Magnolia starting to flower - at least one month early. Hope there are no more frosts in store.

I can't quite believe what I've just watched Doctor raises serious patient safety concerns about PAs with applause from the room... AND THEY SKIP ANSWERING THE QUESTION! Every patient safety group should be all over this!

Cancer doesn’t care about us, so we need to care about each other. It will affect 1 in 2 of us. We are all in this together. #Cancer

Today we're saying goodbye to Sarah Dugan, our Chief Executive who retires today. Sarah has dedicated over 40 years to the NHS, 12 of which have been at the Trust 💙 On behalf of everyone at the Trust, thank you for your service. We wish you all the happiness in your retirement

Just been in Newcastle Magistrates Court for the hearing of the men accused of felling the Sycamore Gap tree. The tree is valued at £622,191 by the National Trust, and the judge recommends that “the case is too serious to be heard in magistrates court”. It’s going to Crown Court

And who is going to carry these out ? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

so 5 years ago I complained persistently about iv vitamin infusions sold in private clinics with non evidence based, ridiculous claims for their benefits. The ASA did a large piece of work on this asa.org.uk/advice-online/….

The BMA BMA Students Sometimes I feel that the BMA is also asleep at the wheel.

I downloaded the posters from their website, here: bdcpartnership.co.uk/download/96/gp… “Physician” is a title that’s protected in law - to protect you, the public, from the dangers of fake doctors masquerading as the real thing. 2/n

I think this is breathtakingly unscrupulous from NHS England, GMC, Department of Health and Social Care & everyone else involved in this project of confusing & bamboozling the public into believing they’ve seen a doctor when they’ve been fobbed off with someone less well trained & experienced. 6/n

🔴Hello University of Chester Your Physician Assistant student is sharing MRI brain images for a patient without consent on TikTok ⭕️Are they allowed to be first Assistants in surgical operations 💀? ⭕️They are also lecturing students before even completing their MSc. This is abysmal

this survey by the Royal College of General Practitioners on PAs is terrifying, basically, and the question must also be how on earth we got here. rcgp.org.uk/representing-y… the GMC Royal College of Physicians and gov have serious questions to answer; meantime there are GPs who can't get jobs. what's the plan, Wes Streeting ?

Don’t be surprised when an entire generation of doctors decides to stand up for their profession and their patients. We owe it to our patients and our junior colleagues to leave the NHS in a better state than we found it.

*first male manager. #Lionesses

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: many senior doctors desperate to help waiting lists & would be willing to give up evenings/weekends to help out. But current tax rules will mean some could end up #PayingToWork 👇 RT if you want Wes Streeting James Murray to fix this ludicrous tax trap

Can you hear? Sleigh bells are ringing over Athens #NoradTracksSanta #NTS24

🎄 This Christmas, we’re celebrating YOU! To our amazing donors, volunteers & supporters: thank you for helping us bring life-saving surgical skills to conflict zones. Wishing you a joyful holiday season & a very Merry Christmas! ❤️🔔

Alastair Campbell’s son ‘failed to pay’ bet placer’s salary thetimes.com/article/53f881… There is only one winner. The bookie ( and this chaps bank balance/ lifestyle I would guess )

Today our Prof Nav Kapur & Pauline Rivart are in Cheshire speaking to colleagues Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT about moving towards a personalised approach to risk. We also heard from Tim Page, Mental Health Nurse NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire & Julie Redmond Jules Redmond 🌈 @NLFT_NHS

I’m sure I won’t be the first to say “ nuns on the run “ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…