Alex Chadwick 🦀🦀🦀 @AWJChadwick Twitter profile

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Alex Chadwick 🦀🦀🦀

@AWJChadwick

3 months

First day @UHMBT and we’re already being called “trainee doctors”. Some attending the induction today are senior registrars 1 or 2 years away from becoming consultants.

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11 months

The government are pointing out the low admin spend as a mark of ‘efficiency’- but it’s be interesting to know how much admin is done by clinicians like FY and CT doctors and by our nursing colleagues instead of providing direct care.

UK's high rate of avoidable deaths linked to NHS woes

People in UK less likely to survive treatable conditions than in other rich nations, study suggests.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@AWJChadwick

7 months

@ESHTNHS It takes at least 9 years (with grad entry medicine) to become a GP who is actually a specialist in general health. But the NHS is selling the idea people with 2 years of training have everything needed to be ‘generalist specialists’

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@AWJChadwick

7 months

The GMC are proposing having AAs and PAs on the same register as doctors with a number in the same format. This will further act to confuse patients and other NHS staff over professional roles. Urgent action is needed now to stop this @KeeleyMP

More information on PAs and AAs

A GMC Website page that might be of interest to you.

www.gmc-uk.org

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@AWJChadwick

9 months

5 years of medical school and 2 years of FY training will result in a professional with the ability to care for patient’s physical and mental health. Leaving physical health in the hands of PAs is dangerous- psychiatrists are medical qualified for a reason.

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1 year

Today I posted my ballot. After grassroots campaigning with @Doctors_Vote and then within the BMA as a member of UK JDC I’m so happy to have the chance to have my vote counted and stand up for our profession for full pay restoration #BMADoctorsVoteYes

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2 years

@saffachick @andrewmeyerson @SteveBarclay It’s true- here’s an example from a doctor 2 years after graduating who’s on approx £15.36 an hour. The pay scales for junior doctors are also publicly available on the BMA website.

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8 months

The gaslighting of our profession by NHS England, Royal Colleges is no longer going unchecked. Our concerns have been ignored for too long and we’re now left with unregulated staff delivering an anaesthetic with minimal supervision

Anaesthetists United

@AnaesUnited

8 months

'An introduction to the AA role' from Lancaster University. We have compiled excerpts from three talks by senior AAs. Names and other sources of identifiable information have been removed.

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1 month

Homeopathy is based on the concept that diluting something makes it better. Looks like some have applied this to medical education replacing a 5 year degree with just 2.

Physician’s Associates qualify for courses with degrees including homeopathy and English literature

Telegraph investigation reveals universities offering the course accept range of first degrees with little scientific content

www.telegraph.co.uk

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@AWJChadwick

5 months

This speaks for itself, how the NHS values the work of qualified doctors

BMA Thames Valley RJDC

@TVRJDC

5 months

How is this acceptable @BucksHealthcare ? Doctors are NOT worth half a Physician Associate. FY1s, this is how they value you. Look how they value your replacements. STRIKE.

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@AWJChadwick

5 months

@VictoriaAtkins You can still negotiate at any time. The government are choosing to prolong this dispute

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@AWJChadwick

7 months

@nandwics If you have an unknown cause of abdominal pain, the true expert at diagnosis (or knowing who to refer to) is the GP with a MINIMUM of 10 years of trainign vs 2 years for a PA. If it’s a sudden abdominal pain with severe symptoms then an emergency doctor is the alternative expert.

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@AWJChadwick

3 months

Walking the wards at Royal Lancaster infirmary today to make sure we smash this ballot

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@AWJChadwick

5 months

It's vital that AA expansion is paused immediately until the effects of the profession on patient safety. The vast majority of anaesthetists are worried about the lack of formal scope of this unregulated role and need to be listened to.

WMJuniorDoctors

@WestMidsRJDC

5 months

We are calling on UHNM to immediately pause recruitment of trainee AAs, which is contrary to motions passed at the RCoA EGM and the wishes of the majority of anaesthetic doctors at UHNM. Sign our public petition to make them rethink this decision now.

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5 months

I would love to see a path for PAs to become doctors- through 4 years of grad entry medicine. It’s a shame that ambitious graduates (who would make great doctors with a proper bursary) are being mis-sold a career that leaves them under equipped to deliver medical care.

NHS England Workforce, Training and Education

@NHSE_WTE

5 months

"If we want to tackle the crisis in GP numbers, we should establish a pathway for physician associates to go on to train as doctors and for newly qualified doctors to go straight into five years’ training as GPs."

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@AWJChadwick

5 months

Another case which demonstrates you can’t fit patients into a ‘matrix’ and expect people 5x less qualified to manage them independently. Back pain is not a simple history and expert generalists (GPs) are needed to exclude serious underlying causes in undifferentiated patients.

Dr Done

@Dr_Done_

5 months

This is appalling. Mid 50s, cancer red flags ignored by PAs for 8 months. This could be your dad. The UK is failing patients, and planning to fail many more with the dangerous long term workforce plan.

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10 months

@theCFOM @drcolinm @gmcuk @riaagarwal19 I’d urge you to reconsider the timing of this event- for many doctors 2 days into a new job with mandatory inductions taking place- or is that deliberate to ensure rotating doctors don’t get a voice

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@AWJChadwick

3 months

@Swervys @UHMBT I did in person as well

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@AWJChadwick

2 months

Doctors Vote doing better analysis of raw data within 24 hours than @RCPhysicians a supposedly world leading institution on evidence based practice can manage with their own survey.

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

2 months

The @RCPhysicians have finally released the raw data from their survey… and the data shows a different story to the one that was presented at the extraordinary general meeting. Here’s a thread taking a closer look. #RCPEGM #RCPVONC (1/)

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7 months

@freddiesen @MerseyRJDC I think the days of having a quiet word with trust managent are over. Trusts need to be held publicly accountable for the culture of their organisation, and doctors need to decide what type of trusts they want to work in (if they can).

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@AWJChadwick

4 months

It’s the oldest trick in the book to gaslight doctors by asking them to “reflect”. Doctors have reflected on years of pay erosion already and will continue striking until a credible path to FPR is achieved

Peston

@itvpeston

4 months

“I very much hope they’ve had time to reflect and they're able to come back with reasonable expectations” Health Sec @VictoriaAtkins says junior doctors' “unreasonable demands” are stopping a pay deal being agreed Watch tonight ⬇️ 💻 LIVE 9PM @itvpeston 📺 1045PM @ITV #Peston

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1 year

@Doctors_Vote Crabs together strong

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9 months

@rcpsych Can you explain why psychiatrists can’t “ensure patients receive holistic and integrated care that addresses their physical and mental health needs” but PAs can with 3 years less training?

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@AWJChadwick

8 months

@UHP_NHS From the content of the email being addressed as dear drs it doesn’t look like a procedural error.

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@AWJChadwick

8 months

@AlkadhiO @A03580132276 @veggieequallife @RooDoherty @markr1004 @PenfoldJohanna I’m sure it’s painful to see your department portrayed in this light but doctors need to know the working conditions that they’re going to be under if they accept a job in your department. You can however change things for the better taking this feedback onboard.

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@AWJChadwick

4 months

@UKGastroDr This is how DATIXs should work- but when you have mandatory reflections (the doctor equivalent of writing lines in detention) and declarations at ARCP of them being a negative mark on your record, they feel like a punishment rather than a safety tool.

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@AWJChadwick

7 months

@AnaesUnited Amazing result tonight showing how doctors can shape the future of medicine for the better

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Alex Chadwick 🦀🦀🦀

@AWJChadwick

11 months

Ready to strike in July and #BMABallotReady to take action in the long haul #BMADoctorsVoteYes

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

11 months

These are the July strike dates. We will not let up the pressure until the Government moves from their insulting 5% offer. #TellThemAgain

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1 year

@NHS_HealthEdEng Failing to lobby the government to provide adequate training posts. Helping create the anaesthetics bottleneck. Driving doctors to other countries or locum work instead of contributing to the NHS.

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@AWJChadwick

3 months

Last year as a locum doctor I sacrificed paid working days in order to attend meetings and ward walks, and was happy to do this for the good of the profession and my own future. I claimed only the direct expenses needed to get to meetings and get resources for campaigns 1/2

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

3 months

Further evidence that divisions and some reps sat by idly sipping on #HeavilySubsidised wine whilst our pay has been eroded. The choice is clear. More of the same or vote for DoctorsVote. Vote now

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3 months

Braving the rain to get out and talk to doctors at Chorley DGH- people very enthusiastic to get their ballots back for another mandate to continue strike action and ASOS.

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@AWJChadwick

8 months

@DudleyDiabEndo @Xeon4f145d96s1 @DudleyGroupNHS You shouldn’t be sorry for the email causing concern, you should be sorry that management ever thought this was appropriate to send to your colleagues in the first place

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@AWJChadwick

5 months

Time is running out to safeguard the definition of medical practitioner to doctors who have had rigorous training with tried and trusted content. Don’t let the government water down patient safety.

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

5 months

🚨Take Urgent Action Now🚨 The GMC and the government are trying to force GMC regulation of PAs and through the backdoor without scrutiny or debate tomorrow. This is time critical. Write to your MP NOW. You can reply as a doctor, a patient, or both.

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8 months

@rcpsychPA It's very odd that PAs are needed when there's a workforce that's spent 4-5 years of undergraduate study then 2 years of foundation training in order to become professionals that can become involved in looking after physical and mental health. Maybe they could help?

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9 months

I’m running once more for North West (Junior) Doctors committee after spending a year as part of a team that’s transformed the BMA. Make sure you vote for DV candidates in the order described in this region to ensure we can continue the fight for FPR #DoctorsVoteForDoctorsVote

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

9 months

Voting in the Regional (Junior) Doctor Committee elections is now open. We delivered the strikes. Vote for us again to deliver Full Pay Restoration. Our endorsed candidates: Vote here: #DoctorsVoteForDoctorsVote

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@AWJChadwick

8 months

We extend our strike mandate yet again. This would not be possible without the hard work from @Doctors_Vote candidates. Make sure you vote for DV to continue to lead our campaign in the elections #DoctorsVoteDoctorsVote

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DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

8 months

🚨 NEW STRIKE DATES ANNOUNCED 🚨 New strike dates announced for September and October -Joint action with consultants during both months -1 day of joint action and 2 days of full walkout in September -3 days of joint action in October

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@AWJChadwick

4 months

@quackophage How else do you think the GMC maintains the fiction that doctors raising issues are a vocal minority?

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@AWJChadwick

3 months

@aaroncumminsNHS @UHMBT Thanks for picking it up so quickly. Otherwise the team here have been very welcoming and excited to work here.

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@AWJChadwick

8 months

@beckycooke92 @DudleyGroupNHS I hope you take some time on Monday to address how your organisation is engaging in discrimination on the grounds of disability for doctors with long term health conditions that may require absence due to sickness.

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@AWJChadwick

5 months

Stand untied with your juniors and vote no against an offer that doesn’t fix consultant pay now or for the future.

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

5 months

Dear Consultants, The DDRB reforms leave all power with the Government. Pay will remain subject to “wider economic factors” = Your pay will be cut to make up for the government’s economic mistakes. Only YOU can stop this. #VoteNo

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@AWJChadwick

9 months

The BMA takes action which is guided by your elected representatives. DV have done a fantastic job on UKJDC and I’m proud to be running with them. Let’s make sure the huge progress we’ve made isn’t squandered

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

9 months

You could lose it all. You can find all our candidates for each region here: Vote here: Please rank all our candidates in the order provided, you don’t need to fill all the spaces.

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@AWJChadwick

2 months

Since @AoMRC and @gmcuk have abdicated their responsibility in defining the scope of MAPs, the BMA has had to step up in the interest of patient safety and produced thorough guidance for safe utilisation of MAPs in the healthcare workforce

The BMA

@TheBMA

2 months

"Patients must know who is treating them and the skills and abilities that clinician has." Today, we have published new guidance on the scope of responsibilities for Medical Associate Professionals (MAPs). Read more here:

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3 months

I have been told constantly by people with a straight face that ARM is the ‘most democratic’ body of the BMA as it’s made up of members. Direct elections are the only way to ensure this as previous methods of deciding who attended made a mockery of democratic ideals

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

3 months

Well, divisions are like the BMA’s version of parliamentary constituencies. Only, the people who are in them don’t really want you to know about them, or their meetings (think old boys’ club with their mates - in hotels and pubs, on BMA members’ money of course).

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@AWJChadwick

4 months

We need the BMA to continue a strong pro doctor stance across all branches of practice. Vote for a united DV team of candidates who deliver for you

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

4 months

1/n 📢 Attention all BMA members! The Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) election for divisions is now open. We need your help to shape the future of the profession. It’s time to make your voice heard. #DoctorsVoteforDoctorsVote

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@AWJChadwick

2 months

I considered, then decided against a career in military medicine because I didn’t want my private life to be dictated by an employer moving me at short notice. Today’s medical students are subjected to this by the NHS but with none of the additional benefits to compensate.

halseyhands

@halseyhands1

2 months

Be kind to Medical Students Day UK FPO Allocations out today First year these have been RANDOMLY allocated A lot of young talent being sent places for their first job they’ve never been, worked or chosen This is terribly unfair #MedTwitter

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@AWJChadwick

9 months

@RCOphth How would the public feel about someone less qualified looking after one of the most precious aspects of their health? Already medically qualified staff work alongside others with different skills in the the team. What can a PA do that a doctor can’t? They bring nothing new.

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@AWJChadwick

8 months

We’ve smashed the reballot- now’s time to make sure you have the right team to see the job through

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

8 months

🚨🚨2 days left to vote in the R(J)DC elections🚨🚨 Last year you voted in a full team of DoctorsVote reps who have delivered the strikes and two record-breaking ballots. Vote for the DoctorsVote team again to deliver on FPR. Your candidates can be found in the next tweet ⬇️

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@AWJChadwick

5 months

Under any level of scrutiny the pay disparity between doctors and their less qualified assistants cannot be justified. More worryingly, @VictoriaAtkins has no coherent plan to ensure patient safety when GP appointments are replaced with PAs.

LBC

@LBC

5 months

'They are there to work alongside doctors not instead of doctors.' Health Secretary Victoria Atkins reiterates 'regulations' on physician associates after the death of 30-year-old Emily Chesterton.

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@AWJChadwick

1 year

I’m often asked what the BMA did before the ballot. Before this date the BMA had written to the government to try and resolve this dispute. For many months we have had deafening silence from a government on autopilot who doesn’t seem to care about patients or NHS workers.

Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Our dispute started on 1/10/2022 Today is day 147 This hasn’t snuck up on @SteveBarclay #FullPayRestoration

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@AWJChadwick

1 year

@Doctors_Vote Looking at making postgraduate medical training fit for purpose with the option of geographic stability.

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@AWJChadwick

5 months

✅ Non BMA Members can strike ⛔️ You don’t need to tell anyone if you’re a union member or not ⛔️ You don’t need to tell anyone what your plans are for the strike days Applies to Doctors in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Oba Babs-Osibodu

@ObaBabsOsibodu

5 months

Extremely disappointing to see my former health board spreading disinformation and threats in order to undermine our strike action. You do not have to be a BMA member to strike. We demand an urgent retraction and apology. @CV_UHB @SuzRankin @BMA_WJDC @BMACymru @BMA_JuniorDocs

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@AWJChadwick

3 months

Every vote counts in every BMA election to ensure that we have councillors that stand for your pro doctor values

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

3 months

🚨 BMA UK Council Elections 🚨 Your DoctorsVote-endorsed rep for W Midlands is Marie, and Francesca for N East. Your ballot for these elections will arrive in the post - return it ASAP. Vote to safeguard the profession. Vote for better representation in the BMA.

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@AWJChadwick

3 months

Record strike mandates aren’t won without our foot on the gas. 🗳️ Vote as soon as you get that orange letter in the mail and show them that we won’t give in

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

3 months

🚨BALLOT NOW OPEN 🚨 📈 We broke the record with our first ballot & had over 7,000 more YES votes in our second ballot! 💪 Let's make this one even bigger! ✊️ Strikes are the only way to get the Government's attention. 🏡 Make sure your address and workplace are up to date…

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8 months

@AnnJamesNHS

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@AWJChadwick

3 months

Illegal prescribing is a serious safety and criminal issue that should be fully investigated. Healthcare workers in any profession should understand the basic principle of if they’re a prescriber or not.

Janet Eastham

@JanetEastham

3 months

🔴 NEW: IT blunder allowed PAs at Calderdale and Huddersfield to "illegally" prescribe drugs inc opiates and sedatives PAs prescribed oxycodone, codeine, lorazepam, diazepam and midazolam, despite being "instructed they are not legally able to prescribe”

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@AWJChadwick

8 months

If you were sat on the fence wondering if you owed it to your NHS employer to help them in a difficult time- it’s clear that this sentiment is not shared by management to doctors. It’s up to all doctors to strike next week and restore respect in the profession as well as our pay

platinumpizza™

@Xeon4f145d96s1

8 months

What would happen if I sent an email to “all managers” showing them any number of daily mail articles hating on managers even more than they hate on doctors 😳

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3 months

BMA council is an essential piece of machinery to get work done for doctors. Marie is dedicated to representing and engaging with BMA members and won’t let you down

Marie Tolan 🦀

@_MarieTolan

3 months

🚨BMA COUNCIL ELECTIONS West Midlands doctors I am running for BMA Council- your postal ballot needs to be sent TODAY so it can reach Civica for counting📮 I am working on (J)DC for pay, stopping scope creep and restoring pride in our profession let me represent you on Council

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1 year

#schoolboysteve has decided to turn up to negotiations finally but has failed to do his homework and get a mandate to negotiate any offer over pay with the BMA. When will the government and @SteveBarclay take the NHS staffing crisis seriously?

Junior doctor pay talks 'just a façade' say medics as meeting ends in recrimination

BMA negotiators accused the Health Secretary of deliberate delaying tactics and said he told them he had no powers to deal with their pay demands

inews.co.uk

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@AWJChadwick

4 months

@medicalmodelbri @CQCProf this surgery seems to be falling well below any reasonable model of safe staffing

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@AWJChadwick

3 months

We need the best team at ARM to represent members. Vote for DV endorsed candidates to ensure the issues that matter to you are front and centre of the BMA's agenda

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

3 months

Vote for DoctorsVote endorsed ARM reps now! Like open democracy? So do we. These elections used to happen behind closed doors, thats right the same people could "vote" themselves in year after year. Vote now to make sure that never happens again.

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@parthaskar @RCPhysicians @FPARCP @UKGastroDr @AntonEmmanuel2 @mmamas1973 @OrthopodReg @RoshanaMN @doctor_oxford @trishgreenhalgh @Trisha_the_doc @Richard_GP @BMA_James_Steen How come registrar isn’t on the list of titles for PAs not to use despite evidence of them being on the registrar rota in some environments?

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@AWJChadwick

3 months

This is absolutely insane- research needs commitment and dedication and without a robust interview process to find suitable candidates you’re setting doctors up to fail

BMA Students

@BMAstudents

3 months

We fundamentally disagree with the decision by the UK Health bodies to move the Specialised Foundation Programme into the PIA system from 2025 and will fight for students by resisting this change in any way that we can. Read the full statement 👇

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@AWJChadwick

10 months

Kudos for listening to the strength of feeling of your doctors and those across the country @royalhospital

Clay

@willhclay

10 months

Fair play here - less than 24 hours after @TheBMA resolution to drop "Junior" title, this sign for this event is removed and updated to reflect change. Still a long way to go but if we're quick to criticise and hold to account, we have to recognise positive steps as well

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@AWJChadwick

2 years

@NHSBartsHealth @TomStocks1982 @mdstbarts You’re only apologising for allowing yourselves to be caught. Treating your cooperate staff to luxury facilities whilst your clinicians don’t have the facilities to do their jobs is unacceptable. The only effective apology would be to #ScrapTheCap

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@AWJChadwick

3 months

@sumitriptan @BMA_JuniorDocs Looks like I’m going to have to restock for my ward walk supply with some of these

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@AWJChadwick

8 months

Thank you @DudleyDiabEndo for withdrawing. Consequences must result for the FPD that implemented this discriminatory policy putting staff and patients at risk. It shows serious issues with their ability to look after the well-being of the doctors they’re trusted with.

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@Xeon4f145d96s1

8 months

Update from Dudley Group sent out to doctors today. Full retraction of the email but an attempt to undermine the BMA LNC by seeking to negotiate with the DRC? Given the trust claimed this was policy, more appropriate to discuss with LNC imho.

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@AWJChadwick

9 months

@wendyburn @acrobaticlama @DrElleMorris @helencrimlisk @Jamesbr42538384 @Dr_Done_ @rcpsych @DrLadeSmith Working in OA psych as a new F1 was one of the hardest placements I did- this was with advice and guidance from a geriatrician. 5 years of medical school did teach me how to spot known unknowns and seek help appropriately. PAs with 2yrs training would not be much help to me .

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@AWJChadwick

3 months

2/2 I expect reps to be reimbursed for the costs incurred from BMA work- luxury meals flies in the face of responsible use of dues. The DV reps I’ve worked with respect the need to keep money going to causes that directly help BMA members. Vote here

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Alex Chadwick 🦀🦀🦀

@AWJChadwick

11 months

Leaked footage from @ELHT_NHS management meetings

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

11 months

Hey @ELHT_NHS @ELHT_CEO we are still waiting on an adequate response, retraction and apology for this. In the mean time let’s score you Taking responsibility ❌ Valuing colleagues ❌ Toxicity ✅✅✅✅ @ShaunLintern

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@AWJChadwick

7 months

I’m proud of a union that’s working alongside doctors at a grassroots level for full professional restoration.

Junior Doctors

@BMA_JuniorDocs

7 months

We have written to @RCoAPresident to express our concerns about the roles of medical associate professionals, and welcome the outcome of the resolutions presented at the recent RCoA EGM. Read the full letter here 👇

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@AWJChadwick

6 months

@drcolinm The med schools are often ran by the same faculty for both PA and med student education- this naturally attracts academics supportive of expanding the PA role who are able to exercise control over medical student training

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@AWJChadwick

8 months

@MedCrisis Was the same as an FY doctor in @LancsHospitals . Policy was endorsed by FPD and even if we attended but didn’t fill feedback in (one time I inoccently forgot) you had to do unpaid e learning for 4 hours

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@AWJChadwick

9 months

@helencrimlisk @rcpsych So what do PA’s offer that a doctor can’t?

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@AWJChadwick

3 months

@OrthoFA @Dr_Done_ @LancasterUni Lots of FY doctors would love a day away from discharge summaries and scribing to contribute to med ed. I can confirm that they are specifically banned from examining above 2nd year med students whilst no such restrictions apply to TRAINEE AAs

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@AWJChadwick

8 months

@drandrewhardman @drbenwhite Ensure you don’t pick up new patients late into the shift to allow for ample time for coding and discharge letters?

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@AWJChadwick

1 year

@RobLaurensonD4P Has absolutely hit the nail on the head with @SteveBarclay ’s inaction on pay for NHS staff. A crisis of the government’s own making.

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

1 year

“He’s a very busy man, and its almost because, like a school boy, he's left all his homework until the last minute. He's got multiple disputes now with multiple professions. We've all come to the same moral calculation..nurses, physiotherapists.. doctors, we have to strike”

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@AWJChadwick

1 year

@Doctors_Vote @DrJSherrington 🦀🦀🦀

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@AWJChadwick

1 year

Proud to be voting for these excellent candidates at JD Conference 2023. Your DV reps have already made a huge difference already on council and committee it’s time to help them set the BMA’s agenda in the future.

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

1 year

At the BMA #jdconf23 ? Here are your doctorsvote candidates ⬇️ Vote here:

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@AWJChadwick

11 months

Time to get ready to vote YES. And continue to put pressure on the government

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

11 months

Rishi's 5% offer is another real-terms pay cut, on top of everything else they have taken from us. They think an offer of 70p/hr for an F1 will buy us off. They still don't get it. Tell them again. #BMADoctorsVoteYES #JoinVoteWin

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@AWJChadwick

1 year

There’s some people out there who simply won’t believe figures like this, but it’s the reality and there for all to see on the BMAs pay scales for Junior Doctors page. All we’re asking is to be paid what the public think we already deserve.

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

1 year

A brain surgeon with 10 years of experience (plus a minimum of 5 years at medical school) earns £28 an hour. @theBMA Strike Ballot will be going out by post to junior doctors in England tomorrow. Vote YES for full pay restoration. #PayRestoration #BMABallotReady

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@AWJChadwick

3 months

I can’t imagine the stress caused by this to drs who had their MSRA cancelled an rearranged in Preston last month to then be subjected to even further anxiety

Jack Fletcher

@fletchjack

3 months

More delays brought for 2000+ drs by the team who: - offered jobs, withdrew them then were forced to reissue them - didn’t meet deadlines in 2021, 2022 & 2023 - were subject to a serious investigation Why is @UKANRO so incompetent every year? @NHSE_WTE do your job and step in.

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@AWJChadwick

5 months

@doctorhelgi @PedroOscarRCun1 @quackophage The RCoA has only acted because the EGM directed them to. Without @AnaesUnited making the previous position of the college untenable would it continue to accept NHS money whilst claiming to be motivated solely by having a ‘seat at the table’ in AA expansion

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@AWJChadwick

1 year

Government more than happy to use RPI to make sure your debt keeps up with inflation but not our pay.

Antoinette 🏳️‍🌈

@mrseleanorohara

1 year

Checked my student loan balance for a laugh and christ, what is this absolute nonsense

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@AWJChadwick

1 year

How can #SchoolBoySteve expect the BMA to abide by ‘preconditions’ when he expects the BMA to circulate papers in good time but he cancels meetings and rearranges last minute. This is a serious dispute and the government needs to recognise this.

Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

This is untrue. We set no preconditions unlike you. These were the additional preconditions you wanted us to sign along with the others you set to get in that room. Weird that you would blatantly misrepresent the truth like that Who do people trust? Politicians or Doctors?

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@AWJChadwick

7 months

@drphiliplee1 For a lot of admin and HR issues doctors are tired of being ignored. The only way for our team to get our contracts was cc’ing in the head of HR.

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@AWJChadwick

4 months

Why isn’t your New Year’s resolution to put patients first and negotiate with the BMA without self imposed preconditions and end this dispute now?

Victoria Atkins

@VictoriaAtkins

4 months

Junior Doctors continue their strike today. That means more disruption for patients and staff. My message remains the same. Call off the strikes and come back to the table. Let’s start 2024 right.

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@AWJChadwick

4 months

I’ve updated my new details and address for my change of work in February- have you?

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

4 months

🚨 Reballot: Vote YES for strikes and Vote YES for ASOS🚨 Our reballot is open from 7th February - 20th March. You broke the record on turnout for our first ballot, and then 7000 more doctors voted YES in our second. The Government still doesn’t get it. Tell them again. (1/4)

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@AWJChadwick

8 months

You’ve seen what DV candidates can do in England- make sure that if you’re in Scotland you vote DV

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

8 months

Voting is now open for the Scottish (Junior) Doctors Committee elections. Here are your DoctorsVote endorsed candidates. Vote here:

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Alex Chadwick 🦀🦀🦀

@AWJChadwick

7 months

Imagine booking to see your GP for a concerning symptom and then being treated by an apprentice with no regulation or relevant prior training. This is dangerous to patients @mpftnhs

Alison Moore

@AliJaneMoore

7 months

Job description for an apprentice PA working in general practice. All you need is a 2:1 or higher in a science-based degree.

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@AWJChadwick

7 months

@wendyburn @drjanaway First the royal colleges and NHS England assure us that PAs won’t replace junior doctors or steal training opportunities. Within a few years they’re on the consultant OGD rota. Advocating for PA exapansion is opening a can of worms that your juniors tried to warn you about.

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@AWJChadwick

1 year

If anyone had an impression that #SchoolBoySteve was negotiating in good faith with the RCN this seems to put that idea to rest.

NursingNotes

@NursingNotesUK

1 year

𝗡𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗡𝗛𝗦 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀. While pay talks drag out, less than two months remain on the union’s strike mandate. Read more ➡️

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@AWJChadwick

1 year

@BMA_James_Steen Thanks to the amazing work of the staff in the BMA that worked with this to make it all possible.

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@AWJChadwick

4 months

Multiple friends and colleagues in Preston by technical issues @NHSE_WTE he ate you going to ensure that candidates are able to sit this assessment and aren’t disadvantaged by circumstances beyond their control?

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

4 months

This is unacceptable @PearsonVUE The doctors who have prepared hard for this exam need you to confirm immediately that there will be another sitting this week - they can’t lose a year of their career progression because of your failure.

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@AWJChadwick

4 months

#JustGetOnWithIt @VictoriaAtkins if you want to provide a shred of evidence that you’re fit for the job and your government truly is working in the public’s best interest by ending these strikes with a credible offer now

Junior Doctors

@BMA_JuniorDocs

4 months

This morning @Keir_Starmer made his thoughts very clear on @LBC that ministers should now be coming back to the negotiating table.

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@AWJChadwick

2 months

We asked what’s next if you don’t need doctors to be seeing complex medical problems- comparing this to unqualified pilots flying planes. We were told this was ridiculous and alarmist. In the last 10s of this video @JimBethell proposes this exact plan.

Neena Jha

@DrNeenaJha

3 months

Shaking right now! The PA debate in the House of Lords- @JimBethell said: “We have to find people from somewhere (to do GP appointments) & they’re going to be some people (Physician Associates) that don’t necessarily go through the 10 years of qualification TO BECOME A GP” 🚨

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@AWJChadwick

8 months

Grassroots activism is getting issues facing the profession into the public discourse. Of course NHS England claiming AAs allow consultants to “spend more time with patients” is patently absurd given the nature of anaesthesia as a specialty.

Doctor revolt looms over NHS ‘physician associates’

A revolt by doctors is likely to disrupt plans to plug NHS workforce gaps by getting non-medics to take on some of their tasks

www.thetimes.co.uk

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@AWJChadwick

16 days

@NHSEngland You’ve identified some of the many problems. Now talk to @BMA_JuniorDocs to work on measures to ensure you can enforce your instructions to trusts on inaccurate pay and late rotas

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@AWJChadwick

3 months

@FrankCoffey26 @mmamas1973 @parthaskar @RCPhysicians @FPARCP @NHSEmployers @trishgreenhalgh @UKGastroDr @DrLKVaughan @iDrSunny @AntonEmmanuel2 @Rezaidi @DrAsifQasim @RowanHarwood @NHSE_WTE Have any of the ACPs in your team passed FRCEM? Or is that exam not essential for practice at registrar level?

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@AWJChadwick

8 months

@wetherbyortho @RoshanaMN I’d be careful not to give NHS England too many ideas of creating dental associates to play a ‘vital role’ in your future MDT.

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@AWJChadwick

9 months

Replacing psychiatrists with less qualified staff (PAs) is not improving patient care. Recent CQC report describes a trust as ‘inadequate’ on safety and the trust’s proposed solution is to replace doctors with 7+ years of training with PAs with 2 years

Royal College of Psychiatrists

@rcpsych

9 months

Our Physician Associate in Mental Health programme has been shortlisted in this year's #HSJAwards Find out how this innovative programme is improving patient care and offering new career opportunities in #mentalhealth

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