⭐️Our protocol tells us we have to....⭐️ ...Contact the GP for a 87 y/o with a BP of 144/76. (Sent from an OT in community team) What a complete waste of everyone's time And I bet the poor OT knows it too. It's even in target for her age. No need to escalate Absolutely ridiculous

I don’t understand the pushback/ anger from PAs/AAs re: limiting their scope of practice? They don’t have a medical degree?! Why on Earth would you feel entitled to practice medicine without a ceiling if you haven’t studied medicine?! It’s truly baffling

WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Royal College of General Practitioners's official position is now one of opposition to having Physician Associates working in General Practice. So proud of everyone on #RCGPCouncil who made this happen. rcgp.org.uk/News/physician…

#askforadoctor please can anyone that works in a ED which does not have a consultant or T5 doctor on over night but has PAs on send me a DM or post here. We are going to send a FIO request to each and very ED that is doing this.

So Royal College of Physicians, what is the benefit of a medical degree? It appears to be a hindrance, not a help If you do not give guidance to Societies that the PA ceiling of scope MUST be limited to below that of an F1 then you are endorsing the above The choice is clear 5/n

Normally the disrespect for doctors is covert but this is just awful

A little more on this grave situation... - Published 8 times - Distinction in every year of Medical School - Multiple audits - Multiple presentations, with a couple at a national level - Two bursary awards Yet, I still wasn't good enough to get an interview for an ST1 job

When you can have a doctor for £40k why would you employ a PA for £61k? Is the doctor under paid or is the PA over paid? Both ?

Wes Streeting Amanda Pritchard Posted anonymously by an A&E doctor. Im writing this because I’m fu*king livid. I’m A&E reg with 9+ years experience in AEDThis morning was the first time EVER that I cried in my car after a shift.1/n

Joseph Farage, Nigel’s nephew, avoids jail after pleading guilty to upskirting a woman in a Co-op. He admitted to placing a mobile phone “beneath clothing of another without consent” in July. People who committed the same offence were put on the sex offenders register. He was

Just when you think it can’t get worse… **BRAIN SURGERY** Performed by someone WITHOUT a medical degree Supervised by someone WITHOUT a medical degree The DOCTOR is the assistant?! To all leaders who have enabled this - shame on you! Patients - do you consent for this?!

"Did you ever consider training to become a doctor" "Do you ever get any pushback from patients asking to see a doctor"

8 weeks working in Australia. I’m in the lowest paid state for nurses in Oz and I’m earning more in a fortnight than I used to earn in a whole month in England, my birth country, the place where I trained to be a Registered Nurse, the place that doesn’t value me or my skills.

There is a real urgency to get it right for older adults across health & social care. These resources based on Ageing & Frailty standards enable that improvement journey. We need to work as a focused & integrated teams to deliver this around Scotland #frailty

Each year around 1,300 donors are accepted for body donation. This gift enables such an important part of medical training - beautiful piece on Radio 4 by Prof. Claire Smith and more details on how you can get involved in the thread 🧵bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

To say that I am shocked about this job advert is is an understatement Nottingham University Hospitals I hope you realise how complex and vulnerable Haem patients are, and how utterly dangerous this is, letting medically unqualified people play registrar in an extremely complex speciality 1/

As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications This should also be banned Influence being bought in Govt Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy

1/ Imagine you’re waiting for ice cream. 🍦 There’s one pro scooping — fast, smooth, efficient. Now she’s replaced by 3 helpers who sort of know what they’re doing. They spill more, take longer, and keep asking for help. That’s what’s happening inside the NHS. Welcome to