Harry Smyth

NHS Radiographer. Follow gossip on healthcare, politics, policing…and Below Deck!

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@ujwaliofficial I’m gutted you are leaving. Norwich is very lucky to have you. Take care!

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@ShaunLintern Any indication if this is a similar ransomware event to Synnovis? (KCH/GSTT pathology)

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@timricketts_ @DrLindaDykes Once people experience EPIC there is no going back!

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@xxsnzz Where are you off to next? Best of luck!

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@PoliticalPics Surely this is not the picture? Or have you just looked back to find a picture of her scowling? 🧐 She’s dressed for midwinter!

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@drjanaway @DrLindaDykes That’s quite a ridiculous view and misses the point. They are being paid 8b for being the lead for their profession, not what they can do clinically verses doctors. Do you have same outrage that a trust Medical Director is paid more than their clinical peers in medicine?

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@c3convertase @DrEilidhMaria Well that’s how I interpreted it from comments about: especially doctors should be able to manage own health, and how drs refer to other services eg OH etc, trusted with lives, I assumed it was arguing for an exception. However happy to see it’s not and it’s just broadly adults.

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@DrEilidhMaria @ChrissiG13 Chrissi sums it up far better. It’s being a responsible employer and presenteeism is a real issue and need to see it objectively. If you can’t see that some may not see it objectively, if I’m honest that might be down to relative inexperience of working in a large workforce.

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@DrEilidhMaria I agree with your thinking though, in that multiple unrelated sickness episodes may feel unnecessary prying on personal information. And generally it’s just as awkward for manager. But for 95% of that is to catch the 5% who need support. It’s a blunt instrument though.

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@DrEilidhMaria @ldndoc Maybe that’s the disconnect you feel, with doing a RTW with an unfamiliar manager? It should be viewed as process where they are safeguarding the service and most importantly yourself and can refer to OH etc if req. But perhaps it’s because you haven’t managed staff?

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@DrEilidhMaria Thing is medical workforce aren’t above a trust wide sickness policy. Why do you believe you are? Also sometimes regarding onward referral etc, it might not be obv to individual
Perhaps your rostering isn’t sophisticated but no electronic rostering would reveal sickness reason.

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@DrEilidhMaria It’s to do with trend management and requirement for escalation, if appropriate to OH. Doctors should not be an exception to this. Non managers/colleagues would not be able to see the sickness reason on the rota. This surely isn’t happening is it?

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@Dr_BellaR Have you thought of the Camino? Definately not a touristy holiday. The Norte is quite a quiet route. Very beautiful , scruffy and inexpensive!

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@Medic_Russell Just be so hard. Nothing but respect for ED clinicians who walk into to this hell day in day out. One thing I’ve always wondered, why does ED take on all the risk in this regard? Is it not safer to offload to wards to be +2 each and spread risk rather than keep ++++ in ED?

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@Dr_BellaR If you are installing next to a sink, chances are likely all the stuff required is already in place under the sink, and just need to attach the water inlet and waste outlet there which you get with the dishwasher. I did mine, should be easy!

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@Brick_Cop @metpoliceuk At a minimum surely all officers should be taser armed? It is frightening that some are not and I don’t know how some, especially in the @metpoliceuk, run towards such danger with a baton. They are far braver than me but if unthinkable happens it’s hard to rationalise.

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@MFT_CSSAHPs Fantastic. Is there a way of feeding back how this trial went please?

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@WelshGasDoc I though the NHS mandated their removal ages ago? Or was that just NHS England?

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@RobBurl @dinosofos @edballs @George_Osborne @michaelgove Hi Dino and team I’ve just finished the inside the room the brexit plots trilogy . Absolutely brilliantly superb. Thank so much. Great listening.

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@ABarotchi1 @F01681527 @DrYakupKilic1 @_the_SRT It is about awareness of scope and escalating to radiologist where appropriate.
Agree not medically trained, but please try not to be too disrespectful to your radiographer colleagues. You must be fun to work alongside! 🙄

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@ABarotchi1 @F01681527 @DrYakupKilic1 @_the_SRT I think it’s highly disparaging to say that reporting radiographers lack clinical knowledge and understanding of pathology. How much MSK pathology and unseen clinical presentation would I be lacking after 14 years in radiology?