Paul stokes

Consultant passionate about doctors terms and conditions.

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@goldstone_tony @leobenedictus @FullFact Highlights how effective strikes can be in forcing gov to reflect on how our pay has been eroded, and to reverse the trend. Drs up and down the country understand the power their industrial action has, even more so during an election year. @RishiSunak settle this and move on.

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@FayClinOnc @DrDLittle @RCRadiologists Royal colleges appear to be basing this charge in a different world where doctors’ pay has matched inflation. Even w inflation matched pay, it would still be ludicrous. How out of touch the institutions, tasked to protect and look after us, have become.

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@DrDLittle @RCRadiologists Royal colleges appear to be basing this charge in a different world where doctors’ pay has matched inflation. Even w inflation matched pay, it would still be ludicrous. How out of touch the institutions, tasked to protect and look after us, have become.

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@DrSelvarajah Fully agree. Retention is key though. Can’t expect to retain highly skilled, rigorously trained and intelligent people with current GP salaries. Finance, tech, Law etc have 2x if not 3x the equivalent salary, across the board. Drs need to organise and stand up to the gov.

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@ben_hock Agree that Drs should be able to do any procedure. I would love this passion and enthusiasm directed towards better pay and conditions for resident and consultant doctors! We need to be united as one profession.

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@goldstone_tony Ridiculous expectations from royal colleges hiking up fees and expecting consultants to pay, when pay has been destroyed. They should be championing pay restoration for consultants. Boils my blood.

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@HWazir6 @goldstone_tony Just a reminder to all fellow consultants:
Starting salary w inflation (RPI) = £150K
Top nodal point w inflation (RPI) = £200K
If colleagues think £99K starting and circa <50K pay erosion is valuing consultant expertise and length of training, then some heads need spinning.

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@HWazir6 @goldstone_tony Just a reminder to all fellow consultants:
Starting salary w inflation (RPI) = £150K
Top nodal point w inflation (RPI) = £200K
If colleagues think £99K starting and circa <50K pay erosion is valuing consultant expertise and length of training, then some heads need spinning.

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@drkeithsiau Keith, you have come out with a statement. Many medics believe it to be a ridiculous stance, myself included given current debates around PAs. You’re seriously telling me you can’t take criticism from your fellow colleagues?

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@drkeithsiau @ExplosiveEnema2 @RCHTWeCare @FPARCP @BritSocGastro @UKGastroDr @parthaskar @DrAsifQasim @DrLKVaughan @DrSteveTaylor @AlisonGeorge10 @Dr_Done_ @Doctors_Vote All I see in this whole paragraph and your subsequent post about med twitter, equals pure gas lighting and virtue signalling at its finest. So disappointed with this from a fellow consultant. Med twitter is full of people proud to be doctors and who want to defend the profession.

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

1/ Important NEW report from @TheIFS

Shows that doctors pay eroded more than all other public sector workers (vs private sector has recovered).

They have used 2010 as a start date in the chart below, not the start of austerity.... doing so significantly increases pay loss

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@goldstone_tony @NHSEngland @PayReviewBodies @wesstreeting @trentconsultant @BMA_Consultants @ERunswickBMA @DrPhilBanfield Uh oh… this ludicrous statement from @NHSEngland does not bode well for the upcoming DDRB recommendation to put us in a clear path for pay restoration.

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@fionaMetca @NurseStandard @theRCN Fully agree, although starting nurses shouldn’t be on the same equivalent salaries as F1 doctors because of responsibilities etc. That’s not to say starting nurses shouldn’t be paid £35K, just that docs should be paid the equivalent of more when extra hrs (48)taken into account.

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@BMACymru @BMA_Consultants When your colleagues say strikes don’t work. Show them this. When they get pay restoration, show them again how this was achieved through collective unity within the profession. Docs hold so much power!

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@fionaMetca @NurseStandard @theRCN That’s just simply untrue. Junior/resident docs have a contractual 48hr work week on a salary of £32K. Works out to £15/hr. 37.5hrs at £42K are for PAs, not docs. Nurses deserve better pay, but please don’t undermine doctors. We support nurses!

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@fionaMetca @NurseStandard @theRCN That’s just simply untrue. Junior/resident docs have a contractual 48hr work week on a salary of £32K. Works out to £15/hr. 37.5hrs at £42K are for PAs, not docs. Nurses deserve better pay, but please don’t undermine doctors. We support nurses!

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@trentconsultant @DrRgoldi @PayReviewBodies With new DDRB reforms, when should we be expecting the report to come out next year? Surely we should know our yearly pay by the start of the new financial year I.e April 6th. Had a look over new terms but couldn’t remember whether reporting times had changed?

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@VishwajeetP4t3l You sound more desperate as the days go by. What do you do as a job? Genuinely curious

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@trentconsultant Important part for BMA to ensure cons keep motivated . Most consultants when fully informed, support striking. However negative anecdotes tend to amplify louder than the successful collective action colleagues have taken so far. Recent offer shows how effective strikes are.

[Paul stokes @PaulStokes674]

@fizzymd @SandipP64097927 @goldstone_tony @BMA_Consultants @trentconsultant @rammoorthyENT Public support is not essential to getting pay back to 2008 levels. Should we ask for their approval when we buy our cars/homes too? Point is don’t get gaslit by others who have not been through the same academic rigour, into thinking what your pay should be.