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Sign up link for the ST1/ST3 interview support course for this cycle. As always if you come and find it useful pay it forwards. forms.gle/LyaCuzUXVrmtq2… @jtg_baoms @FitOmfs @BAOMSOfficial @UKSWiMS

@BAOMSOfficial @TorbaySDevonNHS @WomenSurgeons @UKWENTs @AOCMF_official @AOUKEd @jtg_baoms @FitOmfs @KathyFanSurgeon @DhariwalDaljit

*ANNOUNCEMENT - NEW PRESIDENT OF SWIMS* I am delighted to announce Lynne Fryer has agreed to become the 4th President of SWIMS. Miss Lynne Fryer works at Torbay Hospital, South Devon. I wish her the best of luck in the role. Kanwalraj Moar Immediate Past President SWIMS

Surely we can do better than a massive majority male faculty at a conference primarily aimed at changing the way women look? I’m surprised this got past #TheRoyalSocietyOfMedicine - not to mention the endorsers of this course… @WomenSurgeonsUK @SurgeryWomen @BAPRASvoice

1/2 Blood boiling 🥵 Yet another #Manel I’m calling you out @RoySocMed @BAPRASvoice Why do organisors and conference hosts use pics of all male faculty? Why not include your female experts? @medicalwomenuk @womenspeakersHC @RoshanaMN @scrubssurvivors @RCSnews @scarlettmcnally

@RoySocMed is there no policy on this being 100% male / Manel on the poster advert? 2024? @BAPRASvoice

On #InternationalWomensDay, Health Secretary Victoria Atkins met women in senior leadership at CUH, including staff working on cutting-edge research and clinical developments. Read more: orlo.uk/KE7YB @DHSCgovuk

We're delighted to announce our second webinar on the theme of Women in Leadership! ☺️ We'll be hearing from @drtcp, Professor of Business Psychology and author of 'Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (and How to Fix It)'. For more info, visit tinyurl.com/wentsleader2

@SnotSurgeon Enjoy!! It gets better. Honest

First day of EPIC did not go well. After 30 minutes ranting that I couldn’t refer a patient to the eye clinic, I discovered I’d been spelling ophthalmology wrongly for the last 30 years. The tears are real 😂 #EPICfHail

Culture change is long overdue. These behaviours are repulsive, repugnant and illegal. They have career & life long consequences. It’s not banter, flirting, your right, asked for, whatever. Female surgeons sexually assaulted while operating bbc.co.uk/news/health-66…

New research has found that sexual misconduct is rife among colleagues in the UK surgical workforce, with women disproportionately impacted and staff believing organisations are not doing enough to protect them. Read more at news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-hea…

Sometimes I feel like I’m living in an alternate reality Am I imagining all the injustices women face in this career? But occasionally the rest of the world sees what we have to deal with - be it sexual assault or questioning our outcomes - and I remember that I’m not

Time for change is now.

Huge well done @nizbuzz @GeeMcLachlan and all others for all the hard work on getting this report out there

.@Liz_ORiordan will be chatting with @SarahLilley5150 about this on @BBCSuffolk after 10am this morning... bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g…

One in three female surgeons have been assaulted by a colleague. Today they speak thetimes.co.uk/article/5dfed7…

How it started (Aug 21)… …how it’s going (Sept 23) *Big* paper out in @BJSurgery To be clear: #Healthcare staff are being sexually assaulted & raped. Today Now In the #NHS More than reported below, for certain academic.oup.com/bjs/advance-ar… #medtwitter #orthotwitter #surgery

It’s the culture 😞. The fear of victimisation is frequently proven to be valid, particularly in medicine, especially surgery, where people’s careers depend on their senior colleagues. The potential for abuse is even worse with the new MCR system. How do you address it @gmcuk?

Great interview from @nizbuzz