The NHS is unprecedented financial crisis. The proportion of GDP spent on the NHS is going down year on year and is one of the lowest in Europe. Most acute hospital trusts are in deficit and the proportion of the NHS allocation spent on general practice is at an all time low at a time when work is being transferred from secondary to primary care. There is also a workforce crisis in general practice. Young doctors are not choosing it as a career and older doctors are leaving. The situation is such that a recent GPC survey revealed that 84% of GPs feel that their workload is either excessive or unmanageable. This is not safe for patients.
On this backdrop, the ‘sustainability and transformation plans’ mandated by NHS England will demand £22 billion of ‘savings’ across the NHS in England.
We believe that it is not possible to ‘save’ this amount of money without severe cuts in service. The NHS is struggling to function as it is and it is a testament to all the staff who work in it that it still provides such an excellent service.
We are not against change that is clinically evidenced but we cannot sanction this financially driven exercise.
We demand that the STPs are stopped and the percentage of GDP spent on the NHS be restored to a value to adequately resource it and provide patients with the care they deserve.
Dr Anna Livingstone, Limehouse practice
Dr Jackie Applebee, Tredegar practice
Dr Ruth Vickers, formerly of Limehouse practice
Dr Mike Fitchett, Island Health.
Mostafa Farook, practice manager, The Barkantine Practice
Dr Sella Shanmugadasan, Harley Grove Medical Centre
Dr Andrea Green, Island Health
Maggie Falshaw, practice manager, Jubilee Street Practice
Dr Archana Spahn, Ruston Street Clinic
Dr Dilesh Patel, Ruston Street Clinic
Dr Naimish Amin, Ruston Street Clinic
Carline King, nurse, Ruston Street Clinic
Laura Ross, practice manager, Ruston Street Clinic
Amy Bramley, healthcare assistant, Ruston Street Clinic
Layla Abdul-Motlib, receptionist, Ruston Street Clinic
Nazia Gazi, receptionist, Ruston Street Clinic
Salma Begum, receptionist, Ruston Street Clinic
Dr Ingrid Franklin, Bromley-by-Bow Health Centre
Dr Emily Woolridge, Bethnal Green Health Centre
Dr Ben Hart, Chrisp Street Health Centre
Dr Shaheena Shakoor
Dr Raquel Gracia, East One Health and Cable Street Surgery
Dr Soraya Boomla, St Stephens Health Centre
Dr Alison Smailes, Chrisp Street Health Centre
Dr Sangeeta Rana, Merchant Street Practice
Dr Nirupam Talukder, Grove Road Surgery
Dr Naureen Bhatti, Limehouse Surgery
Dr Rosanna Pollen, Bethnal Green Health Centre
Dr Kirti Shah, Grove Road Surgery
Dr Dimple Varma, Brayford Square
Dr Tai Okun, Harford Health Centre
Dr Jennie Read, Limehouse Health Centre
Dr Win-Leung Siu
Dr Kobir Ahmed, Spitalfields Practice
Dr Saida Desai, Spitalfields Practice
Dr Mohammed Sanaullah, Spitalfields Practice
Dr Alim Uddin, Spitalfields Practice
Dr Anwara Ali, Spitalfields Practice
Emma Stanford, practice manager, Spitalfields Practice
Dr Naomi Beer, Jubilee Street Practice
Dr Shamira Bhikha
Dr Haroon Rashid, Albion Health Centre
Dr Mike Callaghan, St Stephens Health Centre
Dr Selvaseelan Selvarajah
Dr Munmun Rashid, Wapping Group Practice
