Munir Choudhury

NHS 💙 Cardiology/EP

[Munir Choudhury @choupolo]

@WonPeople @IsabelOakeshott It’s just one of the back alleys around where I used to live as a student in Woodhouse! To be fair it was kinda rough. Once a random kid tried to climb in through my window while I was sat at my desk! 😂

[Munir Choudhury @choupolo]

@JonathanPieNews @susiebear78 Fair summary! 😂

[Munir Choudhury @choupolo]

@itseieio Literally clickbait 😂

[Munir Choudhury @choupolo]

@Teslaconomics

[Munir Choudhury @choupolo]

@garydchance @ZahraLXP @Dr_BellaR

[Munir Choudhury @choupolo]

@F1 @LandoNorris

[Munir Choudhury @choupolo]

@TharushaGunawa4 @RoyalPapworth Got this to look forward to, drive 1.5hrs to remote location and cycle the rest 🥺

[Medlife Crisis (DEFUNCT) @MedCrisis]

We have to recognise the REASON the paramedics in replies are excited. One spelled it out “great to know there are chances to advance my career”. That’s important! But the way it’s being done now, it’s *at the expense* of training doctors & fundamentally changes hosp structure.

[Munir Choudhury @choupolo]

@RoshanaMN @theJeremyVine 7 consultant paediatricians: there’s a murderer on the loose!

Management: shush now!

AI: there’s a murderer on the loose!

Management: AI has spoken

[Munir Choudhury @choupolo]

@dr_irfan_malik @Parody_RCGP Would then still need surgery for bowel obstruction! 😂

[Munir Choudhury @choupolo]

@SamGoodhand If anything an opportunity to remember the forgotten name of someone who you’ve been working with for a while and now too embarrassed to ask! 😂

[Munir Choudhury @choupolo]

@timricketts_ Couldn’t we pay current medical students to do this? 🤔

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: we need to talk about NHS staff retention.

At a time when Britain’s healthcare system is acutely short of workers, *1 in 7* UK-trained doctors are practising overseas. No other developed country is like this, which immediately tells you there’s a problem.

Let’s dig deeper:

[Roshana 🦴 @RoshanaMN]

Don’t worry guys we’ve done yours too

@SteveBarclay @RishiSunak

[Munir Choudhury @choupolo]

@DocTimLindsay @RoshanaMN @DHSCgovuk @SteveBarclay So did I work this out correctly - £22/hr for a first year intern upto £42/hr just before consultant? 😯

[Dr Sandeep Bansal @iDrSunny]

There has been debate from all sides about recent
@NHS strikes by @TheBMA @BMA_JuniorDocs @theRCN vS @DHSCgovuk @SteveBarclay

The government has a duty to the tax payers to spend in the best way possible for the country.

Here is how a 20% rise in wages ACROSS the NHS impacts 🧵

[Munir Choudhury @choupolo]

@mmamas1973 @LastBlairite We don’t seem to be capable of comparing pay with other professions without offending them, even if we didn’t intend to say they are not worth their pay (see baristas, plumbers etc). Some may not even accept the true worth of doctors either. MPs are perhaps fair targets though?

[Munir Choudhury @choupolo]

@B_G_Gruff @brionytheliony @JamesTitcombe You’re right in implying that striking is only effective if those in charge actually care about the service being affected. Months of trying to negotiate before now failed for the same reason. I worry we’re at the precipice of losing the NHS unless there’s a change of leadership.

[Munir Choudhury @choupolo]

@B_G_Gruff @brionytheliony @JamesTitcombe Consultants are covering urgent care, so the main impact will be on elective waiting lists. Issue is we have been accepting pay cuts for the greater good for years. Now that we risk losing free healthcare altogether due to retention reaching crisis, something had to be done.

[Munir Choudhury @choupolo]

@ShaunLintern If they want ‘in line with other sectors’, instead of 35% most probably would be happy to price match MP salaries.