RCGP Wales Chair. 🏴GP & GP Trainer. Safeguarding, Medical Ethics, Relationship based care. Likes bikes & dogs. Opinions my own.
Monmouth, Wales
Joined August 2013
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Rowena Christmas retweeted
Practices are telling us they need more GPs but lack the funding to employ them.
Thank you to the more than 8,000 GPs and GP Registrars who signed our letter to the Health Secretary urging him to make the 10-Year Workforce Plan a genuine roadmap to train, recruit and retain more doctors and restore patient safety.
Read more from @KamilaRCGP in @guardian this morning: theguardian.com/society/2025…
Children are being exploited in plain sight but often the signs are missed.
Tomorrow at #RCGPAC I’m speaking about how GPs can protect those at risk from County Lines and gangs.
We can make a difference if we know what to look for. #Safeguarding #RCGP
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Ahead of @RCGPAC, @ChristmasRowena explains why All Eyes are on Newport!
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Yesterday, we gave evidence on the Future of General Practice at the Senedd – and our message was clear:
General practice is in crisis – but it is also the key to saving the NHS in Wales.
90% of NHS patient contacts happen in general practice – but we receive a shrinking share of NHS funding.
£1 invested in general practice saves £3 in hospital care.
Without urgent action, we risk collapse, privatisation & widening health inequalities.
#FutureOfTheNHS
Rowena Christmas retweeted
We are asking the new Home Secretary @ukhomeoffice to guarantee international newly qualified GPs are able to stay and work in the UK. Approx 1,600 of these will need a visa this year but our survey with @BMA found many are struggling to get one.
@KamilaRCGP
@DeepthiLavu
Dr Akram Hussain
Air pollution was killing 500 people a week and costing £27bn a year in ill health, NHS care and productivity losses, the research showed. theguardian.com/society/2025…
Rowena Christmas retweeted
"The medical profession in Wales continues to experience extraordinary pressure, driven by resource constraint. Nowhere is this more acute than in General Practice."
@Doc_IonaCollins addresses #BMAARM25
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Important article highlighting the prevalence of domestic abuse in the UK and the importance of our role in Primary Care theguardian.com/society/2025…
Rowena Christmas retweeted
The Nation of Sanctuary is about helping people to have the best opportunity to integrate with Welsh society. Part of doing so for some will include having their health concerns & trauma addressed in the community by a GP.
#RefugeeWeek #NationOfSanctuary
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We are looking forward to meeting Senedd members at Y Farchnad. It is going to be hot day, so a perfect moment to pause enjoy some of the fresh fruit on our stand and have a conversation about how a well resourced general practice is good for the patient, the NHS & the taxpayer.
Rowena Christmas retweeted
We welcome @WelshGovernment’s important step to make Wales the first Marmot Nation. Tackling health inequalities needs whole-Govt action on housing, education, work & more. GPs see the impact daily & we’re here to help shape a fairer, healthier Wales.
BREAKING: Wales to become FIRST Marmot nation 🙌
This involves adopting public health expert Sir @MichaelMarmot’s eight principles.
By adopting these principles, we’ll be able to support better health and wellbeing for us all.
Find out more here 👇
gov.wales/wales-become-world…
ALT A graphic: A new way forward for health care in Wales Images along the bottom of the graphic - a doctor with a child patient, a stethoscope and health blocks.
Three weeks to go!
Thank you to everyone who has donated, offered advice or joined me training. You are amazing! #JustGiving justgiving.com/page/rowena-c…
I can’t quite believe I’ve signed up for Brecon Half Ironman as my first triathlon! But Welsh Women’s Aid an incredibly important cause. Domestic abuse has a profound impact on our society.
Helping famies can change lives for generations to come.
Rowena Christmas is fundraising for Cymorth i Ferched - Welsh Women's Aid on @JustGiving. Donate now justgiving.com/page/rowena-c…
Rowena Christmas is fundraising for Cymorth i Ferched - Welsh Women's Aid on @JustGiving. Donate now justgiving.com/page/rowena-c…
It was an honour to speak at MP Cath Fookes event to celebrate International Women’s Day.
Take home thoughts:
*Push back against Imposter Syndrome
*Be your own advocate
*Be brave and say yes to opportunities
*Passion and commitment can change the world
*Women! We can do this!
Rowena Christmas retweeted
"I have met with doctors who are facing the harrowing challenge of struggling to find suitable work. This situation is scandalous and would have been impossible to imagine just a few short years ago." - @ChristmasRowena
Rowena Christmas retweeted
"How can we have unemployed GPs when patients are crying out for appointments?"
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