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Doctor & Clinical Research Fellow in Neurosurgery. BMA Council 2022-2026.

London, England

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Ollie Burton

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1 year

Super excited to be joining the @WEISS_UCL team and @QSNeurosurgery as a Clinical Research Fellow in Neurosurgery come August! Massive thanks to Mr @hani_marcus for the opportunity and to all the neurosurgeons and doctors that have given their time to help me prep. #neurosurgery

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4 years

Psychiatric patient called me a 'Harry Potter looking dickhead' on the wards today, which is still less mean than some of my feedback from consultants

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2 years

Ideas for finals OSCEs next year 1. Give the student an illegal rota and challenge them to sort it 2. Fix a malfunctioning printer in the 8 minutes before WR 3. Acquire a CTAP with no other indication than 'the reg wants it' #MedTwitter am I missing any?

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Re Junior Doctor strikes, the 'if you don't like it, get another job / go elsewhere' crowd need to rapidly learn that doctors are doing exactly that. It's (partly) why you struggle to see a GP, or it takes months to see a specialist. We simply do not have enough of them.

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1 year

Dear radiologists, you've won. I called my local takeaway and asked if I could 'request' a pizza.

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1 year

Bob is now a national treasure and we must not stop until he overtakes Nadine

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1 year

This morning I had a derisory 15 followers. @NadineDorries duly derided that number. This evening I have 1186 followers. Thanks to you all, especially you Nads x

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Also had my first 'is there a doctor on the train' call last night and that carriage had more medical staff than the average NHS ward

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Ultrawide makes Excel so much more bearable #datatime

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It is absolutely staggering that Labour are losing the support of doctors during a time when the Tories have managed to actually collapse the NHS. Clawing defeat from the jaws of victory. We don't have a medical student crisis, we have a postgraduate training/retention crisis

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This is TERRIBLE and I simply must have the contact details of the official involved, for research purposes

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4 months

Worryingly large numbers of people in the UK do not understand that they wouldn't be able to afford private healthcare without the NHS keeping wages and costs down. Choosing to not believe doctors, despite evidence, while the govt continues to throttle NHS services.

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Dru

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Here is a screenshot of my payslip, proving that I am in fact paid £15.53 per hour.

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'You knew the pay when you signed up' No. Most commit to medicine around 14-16, then med school 5 years minimum - things change in that time. Contracts re-negotiated, severe inflation, real-terms pay cuts. And even if it were true, we should push for things to be better.

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10 months

Some exciting news! Deen 50% complete. Recently @AquaAsif and I had our Nikkah. In Islam, this is the binding contract between a couple that makes a religiously valid marriage. 1/

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We're in this for the long haul. Get the locums in and buckle down. The Tory government sees doctors and teachers (et al.) as enemies to be defeated, not a bruised, tired and neglected workforce to be supported for the betterment of the nation.

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1 year

Not really how strikes work is it though

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NEW: Rishi Sunak's spokesman says govt "ready and willing" to meet with junior doctors but only if they call off strikes and drop their demand for 35% pay rise.

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Reflecting on acts of kindness during Foundation so far. One of my surgical registrars brought me back a prayer mat when he visited Mecca so that my girlfriend would have a proper place to pray when she visits me - he would accept no payment in return. A truly good man.

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1 year

It is of course a privilege to work as a doctor, as long as you left the NHS 30 years ago and charge £120 for F2F consultations. This is simply embarrassing.

@GMB

Good Morning Britain

1 year

'If they called off the strikes they would get a reasonable offer' Dr Laurence Gerlis believes the four-day strike should be called off. He adds that four day strikes haven't achieved anything in the past. However, he tells @ranvir01 that he supports the doctors' pay demands.

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If I spun data like this I'd be hauled in front of my supervisor and asked to write a reflection. For the UK government? No such problem.

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1 year

The BMA has demanded a 35% pay rise for junior doctors. Here's their current average pay rates at different levels.

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1 year

Another one from @MedReddit , credit to u/g1ucose - F1 successfully negotiates extracontractual rates in keeping with @BMA_JuniorDocs rate card. Stellar work and all juniors need to be empowered to take the same stance - it's only possible if you push.

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10 months

People often confuse medical knowledge with 'systems knowledge' - obviously if you rotate, you won't be au fait with how things locally work. This can give permanent staff a false sense of superiority - it's actually remarkable how fast FY1s pick things up given the rotation.

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Jess Doe

10 months

@simondoyle87 @MHA_92_ Everyone has their own perception. I do not think a ‘starting’ salary that high is justified. I feel it flies in the face of the other HCPs. Having worked with FY1s, many r close to useless & r carried by HCP team around them. But they learn quickly, hence rapid pay progression

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1 year

This year, half the workforce is on strike and Steve refuses to even speak to junior doctors about it. Fitting tribute indeed.

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1 year

Last year, Her Late Majesty awarded the George Cross medal to the NHS. It was a fitting tribute to the dedication and hard work of NHS staff across the country during the pandemic and over the last 75 years. Delighted it will now go on public display from July 6 to mark #NHS75 .

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2 years

It's already been shared and highlighted, but our northeast Trust has done this £100 thank you bonus for all members of staff - *AND* if you pay basic rate tax they've adjusted it so you effectively don't pay tax/NI on it and receive the full £100 #welldone

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2 years

Here is my take-home (as in after tax, loans etc) pay as a first year junior doctor. £13.81 per hour, 48 hours per week minimum including nights and weekends, with so very many unpaid hours. Out of this come exams, courses, conferences etc etc - we're not overpaid.

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Never ask -A woman her age -A man his salary -The Royal College of Anaesthetists how many unconscious patients it's okay to split your attention between

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What if Tory health ministers were fined £10 for every GP they said they were going to recruit but didn't, or Boris for every COBRA meeting he DNA'd

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When we say Twitter flattens medical hierarchies, all we're really saying is it allows F1s and consultants to tell each other to fuck off outside work

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Doubled medical school places will give you more GPs in 10-11 years at best. Much more sensible to retain the ones we already have, by expanding postgraduate training capacity and boosting pay/conditions. Also would need to make GP itself more palatable.

@wesstreeting

Wes Streeting MP

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The Tories failed to train enough doctors over 13 years. Now patients are told to get on their bike to see a GP. We will double medical school places so patients can easily book appointments to see the GP they want, in the manner they choose.

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Seen a few posts on here suggesting that we shouldn't be loud about success - I'm one of the unlucky ones this time, but we MUST celebrate our colleagues who have got their dream jobs - I work with a team that's nothing short of incredible, and they deserve every ounce of success

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If your op or procedure is cancelled due to lack of anaesthetist, remember that the government specifically operates and chooses to maintain a bottleneck halfway through their training that leaves hundreds of people without progression. Will do anything except pay for doctors.

@felicitydevere

Felicity de Vere

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1 year

Today 350 anaesthetists, trained purely in anaesthesia for the last 3 years, were turned down for the next stage of anaesthetics training in the UK. This is despite @RCoANews stating there is a "current shortage of 1400 anaesthetists in the UK"...🧵

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Is there a really long German word for the situation where your consultant asks you to speak to another specialty despite you knowing that they will instantly reject it or there's a pathway for it, but you still have to do it anyway because it's a documented plan

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1 year

We have an update - the (female!) FY1 doctor from yesterday's celebratory tweet has been in touch and confirmed her £70/hr rate as per @BMA_JuniorDocs rate card was approved. Massive win and great to see a doctor knowing their value.

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@UMAPsUK Guys you realise you've set 50 hours of arbitrary CPD on the same scale as 2 years of 48 hours/week across 6 specialties right?

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1 year

Badness alert - forwarded this, UK medical school actively asking their medical students to undermine strike action

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We knew things were bad but didn't realise it was 'risk your GMC number for a creme egg' o' clock

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Simon Fleming 🛠

1 year

Really?! REALLY?! #JuniorDoctorsStrike #JuniorDoctors #medtwitter #Infantilisation #fullpayrestoration

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Can't wait for medical school places to double so 700 anaesthetists can't be trained

@ShaunLintern

Shaun Lintern

1 year

🚨 It's crazy that the NHS has told 350 doctors training in anaesthesia that the NHS has no job for them after 3 years training. At the same time we have massive shortages of, you guessed it, anaesthetists. These self-defeating bottlenecks defy logic. Statement from @RCoANews

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Just let me wear a wristwatch please 😭

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Anna Pigott 🔶

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Best question I’ve been asked as CD, are alpacas allowed to visit PICU… ?

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11 months

@FPLKSI @beautyacademyuk Literally just lashes so I can do my partner's. The amount she spends makes me weep.

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1 year

These graphs are horrifying - do we have a duty to make applicants to medical school aware of this? Applications per post compared with posts available - obviously not controlling for multiple apps, very quick plots - but deeply concerning.

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2 years

Sadly unable to attend my med school graduation today owing to short staffing - the Ward 44 RVI staff came through and threw me a mini celebration (and there was 🎂) - Greatix most definitely incoming

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1 year

Massive shout out to the ward sister who made me a bacon sandwich on Christmas morning - made gen med cover infinitely more bearable

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2 years

Senior medics (registrars and consultants) we need you to understand this - we might not work the ridiculous hours you did, but we also earn far less in a currency that is worth far less - we're going to need your support for pay restoration #BMACouncil

@JonJHilton

Jon Hilton

2 years

If you're a BMA member you will soon be receiving a voting pack. We have seen a significant drop in real terms income in combination with escalating cost of living. I’ll be using my votes to support candidates pushing for pay restoration.

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Look at what's squirrelled away at the bottom there - includes ADDITIONAL EARNINGS on top of basic pay for additional hours and shift work (which is not optional, by the way). When we're asking for the basic pay to be restored, this representation is *interesting*

@DHSCgovuk

Department of Health and Social Care

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The BMA has demanded a 35% pay rise for junior doctors. Here's their current average pay rates at different levels.

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1 year

Again general public please pay heed - the reason you can't see a doctor is that the government is not willing to pay for enough of them, despite knowing there is a shortage. The decision to not provide healthcare is a deliberate political choice.

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Felicity de Vere

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Today 350 anaesthetists, trained purely in anaesthesia for the last 3 years, were turned down for the next stage of anaesthetics training in the UK. This is despite @RCoANews stating there is a "current shortage of 1400 anaesthetists in the UK"...🧵

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Med School 5 years Foundation 2 years Surgical Training 8 years -It takes a long time to train a breast surgeon -England took on 153 new Gen Surg trainees in 2022 -You can train infinite new doctors, but without opening training bottlenecks, you won't get more breast specialists

@wesstreeting

Wes Streeting MP

1 year

Women are waiting a month to see a GP, then more than two weeks to see a breast cancer specialist. Early diagnosis is so important when it comes to cancer. Labour will train 15,000 doctors & 10,000 more nurses a year, so patients are seen on time.

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2 years

I'm not sure why it needs vocalising but *career progression is not an excuse to underpay workers* - you pay (and need to incentivise for) the jobs people do, not the job they might do in 15-20 years. It's no wonder doctors disappear to Aus to earn 3X the wage for the same job

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2 years

If anyone was in doubts about how NHS staff are treated, here's a load of doctors sat on the floor and working through lunch - and that was considered pleasant enough for a trust to tweet about it

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2 years

The med reg stayed late after our shift last night to teach me as struggling for clinical signoffs on academic block - some people are just nice

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3 years

Never been so happy to be deemed minimally competent in my entire life. Two degrees and 7 years of university later come August I will finally be Dr Burton! 🩺

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1 year

@drokane You call your colleague Mike who is on his way to the airport and demand he comes in to aspirate and file a critical incident report. You also datix Mike for taking annual leave which is a clear patient safety risk and shows lack of commitment.

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5 months

Your weekly reminder that the government controls the supply of doctors, and also refuses to expand postgraduate training sufficiently to meet demand. There was never any plan for doctors to be in 'supply'.

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"Physician associates can be a vital support when doctors are in short supply.

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2 years

Coming to the end of F1 (ARCP pending of course) - two takehomes I'm reflecting on 1) It's a meme that med school doesn't prepare you for the job, but it probably never could anyway 2) The Foundation Programme has no business at all being called a training programme

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2 years

Your reminder that a GP practice gets £130 PER YEAR to look after you with as many appointments as you need.

@Lucy_cat_lady

tweetspassionatelyintothevoid

2 years

My small town centre has opened a private gp surgery in what used to be a bank. (Local branches all closing down) They offer same day consultation and a ‘pay as you go’ service. This is their price list. Is this the future?😳 #SaveTheNHS

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1 year

My doctor colleagues, please leave media interviews and comms to your trained colleagues @TheBMA and @BMA_JuniorDocs . Journalists will not seek them out - the onus is on us to refer appropriately. Unified messaging is critical to victory.

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2 years

Surgeons are playing a very bold game making their applicants do the same exam that can get them a radiology training number instead

@JCST_Surgery

JCST

2 years

The person specifications for 2023 specialty recruitment are available here: Changes to note: core surgery introduction of MSRA for shortlisting; MDRS requirement for MRCS to be passed by offer date. For further info contact MDRS:

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2 years

Medicine as a vocation has come up again. It's a vocation if you have enough money not to think about expenses, and a job if you don't. If we don't universally ask for a pay rise, it condemns everyone in the latter group as well as all medical students yet to graduate.

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4 months

Is it not simply easier to accept that to assess students in a standardised exam, the assessor should have passed the relevant exam, or something to similar recognised standards?

@DocShivSharma

Shivam Sharma 🦀 #TellThemAgain

4 months

Physician Associates now assessing final year medical students. Is this a sign of declining educational standards in medicine? What impact will it have on the quality of doctors we produce?

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1 year

This isn't a criticism of any consultant, just a reminder that your fresh medical graduate does this 3 times in a year while also working out how to be a doctor, often with no induction or support network

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Jonathan

1 year

So consultants are popping up to say how unreasonable it is to expect them to handle junior-level jobs they don't do often/navigate hospital systems they aren't families with. Erm... how the hell do you think foundation doctors do it every four months then?

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Makes for bleak reading - this is the competition that trained and qualified doctors face just to continue with their training - without this, they can't become the experts of tomorrow. Only 1 in 2.67 doctors can train as a GP even if they want to, during an ongoing crisis!

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2 years

2% is smaller than 11.7% and not only that, but insulting and further evidence that this government has no actual interest in running a safe NHS service, if we needed any more evidence. Join @TheBMA and be ready

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1 year

Does this mean that during strikes we'll actually have minimum staffing levels then

@PippaCrerar

Pippa Crerar

1 year

BREAKING: Govt confirms plans for new anti-strike legislation to enforce “minimum service levels” in six key public services including NHS, transport and schools in "the coming weeks".

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Overwhelmed and delighted to have been elected to BMA UK Council as a junior doctor representative - huge congratulations to all my colleagues and looking forward to working with you all! Let's keep the momentum going towards #payrestoration

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My prediction - PA/AA relationships with doctors will worsen, partially due to bungling by Colleges/GMC. Docs will refuse to supervise to collapse the project. In response only option will be to remove the need for doctor oversight and give independence.

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When a doctor on the other side of the planet is being more vocally supportive than many home institutions, NHS orgs and consultants, I think we have significant problems.

@amapresident

AMA President

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@ollieburtonmed Ollie, I really don't know anything about Mr Hunt, but it strikes me that the UK health care workforce has absolutely given its all during the pandemic - now saying doctors and nurses are the 'enemy' to be 'defeated' must feel like a monumental slap in the face...

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For those at the back - *somehow* training 7500 more medical students a year from 2025 gives you say 3500ish more GPs in 2035. Attention needs to be on retaining the GPs we have now so we're not waiting til 2035 to actually see one - assuming these new cohorts stay in the UK.

@Keir_Starmer

Keir Starmer

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You should be able to get a GP appointment when you need one. Labour will end the postcode lottery for GP appointments, training 7,500 more doctors a year and guaranteeing face-to-face appointments. Vote Labour on Thursday 4 May to cut waiting times.

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NHS: Patients are older and more complex, we need generalists who can handle multimorbid patients and training must be extended Also NHS: Doctors are too expensive, training must be shortened and everyone else must be fast-tracked into a single-domain role

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2 years

Consultants, please don't do specifically this. It will instantly lose you the respect of most of, if not all your juniors. This is what prime 'pulling the ladder up behind you' looks like

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1 year

People have been asking why today's doctors have less goodwill towards the system. Stuff like this is why.

@Xeon4f145d96s1

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1 year

Reposted upon reflection and have blurred out semi identifiable info. We can do better than this. Please do not name the trust if you saw my previous tweet. Have contacted the trust in question.

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Which specialty has the nicest doctors and why is it paeds

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2 years

Shared anonymously on the Reddit - let it be known far and wide how DOCTORS are valued. "You didn't complete this non-compulsory survey? Time to write lines you naughty child" @gmcuk just copying you in, hoping you can provide guidance to trusts that this is inappriopriate

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During a difficult on call tonight I was lucky enough to be joined by a motivated and enthusiastic medical student. She got stuck right in and was eager to help, which she did. Will be writing to the medical school in praise. Best bit of the job is having students!

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Ollie Burton

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Doctor strikes coming this week - we need you to know - the reason it takes months to have your knee replaced or see a headache specialist is because the government wills it to be so. They are wilfully not training or retaining enough doctors for the NHS to work properly.

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1 year

GP to kindly intubate at roadside and do the needful

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Ellie Philpotts

1 year

My exclusive: NHSE has asked GPs to cover for striking ambulance workers

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Ollie Burton

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Competition for both training posts and locally employed SHO posts seems to be rapidly climbing, and locum market is dead. Are we at the point where doctors might start becoming unemployed?

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@ollieburtonmed

11 months

A different kind of training day with @beautyacademyuk - really fantastic course

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2 years

Does anyone else feel like negative sentiment towards doctors among patients is getting suddenly worse? Feel like I'm having to correct many more patients about 'GPs refusing to see people F2F' from the hospital side. Have to stop short of saying 'vote for different people then'

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@ollieburtonmed

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Senior doctors, you are the training system. If we're disappointed in it, we're disappointed in you. If there are problems, please try to fix them so we can have the same training and opportunities that you had.

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Keith Siau

18 days

@timricketts_ @ExplosiveEnema2 @RCHTWeCare @FPARCP @BritSocGastro @UKGastroDr @parthaskar @DrAsifQasim @DrLKVaughan @DrSteveTaylor @AlisonGeorge10 @Dr_Done_ @Doctors_Vote He does one list a week. And even then, he’s happy to take a trainee if they want to be involved. In this instance, this person shouldn’t be the scapegoat for the disappointments with your own training system!

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@ollieburtonmed

3 years

@DGlaucomflecken This is completely unrealistic, this med student got talked to the first time they showed up.

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4 months

1) Force doctors semi-randomly around the country to staff uncompetitive hospitals cheaply 2) Remove control over personal lives 3) Repeatedly fail to deliver rota and salary on time and put hurdles in the way of leave Quite pleased that doctors are standing up for themselves.

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Charlotte Smith

4 months

Booked a family holiday for Mar 24 in Jul 23. Spent months trying to contact the rota coord at the Trust I start at in Feb to organise leave. Told I needed to find swaps but not given contact details of other drs. It’s all become so stressful that we’ve cancelled the holiday.

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@ollieburtonmed

4 months

Prime Minister openly lies on national television. It's just straightforwardly wrong and very easy to fact check, but used to demonise one particular staff group, despite others still being in dispute.

@TheBMA

The BMA

4 months

The PM says consultants and SAS doctors have settled their pay disputes. This is incorrect. We’ve put the Government’s offer to our members and they’ll now decide. We’re deeply disappointed the Government hasn’t made a credible offer we can also put to junior doctors.

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1 year

Mr Barclay neglects to mention the huge number of appointments that have already been rearranged and delayed in advance of the strikes - the disruption has *already happened* because he was unwilling to negotiate with the BMA.

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Steve Barclay

1 year

The NHS sees more pressure than usual over Easter and the 4 day junior doctors' strike threatens to cause significant disruption. I urge @BMA_JuniorDocs to call off strikes and get back around the table to find a fair offer. Read more @Telegraph 👇

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@ollieburtonmed

2 years

One #TipForNewDocs from me, but it's actually a tip for the older docs (as in F2+, so old). I'm going to be asking the new F1s every single day if they've had their breaks and something to eat. The pressure can be immense and workload overwhelming to a new starter.

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1 month

To be fair if I spent a million bajillion years at uni I think I would probably feel similar

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BAOMS

1 month

Please see below the @BAOMSOfficial Council's position statement on the role of physician associates in #OMFS #NHS #Position #physicianassociates

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1 year

We have to keep correcting this now. The infrastructure doesn't exist to double medical school places, and even if it did, that means more doctors in 2030, more GPs 2035, more consultants around 2040. We need to retain the ones we have if there's to be a hope of seeing them.

@Keir_Starmer

Keir Starmer

1 year

Labour will put patients first, doubling the number of medical school places and training 10,000 more nurses each year to cut NHS waiting times. We’ll pay for this by abolishing non-dom tax status - because patients need treatment more than the wealthiest need a tax break.

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10 months

Your reminder that the NHS still uses fax machines and antiquated bleeps. And fundamentally, does not have enough staff to keep the public safe because the government refuse to pay for them.

@DHSCgovuk

Department of Health and Social Care

10 months

We’re announcing a £21 million fund to enable the NHS to roll out cutting-edge AI diagnostic support tools this winter. The fund will allow trusts to bid for money for new tech to help diagnose and treat cancers, strokes and heart conditions.

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@ollieburtonmed

4 months

Ignore the fact that this is a PA, and just focus on the element that lack of knowledge is what makes health workers dangerous. We have the ability to cause great harm, unintentionally - when we have such confidence in our (wrong) judgement that we're annoyed if undermined.

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Dr Done

4 months

Self interest is all it ever was.

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@ollieburtonmed

9 months

A really important thread for the public/non-medics to read. Highlights the danger of using patient satisfaction as a metric, when that can too often be tied to how many investigations someone is willing to do or how many interventions to make

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NeuroscienceGirlLOVESJesus (She/Her)

9 months

Welp... Not sure what to make of this. I have not felt to great for a few weeks. Like 6+ weeks. Saw 2 male docs who dismissed my concerns. Didn't listen to my description. Saw one female ARNP yesterday & she jumped right on what I said & I had a CT today. I have a freakin'

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2 years

Imagine the absolute chaos if a junior doctor wrote "I will not ring you for the 4th time this morning about the TTO as I understand you are still on the ward round and are physically and mentally occupied until it ends" -No Nurse Ever meeting without coffee I'm sure

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Hassan Ali Beg

@NotoriousB_E_G

2 years

Sent to me by a friend. Imagine turning up to a night shift to be greeted by this inspirational quote. #oneteam #BeKind

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1 year

For anyone who isn't a medic looking at these graphs (and crucial that the general public knows this) - the orange line remaining flat is why it takes many months to see a specialist doctor. The govt can bleat all they like about training more doctors - but posts are static

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Ollie Burton

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1 year

These graphs are horrifying - do we have a duty to make applicants to medical school aware of this? Applications per post compared with posts available - obviously not controlling for multiple apps, very quick plots - but deeply concerning.

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Ollie Burton

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2 years

Ultra busy weekend gen med shifts, but my mood has been massively uplifted by enthusiastic teaching from the consultant. To actually feel like you're receiving training is a peculiarly rare entity in a national training programme.

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Ollie Burton

@ollieburtonmed

7 months

This is really interesting. Under basically zero circumstances would I feel comfortable calling a consultant by their first name, perhaps even more so in theatre.

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Peter Brennan

@BrennanSurgeon

7 months

Our team ID board Can you spot the issue? This morning a new member wrote everyone’s first name but mine was title & surname This instantly creates a potentially steep hierarchy with new team members who might not feel able to speak up with concerns We’ve changed it now 😀

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5 months

This is one of those times where you print this out in massive with a giant photo of the CEO's face. The only way to highlight how ridiculously poorly they value their doctors.

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Dr Janaway

5 months

Can someone explain how a physicians associate is being paid more than a speciality doctor for the same hours?

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1 year

At least during the junior doctor strikes every specialty will be able to talk to each other out of hours

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2 months

My proposal - complete de-tabling, uninviting, blacklisting of GMC at events and societies until they answer the important questions in this space. Unified approach from all doctors in refusal to engage with them for non critical matters until a public meeting is held.

@gmcuk

GMC

2 months

🧵The updated #GoodMedicalPractice2024 uses the term ‘medical professionals’ as a collective term for doctors, physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs), rather than listing out each individual role for every reference. We haven't removed doctors from the…

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1 year

Do not let the government tell you that doctors are placing patients at risk. Sensible and professional in a situation of clear need.

@TheBMA

The BMA

1 year

As part of the junior doctors strike action, we have agreed to a derogation today (Tues 11 April) and tomorrow (Weds 12 April) to cover the Emergency Department and acute medicine at Weston General Hospital. 1/3

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1 month

As ever, please KEEP A RECORD of what you submit to the consultation and we can collate them separately. There is no guarantee or assurance that what you submit will be acknowledged or responded to in any meaningful way, and the GMC does not deserve that good faith.

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GMC

1 month

Tomorrow we’ll open our public consultation about the rules, standards and guidance needed to implement the regulation of physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs). We know that this consultation will take place during a period of intense debate about the…

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Ollie Burton

@ollieburtonmed

1 year

Merry Christmas from your SHoHoHo on call 🎄

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1 month

While biking got splashed by a passing car and let me tell you I'm feeling pretty neutral or negative about it

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1 year

Steve has interestingly neglected to mention 1) He has attended zero meetings with any interest in discussing pay 2) He contacted the BMA at 21:45 the Friday before the strikes, having had months of warning 3) Govt have ignored pay review body recommendations to offer more

@SteveBarclay

Steve Barclay

1 year

We're working hard with @NHSEngland to mitigate the impact of junior doctor strikes this week. @BMA_JuniorDocs declined my offer to enter formal pay negotiations and I urge them to reconsider, pause strikes and come to the table - as the other health unions have.

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2 years

@RCPhysicians @DrSarahClarke So in short, no apology, no withdrawal, but an acknowledgement that it's not usually in the remit of the College to speak on pay negotiations, but Dr Clarke did it anyway in a national newspaper

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3 months

In the context of my recent flurries of quite angry tweets, I think one theme has come out - at this point, it's not even really about PAs or AAs, it's about how easily and willingly senior doctors will sell their juniors down the river for their own sake, or if asked to.

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