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Dr Robert Laurenson

1 year

Doctors are furious. A record breaking turn out of 77.49% and a 98% yes mandate smashing the anti-trade union legislation that demands POSTAL votes for a significant size of the workforce who rotates on an at least an annual basis is undeniable.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Today we went on strike. I heard @SteveBarclay wanted to urgently negotiate on sky news. Weird cause I didn’t get an email inviting me. So I went to DHSC and the Cabinet office but unfortunately Steve was out 😔 Steve says one thing but wants another. He wants these strikes.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

10 months

Hey @SteveBarclay I dare you to stand up in the House of Commons and tell parliament that we were the ones that cancelled talks. Do it. Tell parliament what you’re telling the media. Do it. @wesstreeting

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Not true @SteveBarclay . No preconditions from us. Lets meet next week?

Steve Barclay

@SteveBarclay

1 year

I met the BMA’s junior doctors committee yesterday in the hope of beginning constructive talks. They placed a pre-condition on these talks of a 35% pay rise. That is unreasonable. My door remains open to constructive conversations, as I have had with other health unions.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

11 months

We have been clearly told by DHSC that doctors wages are being suppressed and withheld by @RishiSunak himself. The Prime Minister now needs to explain to tens of thousands of doctors why he values us less than a doctor was worth in 2008.

Junior Doctors

@BMA_JuniorDocs

11 months

Today, we announce a 3rd round of industrial action from 14 – 17 June. The Government’s 5% pay increase offer is an insult to junior doctors in England.

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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?

Will Quince MP 🇬🇧

@willquince

1 year

Yesterday @SteveBarclay and I met the BMA’s junior doctors committee. We had hoped this would be the beginning of constructive talks. However, they placed a pre-condition on these talks of a 35% pay rise, among other expensive demands. This is not reasonable nor realistic.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

It’s really very simple. Nurses deserve better pay. Nurses deserve better treatment. Patients need more nurses. Doctors need more nurses. How are we supposed to live and work in a healthcare system where we are haemorrhaging nurses, doctors, and dentists. #FullPayRestoration

The BMA

@TheBMA

1 year

We support nurses in their rejection of a derisory pay offer and stand by them in their ongoing campaign for fair pay, upcoming strike action and re-ballot. Full statement from @DrPhilBanfield

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Yet the level of scrutiny we will receive as individuals, as a profession, and as the BMA will far exceed the accountability of these people who have used power to destroy the lives and livelihoods of millions. The morality of #PayRestoration shields us from the cries of greed.

Farrukh

@implausibleblog

1 year

Hancock: I want £1,500 an hour Kwarteng: I want £1,250 an hour @RobLaurensonD4P Junior doctors want £19 an hour

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

4 months

Vivek is incredible. We’re so lucky to have him.

Saul Staniforth

@SaulStaniforth

4 months

Junior doctors @_VivekTrivedi explaining why junior doctors are on strike today. Solidarity #JuniorDoctorsStrike

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

6 months

Extraordinary response with Secretary of State for Health: The NHS workforce can not be safely expanded by this group of associates with only 2 years of training “it comes to standing up to the unions” It’s now nakedly not about patient safety- it’s about breaking unions

Dr Done

@Dr_Done_

6 months

The entire UK public needs to watch this. Your health is a pawn to use against doctors and trade unions.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Today at the 11th hour DHSC finally invited us to a meeting to discuss pay. Unfortunately they weren’t serious and in typical smoke and mirrors fashion used this to kick the can down the road. The Secretary of State once again did not turn up.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

5 months

Today is deadline day. The Government has been unable to provide a credible offer. The BMA Doctors Committee has voted unanimously to call for strike action.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

2 years

Strike hard. #BMABallotReady #PayRestoration #ItJustMakesSense

Junior Doctors

@BMA_JuniorDocs

2 years

It’s sobering to see the no-expenses-spared approach in the executive suites @NHSBartsHealth . Meanwhile, executives cap locum rates, let doctors’ messes fall into disrepair, and claim that taking coffee on the wards is stealing patients’ supplies.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

8 months

Will @gmcuk reflect that their zealous, aggressive, oppressive approaches to regulating doctors might have lead to defensive practice and weaponisation to silence whistle blowers to the detriment of patients? The public inquiry scope should include regulators. #NoConfidenceGMC

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

@mrjamesob Remember when they put stickers over the expiry date of our PPE? I do. Pic dates 8th May 2020 at least 5 months into when the UK got hit. Crazy to think billions got stolen whilst we got shafted. #FullPayRestoration is £1bn. Pay up.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

There are so many issues with this article which seems to have been framed to fit the government agenda. Disappointing because we were explicit about a number of things.

Why are doctors demanding the biggest pay rise?

How junior medics have reached the brink of their biggest walkout, in a fight for a 35% hike.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

4 months

You can just call us "Doctors" There are consultants, SAS, GPs and other distinct groups. Just call us "Doctors". Call the collective "The Medical Profession".

Department of Health and Social Care

@DHSCgovuk

4 months

The term junior doctor is being discontinued by @TheBMA . To respect this and so we can continue to distinguish between different groups of doctors, we are using the contractual term doctors in training as collectively agreed with the union.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

28 days

If you think paying a professional is expensive, wait until you hire an amateur.

Shaun Lintern

@ShaunLintern

28 days

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: NHS chiefs across England have been told to cut spending on nurses and doctors and find services they could close as NHS faces a £4.5bn funding blackhole:

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

9 months

I spoke to an insolvency lawyer the other day. Their rate? £640/Hr Doctors are paid £14-£28/Hr 7am to 9pm. We’re asking for £20-£40/hr #FullPayRestoration

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Doctors are asking for approximately: £14/hr --> £19/hr £16/hr --> £22/hr £19/hr --> £25/hr £24/hr --> £32/hr £28/hr --> £38/hr That's £5/hr - £10/hr restoration. That's not going to break the bank. It's £1bn. Lord knows the Government have spaffed up the wall much more.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

10 months

I'm not a neurosurgeon. I'm not a cardiologist. I'm not a gastroenterologist. I'm not a surgeon. I'm not an anaesthetist. I'm not an EM doc. But I am a doctor and I have a sense of professional kinsmanship. I don't see that from the Royal Colleges. Why?

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Bad deal for NHS staff Low cost but lower return and thus low value for taxpayer Bad for patients as it won’t fix retention and recruitment for nurses and others A bad deal for nurses will negatively affect the working lives of doctors. #FairPayforNursing #FullPayRestoration

Rishi Sunak

@RishiSunak

1 year

This offer is good for NHS staff, it’s good for the taxpayer and most importantly it is good news for patients whose care will no longer be disrupted by strike action.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

It’s 2149 and no email from @SteveBarclay tonight!

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

9 months

Government imposed wage cuts Government imposed contract Government imposed pay review bodies Government imposed waiting lists Government imposed failures

The BMA

@TheBMA

9 months

Rishi Sunak said today at #PMQs that rising NHS waiting lists is down to industrial action. Well how about the last 13 years of rising waiting lists?

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

10 months

Do the fair and reasonable thing @DHSCgovuk #FullPayRestoration

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

The BMA has 17k new members since the turn of the year and is still growing. #FullPayRestoration

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

10 months

Wait until you guys realise there was an underspend on ARRS and instead of giving that funding to GPs in order to improve services... The Government pocketed it. They hate doctors.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

7 months

Ask for an agenda Ask for a union rep Ask for it to be minuted and for you to record the meeting for your records Ask by email. Never attend anything informal. Leave as soon as there appears to be an informal meeting taking place and ask them to email you to reschedule.

Dr Tanya

@veggieequallife

7 months

I've been told by several doctors (ranging from F1s to consultants) they have been invited to a meeting without coffee about their tweets about PA issues with various medical directors. These people have been very civil in my opinion. Interesting ways to deal with concerns

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

9 months

Decades of docility means the Government think we’re weak. I won’t give up on Doctors. I’m here for the long run. Are you?

Junior Doctors

@BMA_JuniorDocs

9 months

We are re-balloting junior doctors in England so we can extend our mandate for strike action. If you haven’t already, please post back your ballot now. #DoctorsStrike

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

3 months

Imagine trying to negotiate with this man.

Tamara Cohen

@tamcohen

3 months

Exclusive footage of Rishi Sunak challenged this morning by a former health worker on the state of the NHS, - captured by an off duty @skynews camera operator

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

3 months

End this experiment

Janet Eastham

@JanetEastham

3 months

🔴NEW: Physician associates accused of‘illegally’ prescribing at dozens of NHS trusts and missing life-threatening diagnoses, dossier claims. @TheDA_UK ’s survey of 600+ medics comes as @TheBMA says “still time” to stop “dangerous” PA regulation 🧵

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

7 months

Rishi Sunak has paid more to cover the strikes than Full Pay Restoration. @RishiSunak by your own logic, are you now fuelling inflation by spending more money than it would have cost to negotiate? Why are you wasting money? Why are you wasting time? Do you hate Britain?

Farrukh

@implausibleblog

7 months

Left: @AlisonHammond asks why we don't give the doctors the 35% pay restoration. Rishi Sunak says we can't afford it Right: Dr. Vivek Trivedi @BMA_JuniorDocs explains that more money has been spent on emergency cover for strikes than giving doctors the 35% pay restoration

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

2 months

Many have asked Medical Leaders to set the scope of our assistants. So @TheBMA has done it. Tomorrow we take the lead and move the debate on to address the very real patient safety issues.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

11 months

When you spend more on locums instead of #FullPayRestoration

Shaun Lintern

@ShaunLintern

11 months

🚨 NHS workforce plan delayed again as new analysis reveals some A&E departments are spending 80% of their wage bills on costly locum doctors to fill staffing gaps:

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

11 months

We’re being taken for mugs

Debajyoti Choudhury

@TDC1991

11 months

Hi @SteveBarclay , how come hospital car park charges for staff can be increased as per the retail price index, but when doctors, nurses and teachers amongst others ask for this, we're seen as greedy etc?

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

10 months

J̷u̷n̷i̷o̷r̷ Doctors

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

7 months

No doctor should prescribe medications or request ionising radiation for PAs. Doctors are responsible under GMC guidance for any prescription they write. This should be left to the consultants/GPs who want this responsibility and experiment with their departmental workforce.

Medical Protection

@MPS_Medical

7 months

@DrLindaDykes 3/3 We understand why the lack of clarity in this area is causing concern ahead of regulation being introduced. We will make representations to explore whether clearer guidance about scope of practice can be created. This would benefit PAs, doctors and patient care.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

8 months

More than 7000 more yes votes than February. Bigger union Stronger union #FullPayRestoration

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

1 year

When your union doesn’t back down… #DoctorsVote #DoctorsStrike #DoctorsWin

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

6 months

If a senior solicitor in medical negligence is saying this then any doctor working with a PA must heed this warning. Your licence is on the line. Stop your department participating in the experiment.

Gemma Lewis

@gem1509

6 months

Physician associates have no place treating patients. The experiment failed. Get rid of them. Just fund the NHS properly. Train doctors. Stop looking for an easy way out. Fund the NHS properly 4/4

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

8 months

When the harsh reality of the NHS bites this rate sharply rises. Bad pay Bad conditions Bad regulation An aggressive agenda to deskill and devalue some of the most ambitious and brightest people will of course drive them away.

Third of medical students plan to quit NHS within two years of graduating

Research will prompt further alarm among medical leaders trying to tackle the spiralling workforce crisis

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

8 months

Royal Colleges should not be myopic to the growing discontent of their members and give Doctors Votes on these decisions.

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@RobLaurensonD4P

8 months

Investment when it’s money for business. Inflation when it’s money for doctors. Lies when it’s words from the Government.

HM Treasury

@hmtreasury

8 months

NEWS: A new £1.25bn joint investment package has been announced between the government & @TataSteelUK . The announcement: - Creates skilled green jobs of the future & protects existing UK steel jobs - Cuts the UK's carbon emissions by 1.5% - Supports UK economic growth

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

10 months

The Final Deal will be a Negotiated Deal. We are open to negotiations. The Doctor will see you now @RishiSunak #FullPayRestoration

Vivek Trivedi

@_VivekTrivedi

10 months

The longest NHS strike in history continues A strike that didn’t need to go ahead But unfortunately our government is belligerent and ideological Doctors have had pay cut by more than 31% in real terms since 2008 All we want, is go back to neutral, net zero to ‘08

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

9 months

Don’t forget to ask your patients if they’ve had enough to eat after you voted to snatch food out of their mouths

Tory MP and children's doctor at odds with 2200 fellow medics on free school meals

A TORY MP who works as a senior children's doctor is facing the wrath of colleagues in the medical profession after she opposed providing free…

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Dr Caroline Johnson MP

@drcarolinej

9 months

Remarkable interview. Thankfully not the attitude of most junior doctors. Pleased that so many junior doctors in my dept are not striking today that my clinic has been able to be reinstated.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

We went through hell and back in covid. Every winter has gotten worse and worse and worse. And yet NOTHING changes. This is what happens when a government doesn't listen. IMPOSED wage freeze IMPOSED contract IMPOSED conditions on DDRB

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

This winter just gone, doctors did not go on strike. We chose to ballot after winter. We chose to avoid winter. We could see what was going to happen and we went to work to do our jobs in the awful conditions this government manufactured. No space. No staff. No dignity.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Up to 1000 excess deaths a week... That's like 2 Boeing 747s crashing a week! I can not impress upon people how soul destroying it is to see this kind of anguish, pain, misery, and death.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Doctors, This strike has not come out of the blue and your anger is not fleeting. We will do what is necessary to bring this heartless, callous, deceitful government to restore our pay. The government needs to stop playing games and just sign the deal. #FullPayRestoration .

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Doctors in Primary Care are Dead Doctors walking. The era of the family doctor is coming to an end. These are my personal views, I am not a BMA representative for the GP committee. I do not have any inside insights into the new imposed contract but what I can see makes me sad.

Steve Barclay

@SteveBarclay

1 year

We’re making real progress in getting patients to see their GP quicker. ✅ Almost 2 million more appointments were delivered this February vs. February last year. 🗓️ That’s 100,000 more appointments each working day. 📈 With more GPs and primary care staff to come.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

9 months

Need a hand @RishiSunak ? I know some tens of thousands of doctors who can help out. If only we could come to some negotiated settlement on pay 🤔 We're the solution, not the problem.

Sky News

@SkyNews

9 months

BREAKING: Record high as NHS waiting list hits 7.6 million in England

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

9 months

Imagine you're @RishiSunak having presided over: The worst winter ever 500 excess deaths a week 10 months of dispute with Doctors 15 days of strike action Longest waiting lists Holidays a week before strikes All over £20/hr and a total cost of £1.4bn Why does he hate Britain?

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

4 months

Without strike action the Government, and the entire country, has abandoned our nursing colleagues. Strike action is the only thing this Government will listen to. #FairPayForNursing #FullPayRestoration

The RCN

@theRCN

4 months

No, @RishiSunak , you have not reached a resolution with nurses in the NHS. Our members rejected your pay offer, and we remain in dispute. Over 70% of the public back strike action by nursing staff, we will continue to fight for our profession and for our patients. @BBCLauraK

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

4 months

Happy New Year! I know things have been tough and there's still lots to fix but I'm so proud of doctors. You're remarkable people.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Make no mistake. The government has to OWN its decisions. They have manufactured a workforce crisis. As a society we all live through winters that are dangerous. I've never known a "safe" winter. Our own and loved ones' lives at risk. Every year it gets worse and worse.

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@RobLaurensonD4P

9 months

This is precisely why we should never accept any real terms pay cut ever again. I proposed a motion that the Doctors’ committee will vote on IA any year a real terms pay cut is announced and we passed it. We should always defend our pay and never let this situation occur again.

Shanu Datta

@ShanuDatta4

9 months

With warmest thanks to all consultant colleagues who took Action in the last two days. Here’s a reminder of why we did what we did. With thanks to Sajay and @drtimmeek

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

10 months

There we have it. One dimensional leadership. They always expected us to pick up the tab. The answer was and is always to beat the workforce until morale improves. To bend over and accommodate for the deficiencies created by government. No longer do we kneel, now we stand.

Stephen Thornton

@Thornton_health

10 months

Am I alone in thinking it is wrong for consultants to strike? Nurses, paramedics, junior doctors, yes, they are just ‘workers’ but consultants are senior leaders, just like senior managers. They demean themselves by striking.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

7 months

For years Governments have been lying to us. Hard work is not rewarded in this country. The Government has broken the social contract. The NHS is a vehicle to exploit staff and siphon tax payer money to private pockets.

neeev💗

@NiamhA98

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@mmamas1973 Final year medical student here…i will start working in the NHS as a Doctor next year, for less money per hour than my current part time job as a swimming teacher…that I get £16.50 per hour for. So demoralising

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

What is more is that we told everyone our 72 hour full walk out first round of action back on 6th January. Doctors voted for this with their eyes open. Doctors are furious. @SteveBarclay should have seen what was coming.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Pay Rotations Specialty bottlenecks Over zealous regulation Physical working conditions (facilities, estates, IT, parking) There are huge fixes to be made for each & it’s going to take a lot of time, money, and effort to resolve. But we can’t not try.

Pay rises alone will not stem the flow of Britain’s medics

Stress, burnout and workplace culture are driving the mounting exodus

www.ft.com

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

It's absurd for people to pooh-pooh the idea that we shouldn't value ourselves highly or that if we want money we should go into banking and not medicine. Absurd. Money is a measure of value. It's literally what it is there for. If you pay someone less then you value them less

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

10 months

Making your bed with management and pushing down on the people that put in the hard shift instead of pushing up to the culprits in government who have destroyed the profession is complicity. Respect is earned not given. It’s time to hold these leaders to account.

Minh Alexander

@alexander_minh

10 months

An NHS trust manager Associate Medical Director Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust #NHSStrikes

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

10 months

No.

Steve Barclay

@SteveBarclay

10 months

I hugely value nurses' work & welcome the end to disruptive strikes so staff can continue caring for patients and cut waiting lists. 1M+ eligible NHS staff are receiving their pay rise & one-off payments this month. I hope other unions recognise it's time to end their strikes.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

10 months

Another imposition by government. They don’t get it. We won’t stand by another imposition.

Andrew Jordan

@Andrew_Jordan_

10 months

Let us be clear @RishiSunak You will NOT impose another real-terms pay cut on members If you think the medical profession will meekly accept this then you are very much mistaken Note for media - please be clear who is continuing to refuse to negotiate #DoctorsStrike

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Liars, cheats, and thieves? Or Doctors? #FullPayRestoration

Sky News

@SkyNews

1 year

£21bn of taxpayer money lost in fraud by government since pandemic began, says spending watchdog

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

@DrSarahClarke What don't you get? Doctors are desperate to get off the treadmill of training especially when it's less training and more service provision. Locum work provides simultaneously more stability and flexibility financially and geographically. That's just mad.

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@RobLaurensonD4P

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Sydney "F3 opportunity" 38 hour week basic hours £59k/pa base rates which do not include additional supplements of 50% for Saturdays, 75% on Sundays etc. vs England ST6-8 pay. British docs being mugged off and undervalued. #BMADoctorsVoteYes

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@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

@drcarolinej paediatrician voted against free meals during the pandemic. The audacity to say that Junior Doctors who want to address slashes to wage packets and protect the workforce are in the wrong whilst she takes the food out of children's mouths.

Tory MP and children's doctor at odds with 2200 fellow medics on free school meals

A TORY MP who works as a senior children's doctor is facing the wrath of colleagues in the medical profession after she opposed providing free…

www.thenational.scot

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

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Doctors are highly educated, highly talented, highly skilled professionals We gave it our all and more during covid and were EXCLUDED from the NHS Pay Deal Covid aside, the skills we have are tremendously valuable and this is demonstrated by other countries paying competitively

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@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

I drive down the A2 to get to work every day and it always triggers this memory and my emotions. Those 2 people almost certainly came to harm because we don't have the people, the space, the resources. 9000 doctor vacancies. 2000 fewer GPs. Services cut, wages slashed.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 month

Can't point out anonymous cases to exemplify exploitation of PAs, MDT, & patients by employers misappropriating scope of practice Can point out individual doctors and destroy their careers & lives There is a systemic multi-institutional approach crushing doctors They hate us.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

11 months

Pay eroded. Conditions shattered. Opportunities stolen. Devalued. Deskilled. But never before so united under @TheBMA First pay then the rest. #PayRestoration #ProfessionRestoration

Medlife Crisis (Rohin)

@MedCrisis

11 months

I'm a consultant interventionalist, but was a trainee just 18mo ago. I am an educational supervisor (to doctors) and have mentored ANPs & pharmacists to expand their skills. I am clinical lead for my department, so all too aware of the pressures on trusts. Here are my thoughts.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

I've never met the man. His "door is always open" but the man did not turn up on our meeting with DHSC on Wednesday 22nd February. We demanded to meet the next day and he didn't.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Strikes called off as Grangemouth tanker drivers secure 26 per cent pay increase #FullPayRestoration

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

5 months

I hope PAs aren't taking the patient's entire circulatory blood volume for sampling...

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

4 months

The concept of physician associates is a synthetic solution to the manufactured workforce crisis. It is a division in of itself. It is a corporate weapon. There is no reason not to invest in these people by expanding undergrad/postgrad routes to medicine.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

11 months

@thegradmedic Steal your pension. Steal your accommodation. Steal your training. Steal your conditions. Steal your pay. Laden you with debt. Crush you with regulation. They impose everything every time. I'm not going down without a fight.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

5 months

Blimey, the propaganda machine is very powerful. I’m a supporter of free at the point of access. We need to separate the important values from the corporate monstrosity the NHS has become. Propaganda like this is only going to contribute to the loss of faith in the NHS.

NHS England

@NHSEngland

5 months

Physician associates support the wider clinical team, reduce workload pressure and enhance patient experience. The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan sets out how to build the right staffing and skills mix for the future, including expanding roles like these.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Coming back to this year, we've been in a trade dispute since 1st October 2022. We were shouting at @SteveBarclay to help. To do something during the chaos. And what did he do? He tweeted about a couch to 5k app.... BEGGARS BELIEF.

Steve Barclay

@SteveBarclay

1 year

More than six million runs were completed on the @couch_5k app last year - helping people to stay fit and healthy while reducing pressure on the NHS. The app is free and fun and a great way to get active at the start of 2023

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

4 months

Year after year the NHS leaders have presided over deteriorating conditions and patient harm. The NHS leaders have failed and now they’re closing ranks with the government to throw doctors under the bus during our biggest whistleblowing exercise. The NHS hates doctors.

Simon Fleming 🛠

@OrthopodReg

4 months

Statement from *2018* due to how often #NHS Trusts & HEE were finding themselves in “critical incidents” +/- Opel 4 & using them as against #juniordoctors This. Is. Not. New. None of this is down to industrial action either #medtwitter #NHS #JuniorDoctorsStrike #DoctorsStrike

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

As of April 2022 we had lost 26.1% of our pay in real terms. This requires a 35% uplift. That is maths, not shifting the goal posts. Our demand is #FullPayRestoration . Come April 2023 we will recalculate inflation and our amount needed to restore our pay will increase.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

We were so busy it wasn't until I was driving home on Christmas day morning that I realised that my patient got a resource but two people who needed it didn't. Prolonged hypoxia is really not good for you. I will never get closure to what happened to those other 2 patients.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

7 months

We truly have regressed. The NHS is operating as a wild west. Advocate for yourselves and your families. Ask for a doctor.

Dr Done

@Dr_Done_

7 months

Now, I get lots of DMs But this has to be in the TOP 5 WORST❗️ ‘Unhappy vocal minority’ - how dare you raise concerns? ‘We need to be careful, but only while we’re under the microscope’ Storm analogy again when in fact a tsunami is coming 🫠 @SheffieldHosp @MajorKirsten1 ?

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Cautiously optimistic. Sceptical about the phrase “listened to”. We’re not asking for a listening exercise, we’re problem solving a workforce crisis. Only through collaboration will we resolve the issues of the profession. Gov needs to treat us as the solution, not enemies.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

I respect the plight of all workers who want fairer terms and conditions. Security, porters, domestics, caterers, HCAs, OTs, PTs, Radiographers, secretaries, administrators, doctors. The BMA can only represent doctors. Join your union. Fight for #FullPayRestoration .

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

What an experience this was!! Let’s see a bigger turnout this Tuesday coming!!

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Then the lies started. Barclay "met with BMA" - This was with @ERunswickBMA and @DrPhilBanfield to discuss the DDRB issues (which government manufactured). This was not with me to discuss pay.

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@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

@parthaskar

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@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Christmas Eve 2020 in the throws of the alpha variant I was working in an Isolation Resus in an A&E department on a night. We had 3 critically unwell patients needing OptiFlow but ITU only had 1 machine left. My patient was a pregnant lady and I fought for her and she got it.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

9 months

Today thousands of doctors will be beginning their careers in one of the most noble and ancient professions. They come into a profession that has been undermined and under siege for many years by the Government.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

10 months

. @AndrewCastle63 here you go mate. A real job advert for a fully qualified brain surgeon not some glassdoor fluff. How many brain surgeons do you know again?

platinumpizza™

@Xeon4f145d96s1

11 months

The UK needs a hard reset

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

There are 3 responsible parties for healthcare. 1) Patients - Lifestyle factors 2) Healthcare Professionals - Advising, diagnosis, treating 3) Government - To create an environment to facilitate the delivery of healthcare between HCP and Patient. They have abandoned their duty.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

9 months

A 40% increase in one year from a private sector industry that extracts its profits ultimately from end users? Sounds like that might drive inflation... no?

Trades Union Congress

@The_TUC

9 months

E.ON have announced profits of £4.9BILLION for the first 6 months of the year. That's £27,071,823 a day. £18,800 a minute. It's an increase of 40% on last year. Obscene.

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@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Strike hard. Strike smart. Strike with strength. Strike with stamina. #FullPayRestoration

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

1 year

Today the (Junior) Doctors Committee has taken the first steps to securing a reballot. If the Government think they can run down the clock until our ballot mandate runs out, they’re mistaken - this is a clear message that they can’t. Stay united - we’re here to stay.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Compared to 2008 There are more patients. Patients with more complexity. More therapeutics. We have up to £100k debt (not all is tuition!!) Doctors can expect to pay approx £258k over 30 years in Student Finance alone.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

Medicine is so complex and Doctors are so highly skilled that even we rely on each other in Multi-Disciplinary Teams E.g. Oncologists + Radiologists + Surgeons We can't replace each other and no one can step off the street and just be a doctor.

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@RobLaurensonD4P

2 years

And so it begins. Those with power are closing ranks. Prepare for the drip drip drip effect of big institutions telling Junior Doctors to shut up and accept the status quo. We will NOT accept further pay cuts. The line is drawn here. Doctors stand together for #PayRestoration !

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@RobLaurensonD4P

11 months

The Government has drawn its line very clearly. They weren't interested in any cogent argument except the "Market Clearing Rate". They pay you what they think they can get away with. What is the Strike Clearing Rate? #FullPayRestoration

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@RobLaurensonD4P

1 year

That 8.2% deal specifically said that the pay REVIEW body can REVIEW the pay. The government agreed to that. Now they say they can't retroactively look at it?! They don't want to look because the DDRB said the government's decision will affect patient care. Liars. Charlatans.

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Dr Robert Laurenson

@RobLaurensonD4P

7 months

Anaesthetists, stand up and be counted. Fix the bottleneck. Free up doctors trapped behind specialty training. No associates until every eligible aspiring anaesthetist gets a training number.

Anaesthetists United

@AnaesUnited

7 months

There's more on the webpage and we'll be adding to them over time.

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@RobLaurensonD4P

4 months

In my personal capacity I would encourage consultants to vote no. All doctors’ futures are in consultant hands. Do not green light government interference. Do not leave the profession in a worse state than you found it in.

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

4 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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