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Resigning GPs await politicians

NewsGPs in Northern Ireland are putting a resignation threat on ice while they wait to find some politicians to negotiate with, a conference will hear today.

The problems facing practices in the region are to be set out at the annual conference of local medical committees in Edinburgh, Scotland.

GPs signed mass resignation letters with a view to putting pressure on politicians to deliver improved investment and terms of service.

But instead the Northern Ireland executive collapsed and a regional election was called. This ended in stalemate and was then overshadowed by the UK general election.

British Medical Association GP chair in Northern Ireland, Dr Tom Black will tell GPs today: “We have found that the only thing worse than having politicians is having no politicians.”

He will say: “GPs in Northern Ireland want to stay and work in the NHS in a system where patients receive a universal service, free at the point of need, funded by taxation.

“We will do this through the twin track approach of offering our cooperation to implement the transformation of the health service in Northern Ireland, transformation that’s planned and needed – but also by preparing to leave the NHS to protect and preserve a high quality service for our community.

“These are difficult and dangerous times fraught with risks and challenges.

“On behalf of NIGPC let me throw down this challenge to the incoming minister for health in Northern Ireland: ‘Work with us or work against us. Your choice, but be clear – we will protect the GP service for patients in Northern Ireland at all costs even if this means leaving the NHS.’”

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