Anisopoikilocyte

Bloody awful views, often thieved from more sanguine people.

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There is considerable discourse about the UK PA project, so hoped it’d be helpful to distill info into 🧵 s
1: History of the PAs in the UK
2: Comparison of US vs UK PA courses
3: Breakdown of the PA Framework
4: Study of the PARA Content Map
5: Costs of employing PAs vs Drs
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@ZiaYusufUK @JonathanPieNews This is pretty much exclusively for white people

https://t.co/ynI1AlEBHd

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@ZiaYusufUK @JonathanPieNews Breast cancer is more common in European ancestry. It forms part of national screening here because we’re a white-majority country.

Also do you know who Ashkenazi Jews are? They’re generally considered white and boy, do I have news for you regarding specific screening for them…

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@Alison6123 @medicalmodelbri @BSMSMedSchool She has an MSc.
It’s the questionable “top up” MSc where you write an essay and hey presto! Add the credits to your PGDip to “upgrade”.

And then become an instant professor by setting up another dubious course.

The whole PA debacle makes serious academia look like a joke.

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@Dampop_ Why is it their responsibility to convince you?
You know what paracetamol is, grow up and take some responsibility.

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@Megsenmumdr @medicalmodelbri @BSMSMedSchool @gmcuk Kate Straughton’s maiden name was something similar… it’s going to bug me.

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@Megsenmumdr @medicalmodelbri @BSMSMedSchool @gmcuk I think they were all doing it during a phase. Was Bascome not previously Straughton? Or are they two different people, I can’t remember.

Straughton was a big player in the RCP circuit. She peddled the idea of equivalence of membership exams IIRC.

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@Justobserv76205 @ScarlettChappe4 @Janeajnet @VincentVanGrump @medicalmodelbri @BMA_James_Steen @TheBMA @jamesmurray_ldn They’re 17.
And being told by the media how well paid and respected doctors are.

I’m going to stop engaging with you now because it’s not worthwhile, but you’re also unreasonable and cruel towards actual children who are being actively lied to by Govt and the media.

Christ.

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@Justobserv76205 @ScarlettChappe4 @Janeajnet @VincentVanGrump @medicalmodelbri @BMA_James_Steen @TheBMA @jamesmurray_ldn Which part of this reads like confirmation to you?

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@Justobserv76205 @ScarlettChappe4 @VincentVanGrump @medicalmodelbri @BMA_James_Steen @TheBMA @jamesmurray_ldn Yes, likely that many 17/18 yo kids don’t understand how things have changed economically in the UK for doctors in the last 10-15 years, or how training has changed in the last 5 years.
But even those graduating now signed up (6-7yrs ago) under very different T&Cs

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@Justobserv76205 @ScarlettChappe4 @Janeajnet @VincentVanGrump @medicalmodelbri @BMA_James_Steen @TheBMA @jamesmurray_ldn Yes, please look up the tweet because I’m pretty sure I didn’t confirm any such thing.
Nor do I have the means or ability to actually confirm such a thing without clear data.

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@Justobserv76205 @ScarlettChappe4 @VincentVanGrump @medicalmodelbri @BMA_James_Steen @TheBMA @jamesmurray_ldn But you’re comparing “high earners” through vastly different groups simply because they work in the public sector.

It’s more of a discussion on government approach to standardisation than a validation of the govt’s approach.

Were politicians involved in this analysis?

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@Justobserv76205 @ScarlettChappe4 @VincentVanGrump @medicalmodelbri @BMA_James_Steen @TheBMA @jamesmurray_ldn All due respect, why have you gone from comparing with lawyers to comparing with teachers?

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@Justobserv76205 @ScarlettChappe4 @VincentVanGrump @medicalmodelbri @BMA_James_Steen @TheBMA @jamesmurray_ldn The point is doctors’ pay is down even in comparison to comparator pay. So you agree they deserve restoration.

Whether all high earners should now have pay erosion is a quasi-communist view and IMO anti-meritocratic. I do not wish to engage in that discussion.
Have a good day.

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@JamesDeroest @JonathanPieNews Proband risk is different to population screening.

Proband risk also applies to most types of cancer and is and should be approached differently.

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@LittlePersonDoc @DHSCgovuk @uniofeastanglia @portsmouthuni And they’ll probably work in the private sector anyway 😂

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@Justobserv76205 @ScarlettChappe4 @VincentVanGrump @medicalmodelbri @BMA_James_Steen @TheBMA @jamesmurray_ldn Whether I would restore men’s pay? Depends, doesn’t it, on the specifics?
Are overqualified men being paid less than underqualified women?
Then yes.

Are they equally qualified and in the same role but women are still overall being paid less? Then no.

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@oOoOoO0o00oO @wetindiswahala @JonathanPieNews Btw, 1 in 25 Northern European people are carriers for CF.
Compare that to 1 in 4 black men getting prostate cancer.

Hopefully you can understand why there is a difference in approach.

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@oOoOoO0o00oO @wetindiswahala @JonathanPieNews There’s no screening test for MS.
CF is tested for where there’s family history of CF, there’s genetic counselling clinics for it.
Skin cancer - rapid access services and massive info campaigns. Can’t do prospective screening.
AD - No reliable screening test but regularly tested.

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@JamesDeroest @JonathanPieNews The high risk category is being black.

I didn’t realise white men can also be black 🤦

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@Justobserv76205 @ScarlettChappe4 @VincentVanGrump @medicalmodelbri @BMA_James_Steen @TheBMA @jamesmurray_ldn I’m not sure you’re making the point you think you’re making.

I asked you to explain, you did, I understood what you said, and then explained why it doesn’t apply to this situation.

If you’ve missed that, please go back and read.