Sandy

NHS Knee Surgeon, MTC, Frames: specialist interest sports injuries, FCI, returning people to sport & military training. Rtd RN consultant. Chair AFC @TheBMA

[Sandy @CommandoSurgeon]

@KemiBadenoch Banning strikes runs the risk that strikes still occur outside the regulation of established trade unions. Unregulated strike action would be a dangerous situation and has historical precedent. It is very different to uniformed services which are servants of the crown.

[Sandy @CommandoSurgeon]

@KemiBadenoch Unions and authorised strike action ensure that strikes are conducted in a balanced way that is safe am regulated. Banning strikes outside of uniformed organisations risks the conduct of disorganised and dangerous striking practice. Unless you make strikes a criminal action

[Sandy @CommandoSurgeon]

@mancunianmedic It may not be popular, but trying to maintain full elective capacity in the face of a strike and other pressures on the system is likely to put undue strain on everyone and compromise both elective and emergency care.

[Sandy @CommandoSurgeon]

@mancunianmedic Emergency capacity towards emergency care. It is what we do all the time, in an under resourced environment.

[Sandy @CommandoSurgeon]

@WarintheFuture I don’t think those that have listened to him are disappointed and despondent, it says nothing new, just confirms what we all knew already from what he has been saying for years. It has only disappointed those who wanted him to say what “they”think he should be saying.

[Sandy @CommandoSurgeon]

@warsurveillance exactly what #NationalSecurityStrategy is saying and he has been saying for a few years. Europe, we need you to be stronger, as Russia is not our main focus. You can handle them if you up your game, but we need to focus on 2027, Taiwan and China. We need strong allies. #stepup

[Sandy @CommandoSurgeon]

@World_At_War_6 I don’t think the #NationalSecurityStrategy supports this. It says the US wants a strong NATO and stability with Russia. This will allow the US to focus more on China, where they will need strong allies. What they don’t want is war on two fronts, so need Europe stable

[Sandy @CommandoSurgeon]

@grantshapps Be surprised by any of this, as it just consolidates what he has been consistently saying. Whilst it may not be what Europe wants to hear, we should not apply our expectations into his intention as like it or not this aligns with his election pledges, and to his ground base.

[Sandy @CommandoSurgeon]

@grantshapps Working with “strong men” and trading with those who he feels are strong, and a more isolationist position, only intervening when it directly affects the US and wanting others to do more, allowing a more Eastern focus, where he perceives the real threat. I don’t think we should

[Sandy @CommandoSurgeon]

@KemiBadenoch We need doctors more than doctors need the NHS. If T&C become worse, more will leave the NHS. The brain drain is very worrying and gets worse. We need to work out a way to retain our workforce. The stick approach does not work, when they are mobile and highly employable.

[Sandy @CommandoSurgeon]

@ric_cole @RAF_Luton taken by a Canberra?

[Sandy @CommandoSurgeon]

@bayraktar_1love Whilst this is great, it highlights the extremely long evacuation times, some of which probably have never been as long before in the history of warfare, and the challenges and complications this brings. Even in WW1 average evacuation times were around 20 hours. @DMS_MilMed

[Sandy @CommandoSurgeon]

@RupertLowe10 Mandating facilities and time for the father, must come from somewhere and that will ultimately detract from resources aimed at the patients that need it. At the end of the day, the father is not tied to the facility and can get drinks, food etc themselves.

[Sandy @CommandoSurgeon]

@RupertLowe10 I think in an under resourced system, I would rather the resources maternity units have, are focused on the people at risk (mother and child), I have always found that when there is the opportunity, the father is given attention, but the priority must be the mother and child.

[Sandy @CommandoSurgeon]

@SomersetWasBlue @KemiBadenoch Exactly, this would be a quantum shift in terms and conditions and has a multitude of implications that stretch far beyond doctors, so not as easy as the initial statement, which was we will remove the right like the AF and Police, which have a very different employment model

[Sandy @CommandoSurgeon]

@SomersetWasBlue @KemiBadenoch Loosing some of these rights which is around 12.5% depending on rank and contract. It also covers other areas of being a servant of the crown. I am not sure if the Police have an equivalent calculation added to their pay.

[Sandy @CommandoSurgeon]

@SomersetWasBlue @KemiBadenoch They are employees, of the NHS and therefore covered by the same legalisation as someone who works for the council or a teacher in the state system. Very different to the status of people working in the armed forces or police, and in the AF there is X-factor to compensate for