@dieracg

Consultant anaesthetist (regional & airway). BMA / LNC representative.

Joined February 2009
  • Tweets1.7K
  • Following772
  • Followers1.4K
126Media
I wanted to follow up to some comments: patients are my ONLY motivation here. I’m an NHS consultant. I am a medically qualified, fully-trained expert in one specialty, and can call a friend who is an expert in any another. My job and income are secure. (1/8)
43
522
53
1,606
354,769
Teaching on a course yesterday where a candidate reminded me of a time (10 years ago) when I saved a patient’s life by decompressing a tension pneumothorax via the scrotum. Find THAT in the guidelines or protocols for noctors.
26
15
10
411
120,944
George Reid retweeted
Burnt Toast@Burnt2020Oct 8
Replying to @lengreview
@lengreview please can you tell us the names of all the members of the advisory panel that produced the PA guidance? Please can you also provide their COI statements.
5
39
81
1,690
Quite how Dame Gillian Leng can hope to maintain any scientific or non biased credentials after this stitch up review I find hard to see. Is it April 1st? Is it even genuine?
13
46
6
158
20,377
Thirlwall inquiry. "The move towards a 'no blame' culture in the NHS, starting in 2000, was a mistake." thirlwall.public-inquiry.uk/…
Screenshot of paragraph 4.26

ALT Screenshot of paragraph 4.26

17
43
23
101
34,211
Another year teaching on the Wessex Awake Tracheal Intubation course. Great faculty, candidates and ODP colleagues. A registrar taught me that the “banana” flavouring in 10% lidocaine is used by bees as a pheromone. This is the kind of pointless anaesthetic trivia I live for.
5
47
4,092
Real anaesthetists know that it doesn’t matter if you insert it into the vallecula through the medulla.
22
16
10
219
22,911
Another sad, unnecessary and likely fully preventable death resulting from an ACP playing doctor. The solution here is to stop unqualified people practising medicine, not adding more “pathways”.
@medicalmodelwithabriochebun@medicalmodelbriAug 22
🚨New PFD report . Another death due to Advanced practitioners Pt had recent pituitary surgery . Hospital advice- if vomiting seek MEDICAL attention. 48 hours of vomiting. ANP advised ‘home management’. Coroner barely touched the ANP decision that left Pt to arrest and die.
5
38
93
3,547
George Reid retweeted
The BMA
@TheBMAAug 19
At Arrowe Park, the Trust has admitted that nurse consultants have been covering doctor shifts and carrying out work in place of medical consultants. Patients deserve transparency about who is providing their care. We’ve written to the Trust asking why doctors are being replaced in this way.
23
151
27
404
128,290
There’s a joke about gonococcus in here too somewhere…
@medicalmodelwithabriochebun@medicalmodelbriAug 16
CONSULTANT LEVEL ADVANCED PRACTITIONER ❌Competencies completed to a minimum of an ST3 Registrar or national accreditation ❌Conduct ward rounds, supervising and teaching junior Drs and ACPs. Managing & making autonomous decisions about patients with highly complex conditions
2
460
Replying to @PaulaMc007 @alisonleary1 @protectnurse
Yes, because "Nurse Consultant" has the word "Nurse" in it. The issue I'm pointing out is that in practice, we have lots of experience of the "nurse" disappearing and being replaced with a specialty/team.
4
12
180
3,681
A near miss
6
24
3,733
Replying to @Keir_Starmer
Oh just fuck off will you? I've had 7 appointments at my GPs surgery and not actually seen a doctor! 2 nurses ,2 paramedics, 2 physician associates (now, allegedly assistants but not at my surgery) and 1 physician associate Student, for God's sake. You've fkd it for the future.
9
29
5
138
20,752
Thanks to all consultants who returned their ballot. Best get negotiating.
The BMA
@TheBMAJul 6
Consultants in England have voted YES, sending a clear message to Government that enough is enough. Consultants deserve fair pay, better working conditions and an end to the erosion of their contracts. We demand negotiations that lead to real changes for consultants. The next move is Government’s. bma.org.uk/consultantspay
1
8
45
2,542
We are at the annual representative meeting today, asking consultants to vote YES in our ballot. We demand a better deal for consultants. Make sure you have your say and vote now.
2
14
1
36
3,753
George Reid retweeted
Benjamin Mazer@BenMazerJun 20
Here’s what happened when Korea promoted widespread thyroid ultrasounds for the general population. Of course those idiots didn’t have Silicon Valley so I’m sure this time will be different
34
36
16
370
84,219
The Medical Act is being replaced. The new draft act will - make it possible for the GMC to grant CCTs to PAs and AAs There’s an open consultation now. gmc-consultation-guide.netli… ✍️ Fill it out today and share it to colleagues and family *Closes June 23rd. Don’t delay*!
5
64
2
88
4,729
George Reid retweeted
Shaun Lintern@ShaunLinternJun 20
Its thought more than half the 60 former directors and senior managers from @nottmhospitals who were asked to give evidence to Ockenden refused to do so 👀
Shaun Lintern@ShaunLinternJun 20
🚨 NEW: The hospital trust at the centre of Britain’s largest maternity disaster covered-up baby deaths and subjected women to cruel and racist treatment, a damning inquiry will reveal this week thetimes.com/article/95f9cca…
38
138
20
223
70,338
I have read a lot of very stupid things on here. This is among the stupidest.
[email protected]@UNISONLibbyJun 14
Replying to @2manypeople4me @medicalmodelbri
everyone practices medicine - EVERY AHP pharmacist & nurse
4
10
78
3,983
George Reid retweeted
CR7@KhanK02759319Jun 11
Replying to @doctorsforjobs
F1 here. Best £500 I’ve ever spent
1
13
1
95
8,657
A PA misdiagnosed a 5 yr old girl with thrush and recommended a prescription for a vaginal pessary tablet and cream. GP authorised it. Pharmacist dispensed. Mother thought that the PA was a GP decisions.ombudsman.org.uk/d…
63
100
26
281
131,038
Load more