End of a busy week, at @WSofArchi for tutorial day for the 1st years Building Through Time module. Essay craft, analysing architecture, and compelling narratives. Great fun!
I'm a consultant in Emergency Medicine and I work plenty of weekends.
And evenings.
And night shifts.
I don't want to work any more than I already am. Why should I make up for decades worth of workforce neglect?
There's just not enough of us.
That is not OUR fault.
There is a reference to a workforce plan, which is welcome, but if @Jeremy_Hunt wishes to be able to take "full account of improvements in retention" he needs to do something about improving retention - and to do that - he MUST address punitive pension taxation
2/ Grant an immediate exemption for doctors to public sector pension rules which are currently forcing them to retire in their fifties in alarming numbers.
So it isn’t even that nhs pensions cost a lot, they are actually generating money for the government. Just make it fair and predictable so people can work without fear of huge tax bills.
After 14y of real-terms pay cuts will you commit to
1️⃣full pay restoration for doctors
2️⃣fix national scandal of punitive pensions tax driving doctors to retire early/ reduce their hours
Waiting lists aren't going anywhere if not📈
@RishiSunak@TrussLiz
Unless issue of ridiculously punitive pension taxes are resolved @sajidjavid@RishiSunak, I’m afraid it’s entirely predicable waiting lists are going up
Need to start listening to @BMA_Pensions & offer an enduring solution (like the judicial pension scheme)
RT if you agree!
Max has written a beautiful poem, in his own inimitable way, about these troubled times called ‘When Just The Tide Went Out’, (can be sung to the tune of 'Hymns and Arias')
We hope it brings a smile to your face, and keeps you safe 🏴❤️
@cerysmatthews@kathjenkins@RobBrydon
Show us your socks! 🧦
Join the global conversation to help raise awareness of mental health among doctors and reshape the culture of health care #CrazySocks4Docs https://t.co/yQO6UAd7KG
Here is the first slide of my Presidential address!!!
Taking over today as President of the 101 year old Medical Women’s Federation @medicalwomenuk
What a great conference here in Cardiff today!