Rattled Doc

My ranking for worst things to be faced with after boarding a flight is now : 1. Horde of 14 year olds on a school trip 2. Stag / hen party already hammered by mid morning 3. Highjacker

@jabberwock951 The facial hair choice really does fit the role though. Perfect moustache to twirl while scheming

Why the fuck is our state news media asking the CEO of British Gas if we should drill for more gas? And giving his opinion to the public as fact?

@dymonite69 Fair point.

@rahttled_doc Banks, Insurance companies, Telcos, Internet service providers.......

I dont understand what the unique selling point is meant to be between locum agencies. I get emails from 5 agencies all quoting the same rate for the same dates in the same locations. How do they even compete other than hooking people early and relying on people hating change?

I dont think ive ever experienced a hospital avoidance program in ED that has made my life easier not harder

Is the vibe in real life UK medicine remotely close to that found on X and Reddit?

Im not sure why UK Medtwitter is getting upset about a french word (omnipracticien) being used in a french speaking country

Send out a Google Form asking for roster requests for the next term and give a 3 week window to return it. I can now graph the distribution of Type A staff that immediately completed it and the Type B (majority of) staff who left it til 10 minutes before the deadline.

@GaltMD If thats the case (and im not fully convinced) then its on the doc to communicate the information in a reliable way instead.

@rahttled_doc Oh they tell the patient. The patient just doesn’t listen.

I'm amazed by doctors that call their patients and tell them "your bloods show something wrong you need to go to ED right now" but also dont tell the patient or the ED what the abnormality is. I really love random fishing expeditions

@Elainebks If it seems like that its because youve misread

@rahttled_doc Where? What country? Seems a sweeping generalisation

@maffygirl In that vein, my cousin had Malignant Hyperthermia as a child. That part of the family chose to just ignore it, not mention it to anyone else, and not get any testing sorted for the wider family. They left the big reveal until 20 years later.

Happy Birthday Andy

Interesting watch on @IrelandAMVMTV after i've finished a shift where all of the Registrars and Consultants in my Australian ED were Irish. youtu.be/amwheidWZE0?si…

@FosbrookSteven @e_kehoe Unequivocally. Yes.

@e_kehoe What? am i being a moron?

Do all the GPs keep their ‘Big Pharma’ holidays a secret? There’s definitely none for hospital doctors 😂😂😂😂

Employers: We have employed a new wellbeing team to take care of our staff ❤️ Same Employers : We're engaging in massive amounts of wage theft and constantly breaching contractual entitlements

I could get an extra 3 weeks of leave from work every 2 years if I competed in a sport at World Championship level?! Finally the incentive i've needed to end my decades long dirty bulk.

SA has the lowest number of medical staff per capita in all of Australia... we urgently need a medical workforce strategy to address this gap and plan for the future. @PictonChris I'm sure QLD, VIC, NSW or TAS could share a copy of theirs to help get you started. Please & thanks

"You're far too young to have an opinion on these things" - A quote from a healthcare executive to a doctor in her late 30s.

@justunimpressed @drraja_ Theyre not treated differently. You've misunderstood roster matching.

@drraja_ So if you have a two dr family you should be treated differently to a one dr house with a partner who may work full time and have unsociable hours…. Get a grip.. dr’s with dr partner have no more right to good working conditions than a one dr household #entitled

A resident doctor who moved to Australia told me that their hospital offered him rota match with his wife who is also a doctor. Their duty hours, weekends & holidays can be matched without the stress of asking for swaps or if you have childcare responsibilities, they can have automatic adjustments accordingly. Just a small thing for improving wellbeing In UK, resident doctor may have to deal with additional stress of trying to adjust rota with partner & for childcare.