Roopa Balasundaram

EM consultant.Regional vice-chair for RCEM EOE board. Avid gardener, tea addict,globe trotter and occasional blogger.

[Dale Kirkwood (he/him) @KirkwoodDW]

Burnout remains a issue beyond training in EM. Half reducing hours to protect themselves.

Needs a whole system response. #EMTA2025

[Roopa Balasundaram @Roopa215]

2nd day of Nightsafe programme paediatric SIM day for SAS EM registrars .. Fab faculty and amazing feedback @WestSuffolkNHS

[Royal College of Emergency Medicine @RCollEM]

#ICYMI No sign of winter pressures easing. A&Es bear the brunt of a gridlocked system.

Hospitals are running dangerously close to capacity, thousands of people each day remain in hospital when they could go home and the system is grinding to a halt.

Full article: https://t.co/nyzPk6FG5s

[Roopa Balasundaram @Roopa215]

Finally start of first day of Nightsafe programme after challenges with funding and faculty. Training SAS EM registrars in team leading skills and making them safe to lead ED night shifts. Thanks to my fab faculty @TomWoollard ,Tina and Diane.
Great day..great feedback

[Nannypod @DeakinSue1]

#orthotwitter
Lets support our Emergency dept colleagues - it’s brutal for them
Make timely decisions re discharge for our inpatients
Be responsive to referrals
Prescribe analgesia fluid antibiotics etc
pop down frequently
Be kind
Do our own discharge summaries from ED

[Roopa Balasundaram @Roopa215]

@RebelSpiritTM @Tom

[Roopa Balasundaram @Roopa215]

Christmas 🎄 creativity from our lovely ED staff. Inspite of our current challenges we manage to keep a smile on and carry on..Thanks to all the staff who worked relentlessly over the festival time..
@WestSuffolkNHS

[Roopa Balasundaram @Roopa215]

@DeakinSue1 Merry Christmas 🎅 Sue. Wishing you joy,peace and good health..xx

[Roopa Balasundaram @Roopa215]

Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 everyone.

[Roopa Balasundaram @Roopa215]

Thank you @harriet_68 and Keran for lovely piece of appreciation..Good luck with career and exams..

[Roopa Balasundaram @Roopa215]

@DrSteveDunn @RCEMpresident @HEEoESEM 🙏🙏

[Roopa Balasundaram @Roopa215]

Great topics and great networking of EM consultants and trainees at EOE Regional Faculty development day @RCEMpresident

[Roy Lilley 💙 @RoyLilley]

if the NHS was a better employer, if conditions were more humane, if the work was less toxic and management more civilised, would we need to worry about being resilient? https://t.co/g5aucUQ1F8

[Roopa Balasundaram @Roopa215]

@orthochimp 🤣😂😂

[Roopa Balasundaram @Roopa215]

@RCEMpresident Inspite of all the seminars, webinars,surveys and GMC blogs, sexism and sexual misconduct is rampant in NHS. Unless active bystanders speak up & there is separate forum for victim to speak up, this will continue to happen. Any forum in RCEM to address
this issue?

[Roopa Balasundaram @Roopa215]

Happy Diwali ...

[Roopa Balasundaram @Roopa215]

@fawcettsociety Not just at parliament level,lot needs to be dine at NHS level.

[Roopa Balasundaram @Roopa215]

@morris_ep @RaoMala Thank u for providing an opportunity in such a great platform to share the journey of an IMG. Thank u @jim_crawfurd for being a part of such a nice chapter of the story which lead to my success

[Roopa Balasundaram @Roopa215]

@DeakinSue1 Adorable pic to two gorgeous girls