Just an East End GP with roles @BBB_health , BMA, RCGP, NHSWTE, LMC etc. #TeamGP #NHS . Views - mine only, not organisations I’m part of. #தமிழ்
Jan 31, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
GP nationalisation 🧵 - It’s not really about that. SoS is talking about GPs giving up their contracts & being employed by hospital trusts incl foundation trusts. Foundation trusts are independent publicly owned organisations, bit like academy schools. 1/5
So why do this? Integrated care systems are being formed (44 in England). Modelled after ACOs in 🇺🇸. Although it’s supposed to be a partnership, it’s likely the local trust or another large organisation would be prominent. So, having GPs employed by them is better for system. 2/5
Jul 30, 2021 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
John Wick - A retired medical consultant brought back, as demand soars in the NHS, just when he thought he was out. 🧵 1/12
“First, can you fill in this 30 page HR form and see Occupational health exactly between 10.10 and 10.12am on a Friday? 2/12
Jul 23, 2021 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
#BLACKJULY - anti-Tamil pogrom and riots in #Sri Lanka during July 1983. 38 years ago to this day. Over seven days, mainly #Sinhala mobs attacked, burned, looted, and killed #Tamil targets. My family and I were one of those affected 1/n…..
I was 5 years old at that time, my sister 4 and my brother 3. My family and I were first hand witnesses to this atrocity and were lucky to escape with our lives from Colombo. Our house was burnt along with our all of our possessions. 2/n..