Zoe Blofeld @zoeblofeld Twitter profile

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

The economic context we are in is my husband and I, a teacher and a doctor, can barely afford to feed our selves and kids let alone the increase in mortgage costs coming our way later this year. We are not causing inflation to rise.

Sky News

@SkyNews

11 months

BREAKING: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has hinted he will ignore recommendations for public sector pay rises, saying workers "need to recognise the economic context we are in"

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

It speaks volumes that the @BMA_JuniorDocs representatives have done multiple media appearances today answering grilling questions with poise but no government representatives have showed their face. #JuniorDoctorsStrikes

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

It’s not an exaggeration to say if you want to keep us you have to pay us. Save our NHS from extinction! #JuniorDoctorsStrike @BMA_JuniorDocs

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

You can tell from their silence that Rishi and Steve were not expecting this outcome from the consultant strike ballot.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

Shortening the medical degree by one year has a tiny impact on the total number of doctors only felt the year they qualify. It has a large negative impact on the quality of medical care available.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

5 months

I was a GEM student with kids and it was a huge financial commitment which if I was starting now I wouldn’t be able to afford. The solution is to fix the funding not to create shortcuts for some over others.

Donya Mighty

@dx_mighty

5 months

Exactly my point. Vast majority of messages I get from PAs/PA students are from women who ideally want to do medicine but are late 20s+ and either have or planning for children soon. Financial impact colossal as GEM isn’t properly funded when you have additional responsibilities

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

Here is just one comparison we should be comfortable making. Band 5 is a NQN (who I’m in favour of significant pay rises for btw.) But an FY1 *objectively* should be paid more than band 5 due to higher entry requirements and longer training before this point.

platinumpizza™

@Xeon4f145d96s1

11 months

With credit to u/quertyquerty321123 I’d like to show you all a table illustrating where doctors fall across the NHS pay scales. An FY1 is paid less than a band 5. An FY2 is paid less than a band 6. An ST2 is paid less than a band 7. Thanks to r/jduk for this table.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

Once again @SteveBarclay on BBC refuses to acknowledge that the doctor shortage is due to poor retention not recruitment. There is no point in training more doctors in the UK if they will all leave for better pay and working conditions elsewhere. Full pay restoration is needed

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

So can someone tell me how to move to Canada as a doctor and (for my husband) a teacher? Thanks I’m advance! (Actually desperate to stay and just be paid properly but any tips welcome)

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

I passed my FY2 ARCP this week! Woop. Except I felt zero joy in finding out. Just grim acceptance that I’m a step further along in a career pathway that, as it stands, has such a bleak future. Which in turn made me sad. So any way, strike hard! #fullpayrestoration

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

@CartlandDavid @HartlandJoseph I saw an outrageously homophobic tweet from a doctor on Twitter today. They had compared the nazi flag to the pride flag. I wouldn’t want them to be my doctor. That’s how.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

10 months

@jessdoe2000 What disgusting and derogatory language. I agree with you that other HCPs with years experience are also underpaid. That doesn’t mean F1s are worth less than the stated value.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

We should really get more comfortable comparing pay. I know us brits traditionally don’t like talking about money or praising ourselves. Why do you think that is? Who benefits from a culture where these are taboo subjects?

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

If you value your future career, I beg you, don’t sign up to training as a doctor if in exchange you have to agree to stay in the country that trained you.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

9 months

@Dr_Done_ You know I kind of feel sorry for the person who puts these bags together. They’re probably given a budget of about £1.50 per trainee and obviously we are all a bit ambivalent about the bags contents. As always, the blame lies way above them.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

I am so so proud of the RCN nurses who voted no and will be striking again. That was a difficult choice with significant short term loss but you are owed SO MUCH more than that offer. Together you can achieve much more. I support you! #nursesstrike

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

Looking back at my 6 FY1/2 jobs. 1 was a real training post. 3 have been a fair mix of training plus service provision. 2 have been pure service provision. Guess which 2 I’m never going back to? And which 1 is my surprise future career? Clue: it’s pretty easy to figure it out.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

This actually brings a tear to my eye.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

10 months

In the simplest form: Radiographers take pictures of peoples insides without cutting into them. Radiologists are doctors who interpret the pictures. The former is on strike today (and it will be very disruptive). They have my support.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

Like me! A 36 year old F2. (With at least 8 more years of junior doctoring to go)

Rob Fleming

@RobJimFleming

1 year

For anyone interested: Only 20,000 or so doctors in training are under 30 27,000 are aged 30-34 More than 15,000 are aged 35-39 Almost 5000 are 40-44 More than 1500 are 45-50 About 500 are more than 50 The "trust" doctors, on the same pay scales, are typically older still.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

@callie_mt I think this is called the queen bee phenomenon. Where women who have had to put up with so much awfulness and then pay it forward to other women.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

10 months

It’s interesting that this has been reshared so often. Don’t all medical schools and hospitals speak like this to us? But I’m glad it’s finally being highlighted how ridiculous it is to speak this way to us. We’ve been adults a while, every single one of us.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

I would like to work -in the UK -in medicine (as I’m qualified to do) -in a national health service But ultimately those are negotiable for myself and many of my colleagues. What is not negotiable is fair pay for my skills. Which are you comfortable without on that list?

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

4 months

I recently saw a misleading sign on a door in a healthcare setting. I challenged it privately and it was changed. I prefer anonymised discussion to pile-ons but if you post something on social media that is currently under scrutiny you should *expect* backlash.

Adam Gordon

@adamgordon1978

4 months

Yesterday an @GeriSoc member was subjected to a pile on about the job title on their office door. I’ve checked, they’re okay. The point, about transparent job titles was well made. The nature of how it was made and subsequent mobbing was very sad.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

5 months

@EmergMedDr Two further points: 1. An nhs cleaner also has access to an nhs pension. 2. Pensions are linked to pay, so if our pay is poor then our pension follows.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

Here is another comparison people need to understand ASAP. NHS workers, especially doctors and especially consultants have had their pay decimated compared to the average UK worker.

Dr Tony Goldstone

@goldstone_tony

11 months

Want to know what's happened to avg gross pay, in real terms (CPI) from March 09 - Dec 22 see below👇 If you work in the NHS your pay has been BRUTALLY slashed in real terms- the rest of the economy, not so much If you havent already - Return Your Ballot RT for #PayRestoration

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

@drjanaway Except of course NHS consultant wages are also being cut at a ridiculous rate. And you can bet that if it continues, when we get there people will continue shouting ‘but you knew what you signed up for’. No, we didn’t. It changed and we are trying to stop it getting worse.

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@zoeblofeld

1 year

@ShaunLintern @BMA_JuniorDocs TBH I will vote no to anything less than FPR. I’d take it over a few years but I am not worth less than a doctor in 2008 and accepting sets a precedent that we are ok with pay not rising with inflation.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

This graph represents me. I’ve chosen not to go into specialty training as I weigh up if a future in the NHS is worth it. If nothing changes the answer is no. For many drs the answer already is no. We need full pay restoration yesterday to change this. Today would be ok too.

Tom Dolphin🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

@thomasdolphin

11 months

Well, @theBMA has been warning that this was happening for years, but we keep being told "oh, people are lining up to get into medical school! You're worried about nothing!" There's no point getting people through medical school if we then drive them out of the NHS afterwards.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

4 months

@noodles_nood I’m a doctor and I probably would think I’d seen a doctor unless they made it very explicit in their introduction that they weren’t.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

10 months

This is so important. If I were in Scotland I’d be very likely to accept the offer after decent negotiations that were in good faith. In England, if offered the same, I’d reject without question as I have zero trust they’d negotiate fairly going forward.

Techpriest

@techpriest

10 months

English JDs on Reddit losing their sh** at the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 pay offer because it assumes a degree of good faith on the part of both sides 🤦‍♂️ Spoiler: The Tory party has not controlled 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 JD pay since 1997, 2016 never happened here, and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Gov actually implemented DDRB recs when 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ignored

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

In June 2009 I worked full time as an HCA and took home £1294. Adjusted for inflation using CPI this is £1962 today (or £2275 using RPI). In June 2023 I worked full time as a doctor and took home £2012.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

It looks like the strike action is making an impact if this is true. But this offer is no where near enough to make up for the losses. Seems to me like we need to keep striking.

Thomas Elliott

@talexe

11 months

Government set to accept DDRB recommendation of 6% + a "consolidated" (i.e. permanent) uplift of ~£1k, meaning more junior doctors benefit more proportionately. No doubt the DDRB recommendation has been heavily constrained by Government guidance. But... slight progress?

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

10 months

@dannyjnwong Does this mean the doctor can agree to only work basic hours unless they sort it out?

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

@ChrisYoules My kid put his name in twice. Teachers pet.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

@zackferguson The Instagram doctor The tiktok doctor The medtwitter doctor The Reddit doctor

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

@ShaunLintern @BMA_JuniorDocs No, we need both FPR and improved T&Cs. And there may be no contractual right to it but not having inflation related pay rises is partly how we got into this mess in the first place. I don’t want to have to strike again a few years down the road.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

@asktheorthoPA I’m a big fan of PAs but you can’t expect to say doctors with at least 4 years post graduate experience and more undergraduate experience than you ‘just stand there’ and not expect backlash. Sure criticise rotational training, but they don’t deserve comments like that.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

This is big news. I would have voted to reject too. Nurses are worth far far more than they have ever been given credit for. Everyone on AfC deserves more.

Shaun Lintern

@ShaunLintern

1 year

NHS nurses set to reject pay deal. Full results of ballot of 1 million staff due tomorrow:

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

@NesrineMalik I think she will do alright in her sats but she has a point there.

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@zoeblofeld

1 year

@SteveBarclay @unisontheunion You can’t just keep repeating ‘fair and reasonable’ and make it true. It was far below what they’re worth but manipulated the lowest earners into accepting because they couldn’t afford not too. How is that fair or reasonable?

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

And this is the main issue with the medical degree apprenticeship. Graduates will be trapped working in a system where they already have next to no bargaining power with their employers. It will only worsen with this condition on their training.

Eilidh 🦀

@DrEilidhMaria

1 year

And here we go: Medical degree apprenticeships officially will lead to indentured servitude. Worst fears confirmed. ‘Foundation Programme -special circumstances allocation has been agreed so that the apprentices stay within the healthcare system they were trained in’

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

@thegradmedic Personally I think it is the *only* course of action that will give the results we want and need. Therefore the sooner the better. And yes, this would be extremely hard for me and my family but I would do it.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

10 months

Why is joining the bank to work locum shifts in a department where you have already worked those exact shifts so difficult?

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

10 months

@dr_nigel_lane @NHSEngland I’m so glad my feed is mainly filled with pictures of consultants on the picket line who understand this is not about the amount of money they take home but about protecting the future for their colleagues and the future of UK healthcare in general.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

@dr_doddle Yes, this should read ‘covering an unfilled rota gap’.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

Hey @RishiSunak if you want to cut waiting time I suggest offering pay restoration to junior doctors. It would go a long way to solving the recruitment and retention crisis which is needed to get more appointments. Just a suggestion, hope this helps.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

5 months

@jubileepar @dx_mighty This response is totally uncalled for to Donya who is generally supportive of PAs while also recognising the issues doctors are facing. Tims thread sums up the facts of doctors training structure in relation to PAs, it’s hardly anti-PA.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

@SteveBarclay Unless retaining staff by paying them properly is your step one, it won’t work.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

@RobLaurensonD4P What they are paying now is clearly far below the ‘market clearing rate’ given the huge exodus of doctors and numerous rota gaps. Full pay restoration, including an increase for the devastating inflation this year, is the only acceptable strike clearing rate.

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@zoeblofeld

1 year

@DHSCgovuk It is completely disingenuous to compare average pay rates and not salaries. We absolutely should earn more for working more hours and unsociable hours. Plus it is still 26% less than 2008 and we are not worth less than a doctor working then. Pay up.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

@SteveBarclay @TheBMA @BMA_JuniorDocs Your offer would only further cut junior doctor pay in real terms and drive more away from working in UK healthcare. There is nothing fair or reasonable about this. Stop repeating a phrase that is blatently untrue.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

When people campaign for better pay/working conditions why do so many Brits reply with ‘well this other random groups conditions are worse so you should be content’. Like why do we all need to suffer in silence forever instead of supporting each other?

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

@Doctors_Vote @ELHT_NHS @ELHT_CEO Is this satire? Surely it’s satire…

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

9 months

@Xeon4f145d96s1 Lol to tax return- you have to earn over £100k as an employee to need to do a tax return. Some consultants *maybe* need to. But definitely not most doctors. Out of touch MP.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

@onions2903 We have not had any good years. We have consistently budgeted hard. Two full time professionals should also be able to afford more than just the basics or there is something wrong with the system.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

And no, a prerecorded press release video is not the same as being interviewed by a journalist.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

More good news @Jeremy_Hunt paying public sector workers doesn’t drive inflation! So can you just restore NHS pay for us so your friend @RishiSunak can cut the waiting lists? Sounds like everyone is a winner here! #FullPayRestoration

Dr Rachel Clarke

@doctor_oxford

1 year

A polite reality check from the LSE for ⁦ @RishiSunak ⁩ & ⁦ @Jeremy_Hunt ⁩, who still try to justify doctors’ 26% real terms pay cuts by claiming that reversing them would drive inflation 👇

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

@CleoKenington @KatPaton13 This is a very disappointing take from a consultant surgeon. As F1s we don’t choose to rotate, we are forced to. And we absolutely are not supernumerary, we are often the first one there to care for sick patients. Maybe you should start prioritising training doctors.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

@taufiqkhan9 @Xeon4f145d96s1 This is helpful context. But definitely don’t sell yourself short here, a post CCT neurosurgeon is worth way way more than than when doing on-calls. Not just in your opinion, objectively.

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@zoeblofeld

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@Dr_BellaR I actively don’t want to be worshipped or clapped or to have anything like a God like status. But I do want to be paid appropriately for my work.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

@liambarker I understand why that niggles, and I would try and match the way you phrased it. But making telephone calls to an unknown person can be quite intimidating and they may have just prepared their opener before they called. Plus they’re not wrong to call themself Dr….

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

@SteveBarclay @timesredbox Your offer does not achieve this at all. You need to try again and meet with the NHS staff urgently.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

It shouldn’t be controversial to say this. But for some reason it is.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

@SteveBarclay @BMA_JuniorDocs @Telegraph And we urge you to come to the table to negotiate. Strikes continue until a deal is made- that’s how it works.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

5 months

@AbbieTBee Only person who could get away with it is the kid who has been in hospital for months and likes to play doctor dress up.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

@Slave2NHS @Doctors_Vote I think they have to wait to precisely 13 minutes before the BMA announce to post

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@zoeblofeld

11 months

@Shaughnessy_Aa You have to pay??? Unreal.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

@hannahmillana Deep down all doctors are massive geeks and live for the day they are given such a gift. Do it.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

@AbbieTBee Where is this from? If only I had been told I was supernumerary when doing twilight Ward cover as an F1. I’m sure the multiple unwell patients I saw would have been just fine without me. Or even on a regular ward day, the ward round and jobs could easily be done without me.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

Strikes for consultants and junior doctors don’t have to go ahead if @SteveBarclay comes to the table with a credible offer. It has to be fair and reasonable on our terms too to be credible.

BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

11 months

We have written to the Health Secretary outlining our successful ballot result. We have made clear that the Government can avert strike action with a credible offer that addresses our decline in pay. Read more about how we plan to #FixConsultantPay :

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

@RobLaurensonD4P FPR first. T&Cs next.

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@zoeblofeld

4 months

There is a pattern: 1. Small account posts something controversial. 2. Seen by someone big and challenged 3. Accidentally goes viral 4. Defenders say ‘don’t pile on’ aka #bekind Sometimes people are aware they are being controversial and other times not.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

Another note on this: The infantilising junior doctors occurs within the NHS all the time too. I am treated so differently once people find out I’m 36 with three kids and not 25 like they assumed. Please treat us all like adults and the trained professionals that we are.

Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

Like me! A 36 year old F2. (With at least 8 more years of junior doctoring to go)

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@zoeblofeld

4 months

Either way, if you post on social media on a public account you should, by this point in time, expect this to eventually happen. It’s not exclusive to medtwitter either. It’s every niche on any public SM.

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@zoeblofeld

8 months

@DrEilidhMaria All the while inflation is more than 10% so it’s not actually a true pay rise and only further reduces their relative income.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

10 months

@davidemccune @DrNeilStone In England a newly qualified doctor earns £29k. Which is $37k US. Which is why we are striking.

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@zoeblofeld

6 months

@dr_shai Paeds: please run

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@zoeblofeld

9 months

@RoshanaMN @JoeHMK @SecretNHSCEO @KateBurkeNHS @SJM_NHS The amount that having a dedicated work phone would improve my well-being is huge. If I could actually turn off from work emails and messages on weekends and holiday? Life changing.

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@zoeblofeld

11 months

The AMA president is probably our biggest Ally.

AMA President

@amapresident

11 months

Surely it's become obvious to the British Government that not valuing health care workers benefits countries like Australia. Surely. @TheBMA @SteveBarclay

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1 year

@ollieburtonmed Well at least patients can just bribe staff with a bigger box of chocolates if they want to stay longer.

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@zoeblofeld

1 year

@mancunianmedic I can’t imagine any medics being bothered by this. We all know how difficult it is to get annual leave when we want it so we are just happy for him he got to his mates wedding.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

@drjanaway Don’t you think it’s both though? That there are clinics out there taking advantage and diagnosing for profit. But there are also many people suffering with undiagnosed ADHD who can’t get (or wait for) an NHS diagnosis. Plus many legitimate private pathways.

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@zoeblofeld

1 year

@Doc_IonaCollins That’s plan A. But it’s probably past time to make a plan B.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

10 months

@lifeoftazza That is ridiculous. No wonder we are all leaving.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

@emwints9 Yes I felt exactly the same way. This career was supposed to be so rewarding but the future is so unclear right now it makes it very hard to celebrate milestones doesn’t it?

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

@joeydied I definitely wasn’t expecting to be rolling in it by this point in my career but it really is ridiculous right now.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

@walsh_joe Almost as if the BBC aren’t neutral journalists

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

9 months

@StevenMAlderson @DrSeanMon I wear my own scrubs. I do not have a gym bod, I have a ‘I’ve had three kids and have no time to exercise bod’. My own scrubs are infinitely better for my body than ‘unisex’ hospital scrubs. Plus better pockets.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

@rahttled_doc I actually searched for the article to read the comments and wow, the ignorance and anger from them is quite something isn’t it?

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

8 months

@walsh_joe Don’t forget the five years before this where they have to pay for the privilege of learning their craft. If they have a previous degree we will generously cut this down to four.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

@DrSelvarajah Pretty sure the evidence supports the opposite with investment in healthcare improving the economy.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

@CartlandDavid If you will compare someone from a marginalised group to a nazi then they have every right to block you. And report you. And if you do so publicly why do expect them to respond privately?

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

5 months

@dx_mighty But why would we need another option if the GEM course is already right there and well established if the financial support is fixed?

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

5 months

As someone who completed medical school with kids and a full time working partner - post graduate exams terrify me. How the hell am I supposed to study while also working?

Tim Ricketts

@timricketts_

5 months

To anyone who passed a postgraduate exam whilst working full time: I’m in awe of you If you have kids as well… how did you defy the laws of space and time?

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

1 year

@georgebellstarr Or… absolute shameless government who knew the unison members were unlikely to be able to afford to pass up a one off £1000 and took advantage of them.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

4 months

@veggieequallife I feel like I’m being punished for choosing to delay my career to have kids. I would have been a consultant by now if I had started, even GEM, without delays. I’d have been paid a lot more and had FAR less student debt. Not to mention a functioning healthcare system to work for.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

11 months

@onions2903 😂😂😂 our total income combined before deductions is less than £90k. We also recognise that there are people worse off than this, there shouldn’t be. But neither they nor us are the cause of inflation right now.

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

10 months

@veggieequallife I’m assuming none of you will wear it?

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Zoe Blofeld

@zoeblofeld

5 months

@hkg294 @drdavehop I think you may be referencing a different survey there.

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