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Phil

@balancedcurves

Nerd before it was cool, one time sportsman. Aspiring spine tinkerer and full time dad. All views my own and nothing to do with whoever is my employer.

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calendar_today11-04-2012 23:02:56

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BOA (@britorthopaedic) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BOA response to The Times (1st May, 2025) article suggesting orthopaedic surgery is primarily suited to men due to the physical nature of the work: “outdated and derogatory.” BOA President Mark Bowditch: “Skill, judgement and teamwork—not gender—define a good surgeon.” Read it

BOA response to The Times (1st May, 2025) article suggesting orthopaedic surgery is primarily suited to men due to the physical nature of the work: “outdated and derogatory.”
BOA President Mark Bowditch: “Skill, judgement and teamwork—not gender—define a good surgeon.”
Read it
Joe Pick (@isitsleepytime) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I’m an ST7 and won’t be a resident doctor come August. I’ll be voting yes to industrial action and will be taking part. I will gain nothing from this. My present and future colleagues deserve to be paid appropriately for their skills, training and responsibility.

Howard Luks MD (@hjluks) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As a surgeon, you don’t remember every patient who came through surgery and did well. You remember the handful who didn’t. The uncomplicated cases fade. The ones who healed fast, walked out smiling, got back to life—you’re happy for them, but they don’t haunt you. The ones who

Cian Tracey (@ciantracey1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

By self-reporting his concussive symptoms, Garry Ringrose has done more for rugby as a sport than scoring the winning try in a Lions Series. Very powerful message that should be noted by every rugby player, regardless of what age/level they play at. 'If in doubt, sit them out.'

The BMA (@thebma) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Due to the failure to train consultants on a new EPR system, lack of planning and action taken by the Northern General in Sheffield, we are forced to accept a derogation for 3x resident doctors for tonight's night shift (26th July) for Acute Medicine. Protecting patient safety

Resident Doctors (@bmaresidents) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Despite years of studying and training resident doctors are facing an unemployment crisis. This year, more than 30,000 doctors applied for just 10,000 specialty training places. Fixing the specialty training crisis is crucial – for doctors and patients bma.org.uk/news-and-opini…

Cathal J. Hannan (@cathalh85) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Cast an eye on the stellar group experts speaking at the next iteration of the Liverpool Neurosurgery Masterclass! This course is tailored to the FRCS (SN) curriculum and includes lectures, mock vivas and evening meals! Come and join us on November 13th! liverpool.ac.uk/neurosciences-…

Cast an eye on the stellar group experts speaking at the next iteration of the Liverpool Neurosurgery Masterclass! This course is tailored to the FRCS (SN) curriculum and includes lectures, mock vivas and evening meals! Come and join us on November 13th!

liverpool.ac.uk/neurosciences-…
Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 (@parthaskar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

To repeat: Flooding the system with lesser trained people - needing greater supervision- and thereby making the senior medics less efficient -contributes to lesser productivity. Anyway.

Progressive Rugby (@progressiverug) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is why we don’t promote or endorse scrum caps - they offer no protection against concussion and brain injuries (they’re great for protecting against abrasions!).

William Dalrymple (@dalrymplewill) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is crazy, and part of a wider pattern of the UK committing cultural harakiri... Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 (@parthaskar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Can I take this opportunity to reiterate to diet evangelists that... YOU CANNOT REVERSE #TYPE1DIABETES Please stop trying to reach out to those with #T1D with promises of reversal with your diet plans Please stop being a quack Thanks for listening.

Can I take this opportunity to reiterate to diet evangelists that...

YOU CANNOT REVERSE #TYPE1DIABETES

Please stop trying to reach out to those with #T1D with promises of reversal with your diet plans

Please stop being a quack

Thanks for listening.