Dr Gavin J Francis

Rural Dweller in the amazing Northumberland and sessional Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital.

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

So it’s now the passengers fault, turn up early but no too early, sack your staff then wonder why you have none. Be like Karen SMART, fly JLA ⁦@manairport⁩ ⁦@AndyBurnhamGM⁩ ⁦@LPL_Airport⁩ https://t.co/xsnJ89ufON

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

@LPL_Airport above us only skies, whereas @manairport in front of us only queues! Abject operational failure from the MAN leadership who should be sacked as everywhere else seems to be coping @AndyBurnhamGM 6 minutes from car to gate at LPL to BFS. 3 hours last Saturday @ MAN

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

@csubbe @acutemedicine I must say moving to Wrexham is the best decision I ever made. It is proper medicine all over again with a great team x

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

@DrBenLovell It’s impossible to get a decent cuppa south of the M62?!

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

Tomorrow at 11:30am I am delighted to welcome Prof Jackie Taylor, RCPSG President, to relaunch the completely updated IMPACT course. Almost 15,000 doctors through and hundreds waiting it is so rewarding to make good great! Will be great to catch up with our centres via MS Teams

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

@Josh_Mash @AllocateS_GC @LivHospitals @AllocateS I personally can’t remember giving my consent for my mobile to be violated until 3am with pointless messages.

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

@PaulPlant5 @MattHancock @BorisJohnson @LivHospitals @PRFitzsimmons @tristan_cope @SkyNews Having just seen the PM news conference the only to get this at the necessary magnitude with with the community dads army approach.

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

with two now available is it now time to create a community “vaccination dads army”, though maybe with iPads. Those already able to do an IM injection going into communities fighting this new war? @MattHancock @BorisJohnson @LivHospitals @PaulPlant5

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

@PaulPlant5 @MattHancock @BorisJohnson @LivHospitals @PRFitzsimmons @tristan_cope Let’s get this started! My grandfather was evacuated from Dunkerque and then landed at Normandie, before liberating one of the concentration camps, being awarded France’s highest national honour so happy to do this tiny bit to beat the enemy we cannot see. @SkyNews

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

@PaulPlant5 @MattHancock @BorisJohnson @LivHospitals The idea was all (y)ours!

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

@BorisJohnson for those NHS workers on duty on Christmas Day, can the one day of family contact be swapped to another day? Good idea? Many of us are looking long shifts on Christmas Day. Thanks.

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

@sarah_aslannnn Hope all OK, rudeness is awful and really influences behaviours, so I hope action is taken. But you also need to make sure that you are not left in the position again where you are left with a really sick patient as a FY1 making a tertiary referral so discuss with your ES & CD.

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

Happy 25 years @easyJet miss you very much x

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

Flight now cancelled so problem solved.

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

Just checking @easyJet , due to fly to BFS next Wednesday but it’s now illegal to take the flight and stay in my house over there. You won’t let me rebook on the website! Help x

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

One happy patient!

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

Just about to pick up Abercrombie after a thorough cardiology review at SATH. Echo etc normal as I am sure his Holter will be. Amazing service from Curtis the final year vet student and Cat the Cardiologist. @LivUniVets

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

@dan26wales I did see this when I woke up this morning. I do wonder if we need to show the CT scans and CXRs of the youngsters who are dying on ventilators of COVID pneumonitis! NI used to have the most vivid anti drink driving campaigns, better that Chris Whittys slides!

[Dr Gavin J Francis @GavinFrancis10]

Late shift in work last night, phone calls with Glasgow and Belfast today, plus London colleagues. Here we go again 😢