Alex Chadwick 🦀🦀🦀

CT1 Anaesthetics Doctor continuing to advocate for FPR

[Jamie Murphy @Microbedoc2]

Attending a wellbeing seminar while the toilet on our floor flooded into the corridor carpet and estates saying they couldn't come till Friday is quite possibly the most NHS example of tokenism I've ever encountered.

[Alex Chadwick 🦀🦀🦀 @AWJChadwick]

The GMC lost our confidence long ago

Add your name to the BMAs petition for a new regulator now 👇

https://t.co/0C5diww8Sk

[Mike @Mike88881221]

Hi @gmcuk. I'm not sure this is the best use of doctors' registration fees. I hope Mr Massey enjoyed catching up with his Conservative Party friends 🙄

[Dr Robert Laurenson @RobLaurensonD4P]

It’s happening!!

@TheBMA is creating a new register for only doctors!

A new register leading the way to a new regulator!

Sign up!

https://t.co/GhhI7KfKyi

#BMAARM25

[Peter Brennan @BrennanSurgeon]

Shocked to read this article in the Times newspaper

Orthopaedics - like the other 9 UK surgical specialties- requires extensive training, skill, expertise, judgement & good team working

It goes against inclusivity & everything we champion in British surgery

Absolutely appalled

[Dr Robert Laurenson @RobLaurensonD4P]

Asthma kills.

[𝗗𝗿 𝗔𝗷𝗮𝘆 𝗠 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮 @UKGastroDr]

If a Physician Associate needs to be supervised by a Consultant, it means they can be part of daytime inpatient ward teams assisting with Consultant led ward rounds and assisting the MDT to deliver patient care.

With the GMC’s guidance, it means that Physician Associates can be supervised by resident Doctors on call, meaning some trusts will embed them in to OOH on-call teams. This for myself, and many other colleagues - including @RCPhysicians is unacceptable.

It is unfair for the supervising resident Doctors, and ultimately it is also much more likely to lead to unsafe patient care.

The GMC has utterly lost its way.

[DoctorsVote @DoctorsVoteUK]

“...the GMC was at pains to stress that it had no enforceable statutory duty to protect patient safety”

The GMC is only interested in collecting fees and undermining the medical profession.

Disappointing news from the high court.

Doctors and patients deserve better.

[Tom Dolphin🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @thomasdolphin]

Regardless of the Supreme Court judge’s warnings, the judgement will fuel a huge wave of discrimination and abuse against UK trans people, as bigots are going to interpret this as a licence to say/do whatever they want, in the belief that the judgement permits (nay, requires!) it

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

💥 DOCTORS!💥

Please share.

The #LengReview is running 2 engagement webinars for doctors:

🩺 Resident doctors: 6pm, 3 April
🩺 Other doctors: 1pm, 1 April

You can sign up for both here with your NHS email:

https://t.co/DYcfPAISig

[Dr Robert Laurenson @RobLaurensonD4P]

Today is a very good day.

I've always said that the NHS was reformed into this mess and so it'll always require reform to get out of it.

The devil will be in the detail of what comes next but if it improves decision making by sharpening the point of accountability and responsibility then great.

[Jan Hansel @VirtueOfNothing]

Dear NHS,

Please if I ever have an elevated ICP can someone just get a qualified neurosurgeon to do the needful.

Hope that's not too much to ask.

Xoxo
Jan

[David Urwin @DavidUrwin94]

@NavinaEvans Hi Dr Evans

I agree, no place for threats or abuse

Would you agree that multiple doctors attacked on X & even vexatiously reported to the GMC, simply for raising concerns on MAPs are victims of the above?

Our job? Protect & Care for patients

Many face threats & abuse doing so

[Anaesthetists United @AnaesUnited]

A victory for patient safety: our case against the GMC over their failure to properly regulate Associates is now heading straight to the High Court!

Mr Justice Chamberlain ruled it raises serious issues for patients and he granted us permission and expedition.

https://t.co/ewJfluUPDr

[James Steen @BMA_James_Steen]

If only there was some way to reward and recognise their contributions.

I wish there was some mechanism to enhance their standard of living and make their lives easier through increased financial stability, to demonstrate to them how valuable they are to our society. 🤔

[David Urwin @DavidUrwin94]

This approach resulted in a widespread detrimental impact on training of resident doctors. Multiple royal college surveys showed this.

High standards of consultant lead medical care can only be provided with high standards of medical training.

These standards protect patients.

[James Steen @BMA_James_Steen]

If ministers get their way, and the DDRB awards 2.8% for 2025, it will all but guarantee national strikes by doctors.

Pay restoration for doctors is now inevitable, whether you spend more trying to fight them or not.

Better to agree a deal to FPR and avoid such wasteful pain.🤷🏻‍♂️

[Vivek Trivedi @_VivekTrivedi]

@gmcuk “…with more doctors than ever before choosing locally employed (LE) roles”

When there are ~29k applicants for ~9k core training posts, doctors are not *choosing* LE roles

They have no other option

[Andrew Jordan @Andrew_Jordan_]

🚨 UHB - further update 🚨

This is from the @uhbtrust Chief Medical Officer bulletin sent out today 👇🏻

There is no withdrawal of the imposed extra-contractual work rates

This will lead to an escalation as @TheBMA cannot accept any employer breaking national agreements

[The BMA @TheBMA]

Removing paid breaks is not a wellbeing initiative, it's a cost-cutting measure @MFTnhs

We are amazed that you are trying to impose this change after BMA reps objected. The Junior Doctor Contract you claim to want to mirror mandates paid breaks. Our LNC is on the case.

[Dr Robert Laurenson @RobLaurensonD4P]

Yeah and I told @wesstreeting as much in the room to his face.

He risks over promising and under delivering.