This is my last annual report to Welsh Conference and it may be a cliché but it’s been an interesting year. I started my time as chairman with an imposition and very nearly ended the same way but happily some sanity prevailed in Wales leading to a negotiated settlement. This settlement is by no means [...]
Posts Tagged ‘GPs’
Dr David Bailey’s annual report to the Welsh Conference of Representatives of Local Medical Committees 2013
Monday, March 4th, 2013
GP Access
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012There has been much talk of late, of the Health Minister’s pledge to improve access to GPs. We have repeatedly warned the Welsh Government that there is little appetite among the GP workforce to work longer hours for free. We are supportive of there being late, bookable appointments up to 6:20pm – beyond people’s nine-to-five [...]
North Wales Out of Hours Service
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011You may have seen this story in the Daily Post yesterday. It documents the astonishing set up for the out of hours service in North Wales at present. Since Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board took over the service, there have been problems finding GPs to cover shifts in Wrexham and Flintshire, as well as times where there [...]
Devolution’s health firewall protects Wales from costly reorganisation
Monday, February 21st, 2011With the referendum on the National Assembly’s law making powers being held next week, we have been considering what a yes vote would mean for health policy in Wales. We have asked a range of individuals to guest blog for us on the matter. Their views are their own, and I will reflect on the [...]
Diabetes in Wales on the rise
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010Figures released by Diabetes UK Cymru have revealed that the number of people diagnosed with diabetes in Wales has risen by 7,000 in the past year. This is an astonishing figure. Through the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), a process is in place which means patients in the very early stages of diseases are actively [...]
GPC Wales News
Thursday, October 14th, 2010Read the latest GPC Wales newsletter for an update on: PE7 Appeals Enhanced Services Spend Access 8-8 End of Life Care Individual Health Record Optometry Read the newsletter here Share:
The Welsh Eye Care Initiative
Thursday, October 14th, 2010Optometry Wales Chief Operating Officer Sali Davis writes about the Welsh Eye Care initiative: Richard Lewis blogged last week about the recently published 4th annual report from the CMO. The rhetoric in the report points to the need to look at what we do and how we do it and to make sure that [...]
Sort it in one call
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010We are asking all GP practices across the country to ‘sort it in one call’. The chairman of our GP Committee (GPC Wales) Dr David Bailey (pictured) has written to every practice asking them to resolve the appointment system which is causing widescale problems to both doctors and patients. One of the principal complaints from both [...]
1,000 Lives Campaign
Monday, April 19th, 2010This week, the 1,000 Lives Campaign which was designed to improve patient saftey in the NHS in Wales comes to an end. Here is an article which I wrote for the Western Mail about the campaign. Patient safety is the highest priority for anyone working on the frontline in NHS Wales and it’s making a [...]
“I am proud to work in the Welsh NHS” – Dai Lloyd AM
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010Croeso i Gymru! – Welcome to Wales! In Europe’s oldest living language, Welsh reflects the unique cultural and historical experience that is Wales. And, as a practising GP and a Member of The National Assembly for Wales, I am very well aware, naturally, that the National Health Service also, looms large in the National conscience [...]
Annual Report from Dr. David Bailey, Chairman of GPC Wales
Friday, February 26th, 2010Last weekend we attended the Welsh Conference of Representatives of Local Medical Committees. Here is the annual report which Dr David Bailey, Chairman of GPC Wales delivered. Since last year’s report the world has changed. We are now in the worst recession for decades – a situation not of our making but one which will [...]
Welsh General Practice in 2010
Monday, January 4th, 2010Happy New Year to members and regular readers. My colleague and Chair of the Welsh GP Committee Dr David Bailey (pictured), looks at the year ahead for GPs in Wales. “The financial downturn will limit innovation in practice and certainly new premises development and we will need to concentrate on maintaining and improving existing services. [...]