Fiona Collins

Retired GP. Proud mum of 2 hard working anaesthetists and mum-in-law to 2 more! Love F1, especially Lando.

[Fiona Collins @DrFionaC]

Why did @SkySportsF1 let @RachelBrookesTV go when Craig Slater is so incredibly annoying. He asks such long and miserable questions #F1

[Fiona Collins @DrFionaC]

Marion Bartoli - please talk less! We’re not here for a tennis coaching lesson! #lessismore @Wimbledon @bbctennis #wimbledon

[Fiona Collins @DrFionaC]

@TWO_Librans @bbctennis Me neither!

[Fiona Collins @DrFionaC]

Oh no! He’s back! Please talk less! @bbctennis #eastbourne #jackdraper

[Fiona Collins @DrFionaC]

The American commentator on the Jack Draper match needs to shut up! #lessismore @bbctennis #eastbourne #tennis

[Fiona Collins @DrFionaC]

The American commentator on the Jack Draper match needs to shut up! #lessismore @bbctennis #eastbourne #tennis

[Fiona Collins @DrFionaC]

@bbctennis Please could we have a content warning before any match that Andrew Castle is calling. I probably won’t watch if he is. @QueensTennis

[Fiona Collins @DrFionaC]

@RachelBrookesTV @SkySportsF1 Nothing to do with the racing, but I loved the yellow dress you were wearing today in Miami! (And great to see @LandoNorris on sprint pole!) #MiamiF1

[Fiona Collins @DrFionaC]

I’m sitting here in South London, and the fireworks noise is just completely bonkers. Never know it so bad. All those poor animals, scared half to death #banfireworks

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

Wes Streeting has proposed repurposing 1000 locally employed doctor (LED) posts into training numbers for resident doctors.

Converting these roles would almost certainly involve terminating existing LED contracts, writes @parthaskar
https://t.co/mY0Taa4aTz

[Fiona Collins @DrFionaC]

That’s a pity. But well done @LandoNorris for the nomination and coming 3rd #lando @LN4 #SPOTY And congratulations to @McIlroyRory

[Roy Lilley 💙 @RoyLilley]

UK has around 2.5 hospital beds per 1,000 population. Across Europe and the OECD, the figure is typically between four and eight. Germany; eight beds per 1,000, France around six, Italy three and a half.
They go into winter with system slack.We don’t… https://t.co/87fX3U2c1T

[Resident Doctors @BMAResidents]

Last week's offer from @wesstreeting to resident doctors provided no new jobs – he simply repurposed jobs that already existed for the sake of ‘new’ jobs on paper.

Today's strikes are the consequence of hurried, last-minute offers. This way of working is in no one’s interest.

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

How to tell if your appointment was cancelled due to a Doctors strike
Answer you can’t

On a average day in the NHS hospitals cancel 50,000 appts
Strikes days affect 11,000 appts, apparently🤔

Blaming the Drs for a broken system is giving NHS Management/Govt the excuse they want

[Fiona Collins @DrFionaC]

I’m not sure I can cope with this!
@LandoNorris @LN4 @SkySportsF1 #anxious #AbuDabiGP

[Fiona Collins @DrFionaC]

What a shambles! I can’t cope with this stress! @LandoNorris won Abu Dhabi last year so fingers crossed he can do it again @LN4 @McLarenF1 @SkySportsF1

[Luke Mordecai @Shr_Nottingham]

These 3👇are why I’m cross

We are 1.4k anaesthetists short & counting

Despite this only 1/12 Drs that want to train can🤪

The only thing HMG are doing is releasing plans that rely on non doctors doing our jobs

Medicine has gone from one of the most secure careers to the least

[Fiona Collins @DrFionaC]

Catching up on FP1 and 2. @JensonButton and Anthony Davidson - you spoil us @SkySportsF1
Definitely a great team this weekend.

[Dr Shivam Sharma @DocShivSharma]

While you are waiting over 12 hours to be seen by a Doctor in AnE, doctors are searching for work unemployed.

14 doctors are applying for 1 AnE training job.

1000s of doctors are ready to work to reduce the waiting list and wait times.

This is a complete failure of the system.

[Dr Haseena Wazir @DrHWazir]

After years of study and sacrifice, doctors are being left unemployed by the NHS.

This year’s specialty training competition makes it clear: too many doctors are being blocked from specialising despite the country desperately needing more consultants and GPs.

Behind every statistic is a doctor who has given up years of their life to serve patients, only to be told there is no place for them.

Those who do find posts are still met with low pay, unsafe conditions, and relentless demands from politicians to do more.

This is not just unfortunate; it is a national disgrace. A failure by every Health Secretary and senior leader in medical education who allowed this crisis to grow year after year.

The reality is simple: doctors want to serve patients, but they are being forced out of the NHS by design. This isn’t a natural disaster. It is a deliberate political choice to underfund training and drive doctors out.

https://t.co/GxbVbLMGOu

[Neena Jha @DrNeenaJha]

Dear NHS patients,

Whilst you’re waiting:

🚩 > 12 hours in A&E
🚩 Weeks for a GP appt
🚩 Months/(years!) for a hospital appt

Just know that there are >20,000 UNEMPLOYED doctors right now thanks to this government.