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Aug 1, 2024 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Why do GPs need a safe working limit you may be asking yourself?
We barely do any work as it is, right?
Let’s look at a couple of other professions first…🧵
@wesstreeting @doctor_katie @DrSteveTaylor @dave_dlt
Pilots - who could make catastrophic fatal errors - have a legal limit on the hours they can work in a week. Would you want to fly in an A380 with an exhausted pilot, working beyond his rostered hours?
Nov 10, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
We’ve been doing a clinician led total triage model for a year now - what have we learned in this time?
TLDR: things are much, much better, but still a long way from being perfect…a brief🧵
The most significant change has been in access. Under our old digital first mode we were having to close our website to new enquiries by lunchtime, at least once per week.
Since changing our system - zero closures!
Jan 31, 2023 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
As a practice, we may finally have a system that strikes right balance between access, continuity of care, and improved patient/staff satisfaction.
So what are patients currently complaining about to us? A 🧵
@NickFerrariLBC spoke to @ClareGerada on @LBC today to discuss why 1 in 4 patients “still can’t see a GP”. As opposed to asking how, despite the current staff shortages, 3 in 4 patients *still* manage to see a GP. Common themes seem to be coming through…
