John Shepherd

Tall man, dad of two, EM Registrar, occasional hockey player

[Charlie @John_CarterN]

This is nice. I hope it becomes a thing going forward.

[Vincent J Gnanapragasam @VincentGnanapr3]

@GreatOrmondSt - there are hundred of resident doctors looking for jobs - no excuse now to use assistants for any medical procedures -please advertise and employ a fully qualified medic and ask @DHSCgovuk to create more training places for future paediatric surgeons

[DrVK @drvk_voice]

This is the only path left.
They don’t care about your yrs of study, your sacrifices.
They just want your silence while they replace you.
Do what’s right for yourself & for the profession.
Stop training your substitutes.
Start saying no-before there’s nothing left to say it to.

[John Shepherd @johnashep]

@RCollEM why are we having to wait over 6 weeks for a response to the Leng review?
Departments, EM trainees and Physician Assistants need strong, clear leadership on this issue. Your silence is as baffling as it is infuriating.

[Sophie Howles @SophieHowles]

New placement - ‘please can you advise on how we can sort out a locker’

Theatre manager -‘ you can’t have one’

Us ‘where can we securely store our belongings’

‘That’s your responsibility’

It’s the little things….

[John Shepherd @johnashep]

@EMA_Airport Any chance you could announce this in the airport? Bizzare I have to find this out hunting on twitter when my flight is affected

[John Shepherd @johnashep]

@JimBethell Can we also hear about if tax-payers are entitled to be hereditary peers? Or have a second home? Or annual pay rises?

[John Shepherd @johnashep]

@tramlines will you be showing the lionesses today?

[John Shepherd @johnashep]

@MattWalkerEM @RCollEM it’s infuriating given the speed at which RCOA and RCP put statements out.

[John Shepherd @johnashep]

@RCollEM when can we expect a statement from RCEM about the leng review? The silence so far is deafening

[John Shepherd @johnashep]

@monzo just transferred money to my Monzo account - not come through. Usually very fast. Any issues at the moment? Other bank transfers went fine…

[John Shepherd @johnashep]

@VodafoneUK

Upgraded to full fibre 500, due to start yesterday. Have reset and power cycled the router about 5 times and still not achieving the minimum speeds.

Any advice?

[John Shepherd @johnashep]

@UberUK @UberEatsUk_care I’ve not had my codes for NHS staff this Xmas, account registered with my https://t.co/AiLyb43MFt email for over a year…

[Dr Andy Breakell @TheBreakster]

@dirtybird12345 @wesstreeting @gmcuk @NHSEngland @DHSCgovuk @drcolinm @AmandaPritchard @NadineDorries Probably from the Dean of the Medical School……sensible decision……it’s a graduate entry medical school 👍…….so just apply to GEM ✅🤓

[John Shepherd @johnashep]

@RCollEM next please

[Dr Matt Kneale (🦋drmk.link) @drmattuk]

Huge progress at @RCPhysicians. Shout out to the many who have driven this, esp @parthaskar et al, on council.

https://t.co/agvyBKzy0q

[Dr Done @Dr_Done_]

The PA role is the worst thing to happen to both patients and doctors

Someone with 2 years basic training, being used interchangeably with a doctor of 6-10 years training, except more expensive

Hi @CHFTNHS, aren’t you aware of NHS guidance on this?

☠️

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

Physician associates should not be carrying out medical examinations of children who have reported abuse or who are at risk of abuse and should not produce evidence for courts, forensic doctors have said in guidance
https://t.co/kPDXHnvIzR

[John Shepherd @johnashep]

@bmj_latest who takes the effort to type in a URL like this!? These are, I am sure, useful resources but I am really not going to type in 35+ characters. I would, however, use my phone to scan a QR code that takes me straight there.

[Mike @Mike88881221]

It is incredibly worrying that @RCPCHtweets has appeared to endorse the use of physician associates within child protection services.

There is a lack of paediatricians, but the answer is surely not to replace paediatricians with under-qualified staff.

https://t.co/6ZXuimNAss

[John Shepherd @johnashep]

@IanByrneMP @AlderHey Nice way to raise my BP