today I received an email, not marked confidential, that I have been referred under the BMA Code of Conduct for the report I posted yesterday, because it is viewed to have contained confidential info about GPCE. The author advises that I delete the report and tweet immediately..
Brief update: Farah has contacted me personally, on the phone and then by email. I've asked her to share that email. She asked me to reconsider, but I'm not prepared to.
This is huge 🚨
I suspect they didn’t anticipate us seeing this
Am I the only one who wasn’t aware are GMC fully endorsed prescribing for PAs?
They also state that the minute they register with the GMC, PAs can request ionising radiation
⚠️Full link:
Disappointed to hear
@BMA_GP
exec say they had no levers (the IA motion?) and asking grassroots GPs what the next steps should be instead of acting like leaders and articulating a plan. And now I hear some of them were backing this contract to the committee a few weeks ago
@emilycpb
Well done for speaking out, and for walking away. I can relate to all of your points, but unlike you I wasn't brave enough to do much about it all when I was a junior.
Happy Fathers day to all the wonderful fathers out there. With a lifetime of managing an alcohol abuser of a father, about 3 years ago I cut all ties after delivering an ultimatum. It was one of the best decisions I've ever made. So this fathers day, I've donated to
@NacoaUK
@Dr_Done_
Totally… do not ask me, a GP, to dress a wound, give exercises for rotator cuff injury or advise on what kind of insoles are best suited…
However please DO see me, to piece together that it might be your diabetes causing ulcers, frozen shoulder and Achilles tendonitis…
Absolutely appalling that
@ShabaNabi
was asked by her LMC to drop the motion because it was too controversial. Thank you
@ShabaNabi
for speaking out, and not allowing yourself to be silenced.
#lmcconf
Well after being silenced because someone at the BMA didn't like my report to constituents... 4 months later the investigation has concluded & found no significant harm came to the BMA as a result of it - I've been given a warning. Too late - I've left and have no plans to return
Delighted to be elected to deputy chair of
#LMCconf
England, working alongside
@ElliottSinger
. Thank you for the kind words
@doctor_katie
, and to all who voted in the elections
I will be asking the
@BMA_GP
@TheBMA
for an independent investigation since the culture doesn't seem to have changed post Romney Report ...
@DaphneRomneyQC
So in the usual way of medicopolitics I have been booted off
@sslmc
a few days after concerns over COI handling were raised by me and others… seems a bit fishy… my response to follow
@Parody_RCGP
In preparation for the
#lmcconf
debate on Weds re National Association of LMCs, here is my take on why GPs need a new national representative body, whether that be NALMCs or another organisation
@BMA_GP
@BmaParody
@pulsetoday
@Parody_RCGP
I'm pleased that I'm not the only one speaking out about how
@BMA_GP
treats GPC members.
@pulsetoday
now has evidence of ELEVEN of these expensive lawyer lead investigations, which in my opinion are an attempt to stifle debate and discourage attempts at improving accountability
#LMCconference
delighted to be exhibiting our new venture at Conference this year - The Well-led Practice
Come say hello, or just scan our QR code to win a magnum of fizz
Disgusting that
@BMA_GP
won't reveal the cost of these investigations because it's 'confidential'. If I were still a member, I'd be livid at that.
Despite being on GPCE for only 4 months, I've been involved in FOUR of these lawyer led investigations.
It's simply toxic
Very clear steer for our new
@BMA_GP
chair
@DrFJameel
from
#lmcconf
this morning... what an opportunity the profession now has with new leadership, the results of the indicative ballot on industrial action, and now this steer on the terms of a new contract
A major early challenge for
@BMA_GP
chair
@DrFJameel
-
#LMCConf
backs motion calling the current GP contract outdated and inadequate - and demands move to item of service payments to better reflect soaring practice workload.
#GPnews
@pulsetoday
@BMA_GP
There is plenty of conference policy about a new contract:PCN DES subsumed to core, item of service payments... and those are just motions passed in November. Consulting with the profession looks like they are ignoring the mandate and relevance of Conference
and yet when I called this culture out a few months ago,
@BMA_GP
was very keen to point out that GPCE had elected its first ever female chair and therefore there wasn't a problem with sexism. The BMA is an embarrassment to our profession
EXCLUSIVE: The first female chair of the BMA's GP Committee in England in 109 years had to take sick leave in part due to stress caused by sexist comments and culture she faced at the organisation
@pulsetoday
This is great news. Not the first time by any means that a motion of this nature has been passed by LMC Conference or GPC itself, but ARM does have the power to instruct
@BMA_GP
to do this where conference doesn't. Is the GPC exec up to the challenge? I fear not
@Parody_RCGP
@DamianFog
@rtkirky
Exactly, you can teach us all you like but if we don't have the resources e.g. access to same day lab results and aren't commissioned to provide the service then it's not gonna happen
@pickersgill1
Another BMA person according to their bio, who thinks if they put "personal capacity" they can tweet with impunity from the BMA. maybe they know they can get away with it?
Thank you
@GPonlinenews
for covering this. The
@BMA
has said it 'does not feel it is appropriate to comment on personal opinion or the contents of a letter that the BMA is a not a recipient of'. I am therefore sending the same letter to the BMA...
@BMA_GP
We've had a great
#LMCConf23
and have decided to draw a winner for both days. Congratulations to our day 1 winner Dr Anil Shah, and our day 2 winner
@MattNisbet6
. Magnums being couriered to you!
Absolutely, I get more trouble from some of my family members who don't like the fact that I cut ties with my father, than he does, the alcoholic himself
'Pressuring people into talking to estranged family members is harmful to both their mental health and the personal boundaries they have set to heal.'
Stigma to those who break away from parents is a thing. A powerful piece to emerge during
#FamiliesAwarenessWeek
.
Dr Clare Sieber is back on the podcast this week, this time with her ex-General Practice Committee member hat on, and is ready to tell all about her experiences and why she feels radical change is needed to ensure primary care is properly represented...
@DrSdeG
I was ignored repeatedly, on the listserver, and in the stage-managed GPC meetings. There are no other places where members could raise issues, so it all just gets lost in the listserver vacuum
@DeanEggitt
LMC England Conference two months ago: Conference instructs GPC England to refuse to negotiate new work, funding for PCNs or an extension of the
PCN contract beyond its 2023 end date
AND instructs GPC England to negotiate that PCN funding be moved into the core contract
Rotten to the core with no transparency & no honesty. Even worse - no accountability -
@BMA_GP
has its fingers in its ears so it can actively ignore any attempts at reform. Time for a new representative body for GPs
@Parody_RCGP
@BmaParody
The legacy of president Trump. My heart weeps for the women that will have their right to choice removed by this.
I'm typing this at full term in the pregnancy that I chose to have, having chosen in the past to have an abortion.
What a sad day
Brilliant update from
@SSLMCs
Julius Parker to constituents... in order for Conference policy to be achieved i.e. new core contract, renegotiation/replacement of PCN DES, we need levers and
@BMA_GP
has no plans for industrial action.
@BMA_GP
motion last week was a 'vanilla' one
@DrVoles
I have serious concerns about this person being on the GPC Exec.
@ParodyGPC
has already voiced these. There's lack of insight, chaotic messaging, confusion over personal v professional opinions, gaslighting, patronising comments and outright disagreement with conference policy
HUGE. And I'm so disappointed that one of the
@BMA_GP
exec members spoke AGAINST this, despite LMC conf and GPC England voting in favour for this in other settings, because 'some GPs like PCNs'. I have to say, I now have no confidence in the GPCE Executive
I suspect I got this from the patient who came to see me f2f about her hip, triaged as 'cold', only to say at the end of the consultation 'while I'm here, I have a chesty cough, can I have some antibiotics please..?'
@abi_carey
Happened to me as a junior junior Dr. Reported it through some thing we'd been told to confidentially report stuff through. Was handed to my educational supervisor who said 'that's just the way she is' (meaning the nurse) and took no further action. Terrible leadership.
@Parody_RCGP
@dave_dlt
@TheBMA
The COI policy that GPCE just passed is a good example. Despite it being gpce policy now, it still has to go through BMA Council and then BMA board of directors and then legal for gdpr stuff before it can be implemented... plenty of places it can be blocked
@DrVoles
I was amazed that the chair of GPC UK said in his response that 'GPC UK needs to be reorganised so that its a functional committee' before it can deliver on an action plan and report to UK Conference on the motions we've passed in the last 2 days...
@BMA_GP
@pulsetoday
Yet again, more evidence of sexism
@BMA_GP
And the BMA seems to be suggesting it's only taking action now, now that it's in the public domain and been highlighted by this SAR?! I also requested a SAR too recently...
@BmaParody
@Parody_RCGP
Ironically I can't actually quit the BMA now that I have been complained about...
@ParodyGPC
presumably so that they can have the option to throw me out themselves, after some expensive legal bills
Fabulous day 1 of
@BestPracticeUK
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@Parody_RCGP
I suspect this was one individual, with an ego, who didn't like my challenges. But once the button is pressed, there is no room for anything other than following the extensive long winded process that
@pulsetoday
picked up on last week where external laywers get involved.
This is terrible. Not a good look. Bullying trainees to fill in a form, the results of which will then presumably allow you to say the trust doesn't have a problem with bullying
Dear
@gmcuk
Please be aware that trainees are being bullied in your name
Dear trainees
Do *not* write this reflection.
This is toxic, this is harmful and this is wrong
#MedEd
#medtwitter
#NHS
@parthaskar
@SSLMCs
Thank you
@parthaskar
and I'm so sorry about your mother. Sadly the relationship with my father was complicated. Complicated by alcohol. So it's probably a different set of emotions. Look after yourself too
a great example of a BMA 'gaff' that came about because BMA leaders want to appear 'polite'. He could have declined the photo in a perfectly polite way. What do our negotiators do or say in negotiations 'owing to politeness'?
@Parody_RCGP
- The award was made at a fringe event at
#ARM2022
, which is not funded by
@TheBMA
- A photograph was latterly taken (reportedly owing to politeness)
- An apology was made for this
-
@CNagpaul
and
@theBMA
had no say in the process or choice to give this award
@BenAllenGP
Here are the resources we have on The Well-led Practice platform; build by academics, evidence-based, with practical team and individual exercises to do. 94% of users reported an improvement in their team effectiveness
from the information in this article, you could deduce that in my 4 months at
@BMA_GP
I have been involved in 4 independent external lawyer investigations about:
– two code of conduct referrals
– the press leaks in November
– the issues I raised in my open resignation letter
🤔
@Parody_RCGP
Thank you! I had been thinking that it is about time (so soon?!) to resign from the sausage factory committee - was feeling like I'm compromising my own values and integrity by being associated with it. But this sort of comment, and the support from constituents, spurs me on.
@awoodall19
@johnghughes3
@Parody_RCGP
Me neither
I feel motions for Conference in May. My fellow committee members suggest they would be happy for me to propose such a motion on their behalf.
Nolan Principles of public life and good governance are true to my heart, as they should be to the GPC’s: it must be accountable and transparent. I will pick up where Dr Russell Brown left off and support our LMC Chief Executive Dr Julius Parker in his endeavour to drive change
@DrVoles
'I was very sorry to have received your letter, the news of your departure is deeply upsetting to me... Whilst the letter may make for uncomfortable reading for many, many of the matters you have raised have been shared concerns...'