Chest Doc with interests in Lung Cancer & Asthma
Sheffield, England
Joined January 2015
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Shironjit Saha retweeted
Government can’t & won’t fix the NHS without simultaneously fixing social care. Pushing it back 3 years will be 3 more years of more hospital crisis & a perpetual winter. We need bold action now to reset the system. Many providers will close because of NI hike making things worse
Hospitals can't cope with influx of new admissions when they can't discharge patients who are ready to go. Without adequate social care in place operations get cancelled and people wait for hours in A&E.
Why is this so difficult for governments to grasp?
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2n…
Shironjit Saha retweeted
ICYMI- my latest 🧵 on this week’s quarterly released data NHS pay 👇
Crucially shows “all workers in all sectors” have now REACHED pay restoration.
NHS staff still HUGELY behind hence strikes going nowhere fast. Need sorting @wesstreeting
Please read all & RT/ share widely
1/ NEW & IMPORTANT: Quarterly NHS pay data updated 27/6/24 👇 In BREAKING NEWS NEW charts now show ALL SECTORS have reached #FullPayRestoration (though NOT, of course, the NHS)
We MUST fix pay/retention to fix #WaitingLists
Please read whole [long bumper] 🧵 & share widely/RT
Shironjit Saha retweeted
23/ Public satisfaction with NHS is ALSO a #politicalchoice- we *NEED* a government that values the NHS.
And that @VictoriaAtkins @wesstreeting requires government to restore pay if you want to fix waiting lists (& A&E waits & cancer treatments waits) you need to #FixPay.
Shironjit Saha retweeted
16/ Or maybe someone from the @bankofengland pipe up and tell us inflation "hurt" us all, and we STILL need to show "restraint" to keep our inflation targets
I think the public sector, and the NHS has been "restrained" a little too tightly, dont you?👇& P/S pay ISNT inflationary
Shironjit Saha retweeted
The NHS is completely BROKEN😢
WASNT broken by COVID/Strikes/inflation (*delete excuse)
but by deliberate CHOICES to break it
RT if you want this/next government to make CHOICES to properly fund the NHS, #reward staff & provide better healthcare than 👇 for the UK population
Shironjit Saha retweeted
Why is the NHS so bad at spending money on long terms things like good IT, better equipment and buildings?
One popular explanation is that the problem is a stingy treasury that won't give the NHS the money for capital...
Shironjit Saha retweeted
🌟 The 9th edition of
TNM Classification for
Lung Cancer 🫁
1, January, 2024 〜
Healthcare Workers of Gaza Nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize 2024 - please consider signing the Petition chng.it/yYqpy274 via @UKChange
Shironjit Saha retweeted
4/ The disgraceful waiting lists that have built up are entirely a political choice. Pay erosion for all doctors is far higher than other groups in the NHS (such as nurses who also need #payrestoration)
RT if you want government to get a grip and fix waiting lists
Shironjit Saha retweeted
Living standards are forecast to be 3½ per cent lower in 2024-25 than pre-pandemic.
This would be the largest reduction in living standards since records began in the 1950s, but only half the fall we expected in March.
#AutumnStatement
Welcome Palestinian Orphans into UK Homes - Sign the Petition. chng.it/h2jRv7Dc via @UKChange
Shironjit Saha retweeted
Wow! Who knew that staggeringly large waiting lists were not caused by covid/doctors strikes but rather a "decade of underinvestment in the NHS, chronic staff shortages & neglect of social care have undermined efforts to tackle it"👇
Answer: Most voters in next general election
Our new analysis of the NHS waiting list shows that, on current trends, it could peak at 8m by summer 2024.
Read about how a decade of underinvestment in the NHS, chronic staff shortages and neglect of social care have undermined efforts to tackle it ⬇️
health.org.uk/waiting-list
ALT Bar chart showing the projected growth of the NHS waiting list until the end of 2024 in a scenario with no further strikes after October 2023.
Shironjit Saha retweeted
Original Article: First-Line Selpercatinib or Chemotherapy and Pembrolizumab in RET Fusion–Positive NSCLC (LIBRETTO-431 phase 3 trial) nej.md/3Q5KD8h
#ESMO23 #oncology
ALT Progression-Free Survival Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review
ALT Best Overall Responses Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review
Shironjit Saha retweeted
In 2645 patients admitted with an exacerbation of COPD, a low eosinophil count of less than 0.05×109 cells/L was associated with a 2–3-fold increase in inpatient death, and eosinopenia was associated with other markers of acute illness. thorax.bmj.com/content/78/11…
Shironjit Saha retweeted
Thank you to BTOG Trainee Representatives @gwalls89 and @ASundaralingam for putting this excellent resource together for trainees working in the thoracic oncology field and Consultants for their comments. Read it online and subscribe. btog.org/trainee-news/traine…
Shironjit Saha retweeted
Good to hear @wesstreeting at least mention #RETENTION on @SkyNews this morning
My question to him & @UKLabour is how are you going to fix this 👇
Make no mistake, it NEEDS fixing - so what’s the plan?
RT if to want this or the next government to fix this mess
Shironjit Saha retweeted
We’ve written to @RishiSunak to offer his Government the opportunity to end the pay dispute with consultants in England, by attending talks facilitated by the conciliation service ACAS. #FixConsultantPay bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/…
ALT Letter to the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak from BMA Consultant Committee chair Dr Vishal Sharma. The letter lays out our offer of talks, facilitated by ACAS, to end the Consultant pay dispute.
Shironjit Saha retweeted
23/ Our NHS is in a DIRE state. None of this is due to striking NHS workers, or (just) covid, but due to political choices @10DowningStreet
RT if you want this (or the next) government to make the choices to fix this mess now & properly #payrestoration #fixDDRB
