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Liam Loftus

@liamloftus.bsky.social
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GP, Cambridge | Associate Director, Health Equity Evidence Centre | Development Director, Cambridge City Foodbank | Co-lead, The Big GP Consultation | Former NMD's Clinical Fellow, NHS England

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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 10/03/2025
With the numbers of GP partners falling significantly, and relatively few early career GPs aspiring to the role, our new briefing from @becksfisher.bsky.social looks at whether it’s time to change the GP partnership model. www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/the...
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The partnership model in general practice predates the NHS. Is now the time to change it?
The partnership model in general practice in England has been in place since before the NHS was formed, but its future is uncertain. The number of GP partners has fallen significantly, and relatively ...
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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 07/03/2025
Up next at #NTSummit: Is the GP partnership model fit for purpose? @nigel-edwards.bsky.social, @becksfisher.bsky.social, @drkatie.bsky.social, @liamloftus.bsky.social and Richard Sloggett are about to debate the pros and cons of the current model. Watch now: buff.ly/3EMgXuR
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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
We're at a crossroads, says @liamloftus.bsky.social. Carry on as we are, partnership won't exist in 15 years. Young GPs like the positive things which come with partnership, but the risk/reward ratio is skewed too heavily to risk - the financial cost, the personal toll. #NTSummit
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Becks Fisher @becksfisher.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Now seems like a particularly important time to resist polarisation and to encourage nuance. I’m excited to have this conversation - and publish a paper on the future of partnership - tomorrow #ntsummit
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
As @bma.org.uk prepares for talks on a once-in-a-generation major reform of the general practice contract, early-career GPs spell out how it could secure their future www.gponline.com/early-career... @liamloftus.bsky.social @deepthilavu.bsky.social
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Early-career GPs spell out how a new contract can secure their future
The potential for a completely new GP contract is a once-in-a-generation chance to reshape the future of general practice. Four early-career GPs explain their views on what a new contract will need to...
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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 02/03/2025
Is the #GP partnership model fit for purpose? #NTSummit 🩺 Hear from @nigel-edwards.bsky.social @becksfisher.bsky.social @drkatie.bsky.social @liamloftus.bsky.social & Richard Sloggett at our Summit. Livestream info: buff.ly/3EMgXuR
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This week Dr John Ford and @liamloftus.bsky.social speak to @emmabower.bsky.social about the work of the Health Equity Evidence Centre @qmul.ac.uk and how it can help clinicians and policymakers address health inequalities. Listen here or wherever you get your pods www.gponline.com/podcast-evid...
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Podcast: An evidence-based approach to addressing health inequalities
Talking General Practice speaks to Dr John Ford and GP Dr Liam Loftus from the Health Equity Evidence Centre at Queen Mary University in London.
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Becks Fisher @becksfisher.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The #NHS elective recovery plan isn’t just about hospitals. Thoughts 👇🏻 from a #generalpractice perspective www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/th...
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The elective recovery plan: a view from general practice
This week’s elective recovery plan was published at a very busy time for the NHS, including in general practice, where there will have been strong interest in the plan. Dr Becks Fisher, Director of Re...
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Liam Loftus @liamloftus.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Earlier this week, the Reforming Elective Care for Patients plan emphasised care becoming increasingly digital, and the need to address digital inequalities. 💻📉 This raises a critical question: ❓ What works to improve health & digital literacy in disadvantaged groups? ❓ (1/4)
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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 21/12/2024
Fairer funding for general practice in England: what’s the problem, why is it so hard to fix, and what should the government do? Read our briefing about why the outdated Carr-Hill formula should be replaced: buff.ly/3ZC1Mva
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Dr Jo Maher NHS GP @drjomaher.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Funding for primary care should recognise clinical need which is currently not the case. To future proof the NHS this is more important than any reform. @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social @becksfisher.bsky.social & team thank you for articulating brilliantly what we see & feel on the ground in practice
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Liam Loftus @liamloftus.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Is today a positive day for general practice? In my personal view, yes - I think it is. Earlier today, GPs received the letter below. The positives? For me, they are...
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Liam Loftus @liamloftus.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
🌟 NEW RESOURCE 🌟 We know there are stark inequalities in general practice. We also know that ICBs can take action to address these. At the Health Equity Evidence Centre, we’ve developed a series of inequalities datapacks - one for each ICB in England... www.heec.co.uk/resource/gen...
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General Practice Inequalities Datapacks - Health Equity Evidence Centre
There are stark inequalities in the supply, demand and need of general practice. ICBs can take action to address these inequalities. We've developed datapacks for each ICB England to help them unders...
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Victoria Tzortziou Brown @victoriatb.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
“Replacing the Carr-Hill formula with a needs-based formula is the best and most sustainable way to make general practice funding more equitable.” @becksfisher.bsky.social @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social @rcgp.bsky.social @drkatie.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/fai... the Carr-Hill formula, which decides the distribution of funding, is outdated and fails to take account of socioeconomic deprivation. why is it so hard to fix, and what should the government do? @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social
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Fairer funding for general practice in England: what’s the problem, why is it so hard to fix, and what should the government do?
General practice funding is inequitable: the Carr-Hill formula, which decides the distribution of funding, is outdated and fails to take account of socioeconomic deprivation. This briefing, produced i...
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Becks Fisher @becksfisher.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The funding of #generalpractice is unfair and inequitable. New @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social with the Health Equity Evidence Centre looks at why, why it matters, options to ‘fix’ the problem and makes clear what we think is the way forward. www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/fai...
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Fairer funding for general practice in England: what’s the problem, why is it so hard to fix, and what should the government do?
General practice funding is inequitable: the Carr-Hill formula, which decides the distribution of funding, is outdated and fails to take account of socioeconomic deprivation. This briefing, produced i...
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Liam Loftus @liamloftus.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
We've known for some time that general practice funding is inequitable... ➡️ But why is it so hard to fix? ➡️ And what should the Government do to fix it? It has been a pleasure to work with @becksfisher.bsky.social, John and Ian on this #CarrHill @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social
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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 12/12/2024
NEW BRIEFING by @becksfisher.bsky.social in collaboration with Health Equity Evidence Centre calls for the outdated GP funding formula to be replaced by a needs-based payment to better address health inequalities. 💷 Read here: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/fai...
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Dr Farzana Hussain @fhussain73.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The Carr Hill formula for general practice funding negatively impacts practices in deprived areas the most reinforcing the inverse care law. Changing the formula is necessary but not easy- we need a needs based or activity based approach. The briefing from @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social poses some ideas
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Liam Loftus @liamloftus.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Hello, BlueSky! 👋 I’m Liam, a newly qualified GP based in Cambridge. My passion is tackling inequalities at all levels of the system - from local, to national.
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