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@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

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

@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!!!!!

@goldstone_tony @BMA_James_Steen @thetimes @Quilter How do we make @thetimes retract this?

"As junior doctors conclude another five days of strike action over pay and training contracts, new analysis has suggested that they already receive a guaranteed pension of £125,000 a year." Absolute rubbish quoted from @thetimes @Quilter inews.co.uk/news/what-doct…

@doctimcook @NicholasChrimes @Anaes_Journal Interesting, will have a read. Is there any decent evidence it actually reduces aspiration events?

@ICMdoc @NicholasChrimes @Anaes_Journal It occludes the hypopharynx People mistakenly focus on the oesophagus and the oesophagus don’t even start til below the cricoid so of course is not occluded The papers are useful journals.lww.com/anesthesia-ana… journals.lww.com/anesthesia-ana… Recent review journals.lww.com/anesthesiology…

Cricoid has been selectively vilified out of RSI in some settings but has more evidence, less risks and a better rationale than any other cited component. So why not do it routinely for all tracheal intubations? Let the games begin. In @Anaes_Journal …-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

@KrasnovHunter @RupertLowe10 I would also add that the IMGs who come to work in this country are most definitely qualified, and they have to pass tests to confirm their English language. Most that I have worked with are good doctors and it’s not their fault we have screwed up our workforce plan.

@KrasnovHunter @RupertLowe10 I’m no fan of Mr Lowe but there are definitely UK trained docs struggling to get jobs in part because of the number of international medical grads coming to the UK. The other bit of the equation is a government failure to expand the number of doctor jobs in the UK appropriately

I have been contacted by a ludicrous number of medically qualified British men and women who cannot get a job in the NHS. Just this morning, one young woman training to be a midwife who, along with many other students, has been told not to expect any employment offer. This is at a time when hospitals are employing countless foreign nationals who can barely speak English. It’s true. It’s not racist to point that out. We can all see it. Can somebody explain why we are relying on foreign labour, potentially unqualified and incapable, when our own trained people cannot find work in our health service? Anybody? Because to me, that looks downright moronic We need to drastically reduce our reliance on migrants in the health service, particularly when there are qualified Brits being turned away. TRAIN our own people. Stop allowing foreign nationals into British medical schools - give young British boys and girls the chance to qualify, not random foreigners. It’s a scandal. Why are hospitals prioritising hiring migrants over our own medics? Anybody? Any idea? I have had SO many people from within the NHS contact me with concerns about the competence of foreign staff. SO many. The vast majority terrified to speak out at work for fear of being labelled a racist and being unfairly targeted by woke hospital bosses. So why are we filling our hospitals with foreign workers when qualified Brits are sitting unemployed? I will raise this in Parliament until we get answers. This is a scandal nobody is talking about. I will.