On my cardiology placement this year there were 24 medical students, not including PA, nursing or cardiac physiology students. We were all fighting for ward rounds & cath lab shadowing and it was chaos. Patients were constantly overwhelmed and irritated!
Our survey of UK medical students shows an already overcrowded medical education system under significant strain. Behind the headline of the doubling of medical school places...
@SteveBarclay@RishiSunak @NHSEnglandNMD
#NHSWorkforcePlan
Just rang my GP to chase up a referral from over 6mths ago.
"You should have received a letter inviting you to book"
Nope, been avidly waiting for months.
"Yeah, a lot of people have said that".
This is how @wesstreeting brought down waiting lists. By ignoring sick people.
'More surgeons named David than women in some UK private hospitals'- grim laughter at the Women in Surgery keynote by Clare McNaught, first woman president of @RCSEd since the year FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND FIVE.
(The link- https://t.co/YrHsWGrdl6).
And ooh look- #ItMe too 🤗 #RACS26
18 yrs ago, I was violently assaulted & raped while walking alone. Every year on the anniversary of that day, I go on a solo hike to remind myself that there is still beauty in this world & I can enjoy it. This yr, I pushed myself & did a few days of the Southwest Coast Path…
@1goodtern A dr who googles and discusses why with you is an honest clinician who is either a) checking something because there is too much to have at the top of our brain constantly or b) aware of their unknown unknowns.
Both are safe
UK medical training is so confusing
What do you mean I’ve finally got to know my ward, how it works, got to know my colleagues….
Then suddenly I have to change jobs again 🥲🫠
"I called the hospital about my appointment which they say is months away but to contact my GP to expedite it"
PSA to patients
In the vast majority of cases this is just the appointments team way of getting you off the phone and shift your frustration onto GPs
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Interestingly, when I was out of surgery and in ICU, the nurses weren’t happy with how my open bowel was looking and called my surgeon. He was due to clock off but rushed up and was in a North Face puffer jacket. Did I give a shit? Did I fuck, I was just glad he was there.