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Your all-new, fortnightly 68-page GP was out Monday and featured GP leaders warning practices will struggle to cope with patient demand this winter because of a 'relentless' rise in workload and a lack of primary care investment. On Thursday the CQC (@CQC) published its report into poor practices and won extensive media coverage.
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Abandon those who prefer A&E, offer new ways to interact or learn to make skinny mochas by Dr Custodes.
GPs were unhappy about the emphasis placed on the reporting of the CQC's publication.
@zetadoc we are saying that majority of practice in England is good - but all reports are published - a minority are totally unacceptable
— Prof Steve Field (@ProfSteveField) December 12, 2013
GP failings exposed by inspectors Clearly unacceptable. But please don't tar us all with same brush! http://t.co/5GxCqg4w5V
— Mick Leach (@leach_mick) December 12, 2013
GP raised a collective eyebrow at coverage elsewhere:
@stevenowottny Good story! Although I preferred this one from two months ago: http://t.co/3wEw3veddh
— NeilDurham (@NeilDurham) December 12, 2013
And, finally, to Penketh Health Centre, on Warrington CCG's patch (@WarringtonCCG), where GP Dr Dan Bunstone (@danbunstone) decided to live tweet a day in the practice's life.
Interesting idea: GPs including @danbunstone live tweet a day in practice #surgerylive http://t.co/v7pHM5sKaY
— Michael Woodhead (@mpwoodhead) December 10, 2013
You can read all the updates and see all the photos from #surgerylive in Warrington on our website here http://t.co/NOoFbJ8saB
— Warrington CCG (@WarringtonCCG) December 2, 2013
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Don't forget if you would like to #AskLordHowe (health minister Lord Howe, via @DHGovUK) a question about the new GP contract via the medium of Twitter use the hashtag between 10 and 11am on Thursday 19 December or email neil.durham@haymarket.com.
