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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

10 months

Every UK doctor will relate to this as standard practice. One of my 1st FY1 jobs 7yrs ago was Oncology at a large central London Trust. We were 4 WTE Drs down on the rota. Will never forget having an end of life discussion with a relative whilst my 4 bleeps went off in unison.

Sky News

@SkyNews

10 months

'Very hard to do job of two to three people': How junior doctors' strikes are affecting patient care

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Zain Chaudhry

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@NHS_HealthEdEng Loved your introduction of shape of training, which has undermined the acquisition of specialty skills and made integrated academic training more difficult across the board. Promulgating rigid, rotational training pathways has also contributed to trainee burnout. Thanks!

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Fantastic atmosphere at the UCLH demonstration for the #JuniorDoctorsStrike . Incredible solidarity between juniors across all specialties at every level. “What do we want? #PayRestoration . When do we want it? Now” Pay us or lose us @SteveBarclay . So what’s it going to be?

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

Significantly underpaid this month as only paid basic and none of my on calls. Rang payroll today and sent around the houses to HR etc. Now waiting for them to reply to email request for BACS. Why is the onus on me to chase when Trust has breached its contractual obligation? 😡

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@ZS_Chaudhry

11 months

“What is the point of a doctor?” This is a question the profession needs to ask itself in the UK. As the role of MAPs/ACPs etc. rapidly expands, doctors are increasingly tied up with plugging system problems at the expense of specialty skills. So…what is the point of a doctor?

Medlife Crisis (Rohin)

@MedCrisis

11 months

But we have to ask ourselves, what is the point of a doctor? If one of the most complex operations in cardiology is no longer something that only doctors do, are we just there to be a name when shit hits the fan? So again I ask, why was this done?

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6 months

“If we believe that becoming a GP really does take five years of medical school and another five of postgraduate training, why do some physician associates in general practice receive less supervision after two years of training than a GP registrar after nine?”

Dr Helen Salisbury

@HelenRSalisbury

6 months

What does it mean to say physician associates are trained 'in the medixal model'?

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

Junior doctors - we have lost 26% of our pay since 2008. Don’t be a doormat - vote for the profession’s future ✊🏽

DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

@Doctors_Vote

2 years

The BMA has announced they will be balloting members around 9th of January. Are you #BMABallotReady ? Update your address here: These posters will be going up in every doctors mess in England - DM to get a link to printable PDFs. Join. Strike. Win.

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Zain Chaudhry

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10 months

Sad to see this language still used in the latest version of Oxford Handbook of Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, reprinted in 2021. Stigmatising and needs updating. #IDtwitter

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11 months

This is the discussion that needs to be had around PAs. Do future consultants want to be the professionals who deal with only the most complex cases whilst shouldering liability for all patients seen by associates? Is that the basis of a fulfilling and sustainable career?

Danny Wong (黄永年)

@dannyjnwong

11 months

I expect in a few years' time AAs will irreversibly change what it means to be a Consultant/SAS/ST/CT anaesthetist. Our professional identity will fundamentally change. This should be the crux of the debate. What are we prepared to sacrifice on the altar of workforce expansion?

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

9 months

@SteveBarclay Who do you think you are benefitting by towing this stubborn party line? No one goes through the blood, sweat and tears of medical training to go on strike. Look what you have done to a generation of doctors. We are disillusioned and morale is rock bottom. Negotiate or resign.

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2 months

💯. The trend of educationalists to keep slashing basic science from degrees & devalue academia is dangerous and will reduce the quality of UK graduates and doctors. As diagnostics/interventions become more complex, understanding first principles becomes even more important.

Paul McCoubrie

@PMccoubrie

2 months

@drcolinm of the @gmcuk has written this in a recent blog about future education &, as a card-carrying educationalist, I disagree vehemently The last 50 yrs of educational research tells us a very clear message The single most important determinant of expertise is knowledge 1/

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2 years

Culture from a neck abscess - guess the organism and the test #Microbiology #IDTwitter

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@ZS_Chaudhry

10 months

@veggieequallife Because rotational training ensures a fresh supply of trainees every 4-6 months no matter how toxic a department is. No incentive to make meaningful improvements. Rotational training needs to end - drawbacks far outweigh benefits.

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

Had the delight of receiving an email from @JRCPTB demanding £860 for the privilege of hosting my e-portfolio for HST. Currently out of training doing a full-time MSc and will struggle to pay this. This is not the norm in other professions - how have we let this happen?

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

2 months

This is absolutely shocking - imagine the RCP founding physicians of 1518 hearing that the leadership cannot bring itself to define the unique role and value of a medical doctor. Feels like the final nail in the coffin for UK medicine.

Escoffier’s love child 🦀 (🗑️ 🔥)

@mouseter_chef

2 months

“What is the difference between a junior doctor with debt, years of training, more responsibility etc etc and a PA” Good question “PA’s will not be able prescribe or order ionising radiation at the point of regulation but then we will have to see how that develops” (paraphrase)

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Zain Chaudhry

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11 months

This is the bottom line. By the time I’m Consultant, I will likely be ~40yo with 10 yrs full-time education (4 degrees) + MRCP and FRCPath exams + 9 yrs full-time PG clinical training. Bearing ultimate clinical responsibility - £88k simply isn’t sufficient. Why would I stay?

Mike Henley 🤨

@trentconsultant

11 months

I don't expect the public to have sympathy with our pay, the outcome though is the UK is an uncompetitive place to work, after 18 years training consultant starting salary is £88k, it's €203k in Ireland for example. This = staffing gaps = fewer operations/clinic appointments.

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1 year

Epidemiology MSc survived ✅🍾

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@ZS_Chaudhry

1 year

Spirits and turnout remain high on the UCLH picket. Our message is loud and clear: 🚨 We are not worth 26.1% less than doctors in 2008. #fullpayrestoration is the only antidote to the exodus of doctors out of the #NHS . 🚨 We stand together, strike together and will win together.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

@WawiraAntonia The whole thing is a racket. Why are we paying a fee to a regulator that exists entirely for the public interest? Why do I pay hundreds of pounds to the JRCPTB for curriculum development of every physician speciality and for my own recruitment? Beyond ridiculous.

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

11 months

Heartening to receive this email from one of my Consultant colleagues prior to Round 3 of @BMA_JuniorDocs IA. Messages of support and solidarity from senior colleagues mean so much in what is a challenging and existential time for UK medicine. Next up, @BMA_Consultants ballot 🤞🏽

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@ZS_Chaudhry

10 months

@dr_nigel_lane @NHSEngland How disappointing. Generations below you have trained in a much worse economic landscape. Lots of us have no intention of taking up NHS consultant jobs unless pay erosion is reversed. The route to consultancy is not average - median UK salary is a meaningless comparator.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

5 months

@Xeon4f145d96s1 @NMacdonaldBHT @AndrewMcLBHT - could you please help me understand why a Medical SpR is paid £10/hr less than a PA for what appears to be the same shift? Presumably the med reg will be carrying a huge amount more responsibility as a senior decision maker.

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

7 months

Once again, this exemplifies the damage of high-frequency rotational training on Dr recruitment and wellbeing. Permanency of MAP staff incentivises employers to get to know individuals and form lasting professional relationships. Rotational training in its current form must end.

Richard Marks - London Anaesthetist

@LondonAnaesth

7 months

Recruitment for doctors-in-training - impersonal, centralised, anonymous, miserable. Recruitments for Associates-in-training - parley with our mateys and see to it they land the job. Why the inconsistency @NHSE_WTE ?

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2 years

@TharushaGunawa4 @MedReddit I think it’s another nail in the coffin for the profession along the road of systematic deprofessionalisation. Medics in training have unique working patterns involving lots of OOH combined with regular rotations between different hospital sites.

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Zain Chaudhry

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11 months

Excellent summary of the current trajectory of the UK medical profession. Targeted, systematic deprofessionalisation of Drs pushed by DHSC —> 2-tier system & further destruction of pay, conditions & professional respect. Difficult decision on whether to stay and fight or leave…

PJ Wang

@PJWang12

11 months

please read, reflect, discuss and disseminate. Declassified warning to the doctor profession ahead of the NHS workforce plans being released next week 🚨🚨🚨 @Doctors_Vote @BMA_JuniorDocs @TheBMA

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Zain Chaudhry

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2 years

Absolutely this - “elitism” has been used to deprofessionalise medics over the past few decades. It is increasingly difficult to recognise the unique academic/personal/professional strain of the medical training pathway without being tarred as “elitist” and “exclusionary”.

Dr Wardwörk

@St7Summary

2 years

@mevparekh Elitism is the new stick to beat us with... Want a space to decompress mid-shift? Elitist. Want a professional body to prioritise doctors interests? Elitist. Want your pay to reflect your contribution? Elitist.

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7 months

@SteelCity_ENT Yes - generally there’s been dilution of standards, marked by a move away from fundamental physiology, pathology, science etc to other skills. The hallmark of doctors is a broad and scientifically rigorous education, which is just as essential now as it ever was.

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2 years

@Xe4f145d16s2 This is deeply concerning and flagrant misrepresentation of job role. By that justification anyone who did any degree under a Faculty of Medicine (e.g. MPH) “went to medical school.” This is a patient safety and probity issue.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

@Medifectious @sumitriptan Sadly that’s just not enough of an incentive. It takes 9 years minimum after a 5-6yr degree to get to ST7. All to get a base salary of 58k, which is frankly pathetic given the level of responsibility and training you hold. The mismatch between input and output is profound.

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2 months

@Xeon4f145d96s1 “I apologise for any confusion”. I didn’t realise frank obfuscation and misrepresentation of survey data was “confusion” 🤔

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@ZS_Chaudhry

7 months

@AliJaneMoore What sticks out to me here is how Trust-centric the language is. Doctors needing 2nd jobs to support themselves “can cause issues for the Trust.” Mental health difficulties “affect attendance and engagement.” Dehumanisation of a rotational & transient workforce.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

1 year

@DacreJane @DHSCgovuk Not sure why the BMA is tagged in your tweet, Prof Dacre? They have made multiple offers to meet for negotiations. @SteveBarclay has stalled, delivered one-sided press briefings and failed to present any credible offer. Framing both sides as equal in this process is inaccurate.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

1 year

This behaviour epitomises the way junior doctors are treated throughout their postgrad training, which can last >10 years. Infantilising professionals who have no idea where they will spend the next 2 years of their life has become the norm. This must change. #HEE10

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@ZS_Chaudhry

1 year

Rotational training is a contentious topic. Many point out the benefits of a broader range of experience across different settings/units. Interesting to think about the added environmental impact of commuting. Would single centre training help reduce this?

The Changing Face of Medicine

@theCFOM

1 year

UK junior doctors regularly rotate between hospitals across the country. Given that 4% of NHS total emissions are generated from staff commutes, can ongoing rotational training be justified? How should training need be balanced against the need to reduce environmental impact? 🚗

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2 years

@Aidan_Baron This was my experience of O&G at medical school. Incredible hostility from non-medical staff who actively made you feel unwanted. Would invariably prioritise midwifery students over medical students even if you had already formed a connection with a patient/family.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

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@parthaskar @GillianKeegan @SteveBarclay @hilarynathan01 @CharlotteAugst @JDRFUK @DiabetesUK @trishgreenhalgh @NHSEngland @JamieFonzarelli @JustinOnWeb @DiabeticDadUK @SaimeFulya This is sarcasm!

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@ZS_Chaudhry

11 months

@Thornton_health Drs at all levels have suffered severe erosion of pay/conditions. Do you suggest they sit by & continue to accept the status quo? Medics are incredibly disillusioned with the state of our profession. Without improvement to pay at every level there won’t be future consultants.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

6 months

@NotAdoctor0000 @LeedsHospitals This is inappropriate & fallacious - perhaps a micro consultant from the Trust can comment on this. I presume it was signed off by the CD. How can a newly qualified PA be more able to have a discussion with micro than an FY1 who has had longer and more rigorous training?

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@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

@WayneSwann9 @Xe4f145d16s2 So he didn’t finish medical school and thus the implications of his statement are equally misleading. If I start legal school, leave and become a paralegal I can’t call myself a lawyer. This is wilful misrepresentation and is a serious probity issue.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

1 year

@Andrew_Jordan_ @UHNM_NHS @Doctors_Vote @BMA_JuniorDocs Wow - this is truly disgraceful and depressing. We have sleepwalked through decades of deprofessionalisation and this is what we’re faced with. Truly depressing stuff.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

7 months

@iDrSunny Exactly this - PG training is way too long in the UK. I don’t think we produce better doctors than in North America. I remember seeing a recent post with PGY1/2 surgical trainees doing CABG in the USA. That is unimaginable under our current system.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

3 years

@DrAdamLawton I just got offered £32/hr for long day SHO ward cover on Christmas Day at a large, central London teaching hospital. Absolute joke.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

1 year

Incredibly strong YES vote to strike action from @BMA_JuniorDocs members. We are not worth 30% less than in 2008. #payrestoration #EnoughIsEnough #BMADoctorsVoteYes ✊🏽

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@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

@TharushaGunawa4 @MedReddit A good mess should serve as a welcome base in which colleagues can connect and support each other. Removing these spaces further dismantles structures in place for good pastoral care and sends the message “we don’t care about your well-being.”

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@ZS_Chaudhry

1 year

@Edie_Smiles @Xeon4f145d96s1 @PPJSucharitkul “Well remunerated when a consultant” - it’s not though. Consultants start at £88,364 and their pay has depreciated by 40% in real terms since 2008. Given the qualifications, length of training, self-funded difficult exams, and ultimate responsibility held, that is a poor salary.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

Middle aged patient with PMH of opiate dependence/cigarette smoking presents with 2 days of increasing SOB, fever and cough with yellow/brown sputum. Gram and culture shown below. Name the organism and the finding on the agar plate… #IDTwitter #microbiology

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@ZS_Chaudhry

1 year

@drstuartwalker What’s unhelpful is a complete lack of rhetoric from the SoS/DHSC. BMA has made a clear opening offer and asked for reciprocation from SoS. You should be issuing a clarion call to the SoS to spend less time briefing right wing press and instead put a credible offer on the table.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

@thegradmedic It’s astounding and exhausting that swathes of our profession cannot seem to understand how salaries are calculated in any other job/sector. Without comparison, pay (and money in general) is completely meaningless. This is about lifting us up and not dragging others down.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

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@Xeon4f145d96s1 A rainbow badge/lanyard is not a political statement. It’s a visible symbol of ally ship and an unspoken symbol to LGBT+ patients that they can feel comfortable disclosing things they may not ever have disclosed before to the HCP wearing one.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

@thacker_paras The worst bit about this is how it appears to be written/signed off by a senior nurse. Such inherent toxicity within the clinical leadership must make this Trust an incredibly unpleasant place to work at.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

@WawiraAntonia The fact this has become normalised in medicine and is alien to just about any other profession just shows how exploitative the entire system is.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

1 year

Interesting watching #Match2023 and seeing reactions from UK #MedTwitter Many saying how FY/SHO jobs were needed to inform their eventual specialty so choosing at the end of med school wouldn’t have worked. Do many US docs regret specialty choice given the early commitment?

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@ZS_Chaudhry

1 year

Shape of training 👇. This is what happens when medical training is driven by a single focus on what is needed now to firefight in the NHS and not what is needed to create a diverse workforce of generalists, specialists and clinical academics.

Retesh Bajaj

@workhorsewire

1 year

@DoctorPAF I was pretty much told word for word by a friend and colleague who is now a tpd: "they want to stop people doing PhDs & specialising. They want the future to be general medical consultants manning those rotas" This is how the UK starts to erode its edge as a medical pioneer

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@RCPhysicians This is insufficient rhetoric. Doubling medical school places without increasing specialty training numbers does nothing to grow or support the physician workforce. Urgent clarity is needed on why you are capitulating with govt plans to expand associates in lieu of doctors.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

10 months

@jamie_wallis When are you going to start seeing patients in person again?

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@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

@DrSelvarajah I enjoy my job but I wouldn’t recommend medicine in the NHS to future generations. Huge erosion in professional identity, massive mismatch between input and output and treated like numbers on a spreadsheet by employers, Royal Colleges etc. Just doesn’t seem worth it anymore.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

10 months

I was paid ~£14/hr to make safety-critical decisions for sick cancer patients. UK Dr pay is significantly below analogous developed countries. If we want to retain bright & dedicated staff who deal with life/death decisions from their early 20s, we need to pay & treat them well.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

@jonesmedcardiff @AmarHujan Of course it matters - it’s identifiable information that allows you to confirm you are seeing the right patient when you arrive. It’s safety critical information - bed numbers change as patients move - name, DOB and hospital number do not.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

11 months

@MedCrisis Sadly it’s seen as such by swathes on here. Advocating for the benefits of physician-led care is labelled as “elitist”. Advocating for better medical pay on the basis of comparative qualifications, roles and responsibilities is rubbished by members of our own profession.

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@drcolinm There is no meaningful difference between the terms “registered medical practitioner” & “medical professional”. If and when PAs begin to introduce themselves as medical professionals registered with the GMC, will the public know the difference?

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@AliJaneMoore It’s a decent opening offer for sure. Much more reasonable than the derisory nonsense offered in England. Think a more formal committment to pay restoration in the form of future, yearly, supra-inflationary rises needs formalising into the contract to ensure it is water tight.

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@DrNeilStone Yes, would be lovely to feel individually valued as trainees after expending much effort getting a number. Think this is one small way of doing that at an organisational level.

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@parthaskar @GillianKeegan @SteveBarclay @hilarynathan01 @CharlotteAugst @JDRFUK @DiabetesUK @trishgreenhalgh @NHSEngland @JamieFonzarelli @JustinOnWeb @DiabeticDadUK @SaimeFulya Diabetes was around before exogeneous insulin - kids did just fine.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

10 months

As we approach our 5th round of strikes, please do not take up locums on strike days. An escalated rate is not worth actively undermining your colleagues who voted en masse in favour of legal industrial action. Solidarity is our biggest strength. #PayRestoration #DoctorsStrike

Junior Doctors

@BMA_JuniorDocs

10 months

Junior doctors working for the NHS in England will take strike action for the 5th time from 7am, 11 August to 7am, 15 August. We continue to fight for #PayRestoration and continue to wait for the Government to return to the negotiating table.

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@Xeon4f145d96s1 This makes no sense. Why on earth would anyone spend years of their life pursuing a medical degree, postgrad training and MRCP to enter micro training when you can get equivalence as a PA? How can a PA ever show equivalence to STP when they don’t work in a diagnostic lab?

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The standard of care we provided was v suboptimal due to understaffing. We regularly left ~2hrs late every day balancing our workload on skeleton staffing. It took a huge emotional & physical toll on us.

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1 year

This is utterly disgraceful and depressing. As a profession, we have overseen progressive deprofessionalisation of UK medicine. This is what we’re left with - to anyone who objects to industrial action, see below 👇. Medicine is fast becoming a hobby for the privileged few.

Andrew Jordan

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So here we have @UHNM_NHS offering AHP’s a higher hourly rate than they offer Junior Doctors to ‘act as a junior doctor’ over the upcoming strike action dates… #JuniorDoctorsStrike

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@timricketts_ It’s beyond tiring - phenomenal that people are vying to take offence at any form of comparison. Staggering that comparing a qualified doctor’s wage with that of a barista is in the least bit controversial. Complete inability to understand that comparison is not a zero sum game.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

1 year

Excellent news - taking doctors into line with other professions. No one should be taking high APR loans to pay for mandatory professional examinations. Time to bring an end to this regressive practice 👏🏽

Milo Kostusiak

@MiloKostusiak

1 year

Motion 1 passed! BMA will lobby to abolish membership exam fees! #JDConf23

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@xxsnzz There’s nothing wrong with pay comparison as long as it doesn’t advocate for reduction of one party’s pay. So tired of seeing people try and shut down any form of comparison. It is staggering that pointing out that doctors should be paid more than a barista is controversial.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

1 year

@adi_kumar1 Unquestionably, yes. All 1st attempts for exams required for progression should be covered in their entirety by your employer.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

@DrSelvarajah Seems like further deprofessionalisation. I would worry this will not maintain the high academic standards rightly needed to pursue medicine. I imagine lots of basic science/path will be cut, which would be a mistake. Likely will perpetuate a two tier system.

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11 months

@Davemademedoit @DocAnonX Do you think US doctors are trained to a lower level than their UK counterparts? Do they practice unsafe medicine? Are complication rates higher or outcomes worse? I think we’ve been conditioned into thinking the inordinate degree of service provision in the UK is beneficial.

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@ollieburtonmed @BellaRoscetti That you have no contractual obligation to work shift changes with <6 weeks notice

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

11 months

@hasyourregtried No, it won’t make a jot of difference as the FY1s there are all supernumerary.

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

@BellaRoscetti @michaelahn94 Professionalism is a one way road in medicine - no regulators or standards for HR/management and thus no accountability. This is another byproduct of having a monopoly employer. They know we have no alternative, therefore, there is little incentive for them to care.

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

@michaela_vernon They fall into two camps: 1) The privileged who have never worried about money and don’t want the inconvenience of striking to secure fair pay 2) Those who believe that fair pay would deprive other economic sectors of vital funding in one of the richest countries in the world.

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

@RNAppleby Previous IA ended in disappointment. The atmosphere and driving factors behind this round of IA are very different. Please be supportive of your juniors who like many consultants are profoundly disillusioned with the status quo. Our strength is in unity.

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

8 months

@veggieequallife 💯. #bekind #oneteam have also been weaponised to shut down any meaningful discussion on scope creep. Expansion of job roles and MAPs are fundamentally changing what it means to be a Dr, which is fuelling a professional identity crisis/disillusionment. This needs to be discussed.

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

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@PhilSmithIsBack It’s been so clear for so many years that the intention was always to deregulate medicine with the aim of cost saving. The worst bit about it all is the senior medics and supposedly independent institutions that have enabled govt policy.

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Zain Chaudhry

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@DrNeilStone @SteveBarclay Sadly, I think a series of further escalating strikes until our point is heard loud and clear by SOS/PM. This is a make or break issue for the medical profession - the disillusionment at every level across all specialties was very tangible on the picket.

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

11 months

@walsh_joe @BMA_JuniorDocs @SteveBarclay @_VivekTrivedi @RobLaurensonD4P The latter - BMA have repeatedly publicly stated they are not asking for FPR over one year and will consider FPR over a longer time frame. @_VivekTrivedi stated this once again on BBC news today. This is unintelligent govt spin as we saw in 2016. Back to the picket lines we go.

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

@WayneSwann9 @Xe4f145d16s2 This is a poor analogy. The connotations of you misleading the general public and other colleagues into a believing you hold role with more responsibility over the lives and welfare of patients are much more serious than your meal at TGIFridays. There’s nothing silly about it.

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

11 months

An emphatic "YES" and a clear message to Govt that Drs at every level will not stand by whilst our pay & conditions are severely eroded. I look forward to standing side by side with Consultants in solidarity. Stand together, strike together, win together. ✊🏾

BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

11 months

Consultants in England have voted a resounding YES to taking industrial action this July. ✅Turnout: 71.08% ✅Yes votes: 20,741 – 86.08% Together we can #FixConsultantPay now and for the future. Read more:

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Zain Chaudhry

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10 months

The longest strike in NHS history begins today. This represents a catastrophic failure of leadership by govt. We want to be treating our patients and not on a picket. @SteveBarclay get around the table and make a serious offer to end this. Scotland have done it, why can’t you?

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

@DrJohannaRhodes It’s a hypervirulent strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae, which classically produces mucoid colonies. Can draw these out with a loop - so called “string test”. They have a tendency to cause metastatic infection with widespread abscess formation. Nasty things 😱

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

@darkwings87 @Disgruntled_SHO “If they win the respect to deserve it” - how incredibly patronising to “juniors” - an entire body of highly trained and skilled professionals. The onus is not on individuals - the system is very broken when medics are relied on to do huge amounts of admin.

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

1 year

Consultants: please vote yes in the @BMA_Consultants strike ballot. Your pay has eroded >35% in 15 yrs. Doctors enter the workforce with ~£100k of high-APR debt, record pay erosion and an NHS on its knees. Without #payrestoration across the workforce, there will be no future NHS.

Tom Dolphin🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

@thomasdolphin

1 year

My BMA ballot came. This is perhaps our last chance to demonstrate to government that they need to value doctors properly and sort out pay, pensions and the Pay Review Body that’s supposed to prevent this situation arising. I’ll be voting Yes. Have you sent yours back?

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@_garmc As others have said all pay is relative. Salary/money/pay is but an arbitrary number lacking in meaning without comparison. Intra and interprofessional comparison to our historic pay and to those with similar roles/responsibilities (e.g. PAs, ACPs etc), respectively is useful.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

1 year

@Edie_Smiles @Xeon4f145d96s1 @PPJSucharitkul Did your “shitter” jobs require the same level of academic qualifications & prerequisite training as medicine? Did you hold an equivalent level of responsibility? Did they require you to self-fund postgrad exams/courses etc? Consultants are not well paid given the above.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

1 year

@julianhartley1 @DHSCgovuk @BMA_JuniorDocs @HCSANews @hmtreasury This is a derisory pay offer from DHSC. My nursing colleagues deserve so much more. Accepting this will worsen the recruitment and retention crisis in nursing. I hope they swiftly reject and continue to strike hard for what they’re worth.

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

5 years

Survived the first day back to clinical medicine as an Internal Medicine Trainee @uclh and seem to have been promoted to a Registrar. Wonder if that comes with a pay rise? 🤔

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

11 months

@UKGastroDr Agree - every time a senior medic cries “elitism” rather than engage constructively on the impact of MAP/ACP role expansion on Dr roles & professional identity, they compound the problem and further facilitate deprofessionalisation of UK medicine. Difficult discussions needed.

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

3 years

@zackferguson ArE yOu MeDiCs?!

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

8 months

@CosimadiRonda @pearceyp78 No, it’s not enough. I’m a “junior” doctor in my 8th postgraduate year after qualifying from a 6 yr undergraduate degree. I make safety critical decisions 24/7 often with minimal/indirect supervision. I’m just asking to be paid what we were in 2008 - it’s not unreasonable.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

@WayneSwann9 @Xe4f145d16s2 He absolutely implied it. That is the issue. I really hope you can see how serious that is from a patient safety point of view. This isn’t a petty argument - it’s a serious probity issue.

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

8 months

@trishgreenhalgh It was sarcasm in response to the ridiculous comments from the journalist!

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Zain Chaudhry

@ZS_Chaudhry

1 year

@Doctor_Erin_ It’s all posturing from the SoS. There’ll be no consultant pay restoration without JD pay restoration and consultant industrial action. He’s just pleased to kick the can down the road. Sincerely hope consultants vote to strike - their pay erosion is staggering.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

1 year

@paulmplayer @SteveBarclay It’s disgraceful. Every training post should come with funding allocated to support at least a first attempt at mandatory examinations and all portfolio costs needed to progress. Incredible that we’ve ever accepted this within the profession.

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@ZS_Chaudhry

2 years

@Master75272373 Truly nauseating and incredibly ignorant. Achieving #payrestoration does not suddenly bankrupt the UK economy and pull the rest of the population below the poverty line. These medic martyrs are the biggest obstacle to a thriving and sustainable medical workforce.

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