If there is anyone who has been affected by the MRCP mess and has not yet been added to a group with other affected doctors and wants to be, please drop me a message
We are doing our best to support each other and push against decisions
The junior doctors’ strike - among other underlying issues in the health service - has delayed hundreds of thousands of appointments and operations.
But doctors say they've simply got to strike, in order to change things for the better.
@catherine5news reports.
"If you asked the average person on the street if they would be happy to pay a doctor £19-an-hour I think you get a resounding yes"
@RobLaurensonD4P told Sophy that Steve Barclay was "pinching pennies" in the dispute over the 35% pay rise demand
#Ridge https://t.co/ZoMhCmTrtv
.it was early Jan 2004, matric results just came out with 2As, 2Bs, 2Cs 😭. But I couldn't afford Wits registration fee. So I asked mother for R20 return taxi fare to go hustle in Polokwane with a brown envelope, plan was to just walk into every govt building & ask for help. 🤣
For those who don't fully understand what is up with the NHS, here is a thread for you that might help.
I'm a consultant physician working as a doctor in the NHS in Yorkshire and Wales for 32 years now. I have experienced the NHS at its best (2008) and its worst (2022).
🚨 I interviewed an A&E doctor after her shifts as an emergency registrar for 3 days running
She says: "You can see things getting worse and worse, most colleagues are talking about leaving"
🧵 Thread on what I learnt writing this @theipaper long read:
https://t.co/oBGrDwmwJl
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