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British Medical Association - the trade union and professional organisation for doctors and medical students. Re-tweets not necessarily endorsements.

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

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🩺Medical students in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ☝️It's not too late to nominate yourself to join our students committee for the 24/25 session 🤝There's a seat for each year from each medical school Applications close on Monday 13 May ➡️

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

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1 of 2 📣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿PAY UPDATE: Next week we will enter talks with @WelshGovernment to discuss the pay award for 2023/2024 for those working in secondary care, and the joint ambition of #PayRestoration . 📨Further updates to follow.

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BMA Cymru Wales

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🗣️Welsh Government has offered a 5% uplift for consultants, juniors & SAS drs on the 2008 contract, no uplift for those on the 2021 contract. ❌Offer rejected. 👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️We'll decide in the next fortnight whether to enter a trade dispute with WG & ballot for industrial action.

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BMA Cymru Wales

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🙌🏼 Great to see @vaughangething celebrating the hard work GPs have continued to do during the pandemic 🏥 Practices have changed, not slowed down

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BMA Cymru Wales

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📢 Today Consultants and SAS doctors in Wales have voted YES to take Industrial Action ✅ 86% of consultants & 94% of SAS doctors have voted YES Find out more:

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BMA Cymru Wales

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📢 Pay dispute update 📢 As a result of sustained pressure including 3 rounds of IA by junior doctors, the Welsh Government has made a significant proposal to open pay negotiations for secondary care doctors in Wales. 📩An email has been sent to all members with full details

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BMA Cymru Wales

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Health worker priority testing announced ❗️ #COVID19

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BMA Cymru Wales

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We’ve heard loud and clear members concerns regarding the Pfizer dose delay and have an urgent meeting with @CMOWales tomorrow to discuss. Our priority continues to be to ensure doctors are protected so they can look after patients. #COVID19

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BMA Cymru Wales

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Junior doctors in Wales begin a 72-hour full walkout over pay. PRESS RELEASE:➡️

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BMA Cymru Wales

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Today we met with the Health Minister to discuss our concerns regarding vaccination roll out. He was unwilling to alter the current position. We’ve followed up in writing and will continue to lobby on this issue 👇 #COVID19

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

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👥 Our SAS, junior doctor and consultant committees have voted to ballot members on industrial action over pay 📩 An email has gone out to members in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 📰Press Release:

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

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As GPs in England voice their dismay at the support plan for general practice in England, GPs in Wales, Scotland and NI stand in support of their colleagues. #supportyoursurgery

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BMA Cymru Wales

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Extremely concerned @WelshGovernment is spacing out the Pfizer vaccine to make it last until the next delivery. If Pfizer vaccines are available, second does must be given to HCWs within the maximum 42 day timeline & all remaining vaccinations for staff must be accelerated.

@WalesOnline

WalesOnline 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford defends holding back thousands of doses of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine

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BMA Cymru Wales

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“A lack of scrutiny has let the physician associate role run away with itself” Read @Doc_IonaCollins reflections on the issues around the rise of PAs and the impact on the medical workforce and patient safety⬇️

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BMA Cymru Wales

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We appreciate the willingness of @WelshGovernment to engage on pay. The offer includes a commitment to the principle of pay restoration back to 2008 levels. Pay restoration is vital to address the desperate recruitment & retention crisis in the NHS. 👇

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BMA Cymru Wales

5 years

Congratulations to former Welsh secretary Dr Richard Lewis on receiving an MBE for services to healthcare in Wales in the #NewYearsHonours

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BMA Cymru Wales

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BMA Cymru Wales elects first female chair of Welsh council. Dr Iona Collins said "I look forward to representing doctors and fighting for a better future" News story 👉

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BMA Cymru Wales

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We welcome this news and we’re grateful that the @WelshGovernment continues to follow the data. After vaccination, face coverings and ventilation are the best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19. We hope that this decision will extend to shops and other indoor environments.

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BBC Wales News

3 years

A decision has not been made on whether people will have to wear face masks in shops

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BMA Cymru Wales

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Yesterday, we heard from some junior doctor members working in paediatrics that they were informed they won’t be included in the September pay run. We raised this issue with NWSSP and this has led to them taking prompt action. 1/3 🧵

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BMA Cymru Wales

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📢 GP contract negotiations have ended without resolution. GPCW chair @GOelmann said “Unless Welsh Government commit to a rescue package that supports GPs & patients with the correct level of support then the GP crisis will only deepen in Wales” ▶️

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BMA Cymru Wales

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A welcome communication from @vaughangething reflecting on the role of the DDRB and the UK Government’s proposed 1% pay rise ⬇️

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BMA Cymru Wales

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❗ We believe it should be mandatory in Wales for face coverings to be worn in all public indoor spaces & where it isn’t possible to socially distance. ❗ There needs to be clear public messaging about why it is necessary. ❗ We must do all we can to prevent the spread. RT

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BMA Cymru Wales

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📢 Member update 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🪧 With the approval of @TheBMA ’s UK council we will proceed to ballot members working in secondary care on strike action as part of our pay dispute with @WelshGovernment We remain open to talks if a credible offer is on the table 📩 Updates to follow

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BMA Cymru Wales

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This week we have written to @Eluned_Morgan for @WGHealthandCare to request a pause in the current planned expansion of medical associate professional (MAP) roles into NHS Wales while serious patient safety concerns persist (a thread)

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BMA Cymru Wales

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2 of 2 🗣️Pay discussions for Primary Care will take place as part of the annual GMS contract negotiations, due to begin next month. 📨Updates will follow.

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BMA Cymru Wales

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It’s been two weeks since @CV_UHB sent a communication to doctors with inaccurate and intimidating language about their right to strike. WJDC co-chairs @DrPeterFahey and @ObaBabsOsibodu have written to @SuzRankin seeking an urgent correction email to staff Letter ⬇️

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BMA Cymru Wales

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Yesterday doctors @CV_UHB received a communication about the strike with errors and intimidatory language We acted quickly to resolve the situation and we're encouraged to see an apology from @SuzRankin ⬇️ We understand a correction and an apology will be sent to staff asap

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BMA Cymru Wales

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Don’t penalise the families of doctors that die on the #COVID19 frontline @WelshGovernment – do the right thing and provide full death in service cover for all staff risking their lives to save others

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BMA Cymru Wales

3 years

PPE Update: Today we wrote to the Minister to call for FFP2 & FFP3 level masks to be made available to all frontline healthcare staff. This is due to emerging evidence that suggests Covid-19 can spread by aerosol transmission even without specific aerosol generating procedures.

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BMA Cymru Wales

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Psychiatrist, Dr Maria Atkins was the first in her family to go to University. Read her story: @rcpsych @rcpsychwales #BecomingADocWales

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

6 years

Congratulations to all our winners #CTOY18

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BMA Cymru Wales

2 years

We’ve written to @Eluned_Morgan with @RCNWales to ask again for FFP2 masks to be made available to all healthcare workers and FFP3 masks for those treating Covid patients. Staff should feel safe going to work & we cannot afford further staff absences which could be avoided 👇

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BMA Cymru Wales

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Comments from @bootsSebJ today are unfair & undermine the work of all primary care workers who worked tirelessly throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks need to be given to all frontline staff & healthcare workers for their continued hard work

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BMA Cymru Wales

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"Medicine's not for someone like me." Medicine isn't just for the 'privileged few' & we feel strongly that that all students in Welsh schools who wish to become doctors & are properly qualified to do so, get a fair chance to try & gain a place at a medical school...

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BMA Cymru Wales

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🖊️Our petition has achieved over 1200 signatures in 7 hours 🩺please continue sharing and signing our petition for an urgent rescue package from @WelshGovernment before it’s too late #SaveOurSurgeries

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BMA Cymru Wales

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🔐Years of inadequate funding for general practice continue to force surgeries to close their doors 🛟 Help us to prevent more surgery closures. Sign our petition for an urgent rescue package from @WelshGovernment before it’s too late #SaveOurSurgeries

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BMA Cymru Wales

6 years

We welcome the decision by @wgcs_health to extend the #HPV vaccination programme to include adolescent boys in Wales following the recommendation made by the #JCVI

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BMA Cymru Wales

2 years

👀Here are some of the delegates from Wales representing you this week, discussing and making policy on the issues facing the profession. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #ARM2022

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BMA Cymru Wales

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🏥We’ve been made aware of doctors receiving incorrect information from their employer regarding their eligibility to strike. We’re working urgently to address this. 🪧Please refer to our strike guidance to support your right to strike.⬇️

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BMA Cymru Wales

4 months

Some brilliant banners at the Senedd today

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BMA Cymru Wales

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Junior doctors in Wales 👩🏾‍⚕️👨🏽‍⚕️ After two years of negotiations, we’ve reached an agreement with NHS Wales Employers and Welsh Government to reform your contract. Read our full announcement:

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BMA Cymru Wales

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We have written to the Foreign Secretary @JamesCleverly raising the plight of Dr Ahmed Sabra and called for @FCDOGovUK to do all it can to ensure he is able to evacuate and be reunited with his family.

@BBCWalesNews

BBC Wales News

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‘I'm calling on the Foreign Office to do their duty for a British national. To evacuate me and get me out of Gaza’

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BMA Cymru Wales

7 years

Cardiff medical student Camilla Selous passionately argues against motion 422 and calls for a Nordic model re sex work #ARM2017

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BMA Cymru Wales

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Our chair, @Doc_IonaCollins delivers her inaugural speech at #ARM2023 🧵"We must retain our doctors in Wales by achieving full pay restoration, because with more doctors, we will have reduced pressure and reduced burnout.”

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BMA Cymru Wales

4 years

The first of our care boxes are on their way to healthcare professionals across Wales & will start arriving next week 🚚🚚🚚 They contain essential & useful items to help get you through a busy shift. Don’t forget our #BMAWellbeing service is also there (1/2)

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BMA Cymru Wales

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Good morning from Liverpool! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Welsh reps are here and gearing up for a full day of debates on workforce, pay and pensions. A strong opening speech from UK Council Chair @DrPhilBanfield to kick off day 1 #ARM2023

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BMA Cymru Wales

4 years

Our latest survey has shown that 67% of doctors in Wales do not feel fully protected from #COVID19 at work. Read more here

@ITVWales

ITV Wales News

4 years

Two thirds of doctors in Wales do not feel fully protected from coronavirus at work

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BMA Cymru Wales

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Glad to see @CMOWales issue a Welsh Health Circular setting all-Wales standards to improve communications between primary and secondary care. It's great that @BroTafLMC and @CwmTaf 's work is being adopted on an all-Wales basis

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BMA Cymru Wales

4 years

(1) We’re pleased to share that following pressure from ourselves @welshgovernment has implemented the Scheme Pays offer for this financial year. This is in addition to the offer for recycling contributions. This scheme will apply to doctors who are members of the NHS pension...

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BMA Cymru Wales

4 years

We’ve concluded the GP contract negotiations for 2020/21 with @WelshGovernment All doctors, nurses and staff working within GP practices will be rewarded for the exceptional efforts they have made during this extrodinary time with a 2.8% pay uplift:

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BMA Cymru Wales

3 years

Frontline staff are risking their lives to help others. We are asking Welsh Government to stop sitting on vaccine supplies and get on with it.

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BMA Cymru Wales

7 years

Indemnity: what's happening in Wales? Find out here: @MadameGPWales

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BMA Cymru Wales

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“We call upon the Welsh government to recognise the gravity of the situation and to act decisively. Investment in general practice is a commitment to the health and well-being of everyone” @GOelmann on the urgent need for a lifeline for general practice in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #SaveOurSurgeries

@bbchealth

BBC Health News

17 days

Fear for GP surgery's future as contract abandoned

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BMA Cymru Wales

5 years

“When we doctors make an error, we are held accountable by the GMC. This is not the case for senior managers in Wales or elsewhere in the UK. Something needs to change throughout NHS management so that there is true accountability” says @DrDavid_Bailey #ARM2019

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BMA Cymru Wales

4 years

Reduced staff, isolation and shielding – just some of the challenges @IHcardiffmeds has written about in his blog 'A Day in the life of a GP during Covid-19' You can read the whole piece here ⬇️

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BMA Cymru Wales

7 years

Join us in welcoming Josie Cheetham as the new chair of the Welsh Junior Doctors Committee #BMACymru #WJDC

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BMA Cymru Wales

3 years

Thank you @AngelaJBurns , @vaughangething and @RhunapIorwerth for taking part in our health and social care #Senedd2021 hustings this evening – a fascinating debate on the future of health and care in Wales. Thank you to @GillibrandPeter for excellent chairing.

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BMA Cymru Wales

4 years

“Doctors continue to make sacrifices to fight this pandemic and it's saddening to see people taking risks that could impact our health service. “It undermines the extraordinary efforts made by our NHS, key workers and the vast majority of the general public.” @DrDavid_Bailey

@WalesOnline

WalesOnline 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

4 years

Doctors say mass gathering at Ogmore-by-Sea is 'kick in the teeth' to all those who obeyed lockdown rules

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BMA Cymru Wales

1 year

We have written to the CMO and CNO to express our concerns over advice issued this week on hospital discharge decisions. We have rejected the the guidance and asked for it to be revoked.

@BBCWalesNews

BBC Wales News

1 year

‘Frail patients are not going to be able to survive at home’

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BMA Cymru Wales

5 months

✍️Our GP petition has achieved over 7700 signatures in just 6 days 🚨Help us reach 10000 by the end of this week to have a chance of this being debated in the @seneddwales 🛟 #SaveOurSurgeries , please sign and share

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BMA Cymru Wales

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If general practice fails, secondary care will be buried in a tsunami of work & the Covid recovery plan obliterated. Patients are suffering & staff at breaking point. A radical shake-up is needed before lives are lost. @Eluned_Morgan @WelshGovernment ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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BMA Cymru Wales

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👩‍🎓Over a third of medical students plan to leave Wales after they graduate 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 “With rising living costs, student debt and competitive pay elsewhere it’s little wonder that over a third of medical students in Wales plan to leave" Press release ➡️

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BMA Cymru Wales

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“We need to create a movement of junior doctor pay activists” WJDC co-chairs Georgie and Amna provide an update on #FPR and how #juniordoctors in Wales can join the fight for fair pay ⬇️

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BMA Cymru Wales

4 years

Welsh consultant @docdai shares his personal & professional experiences of Covid-19, having contracted the virus himself. "The first five days were quite scary, and I was bed bound, but the guilt of not being part of the team was worse."

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BMA Cymru Wales

6 years

BMA’s Welsh GP committee announces new contract agreement

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BMA Cymru Wales

6 years

"Llawfeddyg esgyrn o’r pentref wnaeth fy ysbrydoli i fod yn ddoctor. Roedd yn berson addfwyn, caredig a llwyddiannus ac mae hi mor bwysig cael ‘role models’ lleol.” Dr Awen Iorwerth, Prifysgol Caerdydd. Dewch i glywed @awenior yn ein sesiwn yn yr @eisteddfod #doctoriaidyfory

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BMA Cymru Wales

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📢Senior doctors in Wales to be balloted in January for industrial action 🩺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 PRESS RELEASE ➡️

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BMA Cymru Wales

4 years

Congratulations to all final year medical students in Wales! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 It’s a fantastic achievement after years of hard work. We wish you all good luck as you enter the profession 🩺

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LizMetcalf_Wales

4 years

Delighted to join our final year medical students to say a fond farewell & wish them safely on their next steps in their medical careers! So proud! 🥳🤩👩‍🎓🧑‍🎓👨‍🎓 @CardiffMBBChC21 @cardiffuni @RilesinWales @bethanstephens @FennRhian @JohnGreen_Wales @DuncanMedBio @mstechman

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BMA Cymru Wales

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Dr Sara Hunt, Acting chair of the Welsh consultants committee speaks to first welsh motion at #consultantsconf calling for @WelshGovernment to introduce a freedom to speak guardian in NHS Wales

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BMA Cymru Wales

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Headteachers in Wales! 👩‍🏫 We want to inspire children from all backgrounds to study medicine. Join us for a live virtual event on Friday 17 Sept, where a panel of medics will share insights to inspire the next generation of doctors. To find out more, email: CSER @bma .org.uk

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BMA Cymru Wales

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🔐Years of inadequate funding for general practice continue to force surgeries to close their doors 🛟 Help us to prevent more surgery closures. Sign our petition for an urgent rescue package from @WelshGovernment before it’s too late #SaveOurSurgeries

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BMA Cymru Wales

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👥This week our secondary care representative committees will meet to discuss next steps following the rejection of the Welsh Government’s 5% pay offer. 📩 An update will be sent to members with all the details 💻Ensure your details are up to date

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BMA Cymru Wales

2 years

@hughes_eilir @DrDavid_Bailey Unfortunately no progress from @WelshGovernment despite our repeated calls to ensure those on the frontline receive adequate protection. We are continuing to push for FFP2 masks as a minimum standard for all HCWs and FFP3 masks for those working with Covid patients.

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BMA Cymru Wales

4 years

We’re deeply saddened to hear about the loss of Dr Rathod. Our condolences to his loved ones, friends and colleagues @CV_UHB #COVID19

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BMA Cymru Wales

6 years

Call for all graduate entrants to medical degrees to be eligible for student loans from year one, regardless of whether they are on a 4 or 5 year course. Motion passed #WelshLMCConf18 #wlmcjan2018 #wideningaccess

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BMA Cymru Wales

5 years

Finally, the Clinical Teacher of the Year award goes to Heidi Phillips #CTOY19 – congratulations again @drheidiphillips !

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BMA Cymru Wales

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'5% is less than what is being offered in England or Scotland and it is less than the DDRB recommendation; it is the worst offer in the UK.' More from . @Doc_IonaCollins on the secondary care pay offer 👇

@BBCWalesNews

BBC Wales News

9 months

The BMA's Iona Collins called it the "worst offer in the UK"

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BMA Cymru Wales

5 years

Congratulations to @MadameGPWales and Dr Phil White who have made this year's @pulsetoday Power 50 #BMACymru #InfluentialGps

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Charlotte Jones

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@pulsetoday Thankyou- wasn’t expecting to be included this year. So very happy to have handed mantle over to @BMACymru ’s fabulous “Prince of Wales” who will continue flying the flag for Welsh GPs

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BMA Cymru Wales

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🩺GP Practices in Wales are facing a perfect storm 📈Increased costs and demand + reduced capacity means more GPs are closing, fuelling the NHS crisis further 🚨We must act now to #SaveOurSurgeries ✍️ GP’s, write to your MS to make a difference now

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BMA Cymru Wales

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👩‍⚕️New doctors in Wales are currently earning less than £14 an hour, and they face the burdens of student debt and the rising cost of living ✈️ As a result, they are enticed by opportunities for better pay and conditions elsewhere Action is needed now, are you #ballotready ?

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BMA Cymru Wales

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🔐Since 2013, 91 surgeries in Wales have had to close their doors leaving patients with fewer GPs to call upon. 🛟You can help us to put a stop to the GP crisis in Wales by signing our petition for an urgent rescue package before it’s too late 🖊️Sign

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Petition: Fair and Adequate Resourcing of General Practice in Wales

General Practice in Wales is under significant and growing strain. GP numbers are declining, demand is rising, and practices are struggling to recruit and retain staff. General practice is being...

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BMA Cymru Wales

4 months

🔐In the last decade 91 GP surgeries have closed in Wales 💰This is the result of chronic underfunding for general practice 🛟Help us to secure a financial rescue package from Welsh Government to help prevent further surgery closures 🖊️

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

5 months

Yesterday doctors @CV_UHB received a communication about the strike with errors and intimidatory language We acted quickly to resolve the situation and we're encouraged to see an apology from @SuzRankin ⬇️ We understand a correction and an apology will be sent to staff asap

@SuzRankin

Suzanne Rankin

5 months

@DrLindaDykes @JoshuaSoane @DrPeterFahey @CV_UHB @BMA_WJDC @JenneyMeriel Thank you for drawing my attention to this email @CV_UHB As @DrLindaDykes suggests I had no foresight of its circulation. I apologise for any intimation of intimidation it suggests and would not and do not condone that approach. I will review and correct further communications.

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

5 months

📢PRESS RELEASE: New survey shows “patient safety concerns” from doctors in Wales over use of physician associates ⬇️

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

5 years

Ever wondered what it would be like to be a prison GP? Take a look at @bwtsi latest blog! #BMACymru #PrisonGP

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

6 months

🔐Prolonged underinvestment by @WelshGovernment continues to force GP surgeries to close, putting further strain on the system. 🆘 Help us to call for an urgent rescue package before it’s too late #SaveOurSurgeries ⬇️

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

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👩‍⚕️ GPs in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 are under huge pressure with rising patient numbers & falling GP surgeries. 🩺Welsh Government need to find the funding to resource General Practice well. We need an end to unsustainable workloads & poor resources. #SaveOurSurgeries ↘️

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

7 years

Dr Waters says the support of the extended primary care team is vital for sustaining primary care in Wales #WLMCconf

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

2 years

We offer our support and solidarity to nursing colleagues, who feel this is their only option. We need to see leadership that seriously addresses recruitment and retention challenges in the NHS and this starts by valuing our existing workforce.

@RCNWales

Royal College of Nursing Wales

2 years

Our postal ballot on industrial action will open on 15 September. We will urge RCN members working for the NHS in England and Wales, on Agenda for Change contracts, to vote in favour of strike action. Read more:

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

3 years

We continue to raise members’ concerns about the delayed 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccine & urge ⁦ @WelshGovernment ⁩ to reconsider, to ensure that frontline HCW’s are offered the maximum protection so they are safe to treat patients.

Covid: Delayed Pfizer vaccine gap 'unacceptable' says BMA Cymru

Senior doctors in Wales are calling for the wait time to be halved from 12 weeks to six.

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

10 months

"We have doctors that are trained in Wales that are leaving more than ever before -either quitting or leaving the country for a better quality of life" "If you really want to save the NHS, then the real onus has to be on retaining your staff" @BuddGeorgie 🎧Listen again ⬇️

@WalesPolitics

BBC Wales Politics

10 months

⚡️NEW WALESCAST OUT NOW⚡️ 🩺 @jamswilliams85 and @thatjennyrees take the pulse of the NHS as it turns 75 with the help of former health board chair Prof Marcus Longley and junior doctor rep @BuddGeorgie Enjoy 👇

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

6 years

We are pleased to announce that Wales is to become the first UK nation to develop a fatigue and facilities charter with @WelshGovernment & @WelshConfed Read more here:

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BMA Cymru Wales

4 months

"The Welsh consultants' committee fully supports our colleagues and their decision to take this form of action" Blog from @DrStephen_Kelly on working together for a better future for all doctors ⬇️

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

3 years

Don’t forget to join us for tonight’s live debate on health and social care in Wales as we hear from parties about their plans for the NHS ahead of the #Senedd2021 elections. With @AngelaJBurns , @vaughangething and @RhunapIorwerth Sign up here:

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

5 years

An interesting meeting with @NatGuardianFTSU this afternoon. Thanks to all who contributed and to Dr Henrietta Hughes for telling us about her role.

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

4 months

🔐Since 2013, 91 surgeries in Wales have closed their doors, due to a chronic lack of funding which has left thousands of patients with fewer GPs to call upon. Read the article and sign our petition for an urgent rescue package to #SaveOurSurgeries ⬇️

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Petition demands fairer NHS budget to avert growing GP crisis in Wales

BMA Cymru Wales has highlighted the critical shortage of funding in Welsh general practice

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BMA Cymru Wales

3 years

Dr Phil White, Chair of GPC Wales, tells #WLMC20 that AccuRx and Attend Anywhere are “as important as a stethoscope” as he explains GPs “are now dealing with more patients in a day than we did a year ago.” Read more about Dr White's speech here:

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

3 years

“When something has little impact on your personal freedom but can have a significant impact on the right to health of others, it is right to continue to make masks mandatory” @DrDavid_Bailey explains why we believe this is an important step to protect vulnerable from COVID-19

@ITVWales

ITV Wales News

3 years

Mask-wearing will become a recommendation only in England from next week - but in Wales, they will remain mandatory in certain places.

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

6 years

Many thanks @wgcs_health for spending the evening answering questions from our members based in Cardiff and the Vale. Diolch!

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

8 months

⚕️Since 2008 drs pay has been cut by 29.6%, it is driving doctors away when we need them more than ever 😷If Welsh & UK Governments continue to choose inaction over these issues, we are fearful for the future of the NHS and what it means for patients in Wales

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

7 years

The new chair and deputy chair of the BMA’s Welsh Council has been announced!

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

3 years

“GPs are delivering more appointments and are working longer hours than ever...staff are exhausted, burnt out and under considerable pressure to cope with a rising demand.” Dr Gareth Oelmann spoke to @WalesOnline about the pressures facing GPs:

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@BMACymru

BMA Cymru Wales

2 years

We represented members at @SeneddEquality meeting looking at @WelshGovernment Social Partnership & Public Procurement Bill @DrPhilBanfield outlined the importance of including voices like ours & @RCNWales at social partnership council (thread)

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