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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · 18h

🗣️ | "Raising expectations without increasing capacity is a folly, worse it’s lying to patients and pretending they are on the side of patients. Hopefully people will see through the soundbites."
@skinnock.bsky.social criticised over deleted GP online access post
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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · 5d

🌍 | Dr Matt Lee: “The climate crisis is a health crisis and action to mitigate and alleviate its impact must be now."
The resource ourhealthourplanet.co.uk aims to raise greater awareness of the threat of climate change to people’s health and how to minimise it.

Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · 5d

🦟 | "Climate action is not a luxury, it is a matter of life and death.”
Dr Matty Lee, DAUK's sustainability lead, says the discovery of infectious disease-carrying mosquitoes in the UK is a reminder of the real and growing health risks posed by climate change
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Climate crisis: Tropical disease-carrying mosquitoes found in UK | DAUK

The discovery of tropical disease-carrying mosquitoes in the UK is a stark reminder of the health risks brought about by climate change.

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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · 7d

🗣️ | “It's raising expectations for patients, but there aren’t more GPs, there aren’t more appointments. We’re already cancelling some pre-booked face-to-face slots to cope with this extra demand.”
DAUK's @drstevetaylor.bsky.social spoke to @news.sky.com on GP online access 👇
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 7d

I spoke to @skynewsrss.bsky.social this morning

Raising expectations without any support

GP online access is a good thing but it needs extra GPs & resources

The 8am rush may reduce but there are no more appts or Hp time to offer, in fact less as a online forms are dealt with

Safety vital

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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · 8d

📱 | While we welcome innovation, the biggest barrier to reducing waiting lists is not a lack of digital platforms, but a lack of doctors.
Read our response to today's announcement of plans for an NHS Online hospital 👇
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NHS Online: Concern over quality of care | Doctors' Association UK

The Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) has responded to the Government’s plans to launch NHS Online, a new digital hospital service by 2027

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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · 21d

We're part of the coalition calling on the Government to retain health as a distinct category under which the GMC can investigate doctors who are struggling
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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · 21d

Today is #NSMD, a day organised by @doctorsindistress.bsky.social and @nhsprachealth.bsky.social to honour the health and care professionals we've tragically lost.
We are committed to help make sure that no more lives are lost to suicide #HopeThroughAction

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NHS Practitioner Health @nhsprachealth.bsky.social · 21d

The 17th of September is the National Suicide Memorial Day for Health and Care Workers. Today, will remember those we have tragically lost, reflect on their lives, and take action to help create a future where no more lives are lost to suicide. #NSMD #HopeThroughAction

Today is National Suicide Memorial Day for Health and Care Workers. We launched this day a year ago to act as a permanent point in the calendar where we could remember friends, colleagues and family members who had struggled with their mental health and who we had lost to suicide. We hope this day serves a way to reflect and honour those people and their vocation, but also importantly acts as a beacon of hope for anyone who is finding life difficult right now and needs to know there are people who care and can help.

We would encourage every member of the workforce today to take a moment to look around them, notice how they and their team are doing, to offer a time and place to sit down and talk, and offer hope through those small actions of support and understanding.

- Lucy Warner, CEO

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Medical Protection @medicalprotection.bsky.social · 21d

Over 30 other organisations have co-signed our letter calling on the government to retain the GMC’s ability to investigate #doctors with health concerns, under a distinct 'health' route. We are proud to stand together on this important issue

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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · 22d

🗣️ | "Plant-rich diets will improve public health and ease pressure on the NHS," says our sustainability lead Dr Matt Lee.
We’ve joined forces with 47 organisations in submitting policy proposals to improve plant-rich diets in the Government’s food strategy ⬇️
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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · 23d

We're delighted to be supporting the @mja-uk.bsky.social Awards again. Good luck to all of the finalists #MJAAwards
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DAUK delighted to support this year's MJA Awards | Doctors' Association UK

The Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) is delighted to support the Medical Journalists’ Association (MJA) Awards 2025. DAUK is sponsoring the Feature of the Year (specialist audience) category. The three ...

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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · 25d

🗣️ | "There is a huge discrepancy between national messaging and what patients are actually being delivered on a local level."
Our co-chair @drellenwelch.bsky.social spoke in the media this week about the rollout of weight-loss treatment.
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Demand for weight-loss treatment impacting GPs | Doctors' Association UK

DAUK co-chair Dr Ellen Welch provided commentary in the national media on the impact of demand for weight-loss treatment on GPs.

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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · 28d

🩺 | The Government's pledge to 'bring back the family doctor' is little more than political posturing, warn @drstevetaylor.bsky.social @dauk-gp.bsky.social
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · Sep 2

GP income variation across England blamed on local funding gaps

Wide variation in GP partner income across England is likely driven by major differences in local spending on general practice between ICBs - and could be linked to regional gaps in the GP…

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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · Sep 3

🗣️ | @drstevetaylor.bsky.social has renewed our calls for ARRS cash to be moved into core GP funding in @gponline.bsky.social
“It would be a huge step forward to enabling practices to improve access for patients."
Read more from Dr Taylor, including concerns among GPs with the 10-year health plan ⬇️

GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · Sep 3

Moving ARRS cash into core funding would be 'huge step forward' for GP access, said @dauk-gp.bsky.social GP representative @drstevetaylor.bsky.social

Moving ARRS cash into core funding would be 'huge step forward' for GP access

Moving additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) money into core general practice funding would be a ‘huge step forward’ in improving patient access to GPs, according to the Doctors' Association…

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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · Sep 3

🗣️ | "Protecting children’s wellbeing today will deliver long-term benefits, not only for individuals, but for society and the NHS as a whole."
Read the reaction of our GP co-lead @drspanielpaws.bsky.social on our website ⬇️
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'Ban on energy drinks for under-16s will help children and the NHS' | Doctors' Association UK

DAUK says plans to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16 will 'benefit individuals, society, and the NHS'.

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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · Sep 3

🗣️ | @drspanielpaws.bsky.social: "Every week I see the impact poor sleep, anxiety, and difficulty concentrating has on young people’s health and education. The evidence linking these drinks to those problems is compelling, and the scale of use in children is concerning."
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Under-16s to be banned from buying high-caffeine energy drinks including Monster

The Department of Health said the plans could prevent obesity in up to 40,000 children and deliver health benefits worth tens of millions of pounds

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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · Aug 21

✍️ | We've co-signed a letter to Health Secretary Wes Streeting warning of an impending employment crisis for resident doctors and calling for urgent action.
Read the letter in full ⬇️
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Workforce reform call amid resident doctor employment crisis | DAUK

The Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) has co-signed a letter to the Health Secretary warning of an impending employment crisis for resident doctors.

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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · Aug 21

🗣️ | "Without decisive intervention, we risk losing a generation of doctors – not from lack of talent or commitment, but because the system failed to offer them a viable future."

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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · Aug 21

🗣️ | "Thousands of newly qualified doctors, trained at great personal cost and national investment, are poised to enter unemployment while the health service struggles under immense clinical demand."
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Workforce reform call amid resident doctor employment crisis | DAUK

The Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) has co-signed a letter to the Health Secretary warning of an impending employment crisis for resident doctors.

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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · Aug 13

Rising UV exposure and heat, as well as disease pattern changes are factors that could significantly influence skin health. Find out how you can take action and advocate for more sustainable dermatological care ⬇️ ourhealthourplanet.co.uk/hcp-doctor-d...

Doctor Dermatology – Our Health. Our Planet.

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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · Aug 13

Check out ourhealthourplanet.co.uk to find out how climate change affects your specialty, and the environmental impact your specialty has.
This week we're looking at dermatology, one of the specialties that will be most immediately and directly affected by climate change.

Our Health. Our Planet. – The health system can be the key to solving the climate crisis

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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · Aug 13

🗣️ | "With more frequent heatwaves, the NHS must prepare for an annual increase in summer pressures in addition to the winter ones."
Our sustainability lead Dr Matt Lee spoke to @theipaper.com on the impact of the latest heatwave on the NHS ⬇️
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Amber health alert as UK set to bake in 34°C temperatures in fourth heatwave

Hundreds of people are expected to die in the next day, an expert warned ahead of more hot weather on Wednesday

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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · Aug 11

📰 | Our @dauk-gp.bsky.social members have been in the media highlighting issues facing general practice #GPcrisis
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GP crisis: DAUK GP committee in the media | Doctors' Association UK

DAUK’s GP committee has been highlighting some of the issues facing general practice in a series of media articles and interviews.

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