Aaron Fernandez (He/Him)

Medical Student (4/5)| Trustee | Chair of BMA Scottish MSC| Volunteering | Weightlifting and calisthenics 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇭

[Aaron Fernandez (He/Him) @aaronsden]

ohai 👋

it’s just my first blog as Chair of Scottish Medical Students Committee.
Here we lay out our priorities:

✍️ Student Finance
✍️ Travel
✍️ UKFPO
✍️ Medical Student Intake

[BMA Scotland @BMAScotland]

✍️ ‘We live in a time where being a medical student is exciting…but the uncertainty that awaits us as future doctors is also scary’

New chair Aaron Fernandez outlines the work being carried out by the BMA Scottish medical students committee 👇

https://t.co/OIQvcLx5zE

[Aaron Fernandez (He/Him) @aaronsden]

Made the move. If you want to see more inconsistent posting from a politics wannabe:

@aaronfdez.bsky.social

https://t.co/16Jvz11Pyc

[Tim Ricketts @timricketts_]

The UK has a slightly unusual medical workforce plan, consisting of training large volumes of medical graduates and exporting them for free to other English speaking countries, whilst actively recruiting doctors from developing nations.

There must be a more efficient method 🤔

[Aaron Fernandez (He/Him) @aaronsden]

Thank you.

the fact that this has to be called out makes one wonder if common sense is all that common @NHSEngland

[Royal College of Emergency Medicine @RCollEM]

We have made it clear that the NHS temporary escalation spaces (TES) guide is "normalisation of what is an unacceptable and dangerous situation".

RCEM Position Statement: https://t.co/7ck9CTFwBu

RCEM News: https://t.co/r3GxB1TCVJ

TES guide: https://t.co/bjKuCEgEuj

Independent's coverage (in quote repost): https://t.co/MICgayv24i

[Aaron Fernandez (He/Him) @aaronsden]

"policy makers must give education equal priority to service provision and research...increased investment in medical education capacity and expertise is required, ideally ahead of major expansion."

https://t.co/iD1apz8gzG

[The BMA @TheBMA]

“One of the big things we’d like to see is an absolute freedom of choice for doctors as to whether they participate or not.”

The BMA has a neutral stance towards the #AssistedDyingBill but @DrAndrewGreen highlights some of our asks as he appears on @SkyNews this evening.

[BMA Students @BMAstudents]

“We want to stop the drop, and prevent the huge decrease in funding suffered by undergraduate and graduate students."

@H_Budden explains why we’re campaigning to #FixOurFunding and why we need medical students to answer our survey today. https://t.co/IMn3K48fRi

[BMA Scotland @BMAScotland]

❗ NEW: BMA Scotland chair @DrIainKennedy has written to Cab Sec @neilcgray seeking urgent clarification on the Scottish position after a review of AAs and PAs was announced in England

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[The BMA @TheBMA]

“Patients are believing that they’re seeing a doctor when they’re not, and that’s leading to some unsafe decisions”
@DrPhilBanfield spoke to @BBCBreakfast welcoming the Government review into the use of PAs & AAs, but reiterated BMA concerns about the risks to patient safety.

[General Practice @BMA_GP]

We're asking @wesstreeting for a commitment to protect GP practices from the unfair and potentially devastating financial burden of increased employer NI Contributions.
Read the full letter here 👇

[Aaron Fernandez (He/Him) @aaronsden]

am I up at midnight working on student society projects?
will it pay off - stay tuned 👀

[Chris Smith @ChrisSmith2211]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿RESIDENT DOCTOR PAY OFFER🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

After months of negs SRDC has secured what we believe is a credible offer that maintains our trajectory towards Full Pay Restoration

📈Total 11% uplift for 24/25
Comprised of:
📆8.5% backdated to Apr 1
🕕2.3% to Oct 1

More:
https://t.co/fbk9qj7Nv0

[BMA Students @BMAstudents]

Today, guidance has been released for SFP (Specialised Foundation Programme) recruitment: https://t.co/Ymh5ckam4l

We'll continue to lobby UKFPO, NHS England and the Medical Schools Council for fair merit-based recruitment across all four nations @BMA_NI @BMACymru @BMAScotland

[Caitlin Moran @caitlinmoran]

When you donate blood, you get a text like this a few weeks later, and it's never not quietly profound and wonderful.

[Dr. AK 🇮🇳 @docakx]

🌟RBC morphology abnormalities in a peripheral blood smear - A list👇

[Dr. AK 🇮🇳 @docakx]

Some mnemonics 👍🏻

[Chris Smith @ChrisSmith2211]

Solidarity with striking doctors in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. The longest strike in NHS history caused by the worst pay cut in the public sector

We negotiated an acceptable 1st step in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Its clearly not doctors who are the problem

The malicious UK goverment needs to stop posturing & get credible

[Aaron Fernandez (He/Him) @aaronsden]

@drewrhyde the yellow facebook 🫡💛

[Aaron Fernandez (He/Him) @aaronsden]

It’s okay, did some push ups for the dopamine hit ✌️

[Ronald MacDonald (mostly on #bluesky) @quackophage]

Can someone at @NHSHighland please explain why PAs are now supervising doctors at Raigmore Hospital? Is this a joke? Job advert posted 14/12/23.

https://t.co/t6LDJm508v