Steve Gill 💙 🇺🇦

@BROKENBRITAIN0 Advanced Practitioners are not the same as Physician’s Assistants

🚨NEW: It has been revealed that almost HALF of all NHS hospital trusts are using “non-doctors” to fill doctors roles! 🇬🇧 They are using under qualified staff to fill in “rota gaps”, with the doctors union describing the move as a “potential disaster” The advanced practitioners, AKA physician associates, offer one from a background of paramedics or nursing, however, the BMA has said bosses are going TOO FAR - pushing the staff way beyond their training ⚠️ This genuinely sounds like a disaster waiting to happen 😬

@jk_rowling I guess that depends how you define “look silly casting a skateboard”? 🤷‍♂️

I fear this might be my most controversial take ever, but I agreed to put it to a vote so here we are. Hoodies should only be worn by men young enough not to look silly carrying a skateboard.

@RobLaurensonD4P So are you saying that the RCGP pay their examiners for their time but the other college examiners class it as work so it’s paid via their trust? If you are that’s not right either, most examiners I know take AL to do it.

@ICMdoc This was an explanation given to RCGP council for part of the cost of running MRCGP SCA. It was explained that RCGP has a different funding mechanism.

Wow. The NHS pays for examiners for secondary care specialty postgraduate exams. But not for GPs. GP registrars fork out.

@Deedy2201 @amanpour @RNicholasBurns I think his popularity is rising the more he resists joining a pointless war with no tangible end point.

@amanpour @RNicholasBurns Ask the British people what they think of their Prime Minister. He is hated worldwide and aren’t we supposed to be allies? Allies show up when the 💩 hits the fan.

"I've never seen an American president, not just in our lifetime, in the last two centuries of American history, be that critical of a British prime minister." @RNicholasBurns tells me "a fundamental mistake is: disparage your allies, make life difficult for them at home, you really can't expect them to be with you in a fight that they didn't start

@RobLaurensonD4P So where is this money coming from and too? Your claim is lacking detail tbh!

@ICMdoc A Royal College or trust pockets the money and either an examiner volunteers or takes leave

@Microbedoc2 I presume the first one was more polite? There has to be some response for those who don’t engage, and I guess it’s hard (& possibly unnecessary?) to dress that up with flowers and ribbons? 🤷‍♂️ As an aside … I’m guessing you’ve sorted it, so it achieved what they wanted? 😉

@ICMdoc Email in a polite non threatening manner? Why is that so hard?

GMC emails need really work on their tone. The second email reminder about updating designated body does not need to be a threat that in 30 days will begin process of revoking my license. Stop being so melodramatic.

@Microbedoc2 But if you don’t comply with the regulatory requirements which you are professionally and legally obliged to follow what do you want them to do?

@ICMdoc Because Im a highly trained professional not a naughty school child and mutual respect goes both ways?

@SFHFT @UHDBTrust @Leic_hospital @nottmhospitals 🗣️calling all adult/paeds ICU/theatre nurses & ODP’s. Would you like a free place on the Deceased Organ Donation Simulation day on 26th. Feb in Nottingham? You will receive free lunch, certificate & a day of immersive learning. 💗

Resident doctors in Scotland have voted overwhelmingly to accept the latest pay offer. Increasing pay by 10% this year and 9.4% next year. This is an important step forward, but years of pay erosion mean the journey isn’t over. The BMA in Scotland will keep pushing for full pay restoration to protect Scotland’s NHS and the patients who rely on it. bma.org.uk/news-and-opini…

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Fucking prick My son spent 6 months in Iraq, and then two 7 month tours of Afghanistan with the Royal Marines He fought hard in Sangin saw friends die, or be maimed. He bears scars of his own, and he did it because the USA triggered article 5 Risible, amoral fucking bastard

@Matt_Pinner I’ve done them all and “only” 48!

10 for me!!….I feel confident nobody Has all 20!! How many for you?

@anaesthetic_spr A great example of why doctor productivity has supposedly dropped - doing too much admin and other work rather than doctoring!

Fun fact: Did you know that fully qualified F1 doctors in Plymouth hospitals (after completing a solid 5–6 years at medical school) are forced to: work as receptionists in the Obs and Gynae department and call patients to inform them that they have been booked for a Caesarean section on a said date, and discuss alternative dates? They also maintain this list and receive calls from patients. The nurses there feel that this is not their job. This is how your doctors are being utilised in the NHS.

@TrackYourHeart AF (& a AAA)

Some diagnosis you can make just by observing the patient. What's the most likely diagnosis ❓

@campbellclaret @RoryStewartUK @RestIsPolitics I’ve sent this Q before … Is Streeting’s language appropriate? He is of course in dispute but it is with a workforce that he needs going forward, so perhaps a bit more agreeable disagreement and respect might be in order?

@goldstone_tony this should be fun!

@ian_share @jim_demps There is categorically NO justification for this, what are you people talking about?!

@jim_demps He provoked him, they were about to split them up the Wale did something again, Wales are the sore losers here man l, they only show that part were is the rest of it before hand

South Africa winning by 73 points and Etzebeth out gouging players. Absolute scum bag. Ban him and ban him for the year.

ZERO cases of cervical cancer diagnosed in women under age 25 in Australia 🇦🇺 None . Nada . Zip. For the first time since records began! How did this happen? One word VACCINES!!!!!