In a dark room looking at organs
Liverpool, England
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Emma Whitehall retweeted
A Junior Doctor can buy a single sandwich for £3 in the hospital cafeteria and has to pay.
A MP can get British Beef and potato paprika goulash for £3.19 and then make you pay.
They also get free parking and Junior Doctors pay £1300.
Junior Doctors deserve to be paid.
Emma Whitehall retweeted
I'm in disbelief.
The govt dismisses patient safety concerns re: physician associates by stressing they've studied a bio-science degree prior to their 2-yr PA course.
Now it turns out those first degrees include English lit, history, nutrition, anthropology & ... homoeopathy.
Emma Whitehall retweeted
Dear UK public,
Yesterday, hot on the heels of widespread concern among doctors at the govt’s project of replacing NHS doctors with doctor substitutes, @gmcuk released a blog about its future intentions.
It left doctors like me reeling.
Here's why 🧵
gmcuk.wordpress.com/2024/03/…
Emma Whitehall retweeted
A PA performed an invasive procedure on a patient with a bladder infection and the patient died 48 hrs later from sepsis
➡️The c̴o̴v̴e̴r̴u̴p̴ review team report authors involved the PA who did the procedure.😳
How could this have any hope of being independent? That's why in court cases you don't have the accused having a decision making role in the courts judgement
Their findings: Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust’s internal investigation found that the PA was not responsible for any errors, and that even if a urology doctor had been available, it was “unlikely” Mr Tucker’s treatment would have changed.
PAs are dependent roles- why was a urologist not available? Were they not supervised? Why is a PA even doing such an invasive procedure?
This case is so wrong on so many levels . Patient safety is being compromised
Family of film make-up artist call for inquest after treatment by physician associate which led to death.
@JanetEastham @TheDA_UK @TheBMA
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02…
Emma Whitehall retweeted
In 1990s 6% of Dentists provided Private Dental care - the Govt imposed a contract with reduced NHS funding leading to 75% of all Dentists now Private
Currently 6% of GPs provide Private General Practice - the Govt are imposing a contract with reduced NHS funding leading to…
The risks of running public and private general practice side by side are massive. But this model will spread if the business model underpinning NHS general practice doesn’t add up - and it doesn’t. nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-it…
Emma Whitehall retweeted
When I graduated in 1984, and became a junior doctor, I had to pay my GMC membership, professional indemnity insurance, and for ongoing professional exams and Royal College membership. Just as junior doctors do now. BUT…
1/ – at Epsom, South East
Emma Whitehall retweeted
On training, expertise and minimum standards:
Currently there's a lot of talk about alternative practitioners delivering care in medicine.
Many people claim to have undergone different pathways in their training but are still able to deliver the same level of care to patients.
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Emma Whitehall retweeted
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Emma Whitehall retweeted
I did a medical degree in 3 years 7 months.
Here's why I think 4 year medical degrees as standard is a truly AWFUL idea.
Emma Whitehall retweeted
The problem isn’t: Not enough doctors being trained
The problem is: Doctors are leaving because they aren’t valued in the NHS
when will they get it?
#DoctorsStrike
#TellThemAgain
#FullPayRestoration
The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan sets out the path to double medical school training places to 15,000 by 2031, with more places in areas with the greatest shortages.
Find out more. ➡️ england.nhs.uk/longtermworkf…
Emma Whitehall retweeted
In December 2020:
We went to work
We held people's hand as they died
We did CPR on NHS staff who ultimately died of COVID
We turned most of our hospital into a red zone
Break time was spent two metres apart from each other
None of what the people did in this video was ok.
Emma Whitehall retweeted
We’ll say it louder, we’ll say it again.
To stop doctors leaving in droves, the Government must deliver full #PayRestoration.
ALT A photo shows junior doctors marching for pay restoration, in Birmingham. Doctors at the front of the march hold a bright orange banner saying "Pay resoration now".
ALT Doctors holding protest signs in Birmingham. One of them says "We are not worth 26% less".
ALT Doctors smile and chant as they march for pay restoration, through Birmingham.
ALT A doctor holds a sign saying "Can't pay? We'll move away" in the midst of a march through Birmingham.
Emma Whitehall retweeted
New publication exploring diagnostic yield and outcomes from a decade of paediatric airway endoscopy for recurrent croup. Which factors in children put them at higher risk of abnormal findings...?
doi.org/10.1177/014556132311…
@LSTMnews
@LivuniILCaMS
@AHFTResearch
Emma Whitehall retweeted
This is a German view of what is happening in the UK. Sometimes a little distance helps an objective assessment. It auto translates into English. From @derspiegel
H/t @scullingmonkey
spiegel.de/ausland/grossbrit…
Emma Whitehall retweeted
Heartbreaking on the @TheBMA picket line today at Alder Hey. So many experienced colleagues leaving the NHS who are impossible to replace.
They painted a clear picture of the managed decline of our NHS & how winning this dispute is vital for its survival.
#JuniorDoctorsStrikes
Emma Whitehall retweeted
£1823.50 a month? I was paid 1700/month in my first medical job in 2000. I was also given (horrible, but) free accommodation. And in those days, a pint of premium lager would set you back like £2.50. No wonder they are on strike.
Emma Whitehall retweeted
11-15 April will be the next round of Junior Doctors strike action in England.
The Government is still refusing to make a credible offer - or any offer at all - to resolve our dispute. Read more: bma.org.uk/juniorspay
ALT A photograph of junior doctors campaigning for pay restoration with placards and banners. The image caption says: Second round of strike action. 96 hour walkout. 11-15 April