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That isn't his actual account. His actual one has an underscore after his name on the handle
Yes I see the profile makes it clear it’s a parody account. In my defence, the actual Lee Anderson has said plenty of stuff even more ridiculous than that!
 
Yes I see the profile makes it clear it’s a parody account. In my defence, the actual Lee Anderson has said plenty of stuff even more ridiculous than that!
I think for that particular one the account might well be paraphrasing what he actually said. That or I have heard some political commentators recently who have also been caught out by this account
 
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Who do you believe? The BMA says that the GP numbers have dropped by 11% in 3 years, whereas the government says that GP numbers have increased by 2000.


Hundreds Of Gp Surgeries Are Cutting Hours Because They Cannot Afford To Heat Their Practice


News Reporter

HUNDREDS of GP surgeries are cutting hours because they cannot afford to heat their practice.

An alarming survey found more than one in 10 GP partners have been forced to make the economies.

Nearly a quarter are not hiring, with 16% of those polled freezing pay or offering below inflation rises.

And 41% have cut energy use and one in five have asked staff to wear more layers so they can lower heating.

Nearly one in 10 said they were even considering shutting and returning NHS contracts.

Some practices have seen bills rocket sixfold since last winter.

Doctors last night blasted the lack of support from Government – and said GP services risked collapse.

Dr Clare Bannon, from the British Medical Association, said the research by medical website Pulse shows “the situation is unsustainable”.

GP partners are leaving the NHS in droves with numbers down 11% in three years. Latest figures show there are around 17,000 GP partners in England running some 6,500 practices.

Dr Jackie Applebee, 59, a salaried GP in East London, and member of Doctors in Unite, may retire early.

She said heavy workloads and burnout were behind the mass exit, adding: “Nobody wants to be a GP partner any more. They are given a fixed amount to run certain services and what’s left after paying staff, rent, heating and all else… that is their salary. So if energy bills rocket what partners take home falls.

“It’s making young doctors and partners close to retirement think ‘Why would I want a job so precarious?’

“There are practices all over the country down to their last partner.

“If general practice collapses, the NHS will completely fall over.”

A Government spokesman said: “Public sector businesses have energy capped. Support is applied to all eligible bills. We are investing at least £1.5billion to create an additional 50million general practice appointments by 2024.

“There are more than 2,000 extra doctors in general practice compared to December 2019.”
 
Hunt ****s stepping up their blatant disregard for the law, and adding human life to the things they don’t give a **** about. Sound on.
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Who do you believe? The BMA says that the GP numbers have dropped by 11% in 3 years, whereas the government says that GP numbers have increased by 2000.


Hundreds Of Gp Surgeries Are Cutting Hours Because They Cannot Afford To Heat Their Practice


News Reporter

HUNDREDS of GP surgeries are cutting hours because they cannot afford to heat their practice.

An alarming survey found more than one in 10 GP partners have been forced to make the economies.

Nearly a quarter are not hiring, with 16% of those polled freezing pay or offering below inflation rises.

And 41% have cut energy use and one in five have asked staff to wear more layers so they can lower heating.

Nearly one in 10 said they were even considering shutting and returning NHS contracts.

Some practices have seen bills rocket sixfold since last winter.

Doctors last night blasted the lack of support from Government – and said GP services risked collapse.

Dr Clare Bannon, from the British Medical Association, said the research by medical website Pulse shows “the situation is unsustainable”.

GP partners are leaving the NHS in droves with numbers down 11% in three years. Latest figures show there are around 17,000 GP partners in England running some 6,500 practices.

Dr Jackie Applebee, 59, a salaried GP in East London, and member of Doctors in Unite, may retire early.

She said heavy workloads and burnout were behind the mass exit, adding: “Nobody wants to be a GP partner any more. They are given a fixed amount to run certain services and what’s left after paying staff, rent, heating and all else… that is their salary. So if energy bills rocket what partners take home falls.

“It’s making young doctors and partners close to retirement think ‘Why would I want a job so precarious?’

“There are practices all over the country down to their last partner.

“If general practice collapses, the NHS will completely fall over.”

A Government spokesman said: “Public sector businesses have energy capped. Support is applied to all eligible bills. We are investing at least £1.5billion to create an additional 50million general practice appointments by 2024.

“There are more than 2,000 extra doctors in general practice compared to December 2019.”

I suspect that the government's method of counting consists of identifying all those 'new' GPs, and conveniently ignoring all the GPs who have retired, or otherwise removed themselves from active working
 
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I suspect that the government's method of counting consists of identifying all those 'new' GPs, and conveniently ignoring all the GPs who have retired, or otherwise removed themselves from active working
Oh yes. Like every other service such as nurses and police. I have never understood why journalists don’t have that information on hand so they can immediately refute the claims.
 
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