Sue Rossi

GP in North Cumbria. Recently moved to also work in NHS Scotland to experience primary care across the border. 🐴🐴🐴

[Tim Ricketts @timricketts_]

The UK has a slightly unusual medical workforce plan, consisting of training large volumes of medical graduates and exporting them for free to other English speaking countries, whilst actively recruiting doctors from developing nations.

There must be a more efficient method 🤔

[Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 @parthaskar]

A query for @gmcuk given this response-with permission to share (H/T @iDrSunny)

Are you as the regulator saying that #PhysicianAssociates are 'lesser trained doctors'?

"Study Medicine but difference in length & content"-Is that the official position?

cc @drcolinm @AskJeevesWij

[Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 @parthaskar]

So let me get this right

The president @FPARCP had a vote - may have been the casting vote to swing @RCPhysicians policy on PA register

And then resigns

While @gmcuk tries to influence vote

Well, someone has to do it

So I am

I am formally asking for this vote to be re-run.

[Adam Janjua @JanjuaAdam]

People wonder why they can’t get a GP appointment? One of the reasons is the work that is being passed to GP from the hospital. Just this morning I’ve had to deal with numerous cases of patients who are under the specialist but are told to come to the GP to sort (things that are related to the specialist issue). This is getting beyond ridiculous now.

[Sue Rossi @CumbriaGP]

@Parody_RCGP @namacey @Bupa Very useful link

[Sue Rossi @CumbriaGP]

@LukeAmos__ @DrEilidhMaria @RCPhysicians This my first thought too.

[The BMA @TheBMA]

BMA members: We need your views on physician associates.

Take our short survey now to help inform the BMA’s position on PAs and AAs: https://t.co/mnVTo71bl7

[Sue Rossi @CumbriaGP]

@HugoResp @theCFOM @drcolinm @gmcuk @riaagarwal19 That’s a very good point

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Alastair Campbell, "You were lied too.. I understand why you voted for Brexit.. Johnson, Farage, these conmen were coming along and offering you something that was going to make your lives better.. I don't blame you for voting for Brexit, I blame them for lying to you." #BBCQT

[Sue Rossi @CumbriaGP]

@surashsurash Good luck and will follow what you do next.

[✨Gareth Stables✨ @mykneedoc]

@DeakinSue1 That we’ve done it all before…it’s not much different…interestingly hospital flow seemed a lot better…senior decision makers need to be closer to the “front door”…would be interesting to see what effect it had on mortality, MET calls etc…

[Sue Rossi @CumbriaGP]

@Kathleenwenade1 @DocsDoItBetter More complex.

[Chris Bryant @RhonddaBryant]

I despair of the direction this country is travelling. We need a change

[Rob Galloway @DrRobgalloway]

Starting work with 50k of debt and on just over £14/hour

22% real terms pay cut in 12 years

Having to change jobs every 4 months & hospitals every 1-2 years

Rostered nights on your Wedding despite a years notice

None of this seems designed for our junior drs convenience

[BBC Question Time @bbcquestiontime]

“You’re effectively saying to all these public sector workers, ‘get poorer and be happy about it’”

Journalist Ash Sarkar asks why the government lifted the bankers’ bonus cap but accepts a real-terms cut to public sector wages #bbcqt

Watch @bbciplayer https://t.co/Q3mPtCtioY https://t.co/k7JFc0X9HR

[Sue Rossi @CumbriaGP]

@TheStephenRalph @Kesthecollie @WendyNowak @KerryAce1

[Dr Linda Dykes has moved to Bluesky @DrLindaDykes]

The #CaudaEquina infographic is 4 years old later this month. It’s had 438k views, and we know it has saved at least half a dozen patient arses and at least the same number of clinicians’! Can we get it to half a million views in the next 3 weeks, #MedTwitter?

[Sue Rossi @CumbriaGP]

@ShaunLintern @thesalariedGP It is an option to ask for a reply via a text but due to workload they probably don’t have time. But agree this would be better.

[Dr Peter Weeks @DrPeterWeeks1]

GPs role isn’t taking a complete Specialism history, its taking a thorough General history,appropriate examination+investigations .if needed refer to a Specialist for their assessment. We do our best, if we refer for an opinion please understand we’ve reached our clinical limit