Anna McElhinney

Irish | she/her | Biomedical science graduate🧬|medical student🩺|

[Anna McElhinney @McelhinneyAnna]

@DrEilidhMaria @InvCoriolis I did that as a band 3 ED flow coordinator before starting med school

[Claire 💙 @clairebubblepop]

Here we go AGAIN. I’m SICK of saying it, but I’ll say it again. Asylum seekers can’t claim benefits. You need an NI number to do that. Asylum seekers aren’t staying in 5* hotels. Asylum seekers get £49.18p a week to live on. Could YOU live on that? NOPE. So stop pretending they’re living it large.

[Emma 💛💙🇩🇰🇬🇧🇪🇺 @MonkEmma]

🚘 FREE DRIVING LESSONS FOR REFUGEES?!

If you've seen those headlines and felt a twinge of outrage, you're not alone.

But let's take a closer look at who's actually getting these lessons and why.

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[Anna McElhinney @McelhinneyAnna]

@daveatherton The NHS would save a whole lot more than £2 billion. There would be barely any salaries left to pay! 🙄

[Anna McElhinney @McelhinneyAnna]

@dr_tomparrott Does that mean that you could potentially CCT quicker if you went to Australia for 2 years then entered training at ST4 than if you had stayed in the UK?

[Anna McElhinney @McelhinneyAnna]

@marinadovexo @hannastasia @itshoneylive E. coli is actually the most common organism found in UTIs

[Babble @Babble____]

Great comment from Reddit about the truth behind the Imane Khelif situation

[Anna McElhinney @McelhinneyAnna]

@DarranMarshall Seems strange not to connect City of Derry airport considering the train runs directly past the runway

[Anna McElhinney @McelhinneyAnna]

@jason20815 @KocharShubra @Dr_DeanS Foundation doctors are qualified doctors. Arguing that PAs will make more money in the future is nonsensical. People can’t pay today’s bills with future earnings.

[Anna McElhinney @McelhinneyAnna]

@doctor_dru_ I have a biomed degree (which I imagine is probably the most common degree among PA and GEM students) and I really don’t think there’s been a huge amount of crossover between my BSc and the first year of grad medicine.

[Anna McElhinney @McelhinneyAnna]

@reo_alvarez I have spent way too long trying to figure out what the second thing you didn’t know was😅

[Anna McElhinney @McelhinneyAnna]

@Suzanne08053 @JournalistJill We’re actually advised that the patient may have someone with them if they wish but that person does not count as a chaperone. It’s to protect the professional against false allegations as much as to protect the patient.

[Anna McElhinney @McelhinneyAnna]

@DrEilidhMaria I got DDE at a-level (obviously some extenuating circumstances but those weren’t mentioned in my med application). I still got invited to 4 interviews, went to 3 of them and got 3 offers for GEM. It’s all down to the interview.

[Anna McElhinney @McelhinneyAnna]

@DrEilidhMaria I was giving away a full sized wardrobe (dimensions listed) and a guy turned up with a backpack (on foot) and decided it would be too heavy for him to carry home alone

[Anna McElhinney @McelhinneyAnna]

@juliaisobela My immune system doesn’t like cats😢

[Anna McElhinney @McelhinneyAnna]

@rdaved @aurorawatchuk Heya which app is this?

[Anna McElhinney @McelhinneyAnna]

@debzc1 @DrEilidhMaria @UnityNewsNet It what world is a correctly fitted FFP3 mask not tighter than a standard surgical mask?

[Anna McElhinney @McelhinneyAnna]

@salmannaeem217 @Damian_Roland @NHSEngland @UKHSA Isn’t viral meningitis usually self limiting and often gets better without treatment? Of course it’s important bacterial meningitis is ruled out though!

[Danny Boy @Care2much18]

"42% of murders of women in Ireland is done by the 9% that are migrant men" is a made-up statistic.

It's spread to dehumanise immigrants as 'savages'.

I've compiled real stats on murders of women in Ireland, including prior criminal records, to counter this hatred and lies. /1

[Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy]

Of all the taxes in the UK that Jeremy Hunt could cut, inheritance tax is easily the most stupid right now. Doing so would save millions for a few already relatively rich people, do nothing for the economy, and increase inequality. A thread….