M A Auldin

Consultant Anaesthetist @uhbtrust

[M A Auldin @aumad]

Join us @UHBAnaesthetics for the One Lung Ventilation Course on 11th and 12th September at Heartlands Hospital. Book early to avoid missing out! #anaesthesia

[M A Auldin @aumad]

We are proud to be running the Birmingham One Lung Ventilation course again this year - two dates to choose from - 23rd or 24th September. Expert faculty, hands on practice as well as simulation. @UHBAnaesthetics

[Tim Cook @doctimcook]

A complex matter

A newspaper leading a ‘commission for NHS reform’ (as if we’ve not had enough reform in the last 30 yrs)

An ombudsman (whose job of course is to examine only cases where things appear to have gone wrong) firing a salvo of attacks on senior doctors for their culture, actions & inactions.

Yet all around me I see doctors working collaboratively with nurses, AHPs, administrators to keep patients safe in an ever stressed & over burdened service.

No room for complacency but much of the safety in the NHS is despite the system not because of it. It is because of senior staff not despite them.

Senior doctors, as the main decision makers in the vast majority of clinical settings, take on a burden of responsibility many others do not. They fight daily to deliver best care for individuals & to improve patient safety systemically.

Many junior doctors look above & for a multitude of reasons don’t like what they see & are moving on elsewhere.

And yes of course there will be poor performance & poor performers among senior doctors which we must seek to identify & improve but vilifying an entire senior layer of a profession when the system is at a breaking point is perhaps missing the point.

https://t.co/AZMsMjyjqU

[Lee Anderson MP @LeeAndersonMP_]

On the 6th October 2023 I shared a link on X to a Mail Online article entitled ‘Militant union leader at the heart of doctors strikes is a Labour activist who boasted of charging the NHS for a strike cover shift. I accept that my words were misleading as the subject in question Dr Tom Dolphin was not on strike on the date of the shift in question but was simply covering a shift as a consultant for junior doctors who were on strike on 11th August 2023. I would like to offer my sincerest apologies to Dr Dolphin for any distress upset caused. I will also like to add that I understand that Dr Dolphin actually donated his pay for the covered shift which I believe was £1870 to the BMA strike fund and whilst I do not agree with the strikes I want to go on the record to say that I think it is a very unselfish act on the part of Dr Dolphin to put his money into something he strongly believes in. I will make the same contribution to compensate the upset I may have caused Dr Dolphin. Please Repost.

[M A Auldin @aumad]

Join us @uhbtrust @UHBAnaesthetics Solihull Hospital Education Centre on the 27th November for the One Lung Ventilation Course. Get in touch to reserve your space!

[Professor Claire Hopkins @SnotSurgeon]

I worked through my cancer treatment as I wanted to minimise the impact of my treatment on that of my patients. I am committed to them, my job and the nhs.
I will be striking with my consultant colleagues for all the same reasons.
#consultantstrikes
#NHS #westandtogether

[Mike Henley 🤨 @trentconsultant]

Message for jnr Drs; take action, demonstrate your huge worth by withholding your labour. This is about fairness & has an enormous mandate. Consultants & SAS will cover. Whether you're a ST7 or F1 you have much to gain. Stand together & don't be sweet talked into strike breaking

[M A Auldin @aumad]

@aroradrn @uhbtrust Get well soon Nitin.

[M A Auldin @aumad]

@Bonposselt Congratulations Bonnie. Don’t think we have an Aviation medicine dept at Heartlands!

[UHB Anaesthetics @UHBAnaesthetics]

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[M A Auldin @aumad]

Interested in Thoracic anaesthesia? Join us @UHBAnaesthetics on our ‘One Lung’ course at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital on 30th September. @warwickgas

[Nitin Arora @aroradrn]

Voting for @ICS_updates council elections is now open

You should have received an email with a voting link

Could I please ask all ICS members to vote please

And if you like me, vote for me!

My election statement is here…

[𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 @Anaes_Journal]

🔐This new prospective observational study from @narcis_anaes, @Uma1r_F1, @TayyMoh and @CyprianMendonca did not find any clinically significant postoperative TMJ dysfunction or pain when a SAD was used during general anaesthesia of short duration.

🔗https://t.co/lOCkbA7G3y

[Nitin Arora @aroradrn]

Have you ever put a patient on a non-rebreathe mask (O2 mask with reservoir bag), and cranked the O2 up?

We tested to see what happens

And were stunned

Tried with various brands…

[Sam👨‍⚕️🩺✈️ @DocsDoItBetter]

This #weekend when you’re off to see your #family, hugging parent(s), having a pint with mates, pls spare a thought for hundreds of foreign #NHS doctors who’ve no family in the UK & are desperate to go home to see their parents/loved ones after 18 months of working non stop 1/n

[Helen Grote @helengrote]

It's #DeafAwarenessWeek2021, so as a #deaf doctor, I'm sharing a few things that may help D/deaf patients in clinics.

Research shows poor communication➡️missed appointments, misunderstanding of diagnosis/ treatments & increases morbidity & mortality for the Deaf.

THREAD 👇

[M A Auldin @aumad]

@CochlearUK That explains it! It would be great if you could send us a pack. I can’t seem to DM you...

[M A Auldin @aumad]

@CochlearUK I'm looking for your ling toys but can't seem to find them on the UK store - https://t.co/eDgOGDJzlA help please!

[julian bomba 3.5% @bombkidwie]

@aumad Hi Mo, would it be possible for you to share my campaign . Thank you kindly. https://t.co/y01BA07tRv @gofundme