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
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- 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...
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- 🗣️| @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-...
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- 📢 | 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...
- 🗣️ | "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...
- 🗣️ | “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...
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- 📱 | 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
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- 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...
- 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...
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- 🗣️ | @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 ⬇️
- 🗣️ | @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...
- 🗣️ | "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...
- 🗣️ | "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...
- 📰 | 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...
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- 🌞| 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...
- 🗣️ | “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...
- 🗣️ | '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."
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- 🩺 | "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...
