Anonymous NHS Comms Officer

Thoughts and concerns about NHS from a non-clinical perspective.

[Anonymous NHS Comms Officer @nhs_comms]

@NoseySurgeon I don't. It was on Thursday morning though.

[Anonymous NHS Comms Officer @nhs_comms]

Watched a consultant on Sky News not just having to defend the industrial action but their current salary.

A consultant.

Someone who's responsible for people's lives and wellbeing, highly trained, and not replaceable.

And newscaster suggesting they should get a pay cut.

[Anonymous NHS Comms Officer @nhs_comms]

Thinking of leaving Twitter as my notifications and recommendations increasingly become far right and conspiratorial.

Are there any NHS or #MedTwitter people on Threads worth following?

[Anonymous NHS Comms Officer @nhs_comms]

@BMA_James_Steen When Jeremy Hunt was appointed as Chancellor, the HSJ wrote several op eds that he may be person to help rescue the NHS. Of course ignoring his record as health Secretary.

[Anonymous NHS Comms Officer @nhs_comms]

Why, on so many issues, are we having to fight not just for improvements but to maintain the status quo.

Public sector pay, trans rights, environmental regulations... we cannot make much progress as having to fight just to keep what is already in place.

[Anonymous NHS Comms Officer @nhs_comms]

@Dr_BellaR Working in comms, we got told about planned dates for AfC about a month after announcement so expect the same here

[Anonymous NHS Comms Officer @nhs_comms]

@Dr_BellaR Oddly as a office worker in a hospital I feel the opposite. Sick of office clothes and wish I could walk around in scrubs which seem lot comfier

[Anonymous NHS Comms Officer @nhs_comms]

@DurrantNiall Found it frustrating the HSJ wrote countless pieces speculating he would be suddenly great for the NHS.

[Zack Ferguson @zackferguson]

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.

[Anonymous NHS Comms Officer @nhs_comms]

I don't think the leader of the Conservative Party is in any place to accuse other people of being bullies

[Rishi Sunak @RishiSunak]

@Conservatives 3️⃣ Today’s offer is final.

There will be no more talks on pay.

This country will not be bullied into higher taxes or higher borrowing to fund unrealistic pay demands, risking higher inflation.

[Anonymous NHS Comms Officer @nhs_comms]

BBC neglecting to mention that pay rise will have to come from existing budgets...

Intentional or oversight, you decide

[Anonymous NHS Comms Officer @nhs_comms]

We have had our media coming to cover the strikes cancel tomorrow due to The Sun story.

Not content with messing up a man's life, they have also managed to divert any attention from issues with the NHS

[Anonymous NHS Comms Officer @nhs_comms]

I'll be first to say it but #MedThreads sounds a lot better than #MedTwitter

[Anonymous NHS Comms Officer @nhs_comms]

One of main issues, is many people who become managers in the NHS have no prior experience of people/team management.

And those people when moved into a management position are often provided with little training or guidance. So you have a bunch of managers winging it.

[Anonymous NHS Comms Officer @nhs_comms]

Both of these can be simultaneously true:

1. The NHS doesn't have enough managers.

2. The NHS has a lot of bad managers

[Shaun Lintern @ShaunLintern]

Limiting how many tweets I can see per day is probably the best intervention for my health and wellbeing that anyone has ever made. Thanks Elon!

[Anonymous NHS Comms Officer @nhs_comms]

Important: from Monday our hospital will be enacting significant changes to visitor rules. All visitors must-

Sorry, you have reached your 6000th tweet of the day. Please pay £8 to continue to read this message.

[Anonymous NHS Comms Officer @nhs_comms]

To be honest, we were all expecting the NHS Workforce Plan to be a mess.

What we're waiting for now is whether Labour will call out the erosion in clinical standards and safety, or whether both parties are complicit in the decline of the NHS

[Anonymous NHS Comms Officer @nhs_comms]

The #NHSWorkforcePlan appears purely to generate positive headlines amongst public and not fix any of the issues.

"Look over there at the tens of thousands new clinical staff, pay no attention to the decline in standards and patient safety"