Susannah Argyropoulo

Junior doctor
Feminist
Mummy of 4 and 🐕
Gym junkie

[Chris Rose @ArchRose90]

Open borders Andy Burnham is actually a very dangerous man.

We certainly don’t need another MP who has a record of speaking up for illegal migrants more than he has spoken up for law-abiding British taxpayers.

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

There is only one European nation with fewer hospital beds per capita than the UK

Sweden but they have the highest number of care home & nursing home beds

26% fewer care home beds
23% fewer nursing beds

Fewer hospital beds

Then people wonder why A&E is blocked

[Yorkshire james @JamesMacki35579]

@LeonardBriscoe3

[Susannah Argyropoulo @zannawoo]

@ClarksonsFarm1 Absolutely!

[Emma Hilton @FondOfBeetles]

First, try to escape/run away.

Second, try to attract attention/scream/make noise.

But third, *if you have no choice but to defend yourself*, knee him in balls. Or kick him in the balls. Or punch him in the balls. And do it as hard as you can, make it count.

Said every parent to every daughter, forever, in what used to be an entirely uncontroversial life lesson.

#IStandWithGlinner

[Susannah Argyropoulo @zannawoo]

@DrLKVaughan Absolutely.

[Susannah Argyropoulo @zannawoo]

@KemiBadenoch Disgusted. As a doctor who was on the fence you've just pushed me to be much more pro strike. Burnt out, abused by patients and management. Poorly paid for level of training and responsibility. Yes I hold lives in my hands so treat me accordingly.

[Susannah Argyropoulo @zannawoo]

@Jikkyleaks @tanstech @DrEilidhMaria @Fynnderella1 @btysonmd @SabinehazanMD I wasn't there for every patient, but when I saw a patient struggle, scared and alone without family I did what I could. I didn't suggest I held the hand of every dying patient.

[Susannah Argyropoulo @zannawoo]

@tanstech @Jikkyleaks @DrEilidhMaria @Fynnderella1 @btysonmd @SabinehazanMD Pneumonitis and pneumonia are different. There were patients on antibiotics. As a junior you follow the consultant plan. They have more knowledge and experience. You don't act rogue and cause potential harm

[Susannah Argyropoulo @zannawoo]

@Jikkyleaks @tanstech @DrEilidhMaria @Fynnderella1 @btysonmd @SabinehazanMD Well, it did happen. I also had a patient who I brought salads for lunch in for as he wouldn't eat hospital food. Strange times. When people couldn't have their families some of us did what we could. Humanity.

[Susannah Argyropoulo @zannawoo]

@tanstech @DrEilidhMaria Most of us had no access to this data

[Susannah Argyropoulo @zannawoo]

@tanstech @DrEilidhMaria We agree with the issues but not the solutions. Ultimately I feel that good drs are hugely undervalued. Poor ones sit at staff grade on jobs for life with increasing increments (they will never be consultant)

[Susannah Argyropoulo @zannawoo]

@tanstech @DrEilidhMaria Absolutely. I should not be diagnosing cancer almost daily in A&E. It is an inappropriate place to break the news.
we should not have "corridor care".
And we should all take some responsibility for our own health

[Susannah Argyropoulo @zannawoo]

@tanstech @DrEilidhMaria So at the crux we agree. 20% of my pay goes directly back into the NHS. I could pay for very comprehensive insurance for my whole family with that...

[Susannah Argyropoulo @zannawoo]

@tanstech @DrEilidhMaria Agreed, we are not perfect. We just (hopefully) do our best. My MRI scan was normal. My hysterectomy proved my womb was far from normal

[Susannah Argyropoulo @zannawoo]

@tanstech @DrEilidhMaria My pension is different. I started medicine 10 years late so will likely be working until 70+. Pay is in no way performance linked. It definitely should be. Being most senior means signing off on the decisions of the more junior

[Susannah Argyropoulo @zannawoo]

@tanstech @DrEilidhMaria Nhs, not drs. This is a management issue. I sat on waiting lists for years too

[Susannah Argyropoulo @zannawoo]

@tanstech @DrEilidhMaria For the record I am paid £28.45 per hour (1/3 extra out of hours) and am the most senior person in depnt on nights. I think that deserves a payrise

[Susannah Argyropoulo @zannawoo]

@tanstech @DrEilidhMaria I can see that. Try working in it. As an A&E dr I constantly apologise for wait times even though out of my control. You don't feel valued or appreciated. Add to that my pay is lower than most of my juniors (they have been drs for longer). The payscales need totally adjusting imo