They are not being bullied, the role is being challenged, mainly with GMC Royal College of General Practitioners Royal College of Physicians 2yrs of medicine lite does not equate to 10 yrs training for a GP with preferential pay and employment when there are unemployed trained doctors. It’s a Tory scandal in the making.

Day 4 of asking.

The problem isn’t Physician Associates - they are decent people doing their best to help The problem is a NHS leader/system/policy choice that fails to value training/expertise over numbers of staff The result is unsafer, more inefficient care for patients & will be more costly

MONEY TALKS I truly believe the only way we can deal with the cartel that is the GMC, is to stop their 💵 supply They will freak out Can The BMA get on this? The second their capital is at risk is the second they listen to us ☠️

So the GMC first response to the BMA scope of practice for MAP supervision (ie when the BMA did the GMCs work for them) was to ask them to retract it and to let supervision continue to be unsafe. H/T our friend Sildenafil

When 20k NHS staff signed our open letter expressing outrage at NHS England’s decision to axe funding for NHS Practitioner Health (a service that literally saves the lives of suicidal NHS doctors), NHSE frantically U-turned amid ‘sincere’ public contrition. Meanwhile, the cover-up began:

"Medicine is difficult. We need to continue to attract the brightest to train as doctors. We need to ensure that their training is long enough to make them equipped to do the difficult daily work of the doctor." Andrew Elder Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh bmj.com/content/387/bm…

Doctors in Northern Ireland are falling behind those in the rest of the UK - we need to see progress on key issues now!

Let’s be clear GMC were paid £2m per annum for 3 years to register and regulate PAs and AAs before they were legally allowed to do so Now they propose to exclude 3000 responses to their consultation as the “comments were out of scope”. Presumably this is pre-specified in your

Chris Hoy: "Nobody lives forever. Our time on this planet is finite. Don't waste your time worrying about stuff that isn't that important. Focus on the things that are."

If I produce a letter of intent for doctors to stop paying GMC fees - who is signing?

Do not underestimate the catastrophe we are heading towards

Agenda for Change staff groups aren’t happy. Doctors aren’t happy. Pay uplifts need to be paid in a timely manner. Every year they seem to come as a complete surprise. Staff are done with giving 110% of everything we have when this is the reward.

Very useful meeting today Rita Devlin the strength of feeling on the ground about this #paycrisis cannot be underestimated Alan Stout

Congratulations to Dr James Irvine on delivering the Turner Warwick lecture at the RCP Belfast update - a fantastic platform to showcase his excellent work on stroke simulation James Irvine

A huge congratulations to the Turner-Warwick lecturer for Northern Ireland, Dr James Irvine, who was able to present his lecture at today’s #RCPUpdate in Belfast. For more information on the scheme and when it reopens, please visit: ow.ly/PWvb50U66a1

This is a horrendous situation and disturbing thread to read. My thoughts with Jane, Cat and her family. Sadly other than potential legal action it's very tough to know what can be done. It is possible to try to raise emergency situation with Ombudsman but that's unlikely to

Here's an update below from when I was on Good Morning Britain this morning. Thanks so much to everyone who has supported and reached out, as well as the well wishes towards Jane. She wouldn't believe it. I am so grateful to everyone who has shared. ❤️

I'm standing for seats on BMA Consultants & BMA Pensions Committee committees Poor pay (no, its NOT fixed) & repeated attacks on pensions are existential threats to our NHS If you're on RB #BMAARM25- 🙏 vote for me. Please share if you support me! Link👉elections.bma.org.uk/userNomination…