Princess of Colour

Homesick for a place that doesn't exist. Tiny doctor. EM trainee. Ask me about my dogs. IG: ritikasad / themasalamedic

[Princess of Colour @ritikadas_]

@_onlyshaun Lallana

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@JimBethell I don’t remember cabin crew doing an accelerated course to piloting being an acceptable broadening of skill base in another safety critical industry

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@jumbo131601 @LFC Delete this tweet? 🥴

[Professor Azeem Majeed @Azeem_Majeed]

The strain that caused the death of two students in Kent has been confirmed to be MenB. The MenB vaccine was first offered to young children in the UK in 2015 at 8 weeks, 12 weeks and one year. Hence, current university students will not generally have received the vaccine.

[Princess of Colour @ritikadas_]

@MedRegoncall1 100%. Coming from the daughter of two IMGs.

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@Montyburnout123 What grade are you referring to? Foundation doctors do 4 month rotations

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@YouAreLobbyLud @PharmacistExpat 90% of the time the promised GP letter never makes it to A&E

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@bswud Sounds like he was seen by ED? Wonder if he had been referred directly to the surgical team by the GP or not. GP “referral” notes often never make it to A&E which is a deeply frustrating and dangerous part of the process when primary care clinicians tell patients to “go to A&E”

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@rallybird2 @MedRegoncall1 @nhsswipecard @Paramedic_LDN How often are those “challenged residents” a) neurodivergent, b) IMGs acclimatising to NHS (and British!) culture c) a combination of both?

[The BMA @TheBMA]

We are exploring the use of advanced practice roles by NHS employers. To help inform our work, please complete our survey, which is open to all UK doctors and medical students.

https://t.co/Hoy2wYj4ER

[George Reid @dieracg]

I wanted to follow up to some comments: patients are my ONLY motivation here.

I’m an NHS consultant. I am a medically qualified, fully-trained expert in one specialty, and can call a friend who is an expert in any another. My job and income are secure. (1/8)

[Princess of Colour @ritikadas_]

@TriciaHPH @JanGoodeve @LBC The interest rate…

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

A report on the interest paid on student loans. As Sophy Ridge says, its staggering.

To people who say we can't afford to scrap student loans or write off the debt (we can), why can't the loans be made interest free?

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@amen_samson @anaesthetic_spr How can one be advanced in their field 1 year post qualification?

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@jinnieshinnie Yep never seen such long waits before, never experienced having to hold ambulances for 12h outside before. It’s soul destroying.

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@davehartin Most of us are happy to make a cuppa, grab a sandwich, push them to scan (although usually when the porters see all 4’11 of me wrestling a trolley they offer to take over). I don’t consider sorting out a paper jam “fixing IT issues”. It comes across self righteous.

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@GunnerPuls VVD

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@_onlyscott Netherlands

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@IhabFathiSulima Takutsubo cardiomyopathy?

[Anisopoikilocyte @Anisocyte]

An important article and well worth a read.

Raises the issue that both academic knowledge and composite training with a dedicated supervisor are required to train good doctors.

EWTD isn’t solely to blame here - NHS has shifted to using MBBS grads for service provision
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