If you see this guy on TV later trying to justify why NHS staff don’t deserve a decent pay rise, I want you to remind yourself that he owns 9 separate homes.
Hi, ER Doc here.
If your nose is bleeding, DO NOT TILT YOUR HEAD BACK. This just makes the blood drip down the back of your throat and you will then swallow and/or choke on it. Pinch the soft part of your nose and TILT YOUR HEAD FORWARD. Please tell your friends about this.
"Well go get a job that pays more" is the most frequent and most blancmange-brained gotcha that people use about the junior doctor strikes. EVERYONE'S ALREADY LEAVING! THAT'S THE EXACT PROBLEM! IF WE DON'T FIX THE PROBLEM THERE WON'T BE ANYONE LEFT!
Today it has been reported that during our first round of action in England mortality rate was 11.1% above the 5 year average.
What they haven’t reported was that in Wales, where no strike action took place, mortality rate was 14% above the 5 year average. 1/3
Here’s my payslip as a first year doctor in 2005, next to a first year doctor colleague’s in 2023. 18 years later, their take home salary is less than mine was. I lived for free in hospital accommodation and had a fraction of their student loan.
#JuniorDoctorsStrike
Harrowing words from a senior emergency medicine doctor showing the despair at not being able to provide the level of care every doctor hopes to for their patients. Every doctor, nurse & HCW can empathise with this right now.
Shared w/ permission. Pls RT to get this out there.
This is your NHS. This is what staff are experiencing on the daily. You have highly educated, desperately in need staff on 20-odd K, and you only have to pick a random one out to find out why we are haemorrhaging them. Heart goes out to this ED nurse.