Fiona McTavish

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@DrEilidhMaria After 10 years UK solicitors earn between £80,000 and £180,000+ per year.

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@wesstreeting Today this bank holiday doctors are working at £18 / hour… they will be the lowest paid in the hospital as they don’t get bank holiday pay. Newly qualified Nurse practitioners and Physician associates are earning more than double £36-45

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@Jztujj @ItsnotrightUK @wesstreeting @DHSCgovuk This is whilst the PAs/ACPs get paid £36-45 today, some newly qualified. This is more than the most senior registrars (that are almost consultants) with 10-20 years training.

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@Jztujj @ItsnotrightUK @wesstreeting @DHSCgovuk Tell that to the FY1s now working bank holiday on £18/hr (don’t get paid extra for bank holidays) covering multiple wards by themselves with minimal supervision (as the reg is dealing with emergencies).

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@DrEilidhMaria If they don’t increase training places, then more med students is about medical school profits and not about increasing doctors/supporting the NHS.

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@fightwatch420 @Justanothe25574 @Heccles94 Plenty of reasons…then gives only two tenuous reasons. Assume if you’re angry about Mandelson, you think Trump should resign too?

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@tomhfh I worked out it would be about the same or less for me to pay a percentage over 30 years than pay it off in full.

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@coys_ig @DrLukeCraddock My annual interest is more than I would pay at 100k wage.

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@KequeMage And that man pictured, Keir Starmer, changed the CPS so victims were heard, cases were reopened and the sick ***** were prosecuted. Starmer brought about the first prosecutions of Asian grooming gangs.

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@MrPitbull07 Me trying to think what heart medication interacts with the pain medication. Also young if dad there, and on heart medication?

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@RStopman @travelingflying Everywhere I’ve worked uses language line. Telephone interpreting via Language Line for the NHS typically costs between £0.30 and £0.50 per minute

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@CapitalistClive @AnnOlivarius He went to medical school in the UK.

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@BenthamDeborah @adamfare1996 Not to mention it is deducted £1 for £1 from universal credit.

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@bananatransit @BBCNewsnight @vicderbyshire Mix of university costs increasing, whether you’re post grad and yes he probably did not get maximum maintenance. Mine is £150,000 as a single parent, who switched after starting another degree.

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@fieldo85 @pmosligo @BBCNewsnight @vicderbyshire It is not student numbers that are limited. It is jobs and training posts after university, many doctors now face unemployment after university. The number of jobs and training posts is limited by government, not doctors - who are begging for more jobs.

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@Shilisad1 @Janeajnet @Dr_Done_ I think XR reports are often more of a safety net, rather than a clinical decision making tool. Just like pharmacists check prescriptions.

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@Shilisad1 @Janeajnet @Dr_Done_ Found some trusts don’t routinely report XRs unless requested. Often other trusts take days, pts often been treated and even left hospital by then. Doctors do miss things though, so report is helpful.

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@Shilisad1 @Janeajnet @Dr_Done_ Doctors do get trained in radiology interpretation. Literally have lectures, workshops and exam questions (with radiograph images) in radiology.

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@wesstreeting Maybe invest in some proven tech… more MRIs and CT scanners, UK has some of the lowest per capita in Europe and long waits for routine scans.

[Fiona McTavish @fionaMetca]

@sucha_rascal @wesstreeting Learn how - Everyone has to start somewhere though, and gain experience. Can’t walk out of med school as fully fledged consultants. And nor can you expect doctors to not seek expertise from seniors.