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@TheSooperCynic

2 months

Another way in which Drs have been opened up to exploitation by NHS employers. Rather than incentivise Dr workforce to work out of hrs/unsociable hrs with fairer pay, they are being coerced into working unsociable rotas under the guise of "training".

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@TheSooperCynic

2 months

Why is not being a dr degrading?? why is being honest to patients degrading??? the more I hear from PAs the more self interested they sound, and the less respect I have for them.

Askforadoctor

@Ask_foradoctor

2 months

UMAPs survey reveals that Physician Associates regard explaining to patients that they are NOT doctors as "degrading". If there is no intent on the part of PAs to deceive, why would this be degrading?

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@TheSooperCynic

7 months

@abbydphillip You and your ilk are personally to blame for the murder of a 6 yr old, I hope someone ensures that wherever your name comes up, his does too, so that people may remember the hatred you propagated.

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@TheSooperCynic

7 months

@danmyers1 @jennineak By your logic, It's a binary yes/no question both ways, ongoing slaughter of children in Gaza is too complex to condemn? but the resistance and why Hamas exists isn't complex at all? give it a rest you hypocrite

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@TheSooperCynic

4 months

These debates only ever circle back round to the feelings of PAs, not about patient impact and access to gold standard medicine, nor the future of privatised healthcare we are moving towards. I feel like Im missing something here??? I don't know why PA feelings are above all

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@TheSooperCynic

2 months

Honestly PAs dont even know what they are supposed to be themselves apart from opportunists. Generalist doesnt mean having a vague happy go lucky 2yrs worth of sketchy understanding of medicine. It means having breadth and depth of knowledge through intense study and application.

@medicalmodelwithabriochebun

@medicalmodelbri

2 months

According to this 1st year PA student , 1 month into the course ‘PAs make their own clinical judgements and decisions (autonomous) and work WITH doctors not under ‘ ‘PAs are not Med school rejects , students who are not smart enough or downgraded versions of doctors ‘

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@TheSooperCynic

1 month

So hard to tell from twitter bio this person isn't a clinical consultant..the obfuscation...whilst shitting on Drs in community when they have no comprehension of their expertise or role. respect levels through the floor, honestly people like this and their huge egos can do one.

Dr Rani Khatib FESC

@DrRaniKhatib

1 month

A very stroppy letter from a GP in response to our cardiology recommendation to merely increase the patient's beta blocker dose. "I feel nothing more than a glorified administrator" the GP wrote. I am not sure what else we could do. @WYpartnership @NHS_RobW @DrJamesThomas1

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@TheSooperCynic

1 year

Is it even punching down, in what way is there a power imbalance here? PAs are paid more and protected well by consultants as well as their own profession. Drs will take years if they are able to progress yr on year to earn a similar level of pay 1/x

Dr Georgie Budd

@BuddGeorgie

1 year

Anti-Pa sentiments: 🧵 Anyone who saw me speak out against this motion at JDC will not be surprised that I continue to do so. It is punching down. It is worsening MDT relationships. It is directing (righteous) anger in the wrong direction.

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@TheSooperCynic

3 months

Gonna have to disagree on this thread, raising awareness by talking about it builds momentum, government recognises this which is why there is so much top down pressure in the recent yr. Change does not come about gently. This kind of antagonism potentially stems from

Hayley

@hayleymagill

3 months

No matter what your stance is on PAs, the NHS is not just going to get rid of the role. I’ve described an example of what I experienced a good use of the role was and received backlash. Either you can get angry and create divide, or you find a way to make it work for everyone.

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@TheSooperCynic

2 months

There will be a generation of GPs who will refuse to work in a GP practice with PAs, given GMC precedence and medicolegal risk. It just wont be worth it anymore. And I guess government knows that, which is why they're soft launching GP hubs.

Dr Bella

@Dr_BellaR

2 months

Physician Associates see 40 patients a day who they ‘manage independently’. They then have a 30 minute debrief with their supervising GP. How can GPs adequately supervise PAs when they only have less than 1 minute to review each patient? #MedTwitter

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@TheSooperCynic

4 months

Im surprised that this person believes they have authority to decide on behalf of all training drs what kind of teaching/assessmeng will suffice. Why do you need published facts, med students are unhappy that their 9k plus per yr is being used to be taught by their soon to be

Dr Jo Hartland (they/them) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 🍉✊🏿

@HartlandJoseph

4 months

@Dr_BellaR Bella why have you retweeted this? As I’ve said, I work with these people everyday and see the quality of their work nationally and locally Feel free to retweet your facts. Where is your published evidence that only medics can be senior med ed leaders?

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@TheSooperCynic

1 month

New level of delusion and propaganda to push for PA recruitment, and the worst part is, a certain subsect of people will almost certainly fall for it and see it as a shortcut to a massive ego boost. I am so sad for the future of healthcare provision in this country.

ExplosiveEnema

@ExplosiveEnema2

1 month

Homeopathy, computer science, English literature... Ex PA President: "We are taking those people who are smart, who have the academic capability of learning medicine in 2 years" Make it make sense 🤷‍♀️

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@TheSooperCynic

27 days

In a million yrs could you have guessed a group of people with a questionable degree strong-arm drs into supervising and assuming liability for their mistakes so that they get to fulfil their dreams of being "drs" without going to med school, all whilst playing victim. 🤮🤮🤮

Dr Sandeep Bansal

@iDrSunny

27 days

The lack of insight in their leadership showing through. God save the patients

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@TheSooperCynic

1 year

@o_ilir @hayleymagill their job role was literally created to enable doctors to do theirs aka physicians assisstant, as job role description they "act in an enabling role, helping to reduce the healthcare team's workload"

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@TheSooperCynic

8 months

Literally everyone wants to take on the role of doctor with the perks without the same medicolegal risks and graft of a doctor, the model of healthcare in this country has allowed it- it is completely out of whack and a free for all- double standards when medics are held to so..

Richard Fitzgerald 💙 🦀

@r1chardf1tzg3r1

8 months

Why Are #Paramedics In #GeneralPractice ? But NOT on #999 #Ambulances ? ⁦ @SteveBarclay ⁩ ⁦ @AACE_org ⁩ ⁦ @ParamedicsUK ⁩ ⁦ @wesstreeting ⁩ ⁦ @TheBMA ⁩ ⁦ @rcgp ⁩ ⁦ @TheBHF ⁩ ⁦ @TheStrokeAssoc ⁩ ⁦ @RCollEM ⁩ ⁦⁦

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@TheSooperCynic

4 months

The next 20 yrs sees more drs stuck at a bottleneck failing to progress as speacialty posts numbers are cut year on year, rising GP dr unemployment as Non drs are employed preferentially by GP practices, and burnt out surgeons who fight for more theatre time with non drs in an

Clare Gerada

@ClareGerada

4 months

@Dr_BellaR And what about next 20 years.

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@TheSooperCynic

3 months

Sometimes emails stay logged in too...I don't take the opportunity to flick through someone's inbox...I log them out....

Dr Bella

@Dr_BellaR

3 months

I don’t understand why people are trying to place the blame on the Drs in Bradford who forgot to log out. Yes it’s an issue. Yes it should be raised as a concern. No it does not excuse PAs from taking advantage of someone else’s error to illegally prescribe or request imaging.

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@TheSooperCynic

2 months

@Advclin very little done about the real life and institutional bullying of junior drs too....

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@TheSooperCynic

10 months

Independent PA prescribing rights will be one of the biggest game changers in UK healthcare, and the ripple effects it will have are being understated. Once this horse bolts, there will be almost no incentive to becoming a Dr in the UK, timing will be essential

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@TheSooperCynic

2 months

Training which Royal colleges are insinuating are obsolete as MAPs aren't required to do it to work the same job....

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@TheSooperCynic

5 months

@ClareGerada You're insulted at the insinuation that GP isnt a hard earned specialism, but say a PA with no medical degree and none of the intensive training doctors get can do your job...either it's a valued specialism or it's one that any tom dick and harry can do..can't have it both ways

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@TheSooperCynic

5 months

They think they have numbed the world to escalating levels of violence, but just because there is quiet, doesn't mean that seeds haven't been planted in people across the world. Eyes have been opened. Inevitably, Isr**l will reap what they sow, it's just a matter of time.

الكسندرا ميراي🇵🇸

@LexiAlex

5 months

The world just watches as Israel kidnaps or murdere doctors. Multiple doctors have been kidnapped from al-shifa hospital a week ago and we've never heard from them again. Isn't anybody haunted by this? What is wrong with the whole world??

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@TheSooperCynic

1 year

I think all drdone wants is for doctors to be recognised as doctors and not a malleable entity that fits whatever the mdt manipulates out of them. Mdt abuses the role of junior dr and I think this contributes to bullying.

Dr Done

@Dr_Done_

1 year

I seriously encourage all doctors to ditch the yellow first name badges, and introduce yourself as Dr________ to all patients. Time to reinstate hierarchical medicine. Hierarchy of training and knowledge, that is. The hierarchy of responsibility conveniently never disappeared.

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@TheSooperCynic

5 months

@CharlieZtuker @a_leesha1 I think all it takes is a quick google to prove what you've just said is a lie.

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@TheSooperCynic

3 years

Oh fuck off, tell that to kids without Phd's being bombed in Palestine, and who have known nothing but violence oppression and occupation since birth

Amy Spiro

@AmySpiro

3 years

Happy "everyone on Twitter is suddenly an expert on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict" day.

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@TheSooperCynic

1 month

@BiochemistDan Med cons have a breadth of medical training, they start broad then narrow down, it's a unique set of skills to be a clinical Dr who then specialises in Pathology. The exam is not their defining feature, breadth of their skill set & experienced weathered diagnostic reasoning is.

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@TheSooperCynic

1 month

I think you might be putting too much pressure on yourself...Drs aren't idiots and have their GMC license on the line, they are hyper aware of things happening on the ward that you haven't quite yet grasped. When a patient deteriorates/have jobs outstanding

Stefania

@glambystefania

1 month

@manLikeTeaa @SecretPhysician Take things into context. The responsibility ultimately relies on me for that task to be done!!! If I don’t tell the doctor to do it and my patient deteriorates who’s fault do you think it is ? The doctor I didn’t make aware of? Please relax.

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@TheSooperCynic

10 months

Any time Drs call out the lack of protection for the future of their profession, it is drowned out because of worries "feelings" of colleagues are getting hurt. Is it sociopathic to suggest the future of healthcare is bigger than any one persons or groups feelings?

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@TheSooperCynic

4 months

MAPs constantly drawing comparison to drs, honestly gives me the ick...the only associate profession in this country that has the arrogance and EGO to think they are working at an equal standard without putting in the foundational leg work, and everyone's getting tired of it.

Dr Linda Dykes @[email protected]

@DrLindaDykes

4 months

When I was a GP registrar - despite already been a Consultant in EM - I still had "hot case review" slots with my trainer, right up to the end of the GP training. The arrogance of PAs thinking they only need such training and supervision for a few months is breathtaking.

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@TheSooperCynic

7 months

@hkg294 @jimmy_jone388 10 yrs of protocol driven work is not the same as 10 yrs of being a heavily trained and vetted dr who sees things through a different lens than you do. Chances of a dr missing a diagx vs a PA are very different. Though nothing in life is 100%, I would take my chances with the dr.

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@TheSooperCynic

11 months

0 respect for this tweet 1. if its not so big a deal of money (patronising af btw) why make them pay at all, 2. why are you profiteering from the future trainees under the guise of allowing them a platform to voice concerns about the future of their specialty of interest

Dr Helgi

@doctorhelgi

11 months

@Dr_Done_ No decision has been made yet, but we encourage any students/FYs interested in anaesthesia to join us for the princely sum of £10. Then you can be part of the conversation long term…

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@TheSooperCynic

5 months

I am ashamed to be UCL alumni, an institution that has chosen to remain silent on the murder of one of their own and an ongoing massacre in Gaza, in which almost 50% are children. We will not forget your silence on the murder of Dr. Refaat Alareer.

UCL

@ucl

5 months

UCL is shocked and saddened by the tragedy which happened at @unikarlova in Prague, one of @UCLSSEES closest partners. We offer our deepest condolences to everyone within the Charles University community. Our thoughts are with all those affected.

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@TheSooperCynic

3 months

@hayleymagill PAs have existed for 20yrs within which there has been respect and accomodation, but there has been an aggressive push from both PA leadership and Tory government to replace drs, and not because it is in the best interests of the public. I think good faith of Drs has been taken

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@TheSooperCynic

4 months

@PharmacistExpat We were taught by experts in their field, a virologist for example delivering lectures on immunology. PAs are experts in being a PA, something drs dont need to learn. Final yr medical students are being assessed on if they can think like drs, something drs are qualified to assess

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@TheSooperCynic

3 months

discomfort and guilt, nobody disagrees that PAs are lovely people, the role itself however is exploitative and opportunistic at a cost. Accusing those raising awareness of an issue as constantly complaining and shouting is potentially a projection of ones own discomfort

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@TheSooperCynic

2 months

@IncogAssociate Patients are expecting to see a Dr appropriately trained for the job at hand not necessarily a consultant. Drs are allowed to introduce themselves as Drs. And yes when consultant input is required or plan has been provided, we let them know.

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@TheSooperCynic

11 months

@OcoRory Because allied health professionals dont seem to be reaching to be a SLT professional- they seem to be glory hunting the status that comes with being a dr equivalent without having to put in the years of sacrifice that comes with the responsibility.

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@TheSooperCynic

5 months

@Lily90682317492 @toast36742904 @TheSalariedPA many of us are from disadvantaged backgrounds, we worked whilse at med sch and struggled through, it required sacrifice and hard work, not lowering the bar. Many people took breaks in their study and came back when they were more equipped to complete the degree.

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@TheSooperCynic

6 months

@alisonleary1 this is the toxic attitude that's helped ingrained bullying of juniors in the workplace, its all "one team" unless its the dr that needs support or needs to delegate, in particular vulnerable foundation drs have become the dumping ground & one of the most abused roles in hospital

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@TheSooperCynic

8 months

@AlkadhiO @A03580132276 @veggieequallife @RooDoherty @markr1004 @PenfoldJohanna There was nothing disrespectful about this, stop gaslighting someone who felt brave enough to whistleblow in a climate where consultants were penalised for flagging a serial killer.

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@TheSooperCynic

1 year

PAs have more socialable working hours, continuitity as no rotation, preferentially seleceted for opportunities whilst drs provide service provision on wards and out of hours. I know it's hard to accept but drs are not the overlords you paint them to be... 2/x

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@TheSooperCynic

3 months

@hayleymagill advantage of, and it is a natural and very human response to be negative about that. We have been sold down the river in so many different ways. Ultimately all this "shouting" and "anger" is likely the last attempt at resisting before many of us leave.

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@TheSooperCynic

3 months

You do a disservice diminishing the work of the new generation of drs across all specialities, who along with patients have the most at stake. Real change never looks or sounds pretty. Pointing out hypocrisy and double standards will always make some people feel uncomfortable.

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@TheSooperCynic

2 months

@IncogAssociate You're forcing yourself onto a profession that has said they feel unsafe working with you in your current state...you cannot forcibly ask a profession to accept, supervise and absorb risk so that you can work your dream job without going to medical school.

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@TheSooperCynic

5 months

You forgot to tag the BMA too...Patients deserve better, Im glad these guys are raising awareness about double standards, sad it requires a handful of anon accounts to hold GMC and corrupt hospital trusts to account.

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@TheSooperCynic

1 year

they are drowning and trying to protect themselves and their profession in a workforce that is increasingly hostile to their existence. PAs were introduced to support us, but instead they are being used to replace us on the cheap... 3/x

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@TheSooperCynic

3 months

@hayleymagill Not many really have it left in them to organise and fight for such a toxic institution. Many are instead investing their energies into paving a way out.

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@TheSooperCynic

3 months

Please for the love of God can AE attenders stop assuming every female that passes them by is a nurse. If in doubt just ask, 'are you a nurse'. Do you know how much it burns us out on shift? We cannot keep getting distracted from our own pts & work to attend to nursing tasks.

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@TheSooperCynic

7 months

@Kathleenwenade1 @veggieequallife you mean leaving the regs to service provide on wards on horrendous rota's which contribute to burnout, which is actually what the PA role was created to assist with. PA role was created to alleviate doctors pressures, but they are adding to them across specialties

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@TheSooperCynic

1 year

siblings/cousins working or who have worked at counters(not pret tbf), literally laughed (rightly so) in my face when I told them what drs get paid hourly vs them they, so stop getting offended on their behalf, they recognise how ludicrous it is

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@TheSooperCynic

1 year

instead of investing in drs to provide quality care. We are disappointed not at PAs but institutions & representatives such as yourself who not only continue to allow it to happen, but also gaslight...4/x

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@TheSooperCynic

5 months

@ukmat82 PAs are literally calling themselves drs and reg equivalents....not a leap that those with inflated egos will soon vie for the consultant title too.

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@TheSooperCynic

5 months

@DrNeilStone Oh Lord, I dont know if you've noticed but rude behaviour in the NHS is not limited to Drs, it is a very toxic workplace, and believe it or not, doctors are being bullied by non dr staff or talked to with contempt from all angles too. What is this chip on peoples shoulders, if

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@TheSooperCynic

1 year

@laurevans311 @DrIvyprofen actually think they had balls to print this, nothing but respect to whoever signed it off ❤️❤️

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@TheSooperCynic

1 year

Going to be OTT and quote MLKJr- "the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort & convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge & controversy". Drs, please dont stop advocating for yourselves just because of the discomfort projected by others

Dr Georgie Budd

@BuddGeorgie

1 year

Anti-Pa sentiments: 🧵 Anyone who saw me speak out against this motion at JDC will not be surprised that I continue to do so. It is punching down. It is worsening MDT relationships. It is directing (righteous) anger in the wrong direction.

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@TheSooperCynic

9 months

@thomaswoodcock @MHA_92_ @mark_toshner a doctors job and management job are 2 very different things...I'm baffled by the point that you're trying to make. Management in the NHS are notorius for doing their job badly with very little regard for the people they are managing...

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@TheSooperCynic

1 year

the majority drs who voted for the motion tackling scope creep into thinking they are "punching down". 5/5

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@TheSooperCynic

11 months

@asktheorthoPA Nothing has been misconstrued, you've just been called out for undermining your highly skilled colleagues...this apology is very empty

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@TheSooperCynic

1 year

There is a blurring of professional boundaries. Not only are drs managing the acutely unwell with less staffing, but beurocratic tasks that do not necessarily have to come under our remit are batted our way.

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@TheSooperCynic

6 months

@LeanneHPatrick There's no longer a power differential between doctors and nurses, not even consultants and nurses (people bring up the letby case to illustrate this), Drs have very little protection from bullying in the workplace from fixed members of staff and management know this.

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@TheSooperCynic

4 months

assisstants...Doctors have experienced responsibility accountability and have a cognitive load different to that of PAs, med students after almost 6 yrs of study deserve to be assessed by experts in their field, i.e. doctors.

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@TheSooperCynic

4 months

flashbacks to boris johnsons £350milli bus pledge to NHS if you voted Brexit....if this country falls for this shit again 🙃🔫

KWAJO- Social Issues Campaigner

@Kwajotweneboa

4 months

There’s no Social Homes to prioritise them in LOOOOOOL? What a dog whistle policy. How do we win an election? ‘Promise to prioritise Brits for homes that don’t even exist and blame foreigners for the shortage’.

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@TheSooperCynic

1 month

@BiochemistDan You're making a comparison to medical consultants, I was addressing why there's no need to.

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@TheSooperCynic

1 year

Diluting a whole profession's anger at a pivotal moment in this campaign just to force one's own life philosophy onto people, almost smells of gaslighting at this point. Again nothing but respect to the BMA this year for making shit happen and working towards change, peace ✌️

sara

@yasaritaa

1 year

this bma messaging really highlights the rampant classism woven into the fabric of medical culture and the fact that many doctors have no interest in worker liberation or solidarity - they’re just annoyed we can’t give ourselves raises like bankers do

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@TheSooperCynic

2 months

There needs to be a serious internal investigation of the inner workings of the @gmcuk and their complicity in degrading medical standards, ontop of the multiple deaths of drs under GMC investigation and their bias towards penalising BAME drs. @gmcuk need dismantling.

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@TheSooperCynic

8 months

@irisedens This movement is bigger than the hurt feelings of PAs. This is not infighting, it's about fighting the poundland free for all standard of care the government is trying to dupe the public into.

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@TheSooperCynic

7 months

@theveindoc @SteelCity_ENT I would actually say you're underreacting

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@TheSooperCynic

5 months

@lymi66 "PA bashing" is a very loaded term, and has prevented any meaningful discussion because any criticism of this unregulated profession is met with "bekind" or "stop punching down", yet to hear PA reps adequetely address pt safety concerns rather than push through their agenda.

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@TheSooperCynic

6 months

@alisonleary1 Again, 1 dr here is covering multiple wards trying to delegate tasks so that he is able to spend time seeing acute unwell pts, (as im sure you would want for your family members if they were pts), you're attitude re power dynamics here are prejudiced & unprofessional, im shocked.

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@TheSooperCynic

6 months

Israel will soon come to bite the hand that feeds it. They regard Americans with as much contempt as the rest of the world. Their ambition is no less than becoming a global superpower, USA will soon find it has no holding power over it's vicious pet.

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@TheSooperCynic

1 month

nurses let the drs know. Im not sure what PA role is here, it is an added obstacle and rate limiting step.

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@TheSooperCynic

5 months

Honestly she looks more at peace and comfortable in herself, happy for her.

zae

@itszaeok

5 months

her using the hiatus to wipe the black off is insane

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@TheSooperCynic

2 months

If the internet is doing most of the heavy lifting anyway, why are med students still paying upwards of 9k in tuition fees.

Rob Pain

@robpain635

2 months

Just google it yeah? I would be a bit sad if any doctor wrote this. But the doctor who wrote this is the director of education and standards at the GMC. It's so bleak. It feels like a medical degree is one of the last high standards left and they've been told it's embarrassing…

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@TheSooperCynic

4 months

@PharmacistExpat PAs think like PAs and are not able to assess whether a dr is adequately making the correct cognitive links a dr may make. Pharmacists marking us on if we prescribed an antibiotic safely? why not, its reflective of real practice.

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@TheSooperCynic

4 months

the most important factor here when lives are at stake and GPs are using foodbanks and being made redundant.

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@TheSooperCynic

9 months

@thomaswoodcock @ClearThinker66 @mark_toshner Can I flip the question, can you give me an example of a well managed hospital w/ some examples of good leadership from management? what would be your measure of a well managed hospital (if not one that proactively investigates a cohort of drs concerns regarding a serial killer)?

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@TheSooperCynic

5 months

@drcolinm @Molly2323232323 @Xeon4f145d96s1 @VincentVanGrump @GMC what you've just said is horrific...what they learn in their 3 yr PA degree is sufficient to maintain pt safety standards for the rest of their career? a cons would have almost a decade of intense oncalls, exams and responsibiity before they CCT & are not regulated the same way

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@TheSooperCynic

6 months

@hausofriya You were being pragmatic, the reality is they are at high risk of death, and the only way we would really know is if they hadn't been heard from in a while. I personally would find it reassuring that someone out there was keeping tabs on me.

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@TheSooperCynic

1 year

@WeCareAboutMH @jabberwock951 your twitter handle is we care about mental health...there are drs literally killing themselves from burnout/stress/nhs working conditions.....

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@TheSooperCynic

1 month

@andrewpunton what made you wonder it was autoimmune encephalitis!?

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@TheSooperCynic

6 months

@kriissaa_krae @sharminultra I think that's fundamentally what the palestinians have been saying for 75 yrs

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@TheSooperCynic

5 months

@PhilipBrayshaw @DrNeilStone as a side note, drs never really had the support of wider NHS workforce, its been mainly resistance both in real life and online, there has always been some underlying inexplicable resentment towards drs.

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@TheSooperCynic

1 year

I wonder how the @TheBMA can truly be aligned in it's messaging to protect the profession, when its representatives are openly propagating the toxic rhetoric that we are "punching down" when in reality we are finally advocating for & reempowering training Drs (as a union should)

Dr Georgie Budd

@BuddGeorgie

1 year

Anti-Pa sentiments: 🧵 Anyone who saw me speak out against this motion at JDC will not be surprised that I continue to do so. It is punching down. It is worsening MDT relationships. It is directing (righteous) anger in the wrong direction.

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@TheSooperCynic

2 months

Like cocky 13yr olds, everyone keeps wanting to skip the studying part and jump straight to posturing as drs.

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@TheSooperCynic

3 months

Really don't understand why people get involved in discourse just to arbitrarily shit on doctors (of which there are over 100s of thousands, many of whom are actually minorities that experience prejudice). Does it make you feel good, make you feel morally superior? I dont get it

Leanne Patrick QN

@LeanneHPatrick

3 months

The rebranding of doctors as an oppressed minority is absolutely wild.

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@TheSooperCynic

11 months

@EmergMedDr @KharmaMedic explaining how 2 jobs dont equate is not the same as abusing them, drs often dont stand up for themselves in fear of reprisal e.g. portfolios progression being seen as the bad guy etc, we need to learn how to advocate for ourselves without guilt

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@TheSooperCynic

2 months

@gmcuk @drcolinm You are no longer wanting to train safe high quality drs. You want to produce superficially trained NHS gap fillers that just about look the part, and accept the risk to patients that comes with that so long and there are finacial gains/savings to be made by your new model.

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@TheSooperCynic

1 year

@DHSCgovuk @FullFact you're averaging drs pay 1 yr post grad all the way up to 10 yrs post grad to give you a number you thought would look good and still doesn't lol, honestly can't wait till this government gets it, what an international embarassment

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@TheSooperCynic

6 months

@PriyamvadaGopal @DanielaGabor Stop policing the way Israel is condemned, it's taken a long time for people to be brave enough to critique, Israel's evaded condemnation for almost a century mainly through playing victim, Nazi fascism isnt more despicable than Israeli fascism, they are very much comparable.

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@TheSooperCynic

5 months

@SaraTon08500527 I dont understand your point, the staff you've listed literally have pre defined scope and are regulated with set standards. A podiatrist is not expected to manage undifferentiated patients. PAs do not have defined or regulated scope and are being used however the trusts want.

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@TheSooperCynic

10 months

@minoritisedNHS It's quite routine practice to examine the events leading up to a death in medicine, drs would be dragged in the same way, gps often are... We dont just call it a day after it's happened... little respect for NHS management anyway, but calling professionals bastards is a new low

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@TheSooperCynic

9 months

@thomaswoodcock @ClearThinker66 @mark_toshner You didn't really answer the question, which I was expecting tbh (it's pretty hard to find examples of good management in the NHS even after mid staffordshire enquiry, in fact things are only getting worse....)

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@TheSooperCynic

5 months

@IncogAssociate @iDrSunny @Xeon4f145d96s1 @ExplosiveEnema @Molly2323232323 PAs dont sit the same exams as GEM, it requires a certain level of knowledge to pass finals.

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@TheSooperCynic

7 months

@IanDunt Sorry people haven't been able to make expressing horror at an ongoing genocide a little more comfortable for you Ian. It's interesting to find that the distressed first hand voices of Palestinians themselves, is considered "bias" and extreme, sorry they and their traumatised...

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@TheSooperCynic

2 months

To paint a whole cohort of people as having massive egos is actually likely to be a projection of your own fragile one... many drs are leaving the profession, NHS being defunded into a complete mess and here you are demonising those who gave up the best years of their life to

Liam 🏴🚩

@liamlfc64

2 months

@JujuliaGrace Also the idea that only people who went through the 5 years at uni can learn medical skills and deliver good care to patients is just Dr exceptionalism and proves that the Dr’s in the UK genuinely have massive Egos. If you see someone do the PA course you’ll know it’s so intense

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@TheSooperCynic

1 month

Most specialists prescribe their own meds, we even prescribe DC supply from ED, not sure why you'd delay a treatment that you recommended started by asking another medical provider to do it for you, it's not stroppy, it's someone creating a reasonable professional boundary...

Dr Rani Khatib FESC

@DrRaniKhatib

1 month

A very stroppy letter from a GP in response to our cardiology recommendation to merely increase the patient's beta blocker dose. "I feel nothing more than a glorified administrator" the GP wrote. I am not sure what else we could do. @WYpartnership @NHS_RobW @DrJamesThomas1

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@TheSooperCynic

6 months

@theashrb Agreed and it's only going to get worse. If you've got time, I would look into the restructuring of NHs. Tories are rolling out PAs as a workforce while there is an exodus of drs out of the hospital system due to working conditions and pay. They are plugging

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@TheSooperCynic

2 months

Just want to clarify not my personal rota! but someone's post on reddit!

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@TheSooperCynic

11 months

The idea that it's ok that you cant provide for a better quality of life for yourself and your family now even though you're the most qualified and working 48+hr weeks, but if you sell your soul maybe another 20 yrs down the line they might just pay you what you're worth

Nicola O'Connell

@noconne

11 months

@srturaga Clearly the Fellowship position is underpaid, but surely the doctor can expect a higher earning potential where the assistant’s salary will be capped at 55k?

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@TheSooperCynic

5 months

@surashsurash @NotAdoctor0000 Think people are so used to drs repressing their thoughts that any expression of opinion/challenging the status quo becomes labelled "bullying". We have tried professionalism but still treated with contempt by MDT. It is within a drs right to react without being labelled a bully.

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