{"id":3175,"date":"2024-10-10T18:39:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T18:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/?p=3175"},"modified":"2024-10-10T18:39:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T18:39:14","slug":"gp-crisis-why-patients-should-support-gps-in-their-collective-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/?p=3175","title":{"rendered":"GP Crisis – Why Patients should support GPs in their Collective Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

The crisis in the NHS is now very much in the news following the publishing of <\/span>Lord Darzi\u2019s review<\/b> into the NHS.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In July national figures for bed occupancy were on average at 92%, worse in North West London, at 93.2% and in our local Trust at 94.6%.\u00a0 The safe level is 85%.\u00a0 The primary reason for these high figures, as we know, is the unforgivable <\/span>lack of adequate community and social care <\/b>to support discharge, which has a knock on effect on A&E waits etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pressure on our GPs has reached crisis point after years of underfunding so they are taking ‘collective action’ to try and protect their patients and the viability of their practices.<\/span><\/p>\n

Only the kind of investment which took place over the previous Labour Government can begin to address the problems. Yet more re-organisations and use of the parasitic private sector will make things worse \u2013 but that\u2019s exactly what lobbyists are aiming for.<\/span><\/p>\n

The signs are not good, but thankfully the new Government has at least quickly settled the Junior Doctors dispute.\u00a0 Let\u2019s hope they will also give some justice to other staff especially our hard working GPs.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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GPs ARE TAKING \u2018COLLECTIVE ACTION\u2019 AND WE SHOULD SUPPORT THEM<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n

Years of underfunding and diminishing GP numbers has taken its toll on GP practices. Patient satisfaction has plummeted and GPs believe that the quality of care they provide has declined.\u00a0 General Practice is the foundation of the NHS and it’s now at a crisis point. <\/span>Our GPs are saying enough is enough and taking \u2018collective action\u2019 <\/b>–\u00a0 it\u2019s technically not industrial action as they are not employed by the NHS, like nurses or hospital doctors.<\/span><\/p>\n

So how did things get so bad?<\/b><\/p>\n