Northern Anaesthesia

Northern School of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

Given September 2025 CPI was 3.8% a 3.5% consolidated pay rise - if accepted by government in the other 3 UK nations other than Wales - would produce a small negative PIA for AA pension growth

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

BREAKING: DDRB recommendation for a 3.5% consolidated uplift effective from 1 April for the following groups:

Consultants
Specialty, specialist, and associate specialist (SAS) doctors and dentists
Resident doctors and dentists
Locally employed doctors

[The BMA @TheBMA]

A 3.5% pay award means another real terms pay cut for doctors in England.

With inflation already higher, this fails to address historic pay erosion and sends a clear message about how doctors are valued.

Read more: https://t.co/JIDxtCh5Y8

[Sophia Edwards 💙 @sophia_edw28123]

Right, let’s just point the finger at doctors.

Apparently years of underfunding, staff shortages, and zero winter planning had nothing to do with the crisis. It’s all down to a five-day strike.

Funny how the ones keeping the NHS afloat get blamed.
https://t.co/yLWXcmieEi

[Resident Doctors @BMAResidents]

Calling ALL resident doctors in England – our re-ballot on jobs and pay is officially open📢

Let’s keep the pressure up on the Government!

Look out for your orange envelope in the post and return your YES vote by 26 January.
https://t.co/NPGqVRIGOC

[Association of Anaesthetists Resident Doctors @Anaes_Residents]

So induction is finishing and you’re looking to start your career as an anaesthetist!

Why not go full anaesthesia and join the @Assoc_Anaes?

https://t.co/9d4yaDRWpK

The lucky bunch at UHB were on the receiving end of some rather fetching welcome kits!

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

The @BMA_Pensions position on raiding our pension to fund pay rises is crystal clear 👇

"it would be completely unacceptable to raid their pensions to pay for [pay rises]. The SoS has not approached us about this proposal, but it is something we would outright reject

[Northern Anaesthesia @nsaicm]

Anyone looking for APLS place - Spaces available @CHFTNHS 20/21 March. For contact details let me know.

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

Additional NOT Instead

NHS England has an obsession ~ additional roles ARRS 31,000 have added 50m appt/year cost £1.4bn

Done at the expense of GPs by cutting core funding by 20%. Now 8000 fewer GPs than needed

8000 GPs would have provided 50m appts & cost approximately £700m

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

It's official - my brown envelope (RPSS) has finally arrived today! BUT I'm not going to open it until Sunday 13th @ 6pm so I can do a "live opening", and talk you through it & answer these 5 questions 👇

Please spread the word/RT

More info here & TBC
https://t.co/gPc73F0pHZ

[Royal College of Anaesthetists @RCoANews]

Member consultation on the draft AA Scope of Practice 2024 will begin next week. All eligible members have been emailed details on how to participate. Relevant organisations are invited to respond too.

Read the draft Scope of Practice & briefing 👇
https://t.co/yhHN9TeNBE

[Royal College of Anaesthetists @RCoANews]

5. Register for e-Learning Anaesthesia (e-LA), our interactive online learning resources developed in partnership with e-Learning for Healthcare.

Modules 1-7 are designed for anaesthetists in training and are mapped to the core training curriculum.

https://t.co/rt692UzeMi

[Royal College of Anaesthetists @RCoANews]

4. New to the LLP – get to grips with our Lifelong Learning Platform at another FREE webinar on 4 September 10.00am.

🔹How to get started on the LLP as a new user 🔹Ask questions of the LLP team.

Book now: https://t.co/H04sRgiZTX

[Royal College of Anaesthetists @RCoANews]

Join our wonderful team of examiners!

The application window for Primary FRCA examiner recruitment is now open.

Application deadline: 31 July 2024
Full details: https://t.co/ZapqESfGOD

[Andrew Kane @adk300]

For Anaesthetists looking to combine clinical work with an interest in perioperative research please do consider applying for our fellowship to combine the two from August. @GerryDanjoux @TVRAResearch @AnaesRes_Stees @tripomuk @RAFTrainees

https://t.co/cj6Vr3bYSi

[A-liNE @_a_liNE_news]

Dr Chloe Fairbairns is standing for the @Assoc_Anaes Board!

Her passions for trainee wellbeing, human factors and patient safety have made her a fantastic @nsaicm Stage 3 TPD and @SouthTees Airway Lead.

It's time for everyone to benefit from her expertise! #VoteForChloe

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

@nick_grundy NHS Pension Scheme

‘Interesting’ that it runs a surplus of over £4.6bn per year

NHS staff with their ‘golden’ pensions costing the country £Millions. Well it appears not to be the case 🤔

[Nicholas Grundy @nick_grundy]

Your occasional reminder that the NHS pension scheme has returned net profit to the Treasury pretty much every year since its inception. Time to rebalance the reporting on it, I'm afraid.

[Mike Henley 🤨 @trentconsultant]

It is not the job of the workforce to subsidise the service by working for cheap, especially when it comes to filling staffing gaps due to poor pay, terms, conditions; charge your worth or say no, do not be guilt tripped, *this is a matter of purely political choice* please RT

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

"62.3% of respondents felt that the deal did not go far enough"👇
#PayRestoration