: A 218% rise in people paying for healthcare between 2019 and 2023. Kingsbridge does more hip and knee replacements than all our NHS providers combined. 3 times as many people dying due to ED delays that at the worst of the troubles

The Economist

@TheEconomist

4 months

If you are ever in Northern Ireland, pray that you never need a gallbladder removal, a neurology appointment or a hip replacement. For these treatments, patients routinely face waits of several years to be seen 👇

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

11 months

When we lose a practice it’s a big problem, when we lose a young Doctor it’s tragic and very personal. Things need to change very quickly.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

You can only ever ask or expect someone to do their best and @RobinSwannMoH is an example to all elected reps. Thank you for all you have done, especially through the dark days of covid. You leave a huge legacy, even with a feel of ‘what could have been’ in the last few months

Department of Health

@healthdpt

2 years

📝 Health Minister Robin Swann marked his final day in office by sending a personal tribute to health service staff. Read more ➡️

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Alan Stout

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2 years

If anyone tells you that a functioning devolved govt can’t make a difference do not believe them. I have seen first hand this afternoon how another devolved govt can step in and support and sustain GP services. Something we don’t, won’t, can’t do. We will just keep getting worse

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

Final point. It is not the covid positive cases that worry us most at the moment (although still very worrying), it is the vast number of others that aren’t getting appropriate, timely or safe treatment Please indicate that you are even listening and considering something to help

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

4 years

Can I please just correct some reporting today. GP’s will NOT be withdrawing any services. We will be working with HSCB and Dept to ensure an effective supply of PPE to practices and this has already improved over the last week. We have worked very hard to ensure safe practice.

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Alan Stout

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3 years

A short guide to accessing your GP. 1. GPs are open and need to know if you are unwell or concerned. 2. Most are still using ‘phone first’, so please phone, leave some details and a GP will call you back, mostly on same day 3. Phones busy, best to phone early. Monday’s are mad.

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Alan Stout

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2 years

Where else in the world would we have a party with so much power and influence regress to sniping from the sidelines?. It is pathetic, we need to call it out, and get on with solving the huge problems that are affecting us all.

Belfast Telegraph

@BelTel

2 years

The head of GPs in Northern Ireland has hit out at comments made by a former Health Minister over the state of the NHS, branding them “pathetic”.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

It is so difficult. I had 2 patients today, both waiting over 3 years, asking to go privately and clearly can’t afford it. Most frustrating part is that they and I know exactly what they need but have to wait endlessly for an appt just to confirm. We need a complete redesign.

Marie-Louise Connolly

@mlchealth

3 years

NI’s waiting lists making headlines across the UK.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

4 years

Flu clinic: first drive through clinic this afternoon and 499/500 patients attended. We’ll chase up the last one!!, and many more to come

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

This is horrendous, terrifying and just simply tragic in equal measure. How have we ended up with a system that ends up with this result? For those that say ‘lazy’ GP’s, think again and be very ashamed.

Dr Kartik Modha (Tiko) 💙

@DrKartikModha

2 years

Devastating post on TGG today about a GP who has died by suicide 😢 Consent from Gail’s husband for these screenshots to be shared. The pressure NHS GPs are under is immense. It needs urgent action. What’s the plan @BMA_GP @rcgp @NHSEngland ? 👀

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

5 months

Covid Enquiry. With each passing day and report my overriding feeling isn’t shock or anger as they were uncertain and very difficult times It is just sheer awe and admiration of our healthcare staff who walked head first into the crisis to keep as many as possible safe and well

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

9 months

I’ve deleted many comments on this as I’ll only let myself down. It is completely and utterly pathetic and we are all clearly disposable pawns in a political farce

Amanda Ferguson

@AmandaFBelfast

9 months

NIO batting it back to the DUP NEW: Northern Ireland Office response to the RCN announcing further strike action over pay. A Northern Ireland Office spokesperson said: “The Secretary of State’s talks on stabilising the finances of a returning Executive with the four parties

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Alan Stout

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3 years

Let’s be honest and candid on a Friday night. Lots of complaints from all sources about accessing GP. We are in real trouble. We do not have the GP’s, the extended teams or indeed any capacity to deal with the demand at the moment.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

Please read this. It is important to understand true and accurate information and facts

Amanda Ferguson

@AmandaFBelfast

2 years

Thread🧵 NEW: Former DUP economy minister Paul Frew MLA has made a number of social media posts in recent times about #covid19 and excess deaths so I contacted the MHRA and Stormont’s department of health.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

Delighted to give a talk at school prize day nearly 60 years to the day since my grandfather did the same. It really makes you feel the future can be bright

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

Watching the harrowing and heartbreaking scenes from Ukraine certainly makes me think that any debates about masks, passports and, dare I say it, protocol pale into insignificance. Thoughts and solidarity with 🇺🇦

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Alan Stout

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4 months

Polical neutrality. I’ve been accused of being a UUP mouthpiece, the next SF candidate, an SDLP promoter, and that I only ever retweet Alliance posts! I guess that makes me pretty neutral…. Bottom line is the we need all parties working together for health to work

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

@JBuckleyMLA It will also continue to be difficult until we get staff and resources sorted out. You know this too. Your comments were at best unhelpful and an insult to all our staff, at worst utterly disgraceful

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Alan Stout

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1 year

Never forget NI is apparently part of UK, we see none of this and are only going backwards at a considerable speed

Rishi Sunak

@RishiSunak

1 year

We’ve already invested record sums to boost capacity, including: 🛏️ 5k more beds 🩹 15 million GP appointments 🚑 800 new ambulances ❤️‍🩹£7.5 billion for social care 🧑‍⚕️Delivered the first long term workforce plan And we’re seeing results 👇

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Alan Stout

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14 days

No they don’t. A much stronger link though is that social media is causing dangerous levels of vaccine hesitancy

Dr. Simon Goddek

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15 days

UNPOPULAR OPINION: Vaccines are the main cause for autism. Do you agree?

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Alan Stout

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2 years

Twitter today full ED pressures, GP closures, pension fiasco and imminent strikes. All inextricably linked. You can’t deliver a health service without staff

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

Sometimes real life is the perfect antidote to SM nonsense. Hundreds vaccinated in my practice today (in addition to keeping open for all those that need us). All very grateful and keen to protect themselves and to do the right thing. One lovely gent even brought his passport!

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@AlanStout19

3 years

Pressure and uncertainty reveals character and strength like nothing else. I have nothing but admiration and thanks for how he has fulfilled his role. An exemplar public servant.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

Utterly disgraceful. A crisis and a pandemic uncovers people’s true character. @RobinSwannMoH has done nothing but protect and support and we owe him an awful lot. Some others have just simply let themselves down.

BBC News NI

@BBCNewsNI

3 years

Health Minister Robin Swann has had to review his security arrangements again after another threat was made against him, his party leader has said.

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Alan Stout

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4 months

It has been a huge honour to lead our GPs through some of the most difficult times we have ever faced. I’m not quite finished yet, but my thanks to every one of them, they do an incredible job.

BMANI-GP

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4 months

After six years as chair @AlanStout19 today chaired his last meeting. Thank you for everything you’ve done for general practice. @michealmck led the tributes from the committee.

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Alan Stout

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4 years

Another incredible project in such a short period of time. Discharge facility at Ramada hotel. So important for patient flow out of hospital and freeing up beds. Vital addition to control of flow into hospital through covid centre. ⁦ @BelfastTrust ⁩ ⁦ @UBMcE ⁩

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

There is a wealth of evidence that vaccines reduce severe infection, hospitalisation and death. They also reduce (but don’t eliminate) transmission. The more vaccinated the better

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

Very important and to stress do NOT contact your GP for letter. We do not want to get into conflict with our patients (vast majority of whom should wear a mask), and do not want to become complicit in spread of infection by providing any tenuous exemption.

Department of Health

@healthdpt

3 years

Wear a face covering in public indoor spaces. It is a legal requirement and keeps you and others safe ❗️Do not contact your GP for a letter of exemption. They cannot provide this and abuse of staff will not be tolerated. Full statement➡️

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Alan Stout

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2 years

Every Doctor knows the true value of our nursing friends and colleagues. This is why we will continue to back them and support them fully.

RCN Press Office

@RCN_Press

2 years

"What an indictment on a society to actually keep patients in the backs of ambulances, simply because we have turned our back on nursing staff." @theRCN 's General Secretary @patcullen9 spoke to @TrevorPTweets on @SkyNews about why nurses are being balloted across the UK

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Alan Stout

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1 year

First time I ever met @columeastwood was over the ombudsman bill several year ago when he was a young MLA. Dull and dry stuff, but I came away immensely impressed that he was the only rep we met that had actually read it. Regardless of ‘politics’, his commitment is phenomenal

Suzanne Breen

@SuzyJourno

1 year

None of the SDLP's problems would be solved by removing Colum Eastwood as leader. #LE23 results show that with a good local ground game the party can make headway. Traditionalists trying to turn back the clock is the road to nowhere

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Alan Stout

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8 months

Do not underestimate how significant this is. A committed and caring, and an entire generation, of Doctors who have been pushed too far. It will take something very significant to regain their trust and their faith in our system

BMA Northern Ireland

@BMA_NI

8 months

Junior doctors in Northern Ireland have overwhelmingly voted to take strike action. Junior doctors across Northern Ireland will stage a 24-hour walkout on the 6 March. Read more here:

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

8 months

Top priority straight off the bat. Encouraging signs, let’s retain a workforce that is the envy of everyone else

Department of Health

@healthdpt

8 months

Health Minister Robin Swann has written to trade unions inviting them to early discussions. Read more:

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

An alert for the week ahead. We are getting multiple reports of many practice staff and GPs testing positive. They will isolate as per current guidelines but it will leave many practices short staffed with access compromised. Urgent cases will be prioritised.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

5 years

This does NOT apply to Northern Ireland where we see this unique part of care vital to the patient and vital to the system as a whole. If anything we need to free up more time to spend with our frail elderly where our impact is so great and who really benefit from the continuity

PulseToday

@pulsetoday

5 years

Breaking news: GP leaders have voted for a motion for #homevisits to be removed from core GP contract work #LMCconf

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Alan Stout

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1 month

When I first met @columeastwood , he was a young MLA and I was a young BMA rep lobbying on a difficult subject. He was prepared, listened and understood. I came away thinking ‘that’s a proper politician’, and my view has never changed.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

1 year

This is so spot on it is terrifying. We are in a period of forced helplessness, and people are realising that expectations are simply undeliverable.

Sam McBride

@SJAMcBride

1 year

There’s an end of days feel to Northern Ireland right now. A sort of half-hearted anarchy pervades as swathes of what society takes for granted are breaking down. The scale and nature of the crises now unfolding will have profound political consequences.

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Alan Stout

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3 years

We are only doctors, we will continue to treat people, but we will also warn when the situation is becoming dangerous. It is at this point that we need politicians to step in and make difficult and potentially unpopular decisions to help us all

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Alan Stout

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8 months

In NI the choice is simple, go on NHS list and wait many years, or go privately. I have direct personal experience of this with a family member very recently, never mind being the referrer more often, and it is utterly disgraceful

Department of Health and Social Care

@DHSCgovuk

8 months

If your GP refers you to a specialist, they’ll give you choices of where to go based on what's best for you. It's your Patient Choice. Find out more:

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Alan Stout

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10 months

It is actually reassuring to see a DUP MLA recognise the real impact of political instability, absence of Minister, lack of funding and failing health service. It is literally costing lives.

Paul Frew

@paulfrewDUP

10 months

We have breached a grim milestone in Northern Ireland with 503 excess deaths for 2023, what’s more we have saw a marked increase over past 3 weeks with 88 excess deaths,4th -24th Nov. What has caused this marked uptick? The government won’t investigate nor the media report on it

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Alan Stout

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5 years

As we get to the end of a long week can I just say a huge thank you to everyone who has been working so hard to establish and open all of the Covid Centres. An immense piece of collective working and joint leadership. We are hopefully prepared but it will be challenging.

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Alan Stout

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9 months

Completely support @rita_rdevlin29 and all her colleagues with this. It is immoral and disgraceful for all healthcare and all public sector workers to be put in this position. We have no deadlines, it will be next to impossible to recover from this

RCN NI Northern Branch 💙

@RCNNI_NorthernB

9 months

📣 NEW #RCNSTRIKE ANNOUNCED: Members in @RCN_NI on AfC will strike on 18 Jan as unions fight for fair pay and parity with UK colleagues. “It's nothing short of immoral...we have no choice but to take further action” Read More: #FairPayForNursing

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

The (lack of) numbers is actually reassuring, thank goodness the vast majority are sensible and doing the right thing. Oh, and was someone really shouting about thousands dying from Bells Palsy!!!!, how embarrassing

Lauren Harte

@LJHarteNI

3 years

Crowds starting to gather in Belfast City Centre this afternoon for a parade organised by Alliance Against Vaccine Passports @BelfastLive

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

Just a plea. Nobody suggest clapping ever again. Let’s sort the real world problems affecting all of our workforce. This is a shocking story, and who knows when we’ll need their help.

Amanda Ferguson

@AmandaFBelfast

2 years

Shocking report on BBC NI: Mental health nursing student sleeping in his car because fuel for commute is too expensive. Clapping doesn’t pay his bills and feed his family. #costoflivingcrisis

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Alan Stout

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8 months

As a straightforward GP can I say well done to @J_Donaldson_MP . The pressure and the personal toll must be huge. It won’t be easy, but let’s all work together to recover an NHS that we can be proud of, the opportunity is there.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

There is also evidence that a passport increases vaccination rates (a good thing), and particularly from France and from Ireland and more recently Scotland There is also evidence that they reduce cases, although they are often introduced with other measures hence combined effect

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

To all MLA’s. Most of you are brilliant. To those that are tempted to suggest that GP practices are closed, it shows a shocking lack of insight into your constituency and what is actually going on and the pressures we face. Your help and support would be better than criticism.

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Alan Stout

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3 years

GP services. All OOH services are extremely busy so expect a delay in call back unless very urgent. The rest of this week will also be very tough. We have many off isolating and very short staffed. Please be patient, give some details and we will ensure urgent cases prioritised

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

1 year

It’s hard to believe that we were on the cusp of a multi year budget that would have allowed planning and strategy. Instead we have moved to no budget, and now catastrophic budget and cuts that will cause problems for years to come

BBC News NI

@BBCNewsNI

1 year

The number of nursing student places in Northern Ireland is to be cut by 300 - a decision which @RCN_NI says will do "irreparable damage to patient care for years to come":

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Alan Stout

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3 years

Exceptionally bad timing for him to be saying this. We need vaccinations and particularly boosters more urgently now than we ever have

Rodney Edwards

@rodneyedwards

3 years

DUP MLA Jim Wells, who is refusing to take the Covid-19 vaccine, claiming it has “links to the abortion industry”, will lead a delegation of clergy to Stormont to ask health officials to find “ethical alternative”. My report for today’s Sunday Independent.

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Alan Stout

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3 years

Phenomenal demand for booster vaccines and capacity starting to ramp up in Trusts, GPs and pharmacies. A real urgency to get as many done asap. Please, please don’t use the line ‘I’ll defer it as I don’t want to be sick for Christmas’, just get it at the earliest opportunity

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Alan Stout

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3 years

It’s still hard to fathom just how manic NYE was last year with GP vacc about to start. We’re still in a tricky spot but there is no question that this work is protecting hundreds of thousands of people. A huge thanks to absolutely everyone involved. We’re not finished yet

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Alan Stout

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2 years

2/2 These will now spill over into Monday morning in practice along with an anticipated very high call volume on top of normal Monday morning rush. Please be patient, it will be difficult, we will try hard but it’s not our fault. We expect complaints and criticism.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

Two pleas: Please be patient, polite and respectful, we are trying our very best. Please, please give the admin/ clinical assistant some details. They aren’t trying to treat you but are vital for prioritising for those who are. It is really, really difficult at the moment.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

Passports or vaccines do not produce infection free environments, this needs complimentary measures like lat flow tests, masks and social distancing. If everyone is vaccinated though it minimises the effect of a positive case, or a false -ve lft

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

A system under massive, massive pressure. Very concerning with significant knock on effects.

Northern Trust

@NHSCTrust

2 years

❗❗Antrim Area Hospital Emergency Department has reached full capacity. Please do not attend in any circumstances. ❗❗ Our greatest priority, as always, continues to be patient safety and we are continuously evaluating the situation on an ongoing basis.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

1 year

Very powerful and poignant. Without fail, it is the ones that don’t tell us that worry us the most

Roman Kemp

@romankemp

1 year

This video from @NorwichCityFC is the best bit of Mental Health Awareness I’ve ever seen… watch until the end.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

I won’t say what age I am today, but just look at the cost of living comparison on my card….. 9p for a litre of fuel!!

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

@timmckane Exceptionally few exemptions, mainly a physical deformity meaning you can’t attach it, significant respiratory illness with a documented drop in oxygen sats, or a significant mental illness. All in all, the vast majority of people can and should be wearing them.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

10 months

I would listen very carefully to the GP with 40 years of experience in perhaps the most challenging demography in the whole of the UK. If @TomblackBlack can’t make it work, no one can. This is the beginning of the end of the NHS as we know it

Garrett Hargan

@GAHargan

10 months

In the first of its kind in the north, Dr Black says this could see a 'seismic' shift in how GP practises are run, moving closer to the Republic's model. He has laid the blame squarely at the door of Stormont for underfunding to the tune of £100k PA.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

GP cost pressures. Practices are small businesses and simple ones at that, usually with one contract with NHS. We can’t put prices up, the only way to meet costs is reduced spend, often on staff and on GPs. This will inevitably harm access further when we need to increase it.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

8 months

A very clear explanation of the problem here. Numbers not really increasing in EDs but age and complexity are. Flow in and out the biggest issue.

C4 News FactCheck

@FactCheck

8 months

Exclusive analysis by our @FactCheck team shows just how bad things are getting in Northern Ireland’s health service. The number of people waiting more than 12 hours in A&E is now 36 times higher than it was in 2009. @C4Ciaran reports.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

General Practice update. All practices are open and seeing patients and have been throughout. Demand is at nearly 200k contacts per week with 1/3 of those face to face. It is phenomenally busy and was struggling pre covid and even more so now.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

NHS pensions. A dry subject for many, but really harming retention of our workforce at the most critical time. Can I thank @StephenFarryMP and @ClaireHanna for taking this up with UK govt on our behalf. Much appreciated.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

Thanks for your support Colin. Utterly depressing to hear @JBuckleyMLA take on last 2 years (and before) and blatant blaming of GP’s. Was he sitting on a different committee to you?!

Colin McGrath 🇺🇦

@ColinSDLP

2 years

🧵 #Health staff have been underfunded, undervalued and left exhausted for too long. Solidarity with those who have been left with no option but to consider their future in this sector. ➡️ @TomblackBlack @AlanStout19 @SDLPlive

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

In an era of the importance of candour, this is organisational candour at the highest level and signals a real concern for service and for safety. This response citing ‘blackmail’ is completely and utterly disgraceful and an insult to all our overworked healthcare staff.

Belfast Unionist

@BelfastUnionist

2 years

Unionist politics have become really dysfunctional. I am really shocked to see a a unionist party attacking the doctors who want to improve our healthcare.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

5 months

In world wide competitive market for Doctors we are a million miles from being competitive. The study budget alone is mind blowing and puts us to shame

Hugh Pearson

@Hugh_Pearson_

5 months

🇮🇪☘️Ireland looking a good option.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

Do not misinterpret this as ‘doing nothing’, this is a reflection of the huge demand on GP practices, far, far busier that it has ever been. Outdated infrastructure and simply too few staff, GPs and extended teams causing major problems and difficulties.

BBC News NI

@BBCNewsNI

3 years

A woman who rang a GP surgery in west Belfast 286 times before her call was answered was then told to ring back the next day, assembly members have heard.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

4 years

Good to see the agreement and single unambiguous message. If we can drive the infection numbers down and get a significant number of our most at risk vaccinated over this time, it will be the most important 6 weeks of the past year.

BBC News NI

@BBCNewsNI

4 years

NI Health Minister Robin Swann says the new six-week lockdown is "probably the toughest decision" the executive has had to make during the pandemic.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

The man at the back might cause either happy memories or anxiety for some!!

Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

I won’t say what age I am today, but just look at the cost of living comparison on my card….. 9p for a litre of fuel!!

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

11 months

A lot of queries about the plethora of private GP clinics appearing I’m not entirely sure how they work beyond acute, episodic problems and worrying as they are using the same workforce that we really need Most of us just want enabled to provide an excellent NHS service for all

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

4 years

Amazing figures, we’ll be past a quarter of a million first doses by tomorrow which we’d have struggled to believe possible at Christmas. Well done to everyone and vital to keep going.

Department of Health

@healthdpt

4 years

LATEST #COVID19 VACCINE UPDATE FOR NI: 271,826 vaccines have been administered, of which 246,671 were first doses and 25,155 were second doses.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

Two guarantees: Your GP/practice will always try their utmost to deal with your problem appropriately. You will struggle to get through on the phone at times. This is simply the reality as the capacity isn’t there (and we have tried all other electronic access routes)

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

2 years

I said in my speech on Saturday that it should never be part of my job to have colleagues on the phone to me in tears and unable to cope. The answer is absolutely not to stress them and stretch them even more. This has been a large part of the problem

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

3 years

Oh and don’t bother with the GP’s need to open line, it’s boring and an insult to all our GPs and staff dealing with a level of demand never seen before.

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Alan Stout

@AlanStout19

1 year

The only thing worse than an (unfunded) sub inflation pay uplift is one that won’t even apply here. Truly shocking for every single NHS worker in NI

BMA Northern Ireland

@BMA_NI

1 year

BMA in Northern Ireland is deeply concerned at the budget situation in Northern Ireland. We have been told that there is no funding for a pay uplift to be awarded. Read our full statement:

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Alan Stout

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On budget for health we need to do 4 things: 1. understand what budget we actually have 2. Spend and prioritise as effectively as we can 3. have a public conversation on what we can’t afford 4. 100% prioritise staff as can’t do anything without them We do none of these well

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