Philippa

North London anaesthetic registrar | Interested in high risk periop and shared decision making | Lover of gin

[Nehal Yemula @DoctorYemula]

*GMC National Survey*

67,000 UK trainees

Nearly 2/3rds of trainees are at moderate or high risk of “burnout”.

Alarming.

[Dr Helgi @doctorhelgi]

Did you know you can reduce your complication rate by 50% if you stop smoking more than 4 weeks before your operation? And 30-80% with daily exercise for the same period.

Don’t just wait on a waiting list, use the time to make your surgery more successful. #Anaesthesia2022

[Amy Louise @alouise_93]

I think we should conduct all cepod meetings/face offs like the house of commons and the consultant anaesthetist stands as the Speaker.

[Arianna @arianna_kaye]

I want to know what these people think overwhelm actually looks like.

Lights out at the hospital? Ceiling fallen in? Plagues of locusts crawling over the corpses of fallen doctors and nurses?

Patients cannot reliably access emergency care. That is overwhelmed. We are there.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Heart-breaking news.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital B’ham has just cancelled all planned ops for 2 days - including life-or-death liver transplants.

They have 163 Covid inpatients, 26 in ICU.

We TOLD you, @BorisJohnson.

We told you.

You couldn’t care less.
https://t.co/AiyvSSg61C

[Anthony Costello @globalhlthtwit]

The dereliction of public health duty.

[Joe Pike @joepike]

Standing ovation at Wimbledon’s Centre Court for Dame Sarah Gilbert who designed the Oxford COVID vaccine.

Very moving.

[Anthony Allnatt @thegasman_uk]

"Self care isn't selfish" - so true #BHWellbeing

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

The scenes in Clapham this evening are deeply disturbing. Women came together to mourn Sarah Everard - they should have been able to do so peacefully.

I share their anger and upset at how this has been handled. This was not the way to police this protest.

[Sisters Uncut @SistersUncut]

We are here. We will not be silenced. Sisters united will never be defeated ❤️

[Rosie C 💙 @gaswomancometh]

Non-medics might imagine the quest for consultancy brings dreams of wealth and status.

Most of us are actually dreaming of a locker and a swipe card that lets us through the doors.

[Saralicia @saraliciac]

I want whatever the people who run at 6am have

[Philippa @Philippa_JH]

@AnnieAinger @RoyalLondonHosp @HumdingersFood Awww, thinking of you all. Send my love!

[Dr Philip Lee @drphiliplee1]

The horse has bolted, took out a mortgage, bought a two bedroom terraced house, met a nice lady horse, had three horselets, traded up to a semi-detached, retired, and is now on a horse cruise around the Caribbean.

[Geoff Bellingan @GBellingan]

Never seen such teamwork as happening in the ICUs across London. It’s amazing. It’s essential

[Hugh Pym @BBCHughPym]

Thoughts with NHS staff right now and for weeks ahead:
21,286 patients in UK hospitals with Covid19 as of Tuesday 22 December - first wave peak was 21,683 people in hospital on 12 April.

[Chris Childers @cchildersmd]

Am I post call or do I have Covid? The constant trainee question of 2020