SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>Family <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctors</span></a>’ leaders have criticised ministers for giving <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GP</span></a> surgeries in England a “derisory” increase in their funding, despite surgeries seeing record numbers of patients.</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RoyalCollegeOfGPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalCollegeOfGPs</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RCGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RCGP</span></a>) has warned that the 1.9% rise in the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> for general practice for 2024/25 will leave hard-pressed GPs struggling to provide the care that patients expect.<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/mar/07/conservatives-jeremy-hunt-budget-tax-rishi-sunak-kemi-badenoch-labour-uk-politics-live" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/live/</span><span class="invisible">2024/mar/07/conservatives-jeremy-hunt-budget-tax-rishi-sunak-kemi-badenoch-labour-uk-politics-live</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Budget2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budget2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NHSEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHSEngland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BreakThenPrivatise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BreakThenPrivatise</span></a></p>