When I was a CMT1 I was in a godawful post where I ended up driving to a lake to drown myself after work one late night after finishing.

The Trust's Occupational Health sole suggestion was that I talk to my non existent supervisor 'if I was struggling'.

@medicalmodelwithabriochebun

RCGP Council - 08/03/24

RCGP opposes GMC regulation of PAs.

RCGP can you please signpost to any publicly available evidence of steps RCGP have taken to action this “stance” in the past 5 weeks?

rcgp.org.uk/News/Red-lines…

Jenna Johnston Dr Done Petition: Review the role and regulation of Physician Associates in NHS care petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6581…

If we apply the Ship of Theseus thought experiment to the GMC:

If the doctors' regulator begins to regulate non-doctors, and all the doctors leave, is it still the medical regulator?

Doctors practiced before the GMC and they will practice after its demise.

Prof Colin R Melville Please, take a step back and reassess this. The damage being done to the profession is significant.

It’s worth noting that his mental health crisis was entirely precipitated by severe burnout and bullying in his trust…so approaching them for help in the midst of a crisis they caused wasn’t likely to happen/be helpful was it?

Listen to what those on the ground are screaming!

For clarity. Chris. When my surgical trainee husband was acutely suicidal the only ‘support’ from his employer was a letter saying his pay would stop soon…

NHS Practitioner Health on the other hand very literally saved his life.

Decommissioning ‘while you review’ will cost lives.

Dr Asif Qasim 💙 And thereby the GMC, embolden PAs to carry on as if they are equivalent to Drs, all being :medical professionals'. What a disaster for public care.

Eilidh 🦀 From NHS being called one of the “best in the world”
To “we fear we will end up being as bad as UK NHS”

Legacy of Rishi Sunak Jeremy Hunt Victoria Atkins Steve Barclay Boris Johnson Matt Hancock David Cameron George Osborne

The destruction of NHS happened under Torys 🥺

Let’s take a dive into the NHS “People Promise”, first launched in 2020.

Below are the 7 components, but how are would you say NHS management of all levels are doing against them?

These are my views based on my experience representing NHS doctors and nurses for >10yrs.

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Olivia Grace 💙 Medicine has given me so much. I am recoginsed internationally as an expert in my field, able to move continents to work, made amazing friends, have the privilege of caring for some of the sickest children in the world, but it takes a toll on you and your loved ones. It is brutal

Dear Adam Kay Carol Vorderman James O'Brien michael sheen 💙 rob delaney Peter Stefanovic - please share this open letter from NHS staff expressing our dismay at the government's decision to cut funding to mental health services for NHS staff from Monday. Thank you 💙

There is no ‘backstory’ to ending of 2/care NHS Practitioner Health other than (we’re told) - no budget. To remind, it was established following suicide of a psychiatry who also killed her baby and highlighted the barriers doctors have in accessing mental health care.

An example of how UK healthcare is viewed from abroad.

Our primary care system is seen as an example of how not to run a service.

A sad state of affairs.

smh.com.au/politics/feder…

The GMC is now consulting on how its regulation of PAs and AAs will work.

The consultation is open to members of the public, and we've produced a short guide to be used by clinicians and patients who are keen to provide views.

Read it here: bma.org.uk/media/wjnmmbsu… (1/2)

Mamas A. Mamas Thank you for saying so. My sentiments precisely.

I think we have to alert the general public. They may not know the significance of this.

This is a sticking plaster exercise by the Gov. who have restricted the number of qualified doctors undertaking specialist training…

This is a public consultation on how PAs & AAs are regulated
The questions not open to the public are the ones that should be answered
The original ‘public’ consultation in 2017 had just 3066 responses
Drs were not consulted about this but the Govt, your MPs just waved it through

.GMC NHS England Royal College of Physicians CQCProf RCGP

This NEEDS INVESTIGATING!!!

❌ Why are you allowing, sorry, encouraging this????
❌ Where is your duty to patient care & safety????
❌ What is the point of your existence when STUDENT PAs are running their OWN clinics???

😡😡😡

If you are in doubt about the state of healthcare in the UK this tells you everything
All countries experienced the pandemic, the one in red has had the least support from Govt
As a GP, prior to 2010 NHS, waiting times were minimal, none of my patients asked about private options

Stephanie deGiorgio Neena Jha Ruth Devlin 💙 Unconscious competence-“I barely have to think about this- it’s easy and obvious”
Meets unconscious incompetence- “he makes it look easy, what’s all the fuss about! Look at me, I’m doing it-wheeeeee!”
In a dangerous and terrifying folie a deux.