Frequently asked to expedite appointments due to clinical deterioration. Letter arrived yesterday asking me to expedite and see urgently as patient has ‘very important job in government’. I’m afraid not. #reapwhatyousow

Dr Rachel Clarke Natalie Silvey Have written a powerful open letter in response to proposed cuts to the Practioners Health Programme An iniative that saves healthcare staffs lives and offers hope in times of darkness Sign up docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Great example of surgical teamwork in action ⁦St George's NHS FT⁩ ⁦WENTS UK - Women in ENT Surgery UK⁩ #lookslikeasurgeon

My so not guilty pleasure. Top Gun (2) to take me back to the joys of being a teenager. Champagne on a plane to remind me I’ll never have the angst of being a teenager again.

Thank you The Guardian for giving this topic a platform & allowing me to contribute Remember the government’s pledge to deliver 6000 more GPs by 2024? They lied. They used £1.4bn to fund GP replacements by non doctors instead. Struggling to see a GP now? Trust me, it’s about to

So honored to accompany ⁦Professor Claire Hopkins⁩ ⁦and company on a whirlwind tour of the UK as a Royal Society of Medicine Visiting Professor this last week! ⁦RoySocMed⁩ ⁦⁦Stanford Medicine⁩ ⁦⁦Stanford Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery⁩ ⁦Women in Otolaryngology⁩ instagram.com/reel/C6-VvKjsx…

#sustainability in the @nhs at its finest. No reusable cups. Teabags individually packaged in a disposable cup even if there were any…. 😩

Awesome explanation from the British Medical Association, as to why it's difficult to see a GP. The Tory government engineered this. Don't blame your GP. Blame the Tories for destroying the excellent family doctor relationships we used to all love.

GP surgeries get just 30p a day per patient. Just £107 a year for ALL your primary care needs. Yet primary care provides the most appointments across the whole of the NHS by a magnitude. GP is chronically underfunded. The Tories think you are worth less than an apple. The BMA

Wonderful day accompanying Professor Dame Valerie Lund at her investiture at Windsor Palace. She has been an inspiration to many in surgery and I am so grateful to have her as a mentor and a friend. WENTS UK - Women in ENT Surgery UK ENT UK

One day I will finally set off to a conference having finished all my presentations in advance, feeling rested and raring to go. But not today. See you at Congress of European ORL-HNS

1/ NEW & IMPORTANT: Quarterly NHS pay data updated 27/6/24 👇 In BREAKING NEWS NEW charts now show ALL SECTORS have reached #FullPayRestoration (though NOT, of course, the NHS) We MUST fix pay/retention to fix #WaitingLists Please read whole [long bumper] 🧵 & share widely/RT

Happy 9th birthday to us! 🥳🎂🎉 WENTS was established at BACO International 2015 by Professor Claire Hopkins and Ms Laurie Baxter. It is our continuing mission to inspire, empower and support women and diversity in all stages of training and working in ENT around the UK 😇

And yet colleagues still deny medicine has a gender bias problem. GMC survey results, out today.

What an absolute pleasure to review the broad reach of NSAID-ERD / AERD both in terms of quality of life 👃🏻🫁😷 and 💰💸💶 with the legends from MUSC Health #schlosser&soler and Professor Claire Hopkins in JACI In Practice authors.elsevier.com/a/1jUq0_oKgA95…

We fail to understand the suspension of surgeon James Gilbert for 8 months by the MPTS for >10yrs of proven sexual misconduct. We stand with the witnesses in asking the PSA and GMC to appeal the MPTS ruling. Please share

Received referral from hospital within local region today as they no longer have access to basic equipment required to safely and effectively operate on patients with chronic rhinosinusitis -a condition which affects up to 1 in 20 adults. Madness. #NHS

7) Her former partner did enormous damage to efforts to reduce the burden of disease through vaccination. This 'news' may have a similar effect. Please follow doctors' advice, based on evidence and proven studies.