Ross Keat

Dental Surgeon & Specialist 🦷, Consultant in Public Health 🩺, Purveyor of fine lagered beverages 🍺 . MAMIL in training 🚴. Bolton Wanderers fan ⚽️.

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Anyone from a ‘widening participation’ group who has a dental school interview, DM me. I’ll try and give you a mock interview on zoom/teams before the big day. @DentistGoneBadd @janineyazdi @bascd_uk @MariaZetaMorgan @JasonWong12 @wendythedentist @greig_d_taylor @JessyTheDentist

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@drjanetownson @SebRees1 All LAs will have a Public Health director, so this this is an interesting proposition. More appropriately uses their skill set too, in my opinion.

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@jamesCgreen93 @pa_StephenNash A human factors / vincristine incident waiting to happen…

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@trishgreenhalgh @mancunianmedic Quality pasties tbf 👌

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@Laconic_doc I did a mock interview with a kid who didn’t get in (dental) last year in the same scenario. He had a blast on a gap year and getting relevant experience, re-interviewed (knowing he had the grades already) and got offers - which maybe shows the unis like that they are no ‘gamble’

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@mattspx O2 used to have the emergency services contract (and associated masts). They lost the contract and now have too many people for the masts available.

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@DrEilidhMaria @LegendMase NJC pay erosion has been similarly stark

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@dvassallo It’s kind of impossible to comment without seeing the radiographs!

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@chriscraigCCC As a dental specialist, sounds like you’ve got an absolute bargain!

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@natb990 Atrocious and is ethically questionable imo

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@noodles_nood Not a GP, but on my patch we need more and practices are actively recruiting - Cheshire and Merseyside footprint is fertile ground (as long as you are potentially happy with a short commute).

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@ItsLennnn @WhatCurtlySaid @Official_NCFC It’s about equity, not equality.

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@iamtomskinner Amazing work you’re doing, and third sector orgs do a sterling job - but it’s not that easy. Services have to be commissioned through a really stringent process which is (unfortunately for your narrative) nothing to do with Sadiq Khan.

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Problematic, and a symptom of current central funding for NHS dental provision. This isn’t an NHS charge, and yet is being described as one to a service user. A new, prevention focused contract is required, alongside transparency by this particular dental practice.

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@Dr_BellaR That isn’t an NHS charge - hygienist appt will be private.

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@nicsjourney2BDS It doesn’t. You need to complete a GDC accredited specialty training programme, or grandfather through a portfolio route onto the specialist list.
For some specialties a Masters’ in a pre-requisite for specialist registration, but not all. I completed a 5 year StR training + MPH

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@Dr_BellaR Very very reasonable.

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@JessyTheDentist @GiveBloodNHS @NHSBT Get it on your work lanyard!

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@moribunddr This is a system failure, not your failure.

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@DrEilidhMaria @Hen_Dentist They don’t

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@DrNeilStone Problem is, part of the human condition seems to be - when you get there, you don’t want to make it easier for others to get to where you are…