Solidarity to all the junior doctors who made the difficult but necessary decision to strike. It comes down to this. When I qualified as a doctor, I was paid 25% more in real terms than they are today. (And I was at least 25% worse.) This isn't a pay rise, this is pay restoration

📣 “The message couldn’t be clearer we are with you, we support you, and as it stands it won’t be long till we follow you onto the picket lines” Chris Smith at today’s rally in Newcastle - standing in solidarity with 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 colleagues 💪

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚨 SCOTTISH JUNIOR DOCS - the countdown is over. Our ballot for strike action opens today. Ballot papers in orange envelopes will be on their way to you across Scotland. This is YOUR chance to get YOUR voice heard loud and clear. Let's win the #fullpayrestoration you deserve.

A few people are questioning whether FPR would actually retain doctors. I’ll be finishing FY2 this year, so am in a natural exit point for training. Whilst I might not be representative, I thought this might be interesting for people Why have I not applied for training? A 🧵 .

Couldn't find a sharpie to scribble out my address but this felt apt... #fullpayrestoration BMA Scotland

In the last few years I have been lucky enough to work with the most supportive and wonderful consultants, male and female One of them asked me ‘is all this sexism & sexual harassment in surgery stuff true?’ And I realised, despite my own discomfort, I had to speak up

After an initial meeting with Michael Matheson, I can confirm that BMA Scotland has agreed to enter formal pay negotiations for Junior Doctors with the Scottish Government Our strike ballot remains open & will close on 5th May. Returning your ballot has never been more important

Today it has been reported that during our first round of action in England mortality rate was 11.1% above the 5 year average. What they haven’t reported was that in Wales, where no strike action took place, mortality rate was 14% above the 5 year average. 1/3

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scottish Junior Doctors🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 THREE WEEKS TODAY until our strike ballot closes. Make your voice heard on 5th May. Return your ballots as soon as possible & if youve not received one email [email protected] All 5300 of us are strongest when we stick together. Join. Vote. Win.

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Junior doctors in Scotland offered 14.5% pay rise bbc.in/3MKNnHO

Reminder to BBC News (UK) headline writers that 14.5% over 2 years is a real terms pay cut, not a pay rise.

Respect women. That's it. That's the tweet.

Please read the quotes in this recent study on experiences of sexism at medical school. The one I most relate to currently: “We shouldn’t, we can’t complain because he’s so much more senior than us.” ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

PSA: Your period should not 🩸last longer than 7 days 🩸interfere with your life 🩸happen more than monthly 🩸require product changes more than every 2 hours 🩸have clots larger than a quarter 🩸cause debilitating pain 🩸require double product coverage 🩸make you anemic

"Barely one physician demonstrated competence, let alone sensitivity, in examining my female body." Joy Hodkinson (she/her) on medical education's focus on able bodied, white, male, heterosexual, slim patients—and how it manifests in physical examinations BMJ Student bmj.com/content/383/bm…

When medical students are taught physical examination skills, there's a notable lack of diversity. Joy Hodkinson (she/her) looks at how this leads to doctors missing clinical signs that are crucial to diagnosis and worsens patients' experiences BMJ Student bmj.com/content/383/bm…

I don’t recall hearing one psychiatrist ask about hormones during my FY2 psych rotation. Period. Unsurprised to hear 40% of psychiatrists don’t feel confident in this area. #RCPsychIC MESSAGE (Medical Science Sex & Gender Equity)

Thank you so much RCPsych in Scotland for the bursary to #RCPsychIC A jam packed day reflecting on distinctions between mental ‘health’ and ‘illness’. Biggest highlight without doubt listening to Rebecca Lawrence