Deepankar Datta

Emergency Medicine Consultant, Glaswegian-exile in Edinburgh, #FOAMed, views are my own.
@[email protected]

[platinumpizza™ @Xeon4f145d96s1]

With credit to u/quertyquerty321123 I’d like to show you all a table illustrating where doctors fall across the NHS pay scales.

An FY1 is paid less than a band 5.
An FY2 is paid less than a band 6.
An ST2 is paid less than a band 7.

Thanks to r/jduk for this table.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Remember doing a story back in 2018 saying that roaming charges were going to return for British travellers after Brexit. Govt at the time said it was v unlikely because companies wouldn’t do it. Others dismissed as more scaremongering etc.

A few years later 👇

[Deepankar Datta @deepankardatta]

@NilankaTM I’ve also just realised as my photo taking skills had got worse over the week, so has my spelling! I think I need my own home, however now stuck at an airport with a delayed flight!

[Deepankar Datta @deepankardatta]

@NilankaTM Well down! It was a pleasure to meet and share the poster space next to you! Safe journey back home!

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

V short 🧵asking why 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿offered 17.9% to jnrs over 3 yr(21-24) vs shambolic offer in England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿9.2% over 2 yr (2%/2%/5%). BOTH offer massive pay cuts vs inflation

But why are ScotGov getting round the table v SoS refusing? Even @ScotTories saying "get back round the table"
Pls RT

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

Updated 4 nation #pensionogram v1.4 👇

Some minor changes in bold. My current understanding of NHS pensions / pension taxation / peri-retirement for the 23/24 tax year

https://t.co/9cdgJ2qVDv

[Dr Done @Dr_Done_]

Compare the average *BASE* salary of a neurosurgeon in the USA, versus the attractive offer the UK is offering

The UK applicant may well have 5+ training years on the US equivalent, due to training length

This post offers 9.5% of the US average base salary

Pathetic 😳

[NILANKA MUDITHAKUMARA @NilankaTM]

My first ever poster in an International Conference. Happy to get a spotlight in the largest Emergency Conference of the world ICEM 2023, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

[Ian Higginson @RCEMpresident]

Few people outside EM understand what actually happens. Poor understanding leads to poor decisions. A Sankey chart is an excellent way of quickly communicating the complexity and effectiveness of an ED. This is my ED in 2021.. #resusciateemergencycare #ICEM2023

[Rob Mitchell @robdmitchell]

FYI #ICEM2023….final text of the new World Health Assembly resolution on Emergency, Critical and Operative Care and Health Security (76.2) now available online: https://t.co/ZY7pdsInQa

[Deepankar Datta @deepankardatta]

Thanks to the organising committee of @ICEM23 and @IFEM2 for an excellent and inspiring few days with #emergencymedicine colleagues from around the world. I enjoyed all of it, making new friends, and especially getting involved with the teaching at the marketplace stall.

[Deepankar Datta @deepankardatta]

Would support this view of using this kind of device that can insert under direct vision but with backup. Keeps skills for equipment failure / no VL device (not everyone can afford VL), esp. maintaining DL skills for major incidents or disaster medicine

[Josh Farkas MD 💊 @PulmCrit]

videolaryngoscopy using a standard-geometry MAC blade adds goodness without losing anything

nice view & you want to intubate under direct vision? super - go for it!

difficulty & you want video help? sure, look at the screen

everyone sees your progress & seamlessly assists

[Taj Hassan @tajekbhassan]

The amazing local Organising Committee for #ICEM2023

You did a brilliant job
@IFEM2 @IFEMPresident

[Howard Liu, MD MBA @DrHowardLiu]

“Doctors are increasingly the scapegoats of systemic problems within the health care system,” Masood says, “because the patient is not seeing the insurance company that denied them the procedure, they’re not seeing the EMR that are taking all of our time.” https://t.co/rDyISn7TLS

[Deepankar Datta @deepankardatta]

Last day of @ICEM23, my slide photography skills are getting worse, but enjoying switching between the environmental and disaster medicine streams (they might be related). Enjoying listening to my colleague @BaliGoma speaking about natural disasters in India. #ICEM2023

[RCEMLearning @RCEMLearning]

UPDATED: This session deals with the assessment and management of jaundice.

Learning Session🔒: https://t.co/FFZxrWxXIv
Reference🆓: https://t.co/4xmpkay7Wo

[Tim Coats @TJCoats]

Poster at #ICEM2023 new for me - Salbutamol associated lactic acidosis. Asthmatic patient increasingly breathless, lots salbutamol given. High lactate , no wheeze, normal/high pH.
Easy mistake clinically = worse asthma leading to more salbutamol. Treat = stop salbutamol. @ ICEM23

[Vivek Trivedi @_VivekTrivedi]

Language changing.

It used to be “both sides” need to come together

Now it is “government must…”

Realisation of where the roadblocks to this dispute lie are now being shared by senior NHS officials

[Nick Davies @NJ_Davies]

We have a new report out today by @Samfr & @racheljanetwolf on the hospital productivity puzzle. We identify 3 key reasons:
1) longstanding underinvestment in capital (beds, scanners, buildings)
2) the loss of senior staff
3) chronic undermanagement

https://t.co/EXg0gKTvnD

[International Conference on Emergency Medicine @ICEM2025]

📌 Have you visited the ICEM 2023 Poster Presentations yet? Navigate through the aisles, check the visuals and the thoughtfully crafted content. Engage in meaningful conversations and exchange ideas. Explore them all next to the Auditorium. #icem2023 #amsterdam #emergencymedicine