London based neurosurgeon. Former Vice-Chair Doctors' Association UK. Written for @Independent & Guardian https://t.co/ziswTRoRWj
Sep 12, 2021 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
1/6 Problems in #NHS today are not caused by #COVID19 but worsened by it. As proof-here’s some quotes from @ChrisCEOHopson 5 years ago on #marr
Hint:not about face2face appointments then & isnt now, whatever some in media say (#GPCrisis)
-be good if Sajid Javid points this out! 2/6 All areas of the #NHS have been under pressure this summer from GPs to hospitals to ambulance services to mental health services. Covid cases will increase this winter (seasonal variation) and this extra workload will cause prolonged & deepened pressure
1/10 An #immigration and #nhs thread. This govt the two have linked the two and this week sees this link leading toward further disaster:
The NHS is short of psychiatrists, esp child psychiatrists - the Home office during #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/o…
2/10 Meanwhile in the wake of #brexit, with a govt insisting on an arbitary salary threshold for immigration policy an NHS already short of 100000 staff looks set for a worsening staffing crisis
