Sahra Durnford

Consultant Anaesthetist in Portsmouth, mother, wife. Opinions my own.

[Sam Bright @WritesBright]

Prickly Sunak meets member of public.

Patronises them, laughs at them, and then walks away halfway through encounter.

A genuine sign of contempt from PM towards ordinary voters.

[Tim Ricketts @timricketts_]

Based on some recent conversations, I felt like a thread was needed on some of the issues surrounding medical training, and how they intersect with the long term workforce plan.

Buckle in for a long one

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[Sahra Durnford @SDretnik]

@CadburyWorld shame about your awful customer service when cancelling tickets for a 6 year old’s birthday 4 days before the event! Not even an apology or offer to re-book

[British Army 🇬🇧 @BritishArmy]

The @Lionesses have done it. World Cup finalists 󠁧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽️

The @WelshGuardsBand played a rousing rendition of Sweet Caroline at today’s Changing of the Guard outside Buckingham Palace 🎵

Good times never seemed so good ❤️

#Lionesses #FIFAWWC #AUSENG

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[Sahra Durnford @SDretnik]

Thread by @goldstone_tony on Thread Reader App https://t.co/1FxC2j9pRe

[Imran Lasker @DocLasker]

I’m going to assume that anyone against full pay restoration is going to donate any “pay rise” to charity and will be posting receipts on here for all of us to applaud?

[Dan @danrobertson89]

@SteveBarclay We already massively underpay our Consultants. If 134k is an average then the comparison below to 🇳🇿 demonstrates this. That’s £200k.

[BMA Consultants @BMA_Consultants]

The Government is hoping Consultants will back down.

We won’t.

Watch @Vish_Sharm address our rally today 👇👇👇 #ConsultantStrike

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

DDRB quote of day: "doctors ..should not be treated as an exception..when this is not happening in other groups"

I AGREE 👏

DDRB #shouldhavegonetoSpecSavers👓➡️wouldnt be in this mess with 7.5 MILLION W/L(highest ever & rising)if we were "other groups"👇 vs #JustAnotherPaycut

[Sahra Durnford @SDretnik]

@SkyCricket Skills

[Sahra Durnford @SDretnik]

Love you Pete

[Sky Sports Cricket @SkyCricket]

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[Sky Sports Cricket @SkyCricket]

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[BMA Consultants @BMA_Consultants]

Consultants in England have voted a resounding YES to taking industrial action this July.

✅Turnout: 71.08%
✅Yes votes: 20,741 – 86.08%

Together we can #FixConsultantPay now and for the future. Read more: https://t.co/Rq4seoH752

[BMA Consultants @BMA_Consultants]

We have written to the Health Secretary outlining our successful ballot result. We have made clear that the Government can avert strike action with a credible offer that addresses our decline in pay. Read more about how we plan to #FixConsultantPay: https://t.co/Rq4seoH752

[Royal College of Anaesthetists @RCoANews]

Congratulations to Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust @PHU_NHS anaesthetic department on being reaccredited under our Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA), demonstrating their commitment to patient safety and excellence of care. https://t.co/Q47mJEJ81h

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

5/ Whilst issues with the Annual Allowance are central to the NHS pension crisis, rapidly rising inflation is now also destroying the Lifetime Allowance at unpredented rates. Ultimately we need a long term solution like offered to the judiciary #taxunregistered

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

4/ But even in the short time since the evidence for that report was collected, things are now moving exponentially with rapidly rising inflation causing issues with #CPIdisconnect #NegativePIAs & the very urgent need to #FixTheFinanceAct as raised recently by @DrDanPoulter

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

3/ Much of the general problem has been explained many times, including in the recent excellent @CommonsHealth report that correctly concluded that "It is a NATIONAL SCANDAL that senior doctors are being forced to reduce their working contribution"

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

2/ I start by explaining in detail how about tax relief in the NHS is *not* the same as the private sector, nor is it the same as other public sector schemes

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

1/ As one of the leading experts on pension taxation in NHS I've personally reached out to @trussliz @RishiSunak with my thoughts on this existential threat to the NHS & solutions

If you want #TalkToTony I'd be happy to explain this complex issue.

Read 👇& RT if you agree