“Things won’t collapse in a bang… it’ll be a million whimpers” The Times speaks to a GP and an A&E doctor – DAUKs Co-Chair Dr Matt Kneale
The A&E doctor 8am I arrive for my sixth 12-hour shift in the emergency department this week — and I have already worked 54 hours. Today is a bank holiday, but there…
Who do you trust with your medical appointments, your GP or Sajid Javid? DAUKs Ellen Welch writes in The Guardian
My day today started at 6am, faced with a roster of e-consults, alongside breastfeeding breaks and nappy changes, occasionally interrupted by a vocal toddler running in when he tires of…
DAUK in The Independent: “I was going to break if I didn’t stop – why I have decided to resign as a GP”
Opinion piece by GP Dr Rosie Shire The guilt of of burdening my colleagues and abandoning patients was overwhelming. But I was going to break if I didn’t stop and…
DAUK activism celebrated in the Financial Times: “Pandemic shines spotlight on grassroots healthcare activists”
Organisations led by doctors and nurses are helping professionals amplify their voices and campaign for change Campaigning for change: Kaveri Jalundhwala, Pushpo Hossain, Rosie Shire - photo from FT full article…
DAUK in The Telegraph: “Warning NHS plans to share medical records with third parties could ‘erode’ GP-patient relations”
Doctors have warned plans to share NHS data with private third parties could make patients reluctant to share sensitive issues with their GP. From July 1 the way NHS Digital…
Dr Batt-Rawden in The Guardian: “I don’t blame colleagues for leaving the NHS: the government has betrayed them”
"The fact that politicians stood on the doorsteps of No 10 clapping while treating NHS staff with such contempt has angered even the most mild-mannered of my colleagues.And it is…