Bertie W

South Coast Junior Doc. Former high latitude sailor. Enjoy cold water dips. Occasional 🏃🏻‍♀️🚴🏻‍♀️ 🏋🏻‍♀️ ACCS

[Bertie W @whereisbert]

Most people can’t understand why I would leave full time professional sailing for a ‘real job’. Tim sums a lot of it up here. Thanks @Al_Humphreys for sharing. https://t.co/EwOtQ2b2nO via @nextchallenge

[Dr Sandeep Bansal @iDrSunny]

£10 billion of unusable PPE to be binned

That’s enough to pay for 4-5 years of full pay restoration for ‘junior doctors’ in the NHS.

@VictoriaAtkins - you may need to reflect on this

[Bertie W @whereisbert]

@nhsbourbon Not mentioned, the fact that you are tied to the NHS for your entire career because this isn’t an internationally recognised qualification.

[Bertie W @whereisbert]

Congratulated a patient on her “nice big breaths”.
She possibly misheard me.
Awkward pause…
Consultant advised in future I might want to use the expression ‘deep breaths’ to avoid any confusion.

So how’s your day gone #medtwitter…? 😅

[Bertie W @whereisbert]

@ExNHSorthopod @BrennanSurgeon @CIEHF @Baz_k @nialldowney Actually 49% govt owned…

[LBC @LBC]

'We haven't got enough money to spend £2 billion a year paying doctors, but we can find £8 billion a year to cut a tax that's only paid by the richest 4%.'

@BenKentish points out the flaw in the government's claim that the UK 'can't afford' a pay rise for junior doctors.

[Dino Sofos @dinosofos]

Question Time by Harry Enfield And Paul Whitehouse. Perfect.

[Lila @LilaL_Hrv]

Brilliant ❤️

[Bertie W @whereisbert]

@EmieMoose My ortho reg asked me if, ‘Darling, was upset because I was on my period?’
I was not upset, I’d just told him it wasn’t my job to be his secretary. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[Bertie W @whereisbert]

@sh_abbers @ReadabookCG @bethanymedic Yaaaas

[Bertie W @whereisbert]

@bethanymedic @ReadabookCG Congratulations on reaching an FY1 milestone so quickly: “Complaining about gender stereotyping in medicine, only for someone to deliberately take it as an insult against nurses and tell you to suck it up.” 🤦🏻‍♀️
This took me at least a few months.

[Bertie W @whereisbert]

Gave back my Public Health laptop at 10.30 this morning and took myself for brunch. Enjoying the lady of leisure lifestyle.

[Bertie W @whereisbert]

@ickyplod BlueLightCard was a good shout.

[Dr John Knighton @JohnKPHT]

Today, Sen Sr Carol Gain retired. 47 years in the NHS, 41 of them @icu_portsmouth. “…from the age of 4 or 5 all I ever wanted to be was a nurse…” she said today .You’ve been an Outstanding one Carol, thank you for everything, you will be greatly missed💙. @PHU_NHS @LizRix_PHU

[Bertie W @whereisbert]

@MJA9622 Also Robert Galbraith novels are proper page turners but buy them secondhand so you don’t put more money in JK’s pockets.

[Bertie W @whereisbert]

@MJA9622 I’ve just discovered Le Carré. Brilliant.

[Bertie W @whereisbert]

@CCWearmouth I’ve been here. Worked with a fabulous PA, huge respect, worked at ~ST4/5 level in specialty, but asking me as an FY1 to sign his prescriptions and request his scans. Very difficult to say no, but felt very uncomfortable.

[Bertie W @whereisbert]

Rolling out of bed at 8.55a.m. for my 9a.m. WFH Public Health Friday meeting, before extravagant breakfast Fridays. For the last time this rotation. 😢
I’m going to miss this when I’m working in ED.

[BBC Breakfast @BBCBreakfast]

'They are talking about a pay rise this is in reality a brutal pay cut'
The government has announced pay deals for 2.5 million public sector workers as inflation hits salaries.
Dr Enna Runswick from the British Medical Association spoke to #BBCBreakfast
https://t.co/5o0iEatWDw

[The BMA @TheBMA]

Today’s pay cut will come as a bitter blow for doctors across England, as it marks complete failure to recognise their sacrifices during the pandemic.

We will fight for the full restoration of pay lost since 2008.

Comment from @DrPhilBanfield
https://t.co/bwjR6mXTnf