Roger Scott

Father, husband, Christian, GP Partner. all views my own. Regrettably not infallible. NHS advocate

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

@GaryDelaney It was a great night, just amused my inner pedant.

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

Loving the misspelled sign at @GaryDelaney in St Helens tonight. Really makes the place.

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

@goldstone_tony RPSS has finally arrived. Will sit down either tomorrow or over weekend and look through all of this. Only a year late...

[@DrKatie.BSky.Social @doctor_katie]

If @wesstreeting thinks GPs are stuck in 20thC, visit a hospital

We are the science museum!

➡️Electronic records since 1991
➡️Online triage
➡️Ambient scribes
➡️SMS
➡️Online bookings
➡️Electronic prescribing
➡️Online referrals
➡️Video consults DAYS after 1st lockdown….

1/x

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

@Parody_RCGP Not guilty at all. One of, if not the, best medical shows on tv ever. Grasps and portrays the tension between dark humour and compassion like no other.

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

@goldstone_tony I still dont have an rpss...

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

@pa_StephenNash @wesstreeting Not medical. "Maintain safety"? 40 never events in 5 years in 1 trust.

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

@DanielSokol9 Imagine being the sort of person who attempts to argue that doctors should be paid less than they were 17 years ago in real terms and less than their assistants who can't (legally) prescribe or order investigations involving radiation.

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

@BMA_James_Steen Career average scheme since 2015 for new members. Since 2022 for McCloud. Wage suppression is pension suppression too. Then there's the fact that the NHS pension scheme returns a surplus to treasury every year of BILLIONS (4.3 billion in 2022/3)

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

@Bishop_Beesley @wesstreeting Why let facts get in the way of your opinions?

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

@MartinMonmouth1 @wesstreeting

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

@chatswithem @wesstreeting Don't let actual facts get in the way of your opinions.

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

@chriscraigCCC @DrSteveTaylor @lengreview Minimum GP numbers per 1000 patients. Stop just counting appointments but break down by prof status. GP, nurse, physio, pharmacist etc. We employ GPs, nurses and pharmacist directly. Physio and MH nurse via PCN. No PA in my practice. No PA employed by my PCN. It can be done

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

@DrSelvarajah Pull the udder one

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

@DrEilidhMaria You can dip in and out of private. Can see consultant privately initially then convert back to nhs care *without* having to go back through the GP. Skips that initial wait for OPD.

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

@Funactuary2 @UKGastroDr Potential future earning is not a reason to suppress pay during training. Consultants have also seen their pay massively eroded in real terms over the last 17 years. Subsidising healthcare by underpaying staff is immoral.

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

Standard govt tactics. Announce 2.8%. "Concede" 4%. Claim "inflation busting" payrise via sympathetic media. CPIH to April 25 is 4.1%, RPI is 4.5%. Pay restoration getting further away, not closer. GPs even worse. "Pay portion" of GMS doing some heavy lifting in the announcement

[The BMA @TheBMA]

A 4% pay uplift, less than current inflation, is an insult to doctors in England. This Government has shown it simply doesn’t value doctors.

“The DDRB has failed doctors. If this is the best they can do, government needs to think again.” says @DrPhilBanfield

This ‘award’ pushes #PayRestoration even further out of reach, and doctors even further from the NHS. No one wants a return to scenes of doctors on picket lines but today’s actions have sadly made this look far more likely.

https://t.co/z7KdtKYiWH

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

@JeremyOatesUrol @Parody_RCGP @BenAllenGP Digital letter directly loaded to patient record. We've been screaming about issues like this since the ill thought out plans were first floated. No one listened to justified worries.

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

@Haggis_UK I posted this last year on the back of the election result. Seems apt

https://t.co/ygwayrOsSZ

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

The staggering arrogance of tories, even in defeat. Multiple tory candidates still saying "the natural party of government". You've just been eviscerated at the polls due to rank incompetence + dismal record of failure over last 15 years. Get in the bin all of you. #ge24

[Roger Scott @ImTheDoctor]

@goldstone_tony My record (compiled by accountants each year) is correct. They (you know who) have misattributed work from another GP who shares my name in a region I have never worked to my pension record and because the two don't match have refused to update my record. Trying to correct 7yrs