Duncan Ross

Cares, intensively. Labrador enthusiast. Exiled Scot.

[Duncan Ross @Duncan_Ross]

#DogsAtPollingStations

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

Is this what you want to see at 10pm tomorrow?

Change will only happen if you vote for it.

[The BMA @TheBMA]

We've not asked for pay restoration in one go and it's misleading to say the cost of pay restoration would be £3bn – that assumes Junior Doctors pay no tax. In reality the cost to Government would be £1.3bn, less than half of the cost to the NHS of the strikes to date.

[Duncan Ross @Duncan_Ross]

@MTWilliams94 @NTeesHpoolNHSFT Congrats man!

[Duncan Ross @Duncan_Ross]

Incredibly misleading headline.
How about “NHS Consultants reject below inflation pay offer that would have worsened years of real-terms pay cuts”.

[BBC Health News @bbchealth]

NHS consultants reject offer of double pay rise https://t.co/kATQLAoBnR

[Vivek Trivedi @_VivekTrivedi]

Waiting list:

Yes, went down in Nov, as it has every winter for every year in the past decade +, whilst still trending up

Lack of strikes not a determining factor

If it was, what about Oct? @BMA_JuniorDocs striked with @BMA_Consultants but still waiting lists went down

5/

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

For some groups in particular, the numbers are eye-watering.

Specialty registrars — junior doctors about 5-10 years into their professional career — would be earning *£20,000* more per year today if pay had kept up with inflation.

[James Steen @BMA_James_Steen]

For the record:

New PA salary: £43,574
Core hours: 37.5/week

Newly Qualified Doctor salary: £32,398
Core hours: 40/week

Disparity:

£11,176 (34.45%)
Plus 2.5 hours/week

Hourly rates
New PA: £22.35
Newly Qualified Doctor: £15.58

True Disparity (inc. core hour diff):
43.45%

[Duncan Ross @Duncan_Ross]

Also worth noting you don’t need to be an anaesthetist! They took me on after my CT/ST3 ACCS Emergency Medicine year. Always felt supported despite the steep learning curve. You’ll be a better doctor by the end of it…

[Duncan Ross @Duncan_Ross]

👇🏼 Having done this job I can 100% recommend it. Great department with unrivalled clinical variety. Was also invaluable in helping me obtain my training number.

[Michelle Carey 💙 @jessandzz]

#medtwitter
Anyone looking for a critical care middle grade post in Feb 2024 - how about trying our team, we’re a friendly bunch in a great part of the world @SouthTees
@Cheapoflurane @ahyde635 @GalensGhost @_a_liNE_news https://t.co/bpHYkOMvtQ

[Duncan Ross @Duncan_Ross]

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[Scottish Rugby Podcast 🏳️‍���️ @ScotRugbyPod]

I think one thing both Scottish and Irish fans can agree on is what a fantastic player Johnny Sexton has been.

His final ever game this weekend will be a fitting end to a glorious career.

[Devan Sinha @DevanSinha]

Change in real pay (CPI adjusted) over last 14 yrs:

🔼4.9% Fin & business
🔼2.8% Professional, science, tech

🔻3.5% All workers

🔻8.4% Nurses
🔻24.3% Consultants
🔻26.3% Junior docs

No wonder retention of medical talent in UK & NHS is a challenge vs overseas or UK industry.

[Duncan Ross @Duncan_Ross]

@CMc_Adam Excellent, enjoy!

[Duncan Ross @Duncan_Ross]

@CMc_Adam Hope you’ve got tickets for the big one tomorrow?! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Murray Kinsella @Murray_Kinsella]

Here's how the @OptaJonny tournament predictor views percentage likelihood of teams winning RWC.

Recent form, historical success, and fixture difficulty among factors involved. Opta say they simulated the RWC 10 million times to get these percentages.

What you reckon?

[Animesh Singh @DrAnimeshSingh]

Now do it for consultants & junior doctors

[Duncan Ross @Duncan_Ross]

It’s that time of year again

[Duncan Ross @Duncan_Ross]

@coffeeheadaches @catherineroyuk @CareQualityComm Here are some examples from the mandatory training that I, an A&E reg and soon to be ITU reg, completed today. Was this a good use of my time?

[Duncan Ross @Duncan_Ross]

@coffeeheadaches @catherineroyuk @CareQualityComm (The selected answers were obviously not the ones I submitted…)

[Duncan Ross @Duncan_Ross]

@coffeeheadaches @catherineroyuk @CareQualityComm Here are some examples from the mandatory training that I, an A&E reg and soon to be ITU reg, completed today. Was this a good use of my time?