Doctors’ Association UK
We are the voice of frontline doctors. DAUK is a non-profit professional association run by volunteer NHS doctors
GP Team: @dauk-gp.bsky.social
www.dauk.org
- 🏥 | "It’s infuriating to witness a preventable crisis unfold. It’s placing intolerable strain on the NHS workforce and endangering vulnerable patients." @drmk.link warns the NHS faces a ‘state of preventable emergency’ as the flu outbreak escalates. dauk.org/flu-wave-nhs...
- Reposted by Doctors’ Association UKToday is the first NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day, established by @thedauk.bsky.social and @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social, calling for better support staff who may be experiencing domestic abuse. #NHSDAAD
- Today is #nhsdaad the first NHS domestic abuse awareness day - please amplify the messages and get involved: www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/our-work/nhs... @thedauk.bsky.social @thermbf.bsky.social @cavellcharity.bsky.social @doctorsindistress.bsky.social @nhsprachealth.bsky.social
- Reposted by Doctors’ Association UKOn the first NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day we would like to lend our support to this great initiative. Shining a light is so important. To all healthcare workers, please know our door is always open to support you with free and confidential counselling and support. #NHSDAAD www.frontline19.com
- Today, with the @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social, we launch the first NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day @nhsdaawareday.bsky.social This must-read article by Adele Waters in @bmj.com explains why it is needed #NHSDAAD www.bmj.com/content/391/...
- Reposted by Doctors’ Association UKToday is #nhsdaad the first NHS domestic abuse awareness day - please amplify the messages and get involved: www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/our-work/nhs... @thedauk.bsky.social @thermbf.bsky.social @cavellcharity.bsky.social @doctorsindistress.bsky.social @nhsprachealth.bsky.social
- Tomorrow is the first NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day. Founded by @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social and DAUK, @nhsdaawareday.bsky.social highlights the urgent need to recognise and respond to domestic abuse affecting NHS staff. It also recognises the unique barriers they can face in seeking help #NHSDAAD
- ✍️ | We've supported a letter urging the Prime Minister to investigate whether the Health Secretary has breached the Ministerial Code with attacks on @bma.org.uk, calling doctors 'a cartel', 'juvenile delinquents' and 'moaning Minnies'. dauk.org/dauk-backs-c...
- 🌏 | We joined scientists, campaigners, and politicians at Westminster Hall for today's @nebriefing.bsky.social on the climate crisis Our sustainability lead Dr Matt Lee said tackling climate change must be the number one health priority for politicians. Read more dauk.org/dauk-back-ca...
- Reposted by Doctors’ Association UKToday is #whiteribbonday and the launch of our #16daysofactivism culminating in the first NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day on 10 Dec Find out more here: www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/our-work/nhs... #nhsdaad #youarenotalone❤️ #whiteribbonday #16days #16daysofactivismagainstgbv #wespeakup
- 🗣️| @drstevetaylor.bsky.social: “It's clear from the LMC Conference that GPs are extremely unhappy with the Government's position towards general practice. “It must listen to general practice in delivering community care. Failure to do so will result in worse patient care." dauk.org/england-lmc-...
- 🗣️ | “The decision to deny healthcare workers a free Covid vaccine this year is irresponsible and extremely short-sighted." Our statement on NHS staff being denied a free Covid vaccine ⬇️ dauk.org/denying-nhs-...
- ✍️ | "Even if most NHS staff have some immunity from past infection or vaccination this doesn’t equate to zero illness. Seasonal respiratory viruses can still knock people out of work." Co-chair @drellenwelch.bsky.social on Covid vaccines being scrapped for NHS staff dauk.substack.com/p/covid-vacc...
- Reposted by Doctors’ Association UKWrite to your MP: Save the future of general practice We have been increasingly concerned about the messages aimed at GPs from Wes Streeting, Stephen Kinnock & Department of Health They have said this is just a few BMA leaders It’s not pleas write here👇🏼 and share dauk.org/write-to-you...
- 📢 | Write to your MP to tell them: "If general practice fails, the NHS fails. Don’t let this happen on your watch." #gpcrisis #rebuildgeneralpractice #whycantiseemygp dauk.org/write-to-you...
- We’ve watched the imposition of another unsustainable GP contract, implemented by policy makers who call GPs ‘laggards’ and ‘refuseniks’, rather than accepting the real issues grassroot doctors are raising. Please continue speaking up for our profession. dauk.org/write-to-you...
- We have two asks, which will take a few minutes. 1 Write to your MP using our pre-written letter 2 Add your signature to support the same letter so we can send it as a group of GPs to the Health Secretary dauk.org/write-to-you...
- You don’t have to be a GP to get involved. This is written by GPs, so if you agree with the issues raised, we urge you to support the NHS and send it to your MP/Health Secretary. Read our letter and add your signature ⬇️ dauk.org/write-to-you... #gpcrisis #rebuildgeneralpractice #whycantiseemygp
- 🗣️ | "Raising expectations without increasing capacity is a folly, worse it’s lying to patients and pretending they are on the side of patients. Hopefully people will see through the soundbites." @skinnock.bsky.social criticised over deleted GP online access post www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/2025-26...
- 🦟 | "Climate action is not a luxury, it is a matter of life and death.” Dr Matty Lee, DAUK's sustainability lead, says the discovery of infectious disease-carrying mosquitoes in the UK is a reminder of the real and growing health risks posed by climate change dauk.org/tropical-dis...
- 🌍 | Dr Matt Lee: “The climate crisis is a health crisis and action to mitigate and alleviate its impact must be now." The resource ourhealthourplanet.co.uk aims to raise greater awareness of the threat of climate change to people’s health and how to minimise it.
- 🗣️ | “It's raising expectations for patients, but there aren’t more GPs, there aren’t more appointments. We’re already cancelling some pre-booked face-to-face slots to cope with this extra demand.” DAUK's @drstevetaylor.bsky.social spoke to @news.sky.com on GP online access 👇 dauk.org/new-online-g...
- I spoke to @skynewsrss.bsky.social this morning Raising expectations without any support GP online access is a good thing but it needs extra GPs & resources The 8am rush may reduce but there are no more appts or Hp time to offer, in fact less as a online forms are dealt with Safety vital
- Reposted by Doctors’ Association UKI spoke to @skynewsrss.bsky.social this morning Raising expectations without any support GP online access is a good thing but it needs extra GPs & resources The 8am rush may reduce but there are no more appts or Hp time to offer, in fact less as a online forms are dealt with Safety vital
- 📱 | While we welcome innovation, the biggest barrier to reducing waiting lists is not a lack of digital platforms, but a lack of doctors. Read our response to today's announcement of plans for an NHS Online hospital 👇 dauk.org/nhs-online-i...
- We're part of the coalition calling on the Government to retain health as a distinct category under which the GMC can investigate doctors who are struggling dauk.org/call-to-keep...
- Over 30 other organisations have co-signed our letter calling on the government to retain the GMC’s ability to investigate #doctors with health concerns, under a distinct 'health' route. We are proud to stand together on this important issue www.medicalprotection.org/uk/articles/...
- Today is #NSMD, a day organised by @doctorsindistress.bsky.social and @nhsprachealth.bsky.social to honour the health and care professionals we've tragically lost. We are committed to help make sure that no more lives are lost to suicide #HopeThroughAction
- Reposted by Doctors’ Association UKThe 17th of September is the National Suicide Memorial Day for Health and Care Workers. Today, will remember those we have tragically lost, reflect on their lives, and take action to help create a future where no more lives are lost to suicide. #NSMD #HopeThroughAction
- Reposted by Doctors’ Association UKOver 30 other organisations have co-signed our letter calling on the government to retain the GMC’s ability to investigate #doctors with health concerns, under a distinct 'health' route. We are proud to stand together on this important issue www.medicalprotection.org/uk/articles/...
- 🗣️ | "Plant-rich diets will improve public health and ease pressure on the NHS," says our sustainability lead Dr Matt Lee. We’ve joined forces with 47 organisations in submitting policy proposals to improve plant-rich diets in the Government’s food strategy ⬇️ dauk.org/dauk-backs-p...
- 48 organisations (including us!) are calling for plant-rich diets in the Government's Food Strategy 🫘🍏🥔🥫🥕🥦🌽🥘🍓 Read our 10 point plan here: plantbasedhealthprofessionals.com/new-defra-mi... Plant-rich 🟰 healthy, sustainable, good for farmers & the economy 👩🌾🌍📈 #healthyfood #beans #foodsystems
- We're delighted to be supporting the @mja-uk.bsky.social Awards again. Good luck to all of the finalists #MJAAwards dauk.org/dauk-delight...
- 🗣️ | "There is a huge discrepancy between national messaging and what patients are actually being delivered on a local level." Our co-chair @drellenwelch.bsky.social spoke in the media this week about the rollout of weight-loss treatment. 📹 | instagram.com/p/DOO8eEYjB54/
- 🩺 | The Government's pledge to 'bring back the family doctor' is little more than political posturing, warn @drstevetaylor.bsky.social @dauk-gp.bsky.social 🔗 dauk.org/gp-pledge-po...
- Just booked a return to London (off peak) £186! £17 more than the amount my GP practice gets for a whole year of access, prescriptions, referrals, letters etc 2 thoughts 🤔 Trains are too expensive! GPs can’t afford to continue to provide everything for £168pa @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
- Reposted by Doctors’ Association UKGP income variation across England blamed on local funding gaps
- 🗣️ | @drstevetaylor.bsky.social has renewed our calls for ARRS cash to be moved into core GP funding in @gponline.bsky.social “It would be a huge step forward to enabling practices to improve access for patients." Read more from Dr Taylor, including concerns among GPs with the 10-year health plan ⬇️
- Moving ARRS cash into core funding would be 'huge step forward' for GP access, said @dauk-gp.bsky.social GP representative @drstevetaylor.bsky.social
- 🗣️ | @drspanielpaws.bsky.social: "Every week I see the impact poor sleep, anxiety, and difficulty concentrating has on young people’s health and education. The evidence linking these drinks to those problems is compelling, and the scale of use in children is concerning." inews.co.uk/news/under-1...
- 🗣️ | "Protecting children’s wellbeing today will deliver long-term benefits, not only for individuals, but for society and the NHS as a whole." Read the reaction of our GP co-lead @drspanielpaws.bsky.social on our website ⬇️ dauk.org/energy-drink...
- 🗣️ | "Thousands of newly qualified doctors, trained at great personal cost and national investment, are poised to enter unemployment while the health service struggles under immense clinical demand." dauk.org/resident-doc...
- 🗣️ | "Without decisive intervention, we risk losing a generation of doctors – not from lack of talent or commitment, but because the system failed to offer them a viable future."
- ✍️ | We've co-signed a letter to Health Secretary Wes Streeting warning of an impending employment crisis for resident doctors and calling for urgent action. Read the letter in full ⬇️ dauk.org/resident-doc...
- 🗣️ | "With more frequent heatwaves, the NHS must prepare for an annual increase in summer pressures in addition to the winter ones." Our sustainability lead Dr Matt Lee spoke to @theipaper.com on the impact of the latest heatwave on the NHS ⬇️ inews.co.uk/news/england...
- Check out ourhealthourplanet.co.uk to find out how climate change affects your specialty, and the environmental impact your specialty has. This week we're looking at dermatology, one of the specialties that will be most immediately and directly affected by climate change.
- Rising UV exposure and heat, as well as disease pattern changes are factors that could significantly influence skin health. Find out how you can take action and advocate for more sustainable dermatological care ⬇️ ourhealthourplanet.co.uk/hcp-doctor-d...
- 📰 | Our @dauk-gp.bsky.social members have been in the media highlighting issues facing general practice #GPcrisis dauk.org/gp-crisis-da...
- 🗣️ | "GP practices have had a 20% funding cut over the past 8 or 9 years, which means we have unemployed or underemployed GPs. "We'd have a lot more access to GPs if the funding was made available." @drstevetaylor.bsky.social discussed new GP appointment figures on LBC News dauk.org/funding-issu...
- Reposted by Doctors’ Association UKGPonline reports: NHS reveals scale of GP advice and guidance DES take-up @dauk-gp.bsky.social GP spokesperson @drstevetaylor.bsky.social told GPonline that he was not surprised by the figures. Full story: www.gponline.com/nhs-reveals-...
- 🌞| How does climate change affect your specialty? And what environmental impact does your specialty have? Check out Our Health, Our Planet to find out. This week we're highlighting the relationship between acute medicine and climate change ourhealthourplanet.co.uk/hcp-doctor-a...
- Changes in disease patterns can pose diagnostic challenges, while extreme weather events can worsen chronic disease outcomes. Find out how to reduce the environmental impact of acute medicine and advocate for healthier lifestyles ourhealthourplanet.co.uk/hcp-doctor-a...
- 🗣️ | “Tackling climate change has to be the priority for politicians. We healthcare professionals must be vocal in advocating for action for the sake of our patients." Our sustainability lead Dr Matt Lee responds to today's #stateofukclimate Report dauk.org/make-tacklin...
- The Met Office State of the UK Climate Report for 2024 shows that record breaking and extreme weather has become increasingly commonplace in the UK as our climate has changed over the last few decades Published today by @wiley.com in @rmets.org Learn more 👇
- ☀️ | Visit our website Our Health, Our Planet for information on the threat of climate change to health, how it will impact the NHS, and steps we can take to minimise it 🔗 ourhealthourplanet.co.uk
- 🗣️ | 'This mandate must be understood not in isolation, but as a clear and urgent signal regarding the deepening crisis in the NHS workforce.' Our statement on the outcome of the BMA’s industrial action ballot ⬇️ dauk.org/resident-doc...
- 🗣️| @drmk.link: “There's unease at the direction of travel towards a fragmented, task-based model which implies ‘anyone can do it’. "Medicine can't be reduced to checklists and delegated tasks. It's a complex, deeply responsible profession that demands a medical degree and years of further training."
- Read our response to the #10YearHealthPlan dauk.org/10-year-nhs-...
- Reposted by Doctors’ Association UKAlready over 6000 Neighbourhood Health Centres in England GP Practices have lost 20% real terms funding since 2016, if they hadn’t they would be better able to provide the care patients need Still 31m appts/month Fund GP practices properly & they’ll do the rest with less funding & quicker
- 🩺 | "The 10-year health plan focuses on neighbourhood health centres without acknowledging there are more than 6,000 of them in the community called GP practices." Read our response to the #10YearHealthPlan dauk.org/10-year-nhs-...
- 🩺 | "The 10-year health plan focuses on neighbourhood health centres without acknowledging there are more than 6,000 of them in the community called GP practices." Read our response to the #10YearHealthPlan dauk.org/10-year-nhs-...
- ☀️ | Heat health alerts have been issued across the country as temperatures rise. Visit our website Our Health, Our Planet for information on the threat of climate change to health, how it will impact the NHS, and steps we can take to minimise it 🔗 ourhealthourplanet.co.uk
- We are very sorry, but due to unforeseen circumstances we have had to postpone this evening's webinar on compassion fatigue. We will be rearranging it for September. We apologise for any inconvenience.
- 💻 | There is still time to sign up to our FREE webinar on compassion fatigue. The webinar will be hosted by Jayne Ellis, founder and CEO of EF training. It takes place this Wednesday (25 June) from 7.30pm to 8.30pm. Book your place eventbrite.co.uk/e/recognisin...
- ✍️ | We've joined healthcare professionals and environmental experts in an open letter to the Government calling for health and the environment to be placed at the heart of the UK’s food strategy dauk.org/call-for-hea...
- 💻 | There is still time to sign up to our FREE webinar on compassion fatigue. The webinar will be hosted by Jayne Ellis, founder and CEO of EF training. It takes place this Wednesday (25 June) from 7.30pm to 8.30pm. Book your place eventbrite.co.uk/e/recognisin...
- 🥵 | With the @metoffice.gov.uk advising of a likely heatwave this weekend, our website Our Health, Our Planet is full of information to help keep people safe ⬇️ ourhealthourplanet.co.uk/public-safet... #UKheatwave
- 🗣️ | @drstevetaylor.bsky.social says 'context is key' as he reacted to the #SpendingReview "The 1,700 new GPs mentioned are not full-time equivalents. “There are still thousands of GPs unable to find work. This will only increase in August with a new cohort." dauk.org/dauk-respond...
- 🗣️ | @drstevetaylor.bsky.social: “Social care isn't being funded. With thousands of patients stuck in hospitals awaiting packages or placements, it can't be ignored. “Genuine honesty is needed from our political leaders. The spin implies all is well. It’s far from it.” dauk.org/dauk-respond...
