Jade Holmes (Dixon)

Mancunian. Adult emo-kid. Doctor (O&G❤️). TV binger. Feminist. Swiftie.

[Jade Holmes (Dixon) @jadio]

@UberEats my uber eats order was delivered to the wrong house! The delivery photograph clearly shows a different front door and support are refusing to acknowledge this. Who can I contact to properly investigate?

[Jade Holmes (Dixon) @jadio]

@Anniedroid_ We need to be on AfC

[Rob Galloway @DrRobgalloway]

I have just finished another set of incredibly difficult weekend nights as the A&E consultant incharge.

Some thoughts:

The NHS no longer provides unscheduled care - we provide treatment. Care is with dignity - that's impossible for our patients in corridors.

The model of acute care is not working or sustainable. We need a completely different approach - with long term investment in prevention and community care

111 need to change risk thresholds as far too many come to a&e when they don't need to.

There needs to be alternative pathways to get care overnight for those who don't have accidents or emergencies. A&E shouldn't be anything and everything

Staff are broke - supporting staff is just as vital as looking after patients

This government have totally decimated our the NHS. They are the ones who should be apologising to our patients not our staff.

Hundreds are dying each week because of lack of hospital capacity and corridor care in a&e, yet it's not on the news and no public uproar. As staff and patients we have accepted the unacceptable.

Everyone needs to know the reality of what is happening - so that politicians offer a different solution and patients get the care they deserve. Sadly most of the public have no idea of what is genuinely going on.

And finally, a post night fry up is the best antidote for the stresses of the weekend. Goodnight!

[Jade Holmes (Dixon) @jadio]

@ClaaareKirwan Standard

[Jade Holmes (Dixon) @jadio]

@alluringrep Fax

[Jade Holmes (Dixon) @jadio]

@hasyourregtried A half eaten apple. A protein bar

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

Potentially useful chart for understanding why bits of concrete are falling from the ceilings of British schools https://t.co/hHxctI0ccO

[Jade Holmes (Dixon) @jadio]

@AXS_UK Hi, AXS has decided I'm a bot on the taylor swift sale - please could this be sorted before the 1pm sale?

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

This clip was taken from the stage after the speeches and just before #JuniorDoctorsStrike moved towards Downing street. As you can see, Trafalgar Square is full.

Why wasn't the scale of this central London protest not shown on the news?

[Paddy McGuinness ❤️ @PaddyMcGuinness]

I’m shocked Junior Doctors are on a £14 hourly wage? I find that mind blowing, considering I wasn’t far behind that teaching Boxercise classes in the early noughties. Are you shocked by this? The Dr’s pay that is, not the Boxercise? #JuniorDoctorsStrike

[Tim Ricketts @timricketts_]

There’s a lot of confusion about junior doctors at the moment. Who are they? How much are they paid? Why are they striking? I’m a junior doctor, and thought I’d do a thread on the topic, so that people can link to it when someone spouts misinformation

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[Gary Lineker @GaryLineker]

Good heavens, this is beyond awful.

[Jade Holmes (Dixon) @jadio]

@russpen7 @Chuks_LDN @souramoo I think they’re intrinsically linked. Most of the day to day issues with conditions are related to lack of staff (though some are to do with infantilisation of us- for example having no say in where we work.)
If pay was improved, I’d wager there would be more staff around..

[Jade Holmes (Dixon) @jadio]

@Chuks_LDN @russpen7 @souramoo Very complicated. A mixture of doctoring being a large part of my identity, actual enjoyment of the job, guilt, Stockholm syndrome! But lots of doctors are leaving (which is what needs to be stopped- a society does need doctors)

[Jade Holmes (Dixon) @jadio]

@Martin96852182 @souramoo @Stephen56772165 Lots of doctors get paid less than 30k…

[Jade Holmes (Dixon) @jadio]

@Lux_Lotus @souramoo Our ‘trainees’ can work up to 72 hours a week. (But 48 on average) This doctor appears to be on a rotation without on call work (I’ve never had one of those!), and our ‘residency’ equivalent is 7-10 years which is much longer :-(

[Jade Holmes (Dixon) @jadio]

@Kevinbrown7979 @souramoo But we wouldn’t have any doctors (except those with rich parents) if we didn’t take student loans… so it’s got to be taken into account when discussing our pay!

[Resident Doctors @BMAResidents]

Junior doctors have voted YES to strike action in England.

This is a giant step forward for junior doctors and #PayRestoration. Thank you to everyone who worked so hard for this. Keep an eye out for next steps. #BMADoctorsVoteYes https://t.co/aqmKXZXKN6

[Jade Holmes (Dixon) @jadio]

@LeitoVr @drzieglergyn @kidney_boy Yeah my lab result was gonna be platelets of 55, BP 190/110