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Chaand Nagpaul

2 years

Thanks @TheDrMagazine for capturing my life and time at the BMA so well. Representing our incredible medical profession as @TheBMA council chair, especially through a once in generation pandemic, has been the greatest honour in my professional life.

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

2 years

No.10 spokesperson: "we are now able to manage Covid as we do with other respiratory infections" Really? Which other respiratory virus causes: ✔~ 200,000 NHS staff absences past week ✔1.7m suffering long term debility ✔20,000 patients in hospital daily ✔> 1,000 deaths/week

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3 years

The NHS has had a multicultural workforce since its inception without which it wouldn't exist today. Nearly 87k Drs in the NHS are from overseas. The cost of replacing them with UK-trained Drs will cost ~£42b as below -regardless of fact that NHS is so enriched by diversity

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@CNagpaul

2 years

I told ⁦ @BBCNews ⁩ that key to reducing Omicron NHS staff absence is to protect healthcare workers with FFP2/3 respirator masks that filter airborne spread unlike surgical masks. Unacceptable to put frontline staff at risk in treating infectious patients at close proximity

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@CNagpaul

2 years

With NHS staff absence due to Omicron significantly affecting patient services, beggars belief that healthcare workers aren’t provided with best PPE to protect themselves & patients from infection, despite ⁦ @TheBMA ⁩ calling for this for over 1 year

Give FFP3 masks to NHS staff during Omicron, doctors say

Medical bodies say thin surgical masks do not provide adequate protection for frontline personnel

www.theguardian.com

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@CNagpaul

3 years

No other part of NHS is subject to access league tables blaming them for workforce shortages, publicly shaming with patient feedback texts, & CQC hit squads blaming them for failing. If general practice was an employee, it would claim harassment, discrimination, victimisation

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@CNagpaul

2 years

Mask wearing in crowded settings doesn’t “restrict” activities but protects public especially vulnerable. Not wearing masks on public transport, shops, hairdressers etc will increase transmission, illness & staff absence - bad for public health, NHS & economy ⁦ @SkyNews ⁩

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@CNagpaul

2 years

A proud moment today to attend our daughter’s graduation ceremony in sunny glorious Liverpool adding another Dr Nagpaul to the medical register #LivUniGrad

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

3 years

A cherished memory of my dear longstanding friend @KailashChandOBE ; a magnificent principled, kind and generous human being who has contributed so much to the NHS, @TheBMA and society. You are so sorely missed Kailash, but your very being will live on in all who knew you

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@CNagpaul

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"For every £1 put into “upstream” NHS services with historically poor funding, including settings such as GPs’ surgeries and wider community treatment, there is a return of up to £14". The penny just hasn't dropped for politicians driven by short-termism

NHS investment “would pay for itself fourteen times over”

Researchers have found that an extra £1bn of healthcare funding could lead to a £14bn gain for the economy.

www.newstatesman.com

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@CNagpaul

2 years

While current Covid variants may be "mild" for some.. it's knocked me out since Wed (better today). Practice cancelled booked patients/clinics for me & 3 other covid-stricken clinicians. Letting virus rip unchecked is exacerbating NHS workforce shortages & disrupting patient care

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@CNagpaul

4 years

1448 new positive COVID cases UK yesterday - 398 new cases same time one month ago. As theatres, bowling alleys & other indoor settings re-open today, my latest blog on clarity, coherence and decisive action to prevent a national 2nd spike

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@CNagpaul

4 years

My letter to Home Secretary @patel4witham calling for international healthcare workers serving NHS in #COVID19 : - to be exempt from health surcharge, - to switch sponsors automatically without applying for another visa. - to obtain indefinite leave to remain automatically

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@CNagpaul

3 years

@DrAseemMalhotra Dear Aseem -I am so so sorry for your loss. No words will be any consolation for the deep and painful void he leaves behind. He was an immeasurably great ,kind and magnificent human being who gave so much to others and he was so very proud of you. Please look after yourself.

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@CNagpaul

3 years

Cases plateaued but burden #covid illness worse++ compared 1yr ago Today 33704 new cases. 1yr ago 1009 Today 737 admitted. 1yr ago 101 Today 5909 in hospital. 1yr ago 1004 Today 871 on ventilators. 1yr ago 80 Today 468 weekly deaths. 1yr ago 161 Today 94 daily deaths. 1yr ago 20

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

4 years

Yesterday's COVID figures: 15,461 new cases; 445 on 21/7/20 - 30x increase 3,837 in hospital, 914 one month ago 400 patients on ventilators, 62 one month ago 443 deaths past week; 77 in week month ago We cannot downplay this trajectory of spread & impact on health, lives, NHS,

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

3 years

Just announced- targeted wearing of face masks will still be required in Wales to control spread of coronavirus infection.

Face coverings to continue to help keep Wales safe | GOV.WALES

Ministers have confirmed face coverings will continue to play an important role in helping keep us all safe from coronavirus in Wales.

www.gov.wales

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

3 years

Spot on. Fundamentally it’s a mismatch between demand totally outstripping capacity.

Jeremy Vine

@theJeremyVine

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Sent to me by a doctor friend:

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@CNagpaul

2 years

On the day of record 78k+ new Covid cases bizarre to hear PM talking at No10 briefing about “vaccine passports” to go to nightclubs… while CMO urges reducing social mixing.. also passports based on 2 vaccinations ineffectual given lack of double-dose protection against Omicron

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@CNagpaul

2 years

My letter to @RishiSunak urging continued funding ONS Covid survey. By ending routine PCR testing & lack of robust lat flow testing/reporting, daily published Covid cases wholly unreliable. ONS data is key to providing true picture Covid prevalence to inform public health policy

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

3 years

This is truly horrific. We need immediate, visible, decisive zero-tolerance intervention from government to end this rising tide of abuse against GPs & staff @sajidjavid @BorisJohnson @NHSEngland have an absolute duty to protect NHS staff and must now act

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@CNagpaul

2 years

Eventually…. Just received from ⁦ @NHSEngland ⁩ - FFP3 masks now available for GP practices! However we need rapid access to fit testing/training to make this a reality

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@CNagpaul

3 years

‘Dread and anxiety’ among NHS staff as Covid cases surge again

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

2 years

This is my statement of clarification which I read out to our ARM today.

The BMA

@TheBMA

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Statement from our chair of council @CNagpaul in response to questions raised about the IMG dinner this week.

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

3 years

Kolkata - embracing diversity of faiths - Where Hindus stand in queue to buy cakes from a Jewish Bakery ( Nahoum’s ), made by Muslim chefs to celebrate a Christian festival . Season’s Greetings to all! ✨🧑‍🎄🥂💕✨

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

9 years

Jeremy Hunt's divisive approach to seven-day NHS services benefits no one http://t.co/NnZyl0EZ67 @KailashChandOBE @jsbamrah @TheBMA

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@CNagpaul

9 months

Note for GP: "This clinic does not issue prescriptions. Patients seen in ENT clinics are advised to collect prescriptions from their GP. Please issue prescription to this patient with above mentioned medicines". ICB commissioners should act to end such blatant misuse of GP time.

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

2 years

Finally on plane to go on holiday - feels v different - first time in 9 years not having to be responsible for urgent BMA business as GPC/BMA council chair while abroad nor returning to several hundreds emails. I’lll try and keep off Twitter and email altogether…

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

4 years

I’m appearing on @BBCNewsnight shortly to discuss unacceptable risk to frontline NHS staff over lack of adequate PPE plus the need for priority COVID testing to keep NHS workforce at the frontline

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@CNagpaul

4 years

We MUST find out why so many black and Asian Britons are dying via @MailOnline

We MUST find out why so many black and Asian Britons are dying

Britain's most senior doctors have demanded immediate Government action to tackle soaring fatalities from Covid-19 in black and Asian communities, the Mail on Sunday can reveal.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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@CNagpaul

2 years

The NHS isn’t just affected by Covid hospitalisation levels. Soaring infection rates are resulting in increasing NHS staff absence from sickness or isolation and affecting patient services both in general practice and hospitals.

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@CNagpaul

2 years

Our #BMACovidReview is about acting on lessons NOW. If a new virus swept the nation, are we confident we have -adequate stockpiles PPE & proper IPC measures? -public health infrastructure to swiftly test, trace, isolate? -capacity to prevent routine NHS coming to a standstill?

The BMA

@TheBMA

2 years

‘We had a deadly virus … and doctors were not protected’ Our #BMACovidReview lays bare PPE shortages, a lack of timely risk assessments and a huge impact on the mental and physical health of healthcare workers. @CNagpaul spoke to @SkyNews Read more 👇

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

4 years

“Long COVID is emerging as a serious yet largely unforeseen consequence of the pandemic” - latest issue of “The Doctor” features the debilitating impact of long COVID on doctors

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@CNagpaul

2 years

The Arora ruling demands wholesale reform GMC referral pathway: - stopping employers weaponising referrals - external scrutiny panel for all GMC referrals before decision to investigate, supporting appropriate local resolution - reform MPTS processes

BMA demands overhaul of GMC processes after 'incomprehensible' laptop ruling

GP representatives have demanded the General Medical Council (GMC) overturn the ‘incomprehensible’ suspension over a ‘promised’ laptop.

www.pulsetoday.co.uk

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@CNagpaul

2 years

How time flies - can’t believe I chaired my very last @TheBMA council meeting yesterday before ending my tenure end June. Huge thanks to incredible council colleagues for all their support & who’ve ably represented doctors through the greatest public health crisis in a generation

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@CNagpaul

2 years

Striking statistics presented today of suicide rates in doctors undergoing GMC Fitness to Practise proceedings. 17x higher than that of average doctor and 14x than that of general population.

Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

2 years

I'm chairing an important meeting on 9/10/22 on protecting doctors in professional distress, in memory of the late Dr Suresh and doctors who have tragically taken their own lives following GMC referral. Register here

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@CNagpaul

3 years

Sorry totally misguided and flawed thinking - limiting factor is NHS workforce shortages, amongst lowest in EU - cannot "open Nightingale for CV19 cases" AND "get rest of NHS back to full capacity for everything else". We just don't have the staff to be in 2 places at once.

John Redwood

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3 years

Why not open and staff all the Nightingale hospital capacity they need for CV 19 cases and get the rest of the NHS back to full capacity for everything else? No need to scare us with the idea the NHS will not cope.

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@CNagpaul

4 years

Hard to imagine it was only yesterday morning that I appeared on @GMB calling for the health surcharge to be scrapped for healthcare workers - so right, so overdue that this has finally been consigned to history.

The BMA

@TheBMA

4 years

We believe all healthcare workers should be exempt from the immigration health surcharge; it penalises our hardworking migrant colleagues for dedicating their lives to the #NHS . In this interview with @GMB , @CNagpaul explains why the charge is so unfair

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@CNagpaul

2 years

Perplexing how many GP appts wasted daily on such requests (& reduces GP access for other patients). Having explained to patient they're being started on a drug, surely takes longer to write to GP than just issuing it. Drug cost same to taxpayer whether prescribed by hosp or GP.

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@CNagpaul

3 years

These figures speak for themselves. UK #covid infection rates towering over rest of Europe.

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@CNagpaul

3 years

“It’s like the government saying we’re seeing more road traffic accidents due to speeding, but we’ll end legal speed limits and expect people to drive safely” Contradictory and confusing public messaging driving up infections, long covid, hospitalisations and deaths

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@CNagpaul

3 years

Had important meeting with Charlie Massey, chief executive @GMCUK , together with @ClareGerada on need for compassionate communication and support. Doctors taking their own lives as a result of a GMC investigation must be a never-event

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@CNagpaul

4 years

This is a just and overdue decision that should not have taken a pandemic to achieve. Govt must now end health surcharges that penalise our overseas healthcare workers to use the very NHS in which they provide an invaluable service as well as already contributing tax and NI

The BMA

@TheBMA

4 years

BREAKING: Delighted that following our letter urging a series of measures for international healthcare workers in the NHS, that any dependents of those who sadly die on the #COVID19 frontline will now be granted immediate indefinite leave to remain with no fee. More to follow..

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@CNagpaul

2 years

We can’t duck the issue of UK trying to squeeze a quart into a pint with 50k fewer doctors compared to EU averages. Public need to understand this root cause of access problems in NHS & why govt must be held to account to rectify healthcare workforce shortages once & for all

The BMA

@TheBMA

2 years

‘Proposals for workforce planning in the Health and Care Bill fall woefully short of providing any long-term solution' Our chair of council @Cnagpaul joins leading voices across the sector in supporting @Jeremy_Hunt amendment – letter to @theTimes today

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@CNagpaul

2 years

This what @TheBMA warned in our press release on 18 DECEMBER - 2 weeks ago .."the BMA estimates .. almost 1 in 10 staff, off sick" by Xmas Day This is today's Sunday Times headline

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@CNagpaul

4 years

This is precisely the right time for the government to publish the PHE review into COVID’s impact on BAME communities to demonstrate it’s commitment to tackling race inequalities and saving lives

Ministers under fire over delayed release of BAME Covid-19 review

Labour attacks ‘unacceptable’ wait for publication of report due at end of last month

www.theguardian.com

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@CNagpaul

2 years

Face masks back in shops and on public transport - but why not other public enclosed settings? e.g. restaurant waiters, beauty salon staff, hairdressers - all direct close contact interactions rife for transmission

Face masks back in shops and on public transport as UK fights 'worst ever Covid'

Face coverings will again be mandatory in shops and on public transport - but won't be required in pubs and restaurants

www.mirror.co.uk

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

6 months

Just received this brazen response for adult ADHD assessment. "Our current waiting list is over 36 months from date referral received" .... How can this be considered a service for people in significant mental distress and how can this be acceptable to @DHSCgovuk @NHSEngland ?

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

3 years

So deeply honoured to be elected Honorary Fellow of @FPH and join a community of professionals I’ve always admired who work to improve the nations health, address inequalities and who’ve worked tirelessly to protect us throughout the pandemic. Thank you @MaggieRae20 & officers

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@CNagpaul

4 years

Today shows that perseverance and continuous lobbying for what is morally right and fair can result in change and U-turns. Marks a long overdue big thank you to all our overseas Drs, nurses, healthcare workers without whom we would not have an NHS to care for our nation's health

The BMA

@TheBMA

4 years

We've consistently campaigned to exempt all overseas healthcare workers from paying the immigration health surcharge, and are pleased the Govt has at last listened. Read the full response from our chair of council @CNagpaul to today's news:

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@CNagpaul

3 years

A must-watch iPlayer documentary in case you missed it - how the NHS was built on its overseas workforce, their dedication working often against all odds & hardship with moving personal stories including @KailashChandOBE @drbashirqureshi @Kambiz1952

BBC One - Our NHS: A Hidden History

David Olusoga meets the overseas health workers who have transformed the NHS.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@CNagpaul

7 years

It's a true privilege & honour to lead the BMA & dedicated medical profession across the UK. I don't underestimate the challenges! @TheBMA

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@CNagpaul

3 years

This 52 sec clip shows blatant historic racism in NHS job adverts openly excluding overseas graduates, forcing them to work in least popular, hard-to-fill jobs, with worse rotas/challenges. Lest we forget overseas Drs have kept NHS afloat for decades

BBC One - Our NHS: A Hidden History, "You are not required where they can get a white or a local...

Three GPs dissect the coded language of NHS job advertisements from the 70s.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

3 years

A support package to reduce abuse on GP practices? So publicly blame 20% practices for poor access when they can't fill GP vacancies, publish real-time feedback texts & bring in CQC to name/shame in front of their patients. This will *increase* abuse & risk safety of GPs/staff.

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@CNagpaul

3 years

So government mandates vaccinations for NHS staff to protect patients, but doesn't mandate face coverings/space/ventilation to protect same patients boarding a crowded bus with unvaccinated infectious unmasked passengers breathing onto them inches away

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@CNagpaul

3 years

25 ambulances queuing outside A&E Royal Cornwall Hospital said “unprecedented” pressure this week is worse “than at any point during the pandemic”, & NHS bed occupancy highest since Nov 20 - as per my interview @SkyNews - the data demands acting not watching

The BMA

@TheBMA

3 years

The NHS faces mounting pressures as it heads into winter. @CNagpaul has spoken to Sky News on why it’s time for the Government to act

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@CNagpaul

7 months

So dissatisfaction with GP appointment waits is misleadingly headlined as "complaints about GPs", but waits for hospital appointments/operations are not headlined as "complaints about hospital staff." GPs aren't cause of lack of resources, workforce shortages & impact on access

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@CNagpaul

3 years

More than 6000 doctors have quit the NHS since 2015 to move overseas amidst acute workforce shortages and row over visas for elderly parents

Thousands of doctors have quit the NHS for overseas amid row over visas for elderly parents

Revealed: the doctor drain linked to hostile environment rules preventing medics bringing elderly parents to the UK to live with them.

inews.co.uk

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@CNagpaul

3 years

I came to the UK at age 7 in the late 60s. The word p*ki has harrowing memories being used as part of “p*ki bashing” openly legitimising racial assaults as a badge of honour. Recall walking home from school fearing for my safety taking detours if I came across skinheads.

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@CNagpaul

4 years

Today a maximum of 6 people from 2 households are allowed to meet indoors. Tomorrow after the "rule of six", 6 people from 6 different households can meet indoors. How will this contain rising infection rates given mixing of different households indoors is high risk of spread?

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@CNagpaul

2 years

Well done @TraffordCCG - sadly not the norm. Protecting staff from infection at work is a moral duty & no-brainer given consequences on patient care from absence. Both I & @DrFJameel have written to @NHSEngland calling to urgently supply FFP2 masks as standard to all GP practices

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🙏to swift response from ⁦ @TraffordCCG ⁩ We asked for FFP2 masks for all clinicians and they have agreed to fund and supply them for all Trafford clinicians. Hopefully other CCGs are doing the same. #teamGP ⁦ @GM_HSC ⁩

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@CNagpaul

2 years

Most Covid + NHS staff I know have been boosted with mild symptoms BUT still need to be off work isolating for 7+ days impacting on patient care. Boosters reduce illness severity but won’t stop staff absence unless omicron levels driven down & HCWs protected from infection.

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@CNagpaul

3 years

Delighted that Professor @NeenaModi1 has today been installed as President of @TheBMA and that Professor @MartinMcKee is appointed President-Elect. I’m a huge admirer of both, their values and their contributions to medicine, and really look forward to working with them. #ARM2021

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@CNagpaul

6 years

Pretty obvious why the medical profession in UK is under such pressure. From report published today

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@CNagpaul

8 months

Thanks to all those who voted for me. I’ll do my best to ensure RCGP uses its powers to resuscitate General Practice. Congratulations to others elected & commiserations to those unsuccessful - you stood since you have something to contribute - do continue to make your voice heard

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@CNagpaul

3 years

46,378 hospital staff off sick with COVID, while NHS overwhelmed - patient care will continue to suffer unless frontline healthcare workers are urgently vaccinated

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Exclusive: Hospitals left short-staffed with half of all sickness absence now linked to Covid across England #Covid19UK

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3 years

Had a wonderful Diwali meal with extended family - first time in 2 years - raita, chole, aloo methi, vegetable biryani, paneer bhurji, malai kofta and naan, and finished off with rasgulla for desert

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Racism in the NHS is not only wrecking lives & a moral wrong, it’s affecting quality/safety patient care, reducing workforce capacity through absence/retirement, less productive workplaces, and costing NHS £+++ economically

Patient safety 'compromised by racism', says ex-BMA chair

Patient safety is being 'compromised by race discrimination' as doctors are more likely to make errors when stressed or when experiencing 'incivility', according to the former chair of the BMA Dr...

www.pulsetoday.co.uk

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@CNagpaul

3 years

Worth reading this insightful thread - we need to understand reasons for UK’s high Covid mortality rates in order to act and prevent avoidable serious illness and deaths

Dr Dan Goyal

@danielgoyal

3 years

#COVID19 UK thread: Why has the UK mortality been so high? Overall mortality of the pandemic can be measured as total deaths. Deaths per 100k inhabitants: UK - 205 Sweden - 144 Germany - 113 Ireland - 103 Norway - 16 Japan - 14 Singapore - 2 (yes, two) 1/n

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3 years

COVID hospitalisation rates lower than previous due to vaccinations but UK still highest amongst comparator nations- 3x France, 6x Italy, 15x Spain. These are real people admitted to hospital with illness and surely ministers should want better outcomes for our citizens

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4 years

The pandemic has highlighted the absolute long-overdue need to break down the artificial Berlin wall between primary and secondary care that works against patients and healthcare professionals alike - my latest blog via @TheBMA

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@CNagpaul

4 years

I’ll be going on air @BBCr4today 8.40 a.m to discuss investigating disproportionate #COVID19 serious illness and healthcare worker deaths in BAME population and healthcare workers

Trisha Greenhalgh

@trishgreenhalgh

4 years

The first ten doctors to die in UK from #COVID19 were all from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups. @CNagpaul is rightly driving for an investigation. @kamleshkhunti is looking at data. White doctors (and everyone else), let's not ignore this.

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4 years

When GPs are not "seeing" patients physically, new @TheBMA survey shows remote consultations result in GPs having more patient contacts, longer consultations, being more tired, longer working days and more administration/paperwork

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@CNagpaul

3 years

Honoured to attend today’s #NHSBirthday service @StPaulsLondon . We must never forget the dedication & bravery of NHS staff we’ve lost and those continuing to protect and care for patients in the fight against Covid. Good to see @HelenStokesLam @Prerana_Issar @bodgoddard in flesh

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@CNagpaul

4 years

Pleased to bring international attention via @CNN of impact of #COVID19 on BAME community/healthcare workers in UK and hope to draw upon global trends and research

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@CNagpaul

3 years

The government's Commission on Race & Ethnic Disparities report depicts the NHS as “a success story with significant overrepresentation of ethnic minorities in high status professional roles". My response in @bmj_latest of the evidence relating to doctors

Chaand Nagpaul: The lived experience of many ethnic minority doctors is not an equality success...

The Sewell report’s depiction of the NHS belies the systematic disadvantage and discrimination that so many ethnic minority doctors have faced Some of the conclusions and narrative of the recent...

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@CNagpaul

2 years

Worryingly misleading public health mesaging by @TfL . Face “coverings” will only help you travel with some confidence if others around you wear them as source control. And to feel more confident of being personally protected you need a well-fitting FFP2 mask not a “covering”

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9 months

If true, this should be norm everywhere, freeing wasted GP appts +++ -Patient outpatient helpline bypassing GP practice altogether, with number given at point of referral -Publicised widely -If patient's condition deteriorates, helpline -not GP - contacts specialist to expedite

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Thanks to representatives of ethnic minority doctors & faith organisations for attending @TheBMA roundtable on #SewellReport . Unanimous call on government to openly acknowledge lived experience of structural racism affecting so many Drs in NHS and to act to end this inequality

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Chaand Nagpaul

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We @TheBMA have for months called for all staff in indoor hospitality and retail to wear face masks to protect each other and customers - especially given outbreaks in bars and restaurants. Illogical it’s not been required till now and needs immediate implementation

BBC News (UK)

@BBCNews

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Requirement for face coverings to be extended to include staff in retail, all taxi users, and staff and customers in indoor hospitality settings except when seated to eat or drink PM Boris Johnson announces new coronavirus measures for England

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Chaand Nagpaul

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So touched by generosity of local community donating eye protection from charity (left pic) and local school (right) to our practice. First eye protection we’ve received since nil available online and still waiting for NHS supplies

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Chaand Nagpaul

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@danielgoyal 1 hour for first appt, 20 min follow ups- does justice to what being a GP should be all about - the time to listen, examine, treat multiple morbidity and care for the patient as a whole person. The antithesis of UK’s conveyor belt 10 min appts fuelled by GP shortages

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3 years

18 months after highlighting disproportionate impact of COVID on ethnic minorities & 2 government commissioned reports later, still 30% in intensive care are from ethnic minorities and higher excess deaths 👇We need an action plan - not reviews - to end these race inequalities

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2020 will be remembered as the most physically and emotionally challenging year in our professional lives. My New Year message looks back at the last year and a look forward to 2021 as the year to rebuild.

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@CNagpaul

4 years

@ShabaNabi @Telegraph @DailyMailUK @jkaffash @NikkiKF @rvautrey @doctor_katie @dr_zo This is shameful and unacceptable, Shaba, Please pass on our support to your team. Latest @TheBMA survey published yesterday shows GPs working harder, longer hours and protecting patients from infection spread through remote consultations takes longer and is exhausting.

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2 years

As it's South Asian Heritage Month, it's noteworthy that back in 1961, Lord Cohen of Birkenhead stated in a House of Lords debate: ‘The Health Service would have collapsed if it had not been for the enormous influx from junior doctors from such countries as India and Pakistan.’

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@CNagpaul

2 years

UK has 46k fewer doctors than OECD average fuelling shortest EU GP consultation times (10 min) & access probs; workforce shortage biggest block to clear hospital backlog. My Spring statement letter to @RishiSunak calls for 11k extra med school places next 3yrs to reach parity 1/3

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3 years

Thank you @BIDAUK - this award belongs to the doctors and healthcare workers- mostly BAME and from overseas- who tragically lost their lives serving the nation during the pandemic, and to the generations of IMGs that have kept the NHS afloat for decades since its inception

The BMA

@TheBMA

3 years

Congratulations to BMA council chair @CNagpaul who has today received a special award from @BIDAUK in recognition of his outstanding work to protect the best interests of the healthcare profession during the #COVID19 pandemic.

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Let's not forget #NHS wouldn't have survived to celebrate 75yrs without its migrant workforce including Windrush. 1961 Lord Cohen: ‘The Health Service would have collapsed if it had not been for the enormous influx from junior doctors from such countries as India and Pakistan.’

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@CNagpaul

2 years

Vital we control covid/omicron spread and protect NHS staff (including higher grade FFP2+ masks) to prevent sickness and self-isolation absence as NHS grapples with biggest ever backlog of care and winter pressures - excerpt of my interview on @SkyNews

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@CNagpaul

3 years

We should never have needed to lobby for the government’s moral duty to value our overseas workforce who have been a bedrock giving so much of themselves and risking their health during the pandemic

The BMA

@TheBMA

3 years

We’re pleased to hear the Government has renewed visa extensions for our international members and colleagues, thanks to lobbying from the BMA, @thercn and @unisontheunion - Read our key asks here

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

4 years

A national lockdown announcement must be simultaneously accompanied with a coherent, explicit exit strategy and measures that will not see a repetition of rebound infection surge as post 1st lockdown, and with absolute assurance of competent *NHS* track/trace with capacity.

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@CNagpaul

3 years

Important not to downplay the serious reality of Covid hospitalisations from soaring case numbers - the UK continues to have the highest hospitalisation rate/million people internationally; 26.9% increase on last week, and this before we see full impact of #FreedomDay

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@CNagpaul

8 months

Being excluded is one of the most painful experiences for anyone. Experiencing it as a child can leave long lasting emotional scars. This incident was investigated but represents a far wider reality of discrimination we all have a duty to eradicate.

Gymnastics Ireland statement re GymSTART event March 2022

www.gymnasticsireland.com

Mohamad Safa

@mhdksafa

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Welcome to Ireland where people get away with racism! This little black girl broke my heart. Don’t skip this post without leaving a million heart for her. Make her famous…

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This is what’s achievable when #NHS resourced to deliver - a remarkable coalition of clinical staff, community and volunteers with skin in the game to protect the nation. Contrast with billions spent on privately outsourced test & trace without outcomes

UK vaccinates 15 million people

Boris Johnson hails ‘significant milestone’ as most vulnerable groups get first jabs

www.independent.co.uk

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

3 years

England is not only an outlier internationally but also within our own shores with devolved nations continuing mandatory face masks in indoor public places. Unfathomable divergence of Westminster policy once again on the same virus & science across borders of our small island

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@CNagpaul

3 years

Prioritising healthcare staff with Covid-19 vaccine is about prioritising patient care - as in my letter to @NHSEngland today with rocketing cases and hospitalisation it will be devastating for NHS if more staff unable to work due to Covid illness

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@CNagpaul

2 years

Absolutely @hughes_eilir Vital for public to be made aware that unlike face coverings, FFP2/N95 masks protect the wearer as well as reduce transmission & are readily available. With Omicron circulating this simple public health measure can significantly reduce infection spread

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

1 year

🙏 @ApnaNhs - truly touched to receive the "Shining Light Award"-my inspiration is the "shining stars" of ethnic minority staff who the NHS is built on, who worked against all odds in the 50, 60s, 70s onwards, who taught me in training & who make the NHS exist and function daily

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

3 years

Thanks @EveningStandard for fair reporting of my letter to @sajidjavid urging him to tackle abuse of GPs & staff. We need govt to show visible support for a workforce at breaking point under pressures of past 18 months while also vaccinating the nation.

BMA urges Sajid Javid to tackle ‘abuse’ of GPs

GPs are offering 56% of appointments face-to-face compared with 80% before the pandemic.

www.standard.co.uk

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Chaand Nagpaul

@CNagpaul

5 years

Thank you @thetimes for publishing my letter today stating why it's vital we have pension reform of annual allowance/tapering in addition to flexibilities to enable doctors to go into work and do their jobs caring for patients

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