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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

4 years

*First year medical school* Communication skills tutor: Don’t forget about the social history ... Me:

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

Quite right. Remind me again what a senior Lawyer, accountant, company board member would charge for their time per hour … I’ll wait

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

Confirmed ✅ Public sector pay rises DO NOT cause higher inflation Source: London School of Economics

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

What does it cost a Junior Doctor to complete the exams needed to become a Consultant? Medical Specialities £2227 Surgical Specialities £3529 GP £1546 Paediatrics £2023 Obstetrics and Gynaecology £1609 Radiology £1343 Emergency Medicine £1925 Psychiatry £1579 You're welcome

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Joe Walsh

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Explained to my Mum what a Physician Associate is tonight. She’s broadly very clued up on my life as a Doctor. “Well there won’t be any at my GP practice” *proceeds to find 3 working at her practice* “Why don’t we know about these people? … How do I know who I’m seeing?”

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

I do not understand why GMC renewal is almost half a grand every single year? It could literally be £50 and I reckon the GMC would be absolutely fine

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

Huge congrats on your long term workforce plan @RishiSunak and @SteveBarclay 🎉

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

£100,000 of student debt for £14/hr once graduated Being a Junior Doctor sounds like a rip-off degree to me

Rishi Sunak

@RishiSunak

10 months

Too many students are being sold a university education that won't get them a decent job at the end of it. So I'm cracking down on rip-off degrees and boosting apprenticeships to ensure students get the best deal possible. Widening access. Boosting jobs. Growing the economy.

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@walsh_joe

1 year

Strictly with more spare beds than the NHS

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

5 months

Yes a pathway for Physician Associates to become Doctors exists It’s called Graduate Entry Medicine and is typically a 4 year course. There should be no shortcuts to becoming a Doctor.

NHS England Workforce, Training and Education

@NHSE_WTE

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"If we want to tackle the crisis in GP numbers, we should establish a pathway for physician associates to go on to train as doctors and for newly qualified doctors to go straight into five years’ training as GPs."

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

“Junior Doctor’s definitely don’t earn £14 an hour …. But I also don’t know what they earn or how their pay is calculated” Christ alive give us a General Election. These people are supposedly running the country 🫠

Saul Staniforth

@SaulStaniforth

10 months

The Education Secretary says restoring junior doctors pay to what it was 15 years ago is 'so unreasonable', and she disputes that junior doctors start on £14/hour, despite admitting she doesn't really know much about the subject. #JuniorDoctorsStrike

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

Honestly I’m just so angry How do you get to almost 6 weeks of talks and come up with an offer of 5%! Literally what on earth has been going on behind closed doors for 6 weeks and for us to end up with an offer of 5% I’m not at all angry with the BMA but wtf!

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

🚨 UK government confirms some junior doctors have had a real terms £20,000 pay cut 🚨

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

11 months

Cant wait to shell out £433 of my own money to the GMC to have them regulate me. I remain continually baffled why it is me paying this fee. The personal expense required to just be allowed to turn up to work as a Junior Doctor is a joke.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 days

Being paid accurately is not a perk. It’s the bare minimum, legal expectation, from an employer.

NHS England

@NHSEngland

10 days

The NHS is setting out measures to improve the working lives of postgraduate doctors. These include improving payroll accuracy, reducing admin burden and enhancing choice and flexibility with rotas.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

To those involved in the employment of Junior Doctors, If you make Study Leave expenses and Travel expenses a nightmare to claim back, then every single one of your “Wellbeing” initiatives are utterly meaningless.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

3 months

Your regular reminder that 1. Doctors have not been on strike for 2 weeks 2. The UK Government continue to refuse to meet the BMA to discuss any form of pay settlement 3. £20 an hour is fair and reasonable for a newly qualified doctor

Shaun Lintern

@ShaunLintern

3 months

Critical incident declared at Leicester Hospitals

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

4 years

We’reeeeee BACK 🥳 feel incredibly fortunate and privileged to have Whangarei @parkrun return @parkrun_nz #parkrun

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

6 months

Today was the day I discovered Civil Servants get 6 months of full pay for maternity leave - delighted for them In the NHS it’s 2 months. I’m so glad my wife’s sense of healthcare vocation is topping up that difference for her

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

11 months

THE BMA ISNT ASKING FOR A 1-YEAR PAY RISE OF 35% THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE 26% PAY EROSION TO BE CORRECTED OVER TIME 5% IS NOT REASONABLE WHEN WE GOT 2% LAST YR AND INFLATION IS ⬆️⬆️⬆️ WHAT ARE PEOPLE FINDING SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE DOWN 26% NEGATIVE 26% MINUS 26%

Roy Lilley 💙

@RoyLilley

11 months

During the course of @bbclaurak @SteveBarclay said the junior doctors have increased their pay demand to 35%. Is this correct and is the @TheBMA serious?

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

Tell me you don’t value your night staff without telling me you don’t value your night staff

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

I've just paid for my Royal College fees and for my next exam. I'm now £657 out of pocket. It's just so so much money to pay to continue to do my job. Pay restoration really cannot come soon enough to make this career viable.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

Here are 5 simple tips on how to actually improve junior doctor wellbeing 1. Pay them their salary 2. Ensure access to food 3. Ensure access to parking 4. Ensure they can take Annual Leave at a time of their choosing 5. Ensure prompt access to Study Leave Budget

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

1 life to deal with? My guy has never heard of medical ward cover overnight 😂 unfathomable levels of delusion

Ghanem Nuseibeh

@gnuseibeh

1 year

A doctor has 1 life to deal with, a graduate engineer (like I was) - we had hundreds. Transporting explosives to blow up old buildings? Predicting ground movements to the closest mm (which I did)? If we got it wrong, countless lives would have been lost.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

2 years

Completed my ALS re-cert a couple of weeks ago. This morning I am having to do a mandatory annual BLS session at my Trust. Make this make sense 🙃

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

I don’t think the public realise that doctors spend over £1000 a year just to be able to turn up to work

Mark Johnson

@oxforddoc

10 months

July is looking like an expensive month to be a doctor. £433 for the @gmcuk and £688 for the @JRCPTB . Over £1000 to be a medical registrar, even before paying indemnity fees. Makes the case for pay restoration even stronger @BMA_JuniorDocs

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

Hi @nhsesr you are driving an entire country’s worth of doctors up the absolute wall with your incessant and pointless PROD NOTIFICATION EMAIL REMINDERS. Seriously please fix this.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

The consideration to apply for jobs in New Zealand and book flights is starting to grow by the hour let alone the day. Absolutely disgusting abuse of a supposedly impartial Civil Servant organisation!

Department of Health and Social Care

@DHSCgovuk

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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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

4 months

You have an offer to make Make the offer If it’s reasonable The strikes end

Victoria Atkins

@VictoriaAtkins

4 months

Junior Doctors continue their strike today. That means more disruption for patients and staff. My message remains the same. Call off the strikes and come back to the table. Let’s start 2024 right.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

11 months

How was Ali a hero for any doctor? 😂 no issue with the guy but he’s primarily run businesses selling medical entrance-exam courses, then pivoted to YouTube productivity guru. He jumped ship from the NHS as soon as he could. He’s never represented junior doctor’s interests 😂

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@omerdays

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Watch your hero’s become the villains :/

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

*London HR departments wondering which coffee machine they’ll have to pawn to afford locums*

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 month

It’s not remotely controversial to say that those doing a 2-year course are less trained than those doing a 5 or 6-year course. It’s a factual statement.

Catherine Williams

@cathjw

1 month

@benollivere @GasDocYates @BoneJoint360 I’m not keen on “differently trained”. What we actually mean is “less trained”- less depth, less breadth and less rigour. There may be a useful role in some units if used carefully with clear scope, but “differently trained” is avoiding stating the obvious facts.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

4 months

Waiting for the moment she finds out the government have already spent £2,000,000,000 on a problem that would have cost £1,000,000,000 to fix …

Kate Andrews

@KateAndrs

4 months

WhatsApp messages sent this week by the BMA to junior doctors make crystal clear what the real intentions of these strikes are. The real reason junior doctors are striking 👇

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

Check out the very balanced thread from @tomhcalver of the Times on the pay issues facing junior doctors. This was the biggest take home chart for me. In terms of pay degradation we have been hit far far harder than the average UK worker This is why we are striking.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

Being a Consultant is not an average job, with average qualifications and average responsibility. People need to stop comparing it to “average”

Nigel Lane

@dr_nigel_lane

10 months

Some Consultants will strike tomorrow and Friday in the @NHSEngland . I will not. I am coming in to work a normal weekday shift both days. I have been a consultant for 9 years. I do no private work and can live on my pay which is over 3 times the average UK salary.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

5 months

Hard disagree. You can’t just “learn on the job” to become a doctor. The progressive dumbing down of what is needed to become a doctor is terrifying.

Dr Richard Pile

@DrRichardPile

5 months

I’m putting it out there: I don’t believe it takes 5 years to get a medical degree. And I do believe that you can learn on the job if you already have a clinical role. Doctors should be honest with themselves. Was every minute of your degree spent in learning/working? Was…

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

8 months

Rishi Sunak saying that Doctor’s strikes are to blame for rising waiting lists is not based on any facts. Some people might call that a lie.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

8 months

Maybe for the first 10 years of their career MPs should be known as “Student MPs” who can’t claim expenses and only get the full MP salary after a decade. They can also have year on year real terms pay cuts because in the future they’ll be paid more and have a good pension.

Paul Bristow MP

@paulbristow79

8 months

Language from the BMA like “Rishi Sunak now has nowhere to hide” sounds almost sinister. These student protesters - some how in positions of power in the BMA - do not represent rank and file in the medical profession. These are political strikes. @LBC

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

She’s everything He’s just Ken

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

8 months

“Reg Level” Physician Associates just aren’t a thing We need to stamp out this notion of “equivalence” You can’t be equivalent to 5 years med school, 5+ years being a doctor, multiple post graduate doctor-level exams, + the rest Departments should not be facilitating this.

Dr Tanya

@veggieequallife

8 months

Oh here is also the list of jobs I was given by the reg level PAs when I was busy on call holding the bleep. So they can go to theatre/clinics ASAP. I had seen none of these patients. And I had to prescribe all these. Not from a consultant or a doctor but a PA.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

4 months

How’s this possible?! Those horrible doctors aren’t on strike?!

BBC Health News

@bbchealth

4 months

Critical incident declared at Dudley hospital over beds

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

Oh this old rubbish again. We should all do our jobs for free. Let’s pay doctors £0 because their work makes a positive benefit to society. I’ll pay my mortgage in warm fuzzy feelings. What an idiot

Ghanem Nuseibeh

@gnuseibeh

1 year

Selfish. Junior doctors who risk lives aren’t fit to be doctors and I hope they don’t get any pay rise. Morality means you save lives regardless of pay. If you save lives to get paid, then you’re in the wrong profession #JuniorDoctorsStrike

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

As long as the government uses RPI + 3% to calculate Student Loan interest the BMA has every right to use it to calculate pay degradation.

Tom Calver

@TomHCalver

1 year

The BMA says a 35% pay rise will restore pay to 2008 levels. Although the maths is sound, it uses RPI for inflation which the ONS calls a “very poor” measure. Nobody uses RPI (except maybe your phone company) Use CPI, as everyone else does, and the required pay rise is 19%

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Joe Walsh

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1 year

“The report also says a senior member of staff was not aware of Dr Kumar's death and emailed her personally 26 days later to ask why she was removed from her post and if she was still being paid.” How utterly horrendous 🙃

Bullying and toxic culture at one of England's largest NHS trusts - report

The review comes after a BBC investigation into claims of a climate of fear at Birmingham hospitals.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

Breaking my Twitter hiatus just to say that a 6% salary increase is not a pay rise if the money is worth less. Public sector pay rises do not fuel inflation. If you are a medical student or foundation doctor please seriously consider your options outwith the NHS

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@walsh_joe

10 months

- Public sector pay rises do not fuel inflation - The BMA are not demanding a 1-year 35% pay rise - You cancelled the ongoing scheduled meetings - The BMA have no preconditions to talks Time to get around the table @RishiSunak and @SteveBarclay

The BMA

@TheBMA

10 months

We've written to the PM asking him to enter into intensive talks about junior doctors #PayRestoration , and to engage with ACAS. #ARM2023 Read the letter from @DrPhilBanfield here 👇

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1 year

The poor journalists tearing their hair out when they realise the BMA is led by both a socialist and someone else with a large family investment fund 😂 This ISNT about political leanings It’s really simple Junior doctor pay in the UK is no longer acceptable

Tom Stocks 🦀 #JoinVoteWin

@TomStocks1982

1 year

A 🧵 After 98% of junior doctors voted to strike in the most successful ballot in modern trade union history, the media know that portraying @Doctors_Vote as a coup against the BMA is bullshit, so they’re going after individuals. What have they uncovered? 1/4

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

Oh no I don’t have to wait Solicitor

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

15 years is a long time for our pay to have been continually eroded

Fran Tait

@frantait85

1 year

72h is a long time with no junior doctors.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

Oh great, more evidence of our wage suppression to cheer me up 😂

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

3 years

Absolutely delighted to have been offered an ACCS-EM ST1 post in the Mersey deanery! Sheer relief that my wife will be starting O&G ST1 in Mersey too 🥳🥳🥳

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

2 years

Hello darkness my old friend ….

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

We are NOT all in this together (📊 @goldstone_tony )

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

“You knew what you were agreeing to” I applied to medical school in 2010 2010 consultant starting pay = £74,504 What it should be = £109,538 What it is = £88,364 I wonder why we are striking 🤔

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

BBC claiming junior doctors asking for full pay restoration in one-go?!?! Why do they keep lying. It’s been made clear that the BMA is willing to negotiate full pay restoration over several years…

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

Quote on BBC live feed: “Junior doctors are living in la-la land … I don’t believe they are badly paid compared to people in other professions and the general population.” Except that’s just factually incorrect isn’t it.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

❌ The Pay Review body is NOT Independant ❌ Doctors have had the biggest pay erosion of any public sector worker ❌ This country does not pay anywhere close to the market rate for Doctors of any level ❌The Government have never negotiated in good faith

Steve Barclay

@SteveBarclay

10 months

I'm disappointed the BMA is going ahead with this week’s strike given the average consultant’s NHS earnings are expected to increase to £134K a year. My door's always open to discuss non-pay issues but this pay award is final so I urge the BMA to end their strikes immediately 👇

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Joe Walsh

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If 24/7 MRI access doesn’t exist in the UK then why make a guideline which declares it is the lowest acceptable level of care 🤨 Thank god RCEM have the common sense to call out the Cauda Equina pathway

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

Is Anaesthetic training just broken if you have hundreds of doctors (who have spent the last few years exclusively training in Anaesthetics) unable to progress to the next year of their training programme? It’s been several years of this with absolutely no solution …

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

“I’m grateful to @Jeremy_Hunt for driving me away” “I’m grateful to @SteveBarclay for sending me more doctors”

Rattled Doc

@rahttled_doc

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Junior doctor thanking Jeremy Hunt and Steve Barclay

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

It’s clear from this @gmcuk that many think the annual fees are far far too high. Given the financial pressures affecting all doctors I think there needs to be serious consideration as to whether over £400 a year is a justifiable fee.

Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

I do not understand why GMC renewal is almost half a grand every single year? It could literally be £50 and I reckon the GMC would be absolutely fine

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Joe Walsh

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7 months

5 applicants for every EM ST1 Emergency Medicine now more competitive than - CST - Anaesthetics - IMT - O&G - Paediatrics 👀

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

9 months

How it started How it’s going

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

22 days

Let’s be frank @ChrisHopsonNHS Numerous doctors in the last 24hrs have publically disclosed that they may well have killed themselves without the support @NHSPracHealth provided them. To remove this provision would be an absolute disaster.

Chris Hopson

@ChrisHopsonNHS

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Lots of comment on @NHSPracHealth support service. For clarity. @NHS England is committed to ensuring all NHS staff receive the mental health support they need. The vast majority of this provision is, and always has been, via their employer’s health and wellbeing schemes... 1/x

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

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When the A&E nurses on the non-COVID side take pity on you and send across a supply of @YorkshireTea to fuel the night shift 🙏🏻 ☕️

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

@davepayne43 The reality is we are just asking to be paid what doctors were paid in 2008. We aren’t even asking for a real terms pay rise. It’s baffling how people find this controversial

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

27 days

The lengthy delays to be seen and admitted in the Emergency Department has a very clear cause. A 50% reduction in hospital beds …

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

9 months

This is not how a DNR form works. This would also be a very bad way to word a DNR discussion. So much of the issues around DNR would be fixed by clearer conversations around them, and improved public education of what they are (and what they are not)

Gregory Mansfield

@GHMansfield

10 months

Hospital employee: “Do you have a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate order)? Me: “No.” Employee: “Do you want one?” Me: “No.” Employee: “Why not?” Me: “I want to be resuscitated.” A DNR is a personal decision. Extensive questioning about it is coercive and harassment.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

9 months

Medical school places in clearing It’s almost like potential medical students have been watching the deterioration of the job over the last 10 years and are selecting alternative options for their futures

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

6 months

The GMC says they are not “currently resourced” to regulate PAs/AAs in the same way they regulate doctors. Sorry, so what on earth are they doing with the Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of income they obtain annually?!

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@walsh_joe

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2% pay rise last year 0% pay rise so far this year Both of them a double digit real terms pay cut Literally what is the point of carrying on in medicine…?

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

Accountant

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

7 months

The Government has agreed to meet - Consultants - SAS doctors The Government refuse to meet - “Junior” Doctors The disrespect of this Government to Doctors in training is stark.

BMA SAS Doctors

@BMA_SAS

7 months

SAS doctors in England have spoken and delivered a decisive YES result in the indicative ballot. The Government has written to us and offered to meet with us next week. We have accepted their offer and will continue to negotiate in good faith. More 👇

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

Again this. People should be paid fairly for their work. No problem with PA salary but a Junior Doctor salary should of course be higher due to level of training, level of responsibility and rota worked. Salary isn’t a race to the bottom. But JD salary must be rectified.

Tom Stocks 🦀 #JoinVoteWin

@TomStocks1982

1 year

Physician Associates score a band 7. And rightly so, because they require an undergraduate degree and a masters, as well as a number of skills. Their pay is fair, by definition. But doctors score higher than PAs in every category in this process. 4/n

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

7 months

The cover provided on strike days is identical to the “normal” workforce numbers on bank holidays, weekends and the Christmas period So where are the NHS Leaders screaming about risk to patients on those days? Hypocritical MBE-chasers. SPEAK TO BARCLAY - NOT THE BMA

Sky News

@SkyNews

7 months

BREAKING: NHS leaders have for the first time said that junior doctor and consultant strike action is "causing significant disruption and risk to patients"

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

11 months

Wrong.

Janet lammond

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11 months

@walsh_joe If you are down26% , then every buggers down 26% !!!!

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

I pray that this is a hoax. But I think we all know it’s probably real #OneTeam #KindnessForAll

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

“some union members” 😂😂😂 @SteveBarclay I think you meant to say “the majority of union members” Try harder mate. Time to come to the table and agree a deal. We will continue to strike until you wake up to the reality of the situation.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

Am I being stupid or with inflation continuing to run at 10%, is there a point at which Pay Restoration ends up needing to be a 40%+ pay increase?

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

Without a single day of strike action the Scottish Government has made what appears to be a serious offer that the BMA can recommend. @SteveBarclay it’s time for you to take your job seriously and make a REAL offer to Junior Doctors in England. Stop messing around!

Shaun Lintern

@ShaunLintern

10 months

🚨Breaking: Junior doctors in Scotland win major pay deal from Scottish Government - equivalent to 17.5% over two years. BMA has suspended its strike action to consult members on the deal:

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For anyone wondering why on earth junior doctors would think they’ve had a rough deal over their pay … just look at this graph

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

Hi @BBCRadio4 the 12 o’clock news has just said every healthcare worker in the NHS will receive a 5% pay rise after today. This is factually completely incorrect. Doctors are not included in this and you did not clarify this at all. Please correct in your next bulletin.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

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Imagine if all these professional expenses were appropriately covered by your employer - GMC - Portfolio/Royal College fees - Indemnity - Exams - Study leave activities paid upfront by HEE There’s a £1500-2000 per year pay rise STRAIGHT AWAY

Jonathan

@jabberwock951

10 months

Your GMC fees are the equivalent of paying for Netflix, Disney Plus, Spotify AND Amazon Prime all together. Indemnity adds a cheap gym membership. Every exam is the cost of a holiday. This is meant to be OUR disposable income. This is not fair.

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Joe Walsh

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Sorry, I support my PA colleagues but claiming they learn what a doctor learns in 2 years is not just incorrect, it’s really offensive Very very unhelpful comment

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

Being a doctor is a job. The idea doctors should accept huge real terms pay cuts due to some sense of altruism is massively offensive. @ClarkeMicah shame on you.

LBC

@LBC

10 months

'If pay was the most important thing to them, they shouldn't have been doctors in the first place.' Author @ClarkeMicah believes 'beyond doubt' that doctors and nurses should 'never' strike, labelling it 'indefensibly immoral'. @AliMirajUK | #CrossQuestion

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

Welcome to the world Alice Emma Rose Walsh ❤️ Born 30th June 2023 6 pounds 1 ounce Feeling incredibly lucky Alice and @EmmaFormoy both doing really well

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

“6 week recommendation” It’s literally a contractual obligation. It’s not a “nice to have” or something to “aim for” It’s the BARE MINIMUM

Marcus

@HollyerMarcus

10 months

IMT rota not out because the resignations are coming in thick and fast. We need to focus on staff retention and that starts with #PayRestoration

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

Study leave budget for courses should be paid once you book, not once you’ve attended. The chance of a course not going ahead is slim. The chance of a doctor being financially crippled by being out of pocket is high.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

Steve Barclay once again confirms loss of earnings for some Junior Doctors of £20,000 a year!

Steve Barclay

@SteveBarclay

1 year

I hoped to begin meaningful negotiations when I met the BMA last month. But its demand for a 35% pay rise is unreasonable – it would see some junior doctors receiving a pay rise of over £20,000. If the BMA move significantly on this and cancels strikes we can resume talks.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

8 months

So why do you claim there’s no money to pay doctors properly then?

Jeremy Hunt

@Jeremy_Hunt

8 months

1/5 Some important news today: the ONS have published new stats which show that Britain’s economic performance coming out of COVID was much stronger than originally thought.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

7 months

Can anyone tell me how rotational training, that sends a doctor on a 3 hour round-trip from their own home, is remotely acceptable 🙃

Charlotte Willis

@CLWillis0

7 months

Allocated to DGH at other end of deanery 60 miles/1.5 hours from my home for CT3 which due to funding cannot be changed ☹️ commute vs being very sad in hosp accom for a year? All options seem rubbish 🤣 positive thoughts pls 🙏🏼

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

1 year

No new strikes announced ✅ No preconditions ✅ A Union keen as ever to meet with you ✅ It’s time to negotiate @SteveBarclay

Junior Doctors

@BMA_JuniorDocs

1 year

Today, we have once again written to the Government restating our willingness to negotiate, either directly or with Acas, so we can start to hold meaningful discussions. We are as strong and united as ever, even after two rounds of strike action 💪 Read the letter 👇

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Joe Walsh

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Morning @SteveBarclay Time to come to the table with a real offer. #JuniorDoctorsStrike #BMA @BMA_JuniorDocs @TheBMA

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

Ok so Advanced Nurse Practitioner becoming a Nurse Consultant I can understand. And I think the public would understand this too. But surely the term Consultant Practitioner is a hugely confusing title for someone who is not a qualified doctor…?

NHS England Workforce, Training and Education

@NHSE_WTE

10 months

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

10 months

Please can @gmcuk explain what is the cost breakdown of my annual fee. The breakdown must exist. Otherwise it’s just a number plucked out of thin air.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

3 months

Your regular reminder … Full pay restoration for doctors would have cost £1bn

Julian Hartley

@julianhartley1

3 months

Failure to resolve the strikes is expected to cost the NHS £3bn. Trust leaders are deeply frustrated and anxious that there is no news of any official pay negotiations. It's vital the government and the BMA resume talks urgently.

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

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Only really thought about this recently, as I’m considering LTFT from ST4 If a doctor works 37.5 hours per week then they should receive 100% of their annual leave. Utter madness that this isn’t the case @BMA_JuniorDocs - while you’re in the negotiation room …..

Tim Ricketts

@timricketts_

6 months

@Microbedoc2 And if we drop down to those hours we get less leave than them. Our contract is fucked

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

4 months

Something about Three “Wise” Men … Pleasure doing Christmas Day with these two gents 🎅🏻 ❄️

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

5 months

Your regular and polite reminder to not do media appearances in relation to the Junior Doctor strikes if you are not a BMA representative.

LBC

@LBC

5 months

'You're adding to the number of people in hospital this Christmas... That's pretty disgraceful. Iain Dale tells Dr Andrew Meyerson that the current junior doctor strikes are happening at the 'worst possible time' - branding their actions as 'cruel.'

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Joe Walsh

@walsh_joe

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This is always my response when people don’t like it if you compare our salaries with tradespeople … “they can charge £100 an hour because they have overheads” 😂 Doctors pay £1000s a year just so they can turn up to work.

Anonymous Anaesthetist

@gaslad

4 months

This year's fees to do my job paid out of my pocket: 1. Exam fees x2: £1140 2. Hotel and travel cost for exam: £240 3. GMC fee: £433 4. Parking at hospital: £420 5. Indemnity: £650 6. Unrefunded courses: £450 7. Royal college fee: £168 8. Books and resources: 150 Total: £3651

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