{"id":35469,"date":"2024-12-20T10:52:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T10:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/?p=35469"},"modified":"2024-12-20T10:55:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T10:55:21","slug":"gp-collective-action-update-december-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/news\/gp-collective-action-update-december-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"GP collective action update \u2013 December 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"assembler_default-group assembler_module_group assembler_default-group_1 assembler_module_group_1\"><div class=\"assembler_module_area assembler_module_area_1\"><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_1 assembler_module_1  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-1\" id=\"module-1\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35469\/#module-1\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-1<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-12 sm:pt-24 pb-12 sm:pb-24\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <h1>GP collective action update \u2013 December 2024<\/h1>\n<p>20 December 2024<\/p>\n<p>In Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire we know that some GPs have started making changes to the way they work as part of collective action.<\/p>\n<p>Please be assured that GP services remain open, but you may see some changes as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GPs may return work to other healthcare providers where they should have completed that part of care.<\/li>\n<li>GPs may not take over prescribing medications that were started by specialists, unless there is funding for this work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Repeat prescriptions for long-term conditions should not be impacted and routine long term condition reviews will continue.<\/p>\n<p>Your practice may contact you direct or should provide an update on their website to let you know about the specific actions they may be taking over the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact your practice as normal if you have a healthcare need, but also consider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS website<\/a>\u00a0provides a wealth of information and self-care guidance<\/li>\n<li>You can use the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/nhs-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS App<\/a>\u00a0for things like ordering repeat prescriptions \u2013 just remember to turn on notifications when you have registered<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/nhs-services\/pharmacies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Local pharmacists<\/a>\u00a0can also offer treatment for a wide range of conditions and can prescribe some medicines<\/li>\n<li>If you need help urgently but aren\u2019t sure who to contact, phone\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/111.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS 111<\/a><\/li>\n<li>You can find out more about local services on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bnssg.icb.nhs.uk\/health-and-care\/which-nhs-service-should-i-use\/\" rel=\"noopener\">which services should I use<\/a>\u00a0page of our website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are experiencing any difficulties that you think are as a result of collective action, it is important that you discuss these with your GP practice. If your concern cannot be addressed by the practice, you can raise it with our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bnssg.icb.nhs.uk\/contact-us\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Customer Services team<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn-link flex w-[fit-content] \" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/gp-collective-action\/\">More information about GP collective action<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_1.assembler_module_1..transparent --><\/div><!-- .assembler_module_area.assembler_module_area_1 --><\/div><!-- .assembler_default-group.assembler_module_group.assembler_default-group_1.assembler_module_group_1  -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire we know that some GPs have started making changes to the way they work as part of collective action.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[703],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-practice"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35469"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35474,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35469\/revisions\/35474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}