Doctors’ Association UK

Changes in disease patterns can pose diagnostic challenges, while extreme weather events can worsen chronic disease outcomes. Find out how to reduce the environmental impact of acute medicine and advocate for healthier lifestyles ourhealthourplanet.co.uk/hcp-doctor-a...

🌞| How does climate change affect your specialty? And what environmental impact does your specialty have? Check out Our Health, Our Planet to find out.
This week we're highlighting the relationship between acute medicine and climate change ourhealthourplanet.co.uk/hcp-doctor-a...

☀️ | Visit our website Our Health, Our Planet for information on the threat of climate change to health, how it will impact the NHS, and steps we can take to minimise it
🔗 ourhealthourplanet.co.uk

🗣️ | “Tackling climate change has to be the priority for politicians. We healthcare professionals must be vocal in advocating for action for the sake of our patients."
Our sustainability lead Dr Matt Lee responds to today's #stateofukclimate Report
dauk.org/make-tacklin...

Resident doctors vote for industrial action | Doctors' Association UK DAUK recognises the outcome of the BMA’s industrial action ballot, in which resident doctors in England voted in favour of strike action.

🗣️ | 'This mandate must be understood not in isolation, but as a clear and urgent signal regarding the deepening crisis in the NHS workforce.'
Our statement on the outcome of the BMA’s industrial action ballot ⬇️
dauk.org/resident-doc...

Our response to the 10-year health plan for the NHS | Doctors' Association UK The Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) has given its reaction to the Government's 10-year health plan for the NHS.

Read our response to the #10YearHealthPlan
dauk.org/10-year-nhs-...

🗣️| @drmk.link: “There's unease at the direction of travel towards a fragmented, task-based model which implies ‘anyone can do it’.
"Medicine can't be reduced to checklists and delegated tasks. It's a complex, deeply responsible profession that demands a medical degree and years of further training."

Already over 6000 Neighbourhood Health Centres in England

GP Practices have lost 20% real terms funding since 2016, if they hadn’t they would be better able to provide the care patients need
Still 31m appts/month

Fund GP practices properly & they’ll do the rest with less funding & quicker

Our response to the 10-year health plan for the NHS | Doctors' Association UK The Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) has given its reaction to the Government's 10-year health plan for the NHS.

🩺 | "The 10-year health plan focuses on neighbourhood health centres without acknowledging there are more than 6,000 of them in the community called GP practices."
Read our response to the #10YearHealthPlan
dauk.org/10-year-nhs-...

☀️ | Heat health alerts have been issued across the country as temperatures rise.
Visit our website Our Health, Our Planet for information on the threat of climate change to health, how it will impact the NHS, and steps we can take to minimise it
🔗 ourhealthourplanet.co.uk

We are very sorry, but due to unforeseen circumstances we have had to postpone this evening's webinar on compassion fatigue.
We will be rearranging it for September.
We apologise for any inconvenience.

Call for health to be at the heart of the UK's food strategy | DAUK DAUK has signed an open letter to the Government calling for health and the environment to be placed at the heart of the UK's food strategy.

✍️ | We've joined healthcare professionals and environmental experts in an open letter to the Government calling for health and the environment to be placed at the heart of the UK’s food strategy
dauk.org/call-for-hea...

Recognising and Responding to Compassion Fatigue with Jayne Ellis Join Jayne Ellis who will talk about compassion fatigue and how to mitigate its effects.

💻 | There is still time to sign up to our FREE webinar on compassion fatigue.
The webinar will be hosted by Jayne Ellis, founder and CEO of EF training.
It takes place this Wednesday (25 June) from 7.30pm to 8.30pm.
Book your place eventbrite.co.uk/e/recognisin...

🥵 | With the @metoffice.gov.uk advising of a likely heatwave this weekend, our website Our Health, Our Planet is full of information to help keep people safe ⬇️
ourhealthourplanet.co.uk/public-safet... #UKheatwave

DAUK responds to spending review | Doctors' Association UK The Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) has given its response to today’s spending review by Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

🗣️ | @drstevetaylor.bsky.social: “Social care isn't being funded. With thousands of patients stuck in hospitals awaiting packages or placements, it can't be ignored.
“Genuine honesty is needed from our political leaders. The spin implies all is well. It’s far from it.”
dauk.org/dauk-respond...

🗣️ | @drstevetaylor.bsky.social says 'context is key' as he reacted to the #SpendingReview
"The 1,700 new GPs mentioned are not full-time equivalents.
“There are still thousands of GPs unable to find work. This will only increase in August with a new cohort."
dauk.org/dauk-respond...

We work in the NHS – this is why it’s broken and how to fix it Staff on the front line explain what they want from Chancellor Rachel Reeves's spending review

🌍 | Our sustainability lead Dr Matt Lee urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves not to ignore the impact of #climatechange on health and the NHS in her #spendingreview - @theipaper.com

inews.co.uk/news/health/...

💻 | There is still time to sign up to our FREE webinar with on managing the emotional aftermath of adverse medical incidents.
It takes place tomorrow (Tuesday 10 June from 7.30pm to 8.30pm).
Book your place eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-t...

🐟 | We have written an open letter to the Government calling for a ban on bottom trawling in marine protected areas to safeguard environmental and human health.
Read our letter ⬇️
dauk.org/bottom-trawl...

Reports physician associates to be renamed welcomed | DAUK DAUK welcomes reports that physician associates (PAs) could be renamed to stop patients mistaking them for doctors.

Read our response from our chair Ms Helen Fernandes and vice chair @drellenwelch.bsky.social ⬇️
dauk.org/report-physi...

Physician associates to be renamed to stop them being mistaken for doctors Exclusive: Government-ordered review concludes term in NHS should be changed because of risks to patients’ safety

🗞️ | We welcome reports in @theguardian.com that physician associates are to be renamed.
But this is just a start and the fundamental issues of scope and supervision still need to be addressed.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

🩺 | How will the climate crisis impact primary care?
It faces increasing pressures through shifting disease trends and extreme weather events.
Health promotion and disease prevention are key to cutting healthcare's environmental impact and improving health.
🔗 ourhealthourplanet.co.uk/hcp-doctor-gp/

Poster advertising the Our Health, Our Planet website and the link between climate change and health

🌍 | The climate crisis is a health crisis. Extreme weather events are already leading to thousands of deaths.
The Our Health, Our Planet website looks at the threat of climate change to health, how it will impact the NHS and steps people can take to minimise it.
🔗 ourhealthourplanet.co.uk

💻 | Join us on Tuesday 10 June (7.30pm to 8.30pm) for the first in a series of FREE webinars for members.
@clairedocdavies.bsky.social will be talking about managing the emotional aftermath of adverse medical incidents.
Book your place now www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-t...

GP partnership model has been a cornerstone of English primary care since the NHS’s inception. Partners operate independent businesses that are contracted through NHS England, enabling tailored local services and continuity of care, though often through partners’ goodwill and unpaid overtime.

@thedauk.bsky.social is running a series of webinars - first up:

Managing the emotional aftermath of medical adverse incidents www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-t...

📸 | Check out our gallery of photos from our first Jenny Vaughan Memorial Conference at dauk.org/dauk-confere...

Imran Khan KC Speaks at the DAUK Jenny Vaughan Memorial Conference 2025 Imran Khan KC and Daniel Cooper recently attended the Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) Jenny Vaughan Memorial Conference 2025, a day-long event honouring the legacy of DAUK’s founding member and tireles...

🗣️ | 'The event provided a valuable platform for sharing legal insight on matters shaping healthcare accountability and reform.'
Thank you to Imran Khan KC and Daniel Cooper, who joined us at our inaugural conference. Mr Khan KC spoke on institutional injustice ⬇️

www.ikandp.co.uk/post/imran-k...

DAUK conference hailed a huge success | Doctors' Association UK DAUK’s inaugural conference held in memory of our former chair Dr Jenny Vaughan OBE has been hailed a huge success.

🗣️ | 'One of the most enjoyable conferences I have attended.'
'Excellent speakers, motivating and empowering.'
'I am not alone.'
Our inaugural conference has been hailed a 'huge success' ⬇️
dauk.org/dauk-confere...

I also can’t plug this enough- DAUK is like another job at times that we do for free because we love it and are total geeks at heart(I speak for myself here)

We do need money to function so if you can donate the price of a cuppa to support our work it will go a long way🙏