Hippocampophile

one part doctor, one part river horse. Opinions might be my own or heavily retweeted.#askforadoctor 🦀🦀

[Hippocampophile @hippocampophile]

@LarcombePeter @Anisocyte 😂😂😂

[Hippocampophile @hippocampophile]

@medicalmodelbri WTH? One of the coroners concerns was that the GP didn't call an ambulance(although did correctly direct straight to ED!) but NOT the poor mgt by the ACP! FML!

[Hippocampophile @hippocampophile]

@NotDerek666 @doctoraligator Another degenerate racist comment from Derek the angry baby boomer! Fuck off Derek you melt

[The BMA @TheBMA]

"Managing uncertainty is what we are trained to do." Dr Molly Nobes at today's ARM conference, setting out why Advanced Practitioners should never be used to replace doctors.

The motion against the growing reach of Advanced Practitioners was passed.

[Hippocampophile @hippocampophile]

@NotDerek666 @DrHuw Bore off Derek, just because your wife and kids hate you don't take it out on Drs. 🤡

[DrNobody @DrNoOneSpecial]

@TheBMA Here is a fact. My assistant is paid more than me but will pay the GMC less. Why is that?

[Hippocampophile @hippocampophile]

@LionOfBritainUK Would be a real shame if someone tagged his place of work @HaleysSolicito1 so that his employers knew the hate he was spouting.

[Robert Smithers @Rob_Smithers]

@UNISONLibby @medicalmodelbri Exhibit A, an “ANP” with no masters degree, just an employer who endorsed him as one and told him he could put heart valves into people so he did. When called out on it they didn’t stop they just deleted the social media evidence. Honestly, not sure you’re lying to yourself or us

[Hippocampophile @hippocampophile]

@harrow_council @gareththomasMP I assume you'll be addressing this vile behaviour with the council against someone in your constituency?!

[Hippocampophile @hippocampophile]

@harrow_council have a word with your employers threatening members of the public.

[Rick @its_rick97]

harrow council why are you employing people who are threatening members of the public this needs sorting out asap!!!! @MPSHarrow @harrow_council @metpoliceuk @TeliYogesh #london #harrow #metpolice #viralvídeo

[Dr Jatinder Hayre @JatinderHayre_]

Let’s have another one!

From an anonymised but reliable source.

A profound and deeply unsettling lack of medical knowledge — shameful: yet, ACPs are left to run amok and cause peril to the public. It’s an insult to vulnerable patients and a mockery to the education of doctors

[Dr Jatinder Hayre @JatinderHayre_]

A Hepatology tACP proudly informed us he was operating at registrar level.

Five minutes later, a consultant discovered he was unfamiliar with the existence of the gallbladder. No euphemism; he literally had no concept of the organ’s existence.

Always. The. Damn. Gallbladder.

[Neena Jha @DrNeenaJha]

🚨 3 GPs suspended for providing inadequate supervision for PAs & ACPs practising outside of scope!!

We’ve been raising a 🚩 for YEARS!

PAs & ACPs are NOT doctors

They MUST have a defined scope & ceiling of practise

Doctors- supervise at the risk of your own medical license

[@medicalmodelwithabriochebun @medicalmodelbri]

3 GPs suspended from the @gmcuk register and their GP practice registration cancelled by @CareQualityComm due to serious patient safety concerns .

❌APs working out of scope

❌PAs not managing care or advising patients appropriately - not picked up by the GP

[Hippocampophile @hippocampophile]

@cooperbailey151 @JatinderHayre_ Well with the greatest respect that's BS.. I'm a GP want to do locums, but can't get OOH work in my area as all locum jobs available are for ACPs.

[ExplosiveEnema @ExplosiveEnema2]

A physio ACP told me that because their course has higher entry requirements, they are superior to nursing ACPs

They said nursing ACPs tend to be better than paramedic ACPs for the same reason

Anyone able to explain if this is true, or what the difference between the roles are?

[The BMA @TheBMA]

This is a deeply distressing case. No child should have to endure such pain, and no parent should be left carrying the guilt and trauma that this family has experienced

Patients and families have a right to know if the person providing treatment is or is not a doctor.

Almost a year since its publication, key recommendations of Professor Leng’s review remain unfulfilled, despite being accepted by Government.

[Meg 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👩🏻‍⚕️🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥(BlueSky Name👇) @Megsenmumdr]

This is shocking
Vaginal Pessary for a 5 year old girl
“PA recommended prescription” which GP authorised without checking (the “special Knock” method 🙄)
Pharmacist dispensed too 😬
Mother wasn’t aware the person examining her 5 year old daughter’s vagina was NOT a GP, but a PA

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: Mohammed Fahir Amaaz and Muhammad Amaad have been cleared over the alleged assault of a male police officer at Manchester Airport

Two juries failed to reach a verdict and no further trial will take place

[The NHS Whistleblower @ItsnotrightUK]

You replace doctors with ACPs who do not have the same depth or breadth of medical education and training. They work within protocols and guidelines, with supervision and escalation to doctors when cases fall outside their scope.

Despite this, many are being paid significantly more than equivalent doctor grades.

In reality, most ACP roles function around senior SHO level at best, not consultant or registrar level.