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Your editorial summarises the terrible situation in general practice: declining numbers and declining passion for the role, with poorer outcomes for all (“A dearth of GPs is threatening the country’s health”). We in Doctors in Unite, part of Unite, have recently published our charter to revitalise general practice. This requires a party in government committed […]

Doctors in Unite attended the massive June 18 demonstration against the cost of living crisis, low wages, fire and rehire, and other anti-worker practices like outsourcing.

PRIMARY CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH VISION FOR REVITALISING PRIMARY CAREA CHARTER FOR GENERAL PRACTICE

A CHARTER FOR GENERAL PRACTICE INTRODUCTION This paper calls upon those who plan the National Health Service to recognise that unless we revitalise primary care and make it the centrepiece of the NHS, with General Practice as a fundamental part, we will fail to get the maximum benefit from our investment in the NHS.  We […]

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This statement was read out at the Doctors in Unite IWMD event on 28 April 2022 Let’s be clear what today is really about. Working people continue to die simply as a result of doing their jobs. Many workers paid the price for the pandemic with their lives and with their health. Key workers sent […]

The theme for this year’s International Workers Memorial Day is ‘occupational health and safety is a human right’ – an issue highlighted by the covid pandemic when it was clear that many employers (and indeed the Health and Safety Executive itself) failed in their duty to protect workers. Covid 19 has caused the deaths of […]

Doctors in Unite mark events in Leeds, Sheffield and London on 28 April 2022 Among the many events held across the country and internationally to mark IWMD, DiU members were involved in events in Sheffield, Leeds and London.  The theme of this year’s commemoration is safety at work, i.e. that a safe workplace is a […]

We held our AGM on 6th February 2022. Our Chair Jackie Applebee, referenced the amount of work that had taken place over the last year in weekly meetings responding to Covid issues. This had resulted in a number of position statements, campaigning, support and information sharing. Going forward meetings will be fortnightly: a Branch Meeting […]

The Health and Social Care Committee has launched an enquiry into the future of general practice, “examining the key challenges facing general practice over the next five years as well as the biggest current and ongoing barriers to access to general practice.” Further information can be found here. This is the submission Doctors in Unite […]