There is a group of consultants who have watched medical standards decline and the lives of trainees deteriorate because of apathy.
There is another group that has facilitated the degradation of medicine because of their own hubris and hatred of resident doctors
Horrible man
Hey resident doctors, remember this:
You owe the NHS nothing
You owe the public nothing
You owe the Trusts nothing
You worked hard to become highly qualified and skilled professionals, it was all you
You are owed a fair wage and NOT a pay cut! Same for consultants
Strike hard
I was not working in 2008. However, I am not worth anything less than a doctor of the same grade was back then.
Just because I knew “what I signed up for” doesn’t exclude me from fighting for something better.
Can anyone tell me how 20 years as a nurse or physiotherapist or pharmacist etc enables you to do a 2 year course and credentialing to then be medically at the same level as a doctor who has done 5 years (at least) of post graduation training?
Anyone sensible?
IMGs are playing a dangerous game basing their ballot response on how ARM goes.
Could be one way to show the BMA you actually have less power on them than you think, should the ballot pass…
Good evening @lengreview.
I am the “troll” mentioned by @scothepburn and also one of the original whistleblowers on the MAP circus.
The reason I’m not well liked amongst the AA circle is because my ability to present my evidence leaves them with nowhere to hide.
See below.
The result of a totally bonkers decision to remove the Resident Labour Market Test for domestically-trained doctors, meaning they can't be preferred for NHS jobs.
Absolutely insane when we have such a supposed shortage of doctors!
To many doctors this is unsurprising.
The top brass is consumed with reputation management, optics, and pumping out propaganda.
There is little confidence in the leadership.
Change can’t come fast enough. https://t.co/NDJZxYC0Ks
Scattergun approach to JCFs up and down the country from Scunthorpe to GOSH may be feasible to those making a fresh move into the country.
It’s much less a viable option for those who have pull factors to certain areas.
Let’s get things straight.
It is perfectly acceptable to prioritise your own countries graduates.
No one complains that we protect university places for our home students.
I understand IMGs being disappointed, but to cry racism, xenophobia or discrimination is out of order
Cervical cancer is on the way to be ELIMINATED by the wondrous HPV vaccine!
The race is on to be the first country to do it
Sweden 🇸🇪 or Australia 🇦🇺 could be the one ?!
Meanwhile in the US? 🇺🇸
RFK Jr is anti-vaccine so he wants it stopped, even if it means more cancer.
I’ve noticed that some people have it backwards
…that’s understandable on surface level
They seem to think in the NHS the PA is the underdog here
In reality, the PA role is an insidious ploy by government to cheapen healthcare and undermine expertise; the price is your loved ones’ health (or life)
PAs are actually Goliath masquerading as David - hardworking doctors are the underdog (X is the slingshot)
:)
Lots of people think the solution is to increase training numbers.
Last year on average there were 3 candidates per post. You could double the number of training posts and a third of applicants would still go without.
To the “increase posts” crowd, what else should be done?
I’ve said it before,
But if the Leng review turns out to be a whitewash,
Or just another attempt to hoodwink the public and justify the continuation of this dangerous project unchecked and unchanged,
Doctors won’t stand for it and collective action would be all but inevitable.
Had a patient in GP clinic who’s been through a lot & I wanted to, & it felt appropriate to, give her a warm hug
She said “Doctor, that’s the best medicine you could’ve given me”
Sometimes there is no medical treatment that can be given
Sometimes showing humanity is enough.