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Ian
@Bullock1Ian
CEO @ Royal College of Physicians, London. Nurse, teacher, researcher, leader, passionate about improving patient care. QI Fellow, believer, lover of family
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http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk 07-05-2014 16:19:44
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Imagine, just for a moment, for staff across NHS and social care that the leadership priority was to โjust focus on colleagues being really happyโ .NHS England NHS Employers The King's Fund The BMA The RCN NHS Confederation NHS Providers
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When discussing concerns on the expansion of the PA workforce & role, I have heard stated:
โConcerns are only being raised by a vocal minority on SoMeโ
โThose complaining have not worked with PAsโ
โMost teams who include a PA work well togetherโ
โPAs help with training timeโฆ
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I ๐ฏ accept the caveats that there is still work to do, and the issue isnโt resolved.
However I was glad to be part of the Royal College of Physicians team who attended the meeting which has resulted in NHS England stating clearly:
โPAs are not doctors, and cannot and must not replaceโฆ
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For #RaceEqualityWeek we spoke with Mumtaz Patel, our senior censor and vice president for education and training, about her thoughts and experiences of race equality: ow.ly/42Bw50QyRHj
#ListenActChange
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โPAs are not doctors, and cannot and must not replace doctors.โ The letter acknowledges the important conversations between the college, elected councillors and NHS England. We continue to listen to our elected representatives, fellows and membersโ voices on this. 3/3
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We welcome this letter from NHS England, making clear its position on PAs.
'PAs are not a substitute for doctors; they are trained to work collaboratively with other health professionals as supplementary members of a multidisciplinary team.' england.nhs.uk/long-read/nhs-โฆ 1/3
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Welcome update from Royal College of Physicians President -post meeting yesterday with Council
A key line for attention:
'This college has never believed PAs are a replacement for doctors, but rather as supplementary to the multidisciplinary team (MDT)'
cc NHS Employers NHS England Workforce, Training and Education
Thank you
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PRCP Sarah Clarke has emailed a position update regarding PAs / MAPs. Royal College of Physicians are working hard, productive meetings recently & council next week.
We are getting there with this issue. email.rcp.ac.uk/1V12-8IOY8-410โฆ
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#MedPlus2023 has come to an end!
Thank you to everyone who joined us across the 2 days for the latest acute, general and specialty medicine updates.
If you missed it, you can still register and watch all sessions on demand until 1 February 2024: ow.ly/SFAY50Q373a
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Ian and John Dean kicking off the first ever Royal College of Physicians Accreditation Unit networking event Spaces at The Spine with the amazing AU team! #AUN23
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Congratulations and a great appointment. A Raghuram has a wisdom and presence that brings assurance, support, collegiality and pragmatism that is so appreciated by all who know him.
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Meet the new RCP censors.
Dr Anita Banerjee is an obstetric physician and diabetes and endocrinology consultant at Guy's and St Thomas'
Dr Dan Furmedge is a consultant physician in geriatric and internal medicine at Guy's and St Thomas'.
Read more: ow.ly/AGfC50Pu02w
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The NHS is not being ambitious enough on emergency care. @drsarahclarke alongside presidents British Thoracic Society (BTS) British Geriatrics Society SAM Online in Health Service Journal ๐ hsj.co.uk/quality-and-peโฆ
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โThe projections laid out in the report will quite frankly be catastrophic โ for the health of the NHS and its workforce, and for the prosperity of the nation.' Sarah Clarke
Read the full RCP response to The Health Foundation's new #HealthIn2040 report ๐
theguardian.com/society/2023/jโฆ
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Congratulations to all the new RCP fellows that celebrated with us last week!
It is such an achievement to receive RCP fellowship, and great to have so many deserving physicians together for the occasion. #RCPFellows
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Taking a minute before teaching today to sit quietly by the Covid memorial at Royal College of Physicians the birdsong is beautiful & I forget Iโm in central London. I lost my beautiful Aunty to Covid & work with many doctors that still feel the trauma, we are thankful for the NHS ๐ #NHS75
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