Junior Doctor • FY4 ED going FY5 ICM • Departmental Meme Lord™.
Bit of a dreamer.
Usually an over-thinker.
Definitely odd.
But I mean well 🙃
(tweets my own)
It's clear that @NHSE_WTE (formally HEE) now do not think that PAs should substitute for Doctors
But that wasn't always the case
In a document published by HEE titled "Broadening the foundation Programme" the words substitute/substitution are used 30 times
Let's dive in
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This is, I believe, unprecedented in the history of UK medicine.
28 eminent UK doctors have written publicly to @LaylaMoran, the new chair of @CommonsHealth, to report something nothing less than scandalous.
Read their letter here (1/n) 👇
https://t.co/qh5iZj7Xnj
A fitness to practise tribunal (MPTS) determines that a PA's history should be repeated by a doctor and a PA's examination should be repeated by a doctor too.
DAUK's report in Pulse explains more 👇 https://t.co/hfZiXvHGoL
Yesterday 6pm, the RCPEGM was leaked by an anonymous account onto YouTube. Having watched it, these are some of the most jaw-dropping moments I heard, some not even factually true. Everyone should watch it for themselves though and make up their own mind. Link at the end.
🔴NEW: NHS England orders hospitals to stop using physician associates to cover doctors’ shifts after @Telegraph investigation reveals that the practice is widespread.
https://t.co/jL42SdJdPE
What’s lost entirely with the PA convo:
IS what is the strategy here?
I’ll tell you what it is - it’s the emulation of the USA skills mix system
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(and I apologise to PAs that this is felt personally, but stay with me)
1/29 We need to talk about these graphs 👇
We have nurses & junior doctors on strike & consultants potentially joining them very soon. Lets talk about inflation & pay. How to fix this car crash (& perhaps more importantly, how NOT to). Please read full 🧵 to end and share / RT
11-15 April will be the next round of Junior Doctors strike action in England.
The Government is still refusing to make a credible offer - or any offer at all - to resolve our dispute. Read more: https://t.co/QLr4vbxHF9
There are so many issues with this article which seems to have been framed to fit the government agenda.
Disappointing because we were explicit about a number of things.
https://t.co/GnzK1694Kp