Last night after watching a group of my medical peers behaving really badly toward each other in a meeting, I did something different. I didn't really know many of them. They we're mostly much older and male. I stood up & called it out.

Changing hospitals/departments can feel overwhelming. New people, places, systems, policies... Check in with the new doctors. Be kind. Be welcoming. Be the colleague you wish you'd had. #MedTwitter #juniordoctors

This is my story. One of #mentalillness as a doctor. Because it's time we talk about it. Doctors get sick. And with support, they get better. RCPCH #Milestones Doctors In Distress You Okay, Doc? Dr Liz O'Riordan Stephanie deGiorgio Dr Linda Dykes has moved to Bluesky Peter Donnelly (he/him) Andrew Tagg Bethan J

My daughter's surgery taught me about fear. About how helpless and afraid our patients & their relatives can feel. So sit with them, and listen. Because, your kindness is what they will remember.

If you're a health professional feeling overwhelmed, anxious, dreading going into work... Tell someone. You're not alone. Help is available. And asking for it is not a failure. NHS Practitioner Health Doctors In Distress

Once, l heard a colleague refer to a mother with anxiety as "high maintenance". Another described an angry father as "psycho" An anorexic girl as "manipulative" I internalised these phrases. Came to believe them to be true about myself. Self stigma. Remember, words matter.

If you could work in any kind of shop and got a discount, what would it be?

It is heartbreaking to have a consultant colleague in tears on the phone for an hour because they are being bullied and harassed by another consultant. They are telling me they have nothing left… a nobody. This is totally sick. Where is RESPECT🙏#NHS

Hey—if you’re a med student who got an email today saying you didn’t #match or a program director whose program didn’t fill, let me say this: 1. You’re still awesome. 2. It will be okay. 3. I’m sorry you had to experience this. These 3, but the greatest of these is #1.

A wonderful early music #lute event soonish which celebrates 1623 . Philip Rosseter ! Go hear and ❤️! Toby Carr

Prof Marie Bismark The systems need to be addressed rather than individuals. While we all have an individual responsibility for our wellbeing that is not enough when our environment and the systems are not resilient or adequate.

Great to hear @ranzcp trainee @benbravery speak at the SASMOA #CrazySocks4Docs breakfast this morning about looking out for each other, #leadership and being a doctor patient as well as the fulfilment of working as a psychiatrist. Got the hashtag right this time!

“Hard to reach” “Disengaged” “Being difficult” “Not responding” - terms also used to describe doctor engagement in change initiatives. It seems that whenever people (be they patients or colleagues) don't follow the script we want, we label and blame. Maybe it's not them at all!

A little note from my daughter. She is 10. We talk about doctors' mental health. She gets it. anna baverstock you'll like this.

Burnout & mental illness are now an industrial hazard of working as a doctor. We all know it. We must invest in changing systems and culture in order to improve doctors' wellbeing. Waiting until people get sick is not OK.

Learning to say No has been key to recovering from burnout. Shaking off the guilt, Moving on from the sense of failure... Because boundaries create a sustainable career, And losing them has repercussions.

I was a doctor when I burntout. Broken. A shell of who I was before. A slippery slope into mental illness. I left medicine. Tears. Anger. Grief. In doing so I realised Medicine is part of me. And I won't let the system stop me from doing what I love. Here's to my journey!

What’s your anchor? What’s your keel? What stabilises you? What keeps you grounded?

I was a doctor. Then burnout and mental illness happened. Devastated & ashamed, I left medicine. Now, I'm in a national leadership role, Using my experience to influence the culture & systems in which we work Life happens, It's what we do with these experiences that matters.

I often get caught up in work stress. It fills my head and spills into my non working days. But this morning, I watched my daughter play football... And for one whole glorious hour, Nothing else mattered 💓