Fiona Griffin

Local Troublemaker

[Fiona Griffin @FiGriffin2]

@lil_doza @BarryMcAree @bbcnewsline reported that the house ‘caught fire’ as if by its own accord.

[Fiona Griffin @FiGriffin2]

@EimhearMurphy I’m doing the West wing again just because

[Fiona Griffin @FiGriffin2]

@COGNorfolk @trentconsultant You don’t have to like him to understand what he is trying to do. Nor to support him for the benefits he is striving to achieve for the next gen of consultants GPs and SAS doctors coming through. I’ve no met someone who works as hard for others than Jack does.

[Fiona Griffin @FiGriffin2]

@sandydoc79 Plenty more to be said on it Sandy. Plenty more

[Fiona Griffin @FiGriffin2]

@Parody_RCGP Pt attended GP after a pharmacy consult. Pharmacist sold her activated charcoal tablets for abdominal pain, diarrhoea and PR bleeding which delayed her presentation to me by several days.
I’m not sure I have confidence in pharmacy to provide this additional service.

[Dr Melissa Ryan 🦀 @Melissa_S_Ryan]

The GMC is consulting on the new order to replace the medical act.
The BMA has grave concerns

Read our reply here:
https://t.co/GuPJZjhXRp

It’s important for every doctor and patient to contribute 1/n

[Fiona Griffin @FiGriffin2]

@KarlTurnerMP @SercoGroup Isn’t your party currently running the country? If your experience in NHS GP was so terribly surely then you are fighting tooth and nail to improve the funding to hire more GPs and improve the service. I’d love to hear all about your work on this matter.

[Doc Em🕷🇪🇺 @DocEmUK]

If you're a medical secretary, or a consultant with a medical secretary, please stop telling patients to contact the GP to write an expedite letter for OPA. You know it's pointless. We know it's pointless. It makes absolutely no difference whatsoever to waiting times, but it does get the patient off the secretary's case and onto ours, which is immensely unwelcome, as we are the ones with the least influence on triage.

[Fiona Griffin @FiGriffin2]

Needless to say, absolutely no shade to Lidl. Ye run a tight ship.

But folks who resuscitate babies and pull your loved ones out of car wrecks deserve to be paid their weight in gold.

[Fiona Griffin @FiGriffin2]

Up the workers! 💪🏼💪🏼

IIRC Irish govt was tripping over themselves giving cash away from the last budget surplus. But no money for the ambulance service staff?
They’re literally saving lives day and daily & paid less than a Lidl store manager.

@CarrollJennifer what’s all this?

[The Irish Times @IrishTimes]

‘We’ve been left behind’: Striking national ambulance staff call on HSE for improved pay https://t.co/Qto8gF8Pyk

[Fiona Griffin @FiGriffin2]

@DeanEggitt Yesterday I had a letter from the heart failure specialist nurse asking me to refer the patient to the consultant-led heart failure clinic that exists within the same office. Bet you can’t guess my reply.

[Dr Dave Triska @dave_dlt]

🧵 A cautionary tale of a GP future not yet here:

The BMA says a safe working day for a GP is 25 patient contacts. Above that, diagnostic error rates rise, adverse events rise, burnout accelerates. It is a safety number, not a productivity number.
@doctor_katie @Parody_RCGP

[Fiona Griffin @FiGriffin2]

Re #fuelprotests in #dublin
Do we know if they’re happening on Saturday? Have to be in Dun Laoghaire mid-morning and want to plan route accordingly.

[Fiona Griffin @FiGriffin2]

Remember to post your ballot for BMA council elections. I’d encourage you to vote from this slate and in this order.
Thanks

[Fiona Griffin @FiGriffin2]

@EvanDownUnder @goldstone_tony @wesstreeting @UKFPO Your comment here is actually disgusting Evan. Please reflect.

[Fiona Griffin @FiGriffin2]

@alistairsteel Quick enough to accept money from the patient for a ‘normal’ scan though. If not certified for diagnosing then no business being in the private game.

[Fiona Griffin @FiGriffin2]

Had this very recently. Radiographer wrote a very poor report, told family member of vulnerable patient ‘make sure you get this followed up’ and sent report via email. No indication of what she thought it was. No onward referral. No clear communication with pt.

[Margaret McCartney @mgtmccartney]

I think it should be illegal for private screening clinics to advertise lots of scans with the promise of 'peace of mind!' ; I think it should be illegal for the default follow up to be 'see your NHS GP!' and I think the NHS should be doing far more to sort this out

[Fiona Griffin @FiGriffin2]

Patient was of course followed up on GP end. Patient family also advised many cowboys out there seeking to profit from vulnerable patients for cash.

[Fiona Griffin @FiGriffin2]

I wrote back to advise of their obligations +/- escalation to clinic lead. Clinic called pt family member and said ‘gp refusing to do anything about this’. Cue irate family member at door. Still haven’t decided if to refer to RQIA yet or not over clinic behaviour.