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Kate Simpson

9 months

First co-author paper 📝

Two-year real-world outcome data from a single tertiary centre shows reduced ustekinumab persiste...

Background: Ustekinumab was approved in 2016 for the treatment of moderate–severe Crohn’s disease (CD). Clinical trials and real-world studies have suggested us...

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Kate Simpson

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3 years

Can some doctors who love their job please reply to this and tell me why. Been around a lot of disillusioned medics recently.

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Kate Simpson

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3 months

My current ward uses a disused toilet room as the junior doctor office and if that doesn’t sum up how we value doctors I don’t know what does. 🚽

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Kate Simpson

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4 years

Male Medical Consultant: oh so you want to do Gastro... wow that’s a long training pathway, is your boyfriend ok with you being in training for so long?

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Kate Simpson

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4 years

As a newly qualified doctor who’s still finding her feet, it means so much when a senior puts in the time to build that rapport with you and listens to you. It makes me enjoy working even more. It’s priceless and makes me feel well supported.

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Kate Simpson

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3 years

Me: Hello, my name's Kate I'm one of the doctors. Pt 10 mins in: So are you a doctor?

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Kate Simpson

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4 years

Nearly cried in the supermarket today... went to the early NHS shop time for @sainsburys and everyone was so kind and gave me a free bunch of flowers as I left and said “thank you” 😭🥰 That’s the best end to a weekend on call.

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Kate Simpson

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4 years

1 year later of back and forth emails with my employer and they’ve finally accepted in writing that they paid my colleague more than me to do the same job.

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Kate Simpson

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3 years

My Dad is my hero. His colleague couldn't get to the vaccination centre to jab patients so he walked down the steep, icy hill into town and did her shift.

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Kate Simpson

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11 months

My new generic rota for IMT is out - no clinic time on the rota.

Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥

@parthaskar

11 months

Doctors need to be less apologetic in making sure that medical trainees are prioritised for training. Don’t de-prioritise their training needs under the hashtag of #OneTeam Cos that team includes the trainees. To me? They come first And there’s nothing wrong in saying that

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Kate Simpson

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4 years

Thanks for the overwhelming support after *that* tweet. It’s reminded me how lucky I am to have grown up surrounded by women in my family who worked hard in healthcare and business, and the amazing men in my family who have always supported my aspirations.

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Kate Simpson

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3 years

Really loving my ED job 😁 - didn’t think I would be saying that but it’s true!

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Kate Simpson

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4 years

🙌🙌 so pleased!

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Kate Simpson

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3 years

Shift working is so draining, isn’t it. I do resent that hungover, want to stay in bed all day feeling post on calls. I wish there was more routine in the way we work.

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Kate Simpson

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4 years

New post nights record: slept for FIFTEEN HOURS 😨

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Kate Simpson

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1 year

Super happy with my IMT offer 😃 and a Gastro IMT3 job 🙌

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

A friend is off sick, so I cancel my AL to cover his on call shift. Driving home, I see 3 public gatherings of people along the way. One of the few times this pandemic has got to me and made me really cross - please stay at home ☹️.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

I spoke to the nicest neurosurgical reg the other day and they asked me if I was interested in surgery ... sorry but medics are my people

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

I’m always interested how male vs female medical students / doctors are treated when they observe a clinic.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

1 year

I really dislike butterfly needles.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Having hash browns post nights from the canteen is actually heaven

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

Please give me some good vibes / tips as the new ED F2 😳

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

Please can we stop using NHS staff as the scapegoat for years of underfunding and lack of resources.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

Of all the bikes you could steal, stealing the Med reg’s bike after a busy day on call is just a slap in the face.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

And just like that, FY1 is done! I’m happy to report that FY1 is nowhere near as horrible as everyone makes it out to be. People often say “don’t worry, it gets better”, when they hear you are a FY1. People lament…

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Well Friday 13th lived up to its name. On call was terrible, nothing to eat or drink all day, rude staff undermining me, lack of senior support. And now going back tomorrow to do it all over again 🙄

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

I haven’t been off the training band wagon ever. School ➡️College➡️Medical school➡️Foundation programme. Operations during my holidays. Wedding + ?Masters it’s already seeming too complicated to plan both without taking 2 years out instead of 1. I’m scared of taking time out.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

2 years

Not according to @Medic_Russell

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

2 years

If you’re considering a FY3 year, I would highly recommend it. Worked as an A&E SHO with a team I love, did a MSc, research, got married and had the best honeymoon. Worth it 💯

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Kate Simpson

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4 years

Post nights hash browns are just the best thing in the world

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

We always teased my dad for having a special voice when he’s working, his ‘doctor voice’. Now realising I have one, too, and several of my colleagues. Is this a thing that everyone does?! And certain stock phrases?

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Any tips for being a good Ortho SHO come Wednesday would be much appreciated

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

Doctors who have the worst bedside manner I just don’t understand. The ‘soft’ skills are so important

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

@RobGreen0710 @Alannobbs I said my boyfriend is a feminist. I don’t think the rage hit until a while after I left the situation. Was pretty stunned some people still think like this!

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

I love my job (overall), but today the stuff that has felt the most rewarding has been doing little jobs for the patients that don’t sound like much but make them so happy - finding a portable height adjustable computer to show a patient their XR at the bedside

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

@emvsmedschool After having negative experiences as a student I felt the same way as you - I’m going to try and be the exact opposite. I appreciate it’s hard to be a great teacher especially in a busy work environment, but kindness costs nothing.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

5 months

@DeanEggitt Can’t help but wonder if your opinion would be different if you were a trainee

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Also, thank you to @TheBMA who helped resolve this issue for me. Always very thorough and attentive. Thank you.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Crazy busy weekend nights, now all is forgiven because I’ve got my post nights hash browns

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

2 years

@DrLaraibKhan Personally I feel these rules aren’t in the patients’ best interest. Plus very demeaning to F1s. Sometimes the F1 is the team member who knows the most about the patient.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Wow, finished my nights and somehow slept for 14 hours straight 😱

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

9 years

@MindCharity #DearStranger , the quest to be the best version of myself makes it hard to forgive myself when I'm not perfect 👼

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

2 years

Over the moon to have got a First in my Masters dissertation looking at IBD and sarcopenia - has been such an enjoyable process and I feel very lucky to have been so well supported.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Urgh nights make me feel so ill. Good learning experiences when you’re on them but my body just does not agree, even though I have my night shift sleep routine down and food and water packed.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

I love medicine and really loving my job at the moment. It’s not all bad this junior doctor life 🥲

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

There’s someone in the car park who has not one but TWO ‘NHS key worker’ bumper stickers. The virtue signalling is nauseating

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Full on week, but ended on a high doing some ‘ATSP’ scenarios with the new FY1s on UGIB 🙂

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Every FY1 on call will relate to this

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

meanwhile Mum is also being a boss at the hospital as a reporting radiographer today.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

If I had £1 every time a patient asks some variation of ‘so how long have you been a doctor’ / ‘are you old enough to be a doctor?’ / ‘you look too young to be a doctor’ even with a mask on.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

2 years

Thoughts on the ‘only registrars and consultants can request scans’ ?

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

1 year

Delighted to present our research in Crohn’s disease and sarcopenia at #ECCO2023

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

Currently in GP land. It does make me sad how every person keeps telling me it’s a better career choice for me “when you have kids”. Wish there wasn’t this attitude about a dichotomy between GP and hospital specialities and which one is ‘better’.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Is lockdown the litmus test of whether you are an introvert or extrovert?

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

Really horrible feeling when you don’t feel supported by your seniors, especially when you come to them for advice and you don’t agree. Hard to know how to approach that kind of situation.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

I love the night shift HCAs so much. The fun, laughs and gossip make me enjoy the job when otherwise morale could be pretty low right now.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

2 years

@theveindoc @MarkGaze @Alexandra_nidd @frozenwarning Men telling women what to do with their reproductive organs …. 🙄

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

It is slightly painful knowing some of the guidelines I spent a lot of time memorising for my medical school finals are now already out of date and have been superseded. I’m glad I didn’t realise this when I was memorising them otherwise it would have been very demotivating!

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

Thanks for all the supportive messages about ED. My imposter syndrome was sky high, but I’ve never felt more supported at work and everyone was so kind and helpful.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

9 years

Please support @dignityindying - why do you have the right to life but not the right to death? #dignityindying

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Imposter syndrome ✅

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Where would we be without nurses ❤️❤️❤️❤️ thank you for remembering my name and giving me hugs when I’m having a difficult on call.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

my elderly patient stole my stethoscope and told me I was an 'evil woman'

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Oh, and this is after them repeatedly telling me we got paid the same even though I had demonstrated clear evidence this was not true

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Where would we be without nurses keeping everything together ❤️

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Had one of *those* days - didn’t feel like I brought my A game, not as slick and efficient as I want to be. So frustrating! Also v disappointing when your senior gives you a job and you can’t get it done and cleared.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

Can we all agree it’s not ok to make unsolicited comments about people’s weight. (Outside the context of health / with the person’s permission).

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

@AkashMedic This is peak medical school

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Medicine is so endlessly complicated, the best and the worst thing about it.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

10 months

@Leicnut Lots of doctors giving advice on nutrition when they don’t have the training to back it up 😤

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

Not to brag but I got to walk up cheddar gorge in the glorious sunshine with my family on ‘black Wednesday’ and it certainly reaffirmed why I chose to do F3

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 months

@Dr_BellaR I try to contextualise what my role is. Sometimes I'm 'Dr Kate' or 'Dr Simpson' plus the big yellow 'hello my name is' badge helps

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

2 years

Not ideal when your work computer’s internet browser blocks NICE, BNF, PubMed, TOXBASE. 🤯

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

no amount of concealer can hide being post nights

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

@TheBlondeRN I have to pay to keep doing my job

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

The most heroic stuff I’ve done during the last week has to be not accepting TWO Dominos orders that were left at my doorstop

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Controversial opinion but I think I enjoyed F1 more than F2 so far...

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

Have a lot of respect for GPs and specialists, we need both. Seems the specialities I find most interesting are the ‘bad work life balance’ options. Why does it have to be like this.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

1 year

@BaronLeSanj I feel like every trust should offer this.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

2 years

It does make me sad seeing how we are full to the brim and it’s not even peak winter. Patients who have been accepted by tertiary centres but no beds so waiting ++ to receive important treatment. You see the anxiety it gives patients, and all I can say is ‘I’m sorry’.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

@josemehrinho I had a negative rotation experience where a boss expected a breakfast during hand over - pastries, OJ etc. It was the most thankless job and I was the most junior team member, so no I’m not buying you any croissants.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

The lack of flexibility with training is awful

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Last gen surg nights ✅ bittersweet feeling because I have loved this job!

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

2 years

@Dr_LauraW Meal prep loads, chuck in freezer. Good coffee. Reusable 1L water bottle. Hot drinks flask. Sanitary products. Deodorant. Lip balm. Long life milk in case you run out. Simple analgesia for headaches. Biros.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

I have worked 9 out of last 10 days, 6 of those were on calls, and all I can think now is oh I must get xyz done but I need to rest and recuperate.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

1 year

Delighted to hear my abstract has been accepted for ECCO 2023 😃 #WomenInSTEM

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Probably need some TED stockings and an AKI screen

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

1 year

@KatPaton13 Sounds like you had a busy shift. But from the info given sounds like the pt was unwell and needed to be on a cardiac monitor so would be reasonable dr to administer the infusion / as per trust policy. Had to do this many times & tbf gives peace of mind knowing it’s been given.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

@DrSelvarajah Whoever writes it, it has to be someone that actually KNOWS the patient. It’s so bad when someone tells you to do a letter for someone that isn’t even your patient

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

1 year

What do we think of ITV’s Maternal? Couldn’t stop thinking what Reg has got such posh houses and a grand piano 😂

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

2 years

@AbbieTutt Crying when I couldn’t bleed the weird fake arm with thousands of puncture sites on it. The ‘blood’ wasn’t connected to the arm.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

If I had a £1 every time a patient said they did a lateral flow so they “can’t have covid” I’d have that 350mil BoJo said we give to the EU

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

3 years

Just curious... why do people wear their scrubs at home? Isn’t the whole point you get changed in to and out of them at work?

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Post nights and now have a busy week ahead, working next weekend on call as well and sitting an exam on my only rest day. Wasn’t entitled to aspirational leave. I haven’t had my breaks so already going to breach the max hours threshold for the week. Today asked to fill rota gaps.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

2 years

Thoughts are with the HCPs who still have to commute today in these extreme weather conditions.

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

Ortho theatre ... no 6.5 gloves left. Made the mistake of trying to fit in to 6s and my thumbs got crushed 😭

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

2 years

A&E shift today. My first 3 patients all in ambulances as no capacity in dept. Medical team doing a ward round in majors because their patients haven’t moved since the previous day. This is in Summer … this is the NHS in crisis. How are we supposed to cope?

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

4 years

My orthodontist told me I was ‘brave’ for doing medicine. Errr should I be worried?!

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

7 months

@mlkytee My 1st Night Shift I got bleeped @ 0430 (my first break of the night) to do a transfer letter for a pt in ITU … apparently it was beneath the ITU seniors to write a letter for their own patient. Pt wasn’t even being transferred overnight 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Kate Simpson

@DrKateSimpson_

2 years

Really interesting read. Only 5% of consultants performing ERCP are female.

Women in gastroenterology: the UK trainee experience

Introduction Compared with other medical specialties, there are lower numbers of female trainees and lower rates of flexible working in gastroenterology. This study aims to examine the experience of...

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