Peter Swinyard

Retired Swindon GP and keen motor caravanner. I'm the one in front of the traffic jam...not! (Usual disclaimers, own opinions etc

[Peter Swinyard @phoenixdoc]

@VPointon Bo**ocks
That's what is different

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I could not have worked as juniors do now. Pay is only part (but a major part) of the problem

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#JuniorDoctorsStrike #JuniorDoctorsStrikes
I qualified in 1979. I am a trifle tired of seeing some of my contemporaries mouthing off. Yes, my initial pay was £1/hrs for first 40 hours and the next 76 hours compulsory overtime 33p/hr. Desperately silly hours.
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#JuniorDoctorsStrike
...but I had tuition fees paid and a grant for living expenses (my parents had to top up to advised level). We worked as a team "The Firm" , patients were in hospital long enough for us to learn much about natural history of disease & continuity of care 2/3

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@TheRSC #JuliusCaesar Just seen the matinée. What a travesty. So much of Shakespeare's subtleties lost in over-woke production and casting. Sign language put big barrier up to majority who don't speak it. Dreadful.

[Sir Chris Ham @profchrisham]

sensible suggestion on @BBCRadio4Today by former chair of pay review body that govt should ask it to to revisit its recommendation this year taking account of data on inflation not available at time of its original decision @Jeremy_Hunt @SteveBarclay

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@BBCNews What a depressing 6pm bulletin. And what's happening in Ukraine?

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@JustinWelby @trussliz Sanctimonious prig. Stop commenting on politics and get your own house in order

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We know Boris is flawed (understatement time) but he alone actually has an electoral mandate.

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@Gurudoc I'm not sure that they will get out of their factional bunkers long enough to coalesce into a leadable party

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Saw #FascinatingAida in Newbury last night. Wonderful entertainment! https://t.co/Dxm4RDI9Nb i think!

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@Deborah62655228 Sorry to hear of your illness and wishing you a speedy recovery. Peter S

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@Deborah62655228 Delighted to see you are still in there battling for better services (TV news today). All the best. Peter S.

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@paulsinha I visited High and Mighty and they said they supplied The Beast

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@JoHoad1 @PaulStanleyLive Modern comedy seems to take pleasure in personal cruelty. I can't imagine Bob Monkhouse having to sink so low to entertain

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@Caravanstuff4U Skunk

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@DeanEggitt Speak. If you have organisational responsibility as a GPC member make clear that these are your views not gpc

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@pulsetoday @KailashChandOBE Kailash and I disagreed on much but agreed where it mattered. I always looked up to him and took great note of his views

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@DrSdeG Bad Stephanie!

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@CandSCmagazine Undiscovered compromised beauty