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Sheffield NHS GP Consortia's are Anti-Competitive / Sheffield Local Issues

The core at the heart of Coalition Government's NHS reforms is to scrap ALL NHS Primary Care Trusts (PCT's) to be replaced by competing GP Consortia's to directly manage patient treatment commissioning (the process could take 2-3 years to implement).

However whilst the media has been focused on the news of scrapping of all NHS PCT's, the flip side of the coin lies in the consolidation of GP practices into GP consortia's that is aimed at attempting to introduce real competition between GP surgeries for patients with the result that the under performing GP surgeries in cities such as Sheffield could disappear as they are unable to compete for patients in a more market orientated value for money environment due to their inability to provide health services to the satisfaction of a large % of their patients (as evidenced by the UK GP Patient Survey), thereby patients and resources are reallocated by market forces to the better performing GP surgeries, and therefore both patient healthcare improves and costs are cut.

Princess Anika Walayat - Happy 3rd Birthday! / Birthdays

Happy 3rd Birthday to Princess Anika!

Imran Afzal Family Visit from South Africa to UK / Special Events

Imran, Shahla's brother arrives from South Africa to visit family in the UK.

(Choudhry CM, Nadeem, Imran, Aysha Ali, Yasmin Ali)

Anika, I'm the Walayat Families Princess, Take my Photo / Fun Time

It's official ! Anika has been voted as the Walayat Family's Princess.

Say Cheese Princess Anika

Sheffield Hit by Worst Snow Fall in Decades / Sheffield Local News

On December 1st Sheffield was hit by the worst snowfall in at least 2 decades, leaving cars abandoned on the roads and foot paths.

Temperatures hit an unheard of -10 in Darnall.

A selection of photos from Darnall

Walayat Family Eid November 2010 / Special Events

EID day! Quick photo of all from left to right of the Walayat Family

Sheffield NHS Darnall Community Health, UK GP Patient Survey Results / Sheffield Local Issues

The latest results for the Department of Health Funded UK GP Survey have been recently released that cover the 4 quarters for September 2010. The survey features more than 5.5 million detailed questionnaires being sent out to NHS GP patients across England of which 2.06 million were returned. For the city of Sheffield a total of 67,842 questionnaires were sent out to the patients of Sheffield's 91 GP surgeries of which 26,865 were returned from which detailed results were compiled as listed in the table at the end of this article for the overall level of satisfaction at the quality of health care received for all of Sheffield's GP surgeries.

Sheffield's Top 5 GP Surgeries

	Level of Satisfaction
THE HEALTH CARE SURGERY	98%
MANCHESTER ROAD SURGERY	98%
RUSTLINGS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE	98%
NORTHERN AVENUE SURGERY	97%
JAUNTY SPRINGS HEALTH CENTRE	97%

The results show that Sheffield's best performing Surgeries continue to cluster in the affluent areas of the city, which is reflective of the 'post code lottery' where those that reside in the affluent wards due to more likely being professionals are able to demand a better quality of NHS GP services than those that tend to reside in the deprived wards who tend to suffer in silent as to what passes for health care provision which plays a significant part in contributing to a more than 14 YEAR GAP IN LIFE EXPECTANCY between peoples living just a few miles distance from one another, which has been commented upon in the past by the Sheffield MP and Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg :

"It is an outrage that social mobility has slowed, not increased, under the Blair-Brown years. It is an outrage that in Sheffield, where I’m an MP, life expectancy in the poorest wards is a full 14 years below the life expectancy of those living in the wealthiest wards. Your life chances are now set by the circumstances of your birth as never before."

Happy Birthday to Shahzad Nabi's Son Isa Age 2 / Birthdays

Shahzad Nabi set a new standard for Birthday parties for his Son's 2nd Birthday, not content with food and party games, Shahzad ensured a memorable day by including an Indoor Bouncy castle and an on stage performer into the birthday package.

Happy 2nd Birthday to Isa

Choudhry Mohammed Walayat's Birthday at the Walayat Family Home and Chaman Restaurant / Birthdays

Happy Birthday Doctor! Your age is kept secret ;)

Sheffield NHS UK GP Patient Survey Results for 2010 / Sheffield Local Issues

The Department of Health funded UK GP Patient Survey presents an excellent record of the actual quality of patient experience of using NHS GP services across England. The 2009-10 Q4 survey results have now been released that bring the total detailed questionnaires being sent out to patients during the year to more than 5.5 million across England of which 2.17 million have been returned.

For the city of Sheffield a total of 65,339 questionnaires were sent out to the patients of Sheffield's 92 GP surgeries of which 27,380 were returned, from which detailed results were compiled as listed below for the Overall Satisfaction category for all of Sheffield's GP surgeries ranked in order from best to worst.

Kashaf Walayat 40th Birthday Party At Apna Restaurant, Rotherham / Birthdays

Kashaf Walayat 40h Birthday Party At Apna Restaurant, Rotherham

Rafieda arranged Kashaf Walayat's 40th Surprise Birthday party at APNA Restaurant, the party was attended by more than 50 guests including starting off with an hour long presentation before the birthday buffett meal and final cake cutting.

Sundown Adventure Land Theme Park Visit Review / Holidays & Outings

A warm day in early April prompted a visit to a local theme park for the kids, Sundown Adventure land (formerly Pets Corner) is situated near Retform which is within 45 minutes driving distance of Sheffield, the park is aimed at the under 10's

Indleeb Walayat Had a Baby Boy Ryaan, Hariss Now has a little brother / Announcements

Harris finally has a little brother to play with named Ryaan born on 13th Dec 2009, congratulations to Indleeb and Mahboob

Twin Lakes Theme Park, Melton Mowbray Review - Kids Day Out / Holidays & Outings

I Went To Twin Lake theme park With My Dad , Mum , Brother Sami And My Baby Sister Anika in July.

I woke up in the morning to get ready to go to Twin lake theme park , we got there the about at 10:30am. When got there we had to pay before they let us into Twin lakes , next we got a map ,

Introduction - Made in England - The Memoirs of Dr Choudry Mohammed Walayat MBE / Made in England

I have often thought that people who have lived a full life should make a
record of what happened to them over their lifetime, if only for their
children and grandchildren and their wider family, some of them as yet
unborn. Now that I am getting on in years I thought it might be of interest to
my family, my friends and perhaps the wider community, if I put down a few
reminiscences of my early life in Kashmir and the many years I have spent
here in England.

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