Stephen Robertson

Born in Yorkshire. Made in Newcastle. Prev. GSTT H&N. Now ENT Teaching Fellow at Sunderland. Masters in Immunobiology- interested in Med Tech 🦻💊💉 🏃‍♂️🎺🏑 ✞

[Zain Khan, MD @zainkhan_md]

I submitted an FOI request to the GMC asking them about the tax they pay.

Turns out, the GMC do not pay tax. They class doctors' fees as charity.

They take £500/yr from doctors, pay zero tax on it, and use it to give their staff £250k salaries and private healthcare.

[Stephen Robertson @_SJRobertson]

An honour to win the Rowena Ryan Paper Knife award at the @ENT_UK research showcase for our public health project. Massive thank you to my supervisor @HelenCocks5 for everything she’s done!

[Stephen Robertson @_SJRobertson]

@JRammell12 Massive congrats James!!! Great news to hear :)

[Stephen Robertson @_SJRobertson]

It was a pleasure to present on the surgical diagnostic management of cancer of unknown primary at @BAHNOOfficial yesterday and to win first prize in my category. Thank you to everyone for the help and support!

[Stephen Robertson @_SJRobertson]

It was a massive honour to present at the @NoE_ENT x #MIO Spring meeting in Sheffield yesterday and to win Best Oral Presentation for a project with @HelenCocks5 on reviewing the reading difficulty of our documentation to help those with illiteracy. Thanks for having me!

[Dr Tanya @veggieequallife]

A surgical trainee expenses paid out of their pocket to train and do their jobs ⁉️

This is eye-watering and shocking!

Especially with £19/h as a Specialist Trainee 2 🤯

#PayRestoration is needed but only the start!

@BMA_JuniorDocs @Doctors_Vote

[Stephen Robertson @_SJRobertson]

Would be interesting to know how close junior doctors come to this when you factor in unpaid overtime and having to pay for all our own training/courses/exams/memberships as discussed from 56 secs in
@TheBMA @Doctors_Vote #JuniorDoctorsStrike

[Good Morning Britain @GMB]

'Don't assume if you're on minimum wage working for a big firm that you're being paid the right amount.' @MartinSLewis

Up to half a million people on minimum wage could be getting less pay than they should.

Martin explains what you are entitled to on minimum wage.

[Stephen Robertson @_SJRobertson]

@CardioShades

[Jeremy Vine & Daytime on 5 @JeremyVineOn5]

"35% sounds like a lot but they've had a 26% pay cut since 2009 - this is a pay restoration, not a pay rise"

@MarinaPurkiss sets out why she supports junior doctors going on strike.

#JeremyVine

[Oren Gottfried, MD @OGdukeneurosurg]

Growing a new Nose on the forearm Source: Nasal Reconstruction Using a Custom 3-D Porous Polyethylene Construct.

[Stephen Robertson @_SJRobertson]

#BMADoctorsVoteYes #JuniorDoctorsStrike

[Stephen Robertson @_SJRobertson]

Please don’t be sidetracked by the defamation you read in the news. Remember, doctors and nurses are seen as trustworthy for good reason. Please believe what we’re saying. On the other hand, let’s look at journalists and politicians #JuniorDoctorsStrike #BMADoctorsVoteYes

[Stephen Robertson @_SJRobertson]

@Beska I read this and immediately hated it. Superficially the arguments make sense but when broken down so many flaws. Found it very frustrating!

[Surgical SHO CT BNO (2019) @AbdoPainHotline]

Lots of tweets about rotas today. Bad ones, unfair ones,ones sent out late.

#ChatGPT is a game changer.

Not perfect but gives you the idea:

[Stephen Robertson @_SJRobertson]

@Beska If medics have enough money to buy lottery tickets they don’t need a pay rise

[Stephen Robertson @_SJRobertson]

@PhilipProudfoot YES

[Stephen Robertson @_SJRobertson]

@NathanMDW @juliaisobela 😂 Perfect example of you being a great team player (genuinely think you’ve single-handedly saved my ARCP this week)🙌Obvs my opinion wouldn’t have changed if you’d said no!

[Stephen Robertson @_SJRobertson]

@NathanMDW @juliaisobela But we’ve been so so happy that you did come!!!