Outnumbered in a house full of boys, North Yorkshire paediatrician, part time gin enthusiast.
Joined June 2020
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Alexandra Hardisty retweeted
Sorry, I think you missed out "Thanks to the hard-working nurses, doctors, ODPs, admin, cleaning and other theatre staff & recovery team who made this happen." (You could have also mentioned that 100,000 operations represents 1.3% of the waiting list.)
Alexandra Hardisty retweeted
I am a NHS consultant. I am financially comfortable, in a job I love, so why am I striking tomorrow?
Answer: Because the next generation will not be able to live off what I do today. The juniors that will become these consultants know this and are leaving already.
Why? 🧵 👇
Alexandra Hardisty retweeted
Looks like this says
“these numbers are nothing to do with basic salary and represent poor pay for *extra* valuable work done”
When your basic salary hasn’t shifted since 2008, you learn to read the small print
#MedTwitter #juniordoctor #JuniorDoctorsStike #juniordoctors
The BMA has demanded a 35% pay rise for junior doctors.
Here's their current average pay rates at different levels.
digital.nhs.uk/data-and-info…
ALT Junior Doctor’s mean earnings Foundation year 1 doctors: over £37,000 Foundation year 2 doctors: over £43,300 Junior Doctors in core training: £55,900 Speciality registrars: over £62,900 Source: NHS England Earnings Statistics, average earnings per person in the 12-months to December 2022 NHS Trusts and Core Organisations in England. Includes additional earnings on top of basic pay, including pay for additional hours and shift work.
Alexandra Hardisty retweeted
Today junior doctors in England will begin round 2 of our strike action for #PayRestoration
Over the last 15 years, we’ve seen a real terms pay cut of over 26% - we’re fighting for that to be reversed👇
Stick together, fight together, win together.
Nathaniel has loved making eyeball squishies following his trip to see Operation Ouch Live last week. And he has plenty to talk about at school in show and tell on Friday! Thank you Dr. Chris and Dr. Xand! @OperationOuch @xandvt @DoctorChrisVT
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Alexandra Hardisty retweeted
It's #GlobalMNDAwarenessDay - a day to raise awareness of motor neurone disease around the world.
• 6 people will be diagnosed today
• 6 people will die today
• It has NO cure
Please retweet our graphic highlighting the key facts. More people need to know 🧡 thank you! #MND
Ok, so Nathaniel's (age 4) medical knowledge continues to astound me. Watching @DrRanj today - Nathaniel was showing me what the heart does. I asked Nathaniel "and what do doctors use to listen to the heart?" He answers "an echocardiogram" A cardiologist in the making!
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Nathaniel (aged 4) has been watching the Covid episodes of Operation Ouch. 'It comes from bats. But why are the bats ok and the grown ups ill? You should know mummy, you're a doctor!' Any answers? @xandvt @DoctorChrisVT
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One year since my 3 sons went swimming and no news yet on whether/when our local pool @StarbeckBaths might reopen. Please can we have an update @Harrogatebc ? It's a much loved community pool
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My husband has been going on about how given their size, particularly the extreme tapering of the pot to the base, the joy in these pots is limited. I'm holding onto the fact that it was made and bought in 2020 and possibly our pots might be full of more joy in 2021 🙏
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Alexandra Hardisty retweeted
Here you go. Kids are safe from covid (by and large), but still get normal illnesses, and will miss valuable educational time if stay off school for ages. Schools are safe for kids, but we might have to close them to protect adults/community when rates high. Two different things.
Alexandra Hardisty retweeted
We are in early days of understanding the new #SARSCoV2 variant
The worlds experts know little and are working to gather more information
So I am amazed that so many people with zero background in infectious diseases are able to opine on its origins and implications on twitter
Trying desperately to rebook my mother's cancelled 70th birthday at @HandFMarlow for June 2021. Stayed up to 12:01am to book online 6 months in advance, not possible to book online for 6 people. No response via email and phone. Please can you help @HandFMarlow ?
'Vaccines is good' said Nathaniel (aged 4), 'Dey help protect you and I did learn dat on Operation Ouch.' Excellent work @xandvt @DoctorChrisVT . And there speaks the son of a paediatrician, I thought feeling proud...