Shadow Doc

NHS cardiologist | Anti-racist | feminist | Tired of this

[Shadow Doc @fizzymd]

@DrEilidhMaria @George8ch You’re probably right.

[Shadow Doc @fizzymd]

Agree on LEDs. BUT consultants were screwed over last time with promise of DDRB reform that never came. For me commitment to FPR is more important than single year deals.

[Dr Matt Kneale (🦋drmk.link) @drmattuk]

1/ Personal view only, speaking as an LED doctor.

I am not speaking on behalf of DAUK, the BMA or anyone else.

I have had all night to think about the offer. There is a lot to like in it, especially for LEDs, but I remain reserved on the pay element.

[Shadow Doc @fizzymd]

@Ameer_Kotecha This is ill informed. London allowance is not for commuting costs (which are generally cheap that outside London) it’s for the cost of living here, which is higher irrespective of WFH.

[Shadow Doc @fizzymd]

@PedroOscarRCun1 @HaQ_mAn This is not the case any many trusts. We are told it’s per trainee then get one trainee and 5 LEDs.

[Jenna Taglienti @jenna_taglienti]

I wrote this in a moment I never would have chosen. A sudden pause that made me see my life clearly.

The meaning of our work is profound. This experience simply helped me see more clearly what matters most.

“Time is Finite” JAMA

https://t.co/IwkKdyeEWx

[Jonathan @jabberwock951]

I keep telling my rota manager this, and they just don't listen.

[Shadow Doc @fizzymd]

I graduated in 2000, finished foundation in 2002 and did my last year of training in 2016. I made it just in time for each one of these failures. Great letter.

[Dr Gordon Caldwell @doctorcaldwell]

Why is morale so low amongst NHS Doctors? Dr Lavies gives a brief true account of the abuse of Postgraduate Doctors in Training since the early 2000s. @doctor_oxford @jotalbotbowen

[Shadow Doc @fizzymd]

@trentconsultant Consultant should go on strike a week before residents or at the same time so we can’t be harassed by managers.

[Shadow Doc @fizzymd]

@trentconsultant I think a new strike strategy is needed. The push not to cancel is so hard that the only people impacted by this are consultants. Managers bark out daily demands for a ‘strike plan’ send endless requests for spreadsheets to be filled.

[Shadow Doc @fizzymd]

@James_Saye @rorysutherland There are hardly any discretionary sellers. I’m seeing mostly probate or personal circumstances forcing a sale. Odd few delusional sellers clinging on for >6m but majority just not going on the market

[Shadow Doc @fizzymd]

@CJphotos1 @moving_charlie House prices are cyclical, if you’ve been predicting a crash since 2022 then I don’t think you can say ‘I told you so’ 4 years later.

[Shadow Doc @fizzymd]

@PeterLH90 @moving_charlie Watch the micro market for a while. Likely those priced right go quickly, so if they’re right for you long term - go for it, but if they have been sitting for a month, send the agent a well reasoned aggressive offer. Within a week it will probably be reduced

[Shadow Doc @fizzymd]

@trentconsultant @Melissa_S_Ryan @finnmac79 @d_magpie @Debicemeler2011 @TheBMA @wesstreeting That’s a fair challenge. Disappointing for me as I saw this coming a mile off and was vocal about it. But shouting from the sidelines doesn’t make change happen, you’re right.

[Shadow Doc @fizzymd]

@trentconsultant @Melissa_S_Ryan @finnmac79 @d_magpie @Debicemeler2011 @TheBMA @wesstreeting BMA got played by the government. Shouldn’t have capitulated after the last round of consultant strikes. This was so obviously the writing on the wall. I couldn’t be more disappointed in the BMA at this point.

[Shadow Doc @fizzymd]

@PauloNoggy I think there are micro stories here. Leasehold flat esp new builds with high services charges tumbling rapidly including in London. Big houses near good schools holding fast and well priced houses selling faster than ever.

[Shadow Doc @fizzymd]

@RoshanaMN There’s a perfect storm of a near absence of Iranian voices able to cut through the noise and legitimate anger with the US and Israel over Gaza. Perhaps even with the gulf states. That’s said, we should want for the Iranian people what we want for ourselves.

[Maddie Lee, PhD @m_janelee]

academic conferences are crazy because it’s like Let’s go to the most beautiful place in the world and then look at powerpoints for 12 straight hours

[Shadow Doc @fizzymd]

@RoshanaMN Appreciate the answer, thank you