Fran Verey

This is brilliant.

@zackferguson Exactly this. There’s long been a feeling that doctors will (eventually) get paid a shit ton of money so they can afford to pay for training. Now we are asking juniors to help support PAs who are paid more than them and seem in some places to get better training opportunities.

My experiences working with PAs in acute medicine have been entirely positive. But if you’re offering training experiences to PAs that you are not offering to doctors, you’re not only doing enormous damage to your juniors, you’re making the friction between the two groups worse.

@ollieburtonmed This is madness We have a new role with no regulatory body; no defined remit so no way of measuring if their training meets the needs of the non existent remit! Plus the role is affecting junior doctor training. It’s not fair on the PAs themselves or the junior doctors.

In fact in addition - all senior doctors, check in with your Foundation doctors and SHOs. Are they dealing with prescribing and oversight burden that you should be managing yourself? Do they feel safe and able to speak up if they are? You might be failing them.

@parthaskar @RCPhysicians What really gets me is how on earth we have started a PA program without knowing their remit. How can we train a whole group of people when the end aim of that training has never been formalised. Surely we have no idea if the training meets their remit at work if that’s not set.

To say this has annoyed me is an understatement And am a recently elected councillor @RCPhysicians Neither am I the only one Yet? Could be spark needed Scope, Regulation,Safety - are issues. Encourage all colleges to do similar Don’t jump cos we are told to. Do your job

Fabulous conference championing older trauma care. .Sorry only face to face no online component. . eventbrite.co.uk/e/severn-major…

@ConorJones921 Sadly no as it’s something I’m running with another ED/geriatric consultant and we don’t have the tech support and infrastructure to stream sorry.

@FranVerey Looks great! Are there any plans to stream this?

An excellent one day conference looking at - Current research into older chest injuries. Haematology and how it affects trauma. Spinal injuries in the older population. The vital role of the geriatrician and rehab and how if differs. eventbrite.co.uk/e/severn-major…

@DrRobgalloway I went into my sons school and did an assembly about the importance of exercise and told them all it would improve their attention no end!! Far more than another maths lesson!!

You only have to look at the current state of our health service, to realise that modern medicine, so good at treating acute illness but without as much attention on prevention and long-term illness, is failing our patients. There is an inextricable rise in demand for medical care which is unsustainable. Unless things change, this situation will only get worse. And more and more patients will suffer. As an A&E Dr, in many ways, I provide a sticky plaster to societal problems. We need to move our mindset from treatment to prevention of illness. Only lifestyle changes can truly reduce demand and in the medium to long term preserve a healthy service for all and not just those lucky enough to afford private care. Doing regular exercise is the single most important thing that anyone can do for their health and thus reduce demand on health care systems. Two new studies have shown that even small amounts of exercise both for adults and kids can make a massive difference to both physical and mental wellbeing. In this week’s mail health article, these scientific papers are reviewed and the importance of exercise examined. In summary, get out there, walk or jog; even small amounts are so good for you - you don’t have to do a 10K or a marathon. But if you want that as a goal, as the medical director of the @BrightonMarathn I can thoroughly recommend our races!

Severn Major Trauma Network Older Trauma Conference Tickets, Thu 5 Oct 2023 at 08:00 | Eventbrite the conference for anyone who looks after older Trauma patients from fall to rehab. Still places for delegates and posters on older trauma work. . eventbrite.co.uk/e/severn-major…

Radiographers are striking today and I support them. I could not do my job without them. They really are one of many groups of unsung heroes in the NHS And deserve to be paid better.

It sounds like many, many hospitals are suffering today with the strikes. I very much doubt any ED or wards are truely safe today. Good luck to everyone over the next 5 days

It strikes me (pun very much intended) that we value and pay properly people who make money and not those who care, protect and educate. There’s so much wrong in that.

@JujuliaGrace Wow we got nothing at all in recognition in our trust not even a sausage roll.

What right do these people have to celebrate a service which they’ve taken active steps to undermine?🚨 #NHS75 mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

@GPDrYvetteDoc I’m not sure ranting between primary and secondary care will help anything. No one is deliberately doing their job badly and holding onto information sharing in either direction.

When will we put a time limit on secondary care sending their clinic letters? Cancer review...

@trentconsultant When my best friend died in the navy they included the (incorrect) price of her parents house in the article. Totally irrelevant and a lie!! Seems to be their thing.

If the Daily Mail really thinks my house is worth £1m could they please put in an offer? I checked on Zoopla &= £598k. I learnt plastering & carpentry to work on it, replastering about 1/3! Also could they help with the enormous mortgage fees their buddies in gov have caused me?

@EDBRIGlobal @dpcourtney84 @GreenManUltra @BRIeducation @uhbwNHS Wow impressive

@MaxiRebecca It was phenomenal. I was there.

@TJCoats We’re working together to try and get this better in NBT. Shameless plug here for our October older trauma conference in Bristol. Severn older trauma conference on eventbrite.

Geriatric trauma workshop in full swing #ICEM2023 When to scan? Falls assessment? Lots of common problems. Despite similar looking decision rules clear Atlantic divide in scanning policy!