Jess Powell

Juggling life. Mummy to pony mad girls. Wife of long suffering non horsey husband. Doctor - Geri’s&GIM reg Unhealthy addiction to our equines. My opinions

[Jess Powell @jess_e_powell]

@DrNeilStone The problem is the system is time served based rather than competency based. Some might need longer, some might have extended experience prior to starting ST training and need less. Some LTFT might achieve competence if focused enough but require years of box ticking to CCT

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

@drcolinm But some of the changes proposed are eye popping.

Take this one.

Yes, this really is the Director of Education & Standards of the GMC no less seriously suggesting we can bin much of the content of UK medical schools because doctors can alway use their smartphones. 7/n

[Jess Powell @jess_e_powell]

@parthaskar @RCPhysicians @mmamas1973 @doctor_oxford @trishgreenhalgh @AntonEmmanuel2 @DrLKVaughan @UKGastroDr @RowanHarwood @EileenBurns13 @DrAsifQasim @RoshanaMN Thank you. You have given me a tiny glimmer of hope

[Surgical SHO CT BNO (2019) @AbdoPainHotline]

#BeKind has been weaponised. It is the most subtle yet effective type of gaslighting toxicity.

It stops people speaking up, and makes perpetrators into victims and whistleblowers into perpetrators.

#BeKind doesn't work when there are lives on the line.

[British Team Chasing @TeamChasing]

Do you team chase a thoroughbred? @RoRlatest

[Jess Powell @jess_e_powell]

#NewProfilePic

[Shivani Misra @ShivaniM_KC]

Consultants who think they have good pay either

1) bought a house > 10 years ago and levelled up or
2) benefit from a middle/ high income earning partner or
3) have a CEA award or
4) do private practice

Have a reality check of which privilege you have.

[Jess Powell @jess_e_powell]

@ShivaniM_KC Couldn’t agree more! I’m still an ST4 (qualified 13 years) as our eldest has CP, visually impaired and hydrocephalus. My career took the hit. Husband does private work largely to make up for my terrible salary. Be nice if we both got paid our worth. We don’t feel well off.

[Laurenn @laurenncarterr]

@Xeon4f145d96s1 that is absolutely hilarious…..A neurosurgeon making less than a McDonald’s manager!!

[Steven Alderson @StevenMAlderson]

@Xeon4f145d96s1 For comparison, interns (PGY1) get paid £41K in South Australia.

[THEneurosurgerySpRoncall 🇵🇸☮️🦀 @neurosurgerySpR]

@Xeon4f145d96s1 CCT and flee my friend. Australia are offering 200,000 Australian dollars for the same role. It’s a no brainier (excuse the pun).

[Devan Sinha @DevanSinha]

@Xeon4f145d96s1 Min of 15 yrs of medical training: 5/6 medschool + 2 Foundation + 8 Neurosurg + likely more yrs as junior fellow + MSc/PhD bc neurosurg competitive

to level of skill & expertise considered safe for independent work as consultant

£33.8k starting salary full time in London

wtaf

[The Elms School @TheElmsSchool]

We are very excited to now have our new Head, Ed Lyddon, in situ. We would be delighted to welcome visits from interested parents at any point, be it during the Easter holidays or next term.
To arrange a visit, please visit our website or email [email protected]

[Zack Ferguson @zackferguson]

why are we like this

[scrubsrun @HutchE92]

@ollieburtonmed Australian rota coordinators watching the strikes unfold…

[Ollie Burton @ollieburtonmed]

Re Junior Doctor strikes, the 'if you don't like it, get another job / go elsewhere' crowd need to rapidly learn that doctors are doing exactly that. It's (partly) why you struggle to see a GP, or it takes months to see a specialist. We simply do not have enough of them.

[The Elms School @TheElmsSchool]

We are very proud to be a fully independent prep school and we ensure that every year 8 leaver moves on to the most suited senior school for them (many with scholarships in a wide variety of areas).
This image shows the range of prestigious schools for just this year alone!

[Jess Powell @jess_e_powell]

@artistc1708 @OxfordshireCC @JeremyClarkson I stand corrected however it is @OxfordshireCC that are posting pictures of a mess that their colleagues could fix in an instant. Dragging themselves into the debate quite unnecessarily. If it’s not their jurisdiction why post at all 🤷‍♀️

[Jess Powell @jess_e_powell]

Cana anyone explain why, given how many rota gaps there are, why deaneries are not increasing numbers of NTNs in medical specialities? @TheBMA @gmcuk @RCPhysicians #juniordoctors #postgraduatedoctorsintraining