Shaun Lintern Devastating consequences of not recruiting and retaining enough staff. The Royal College of Radiologists workforce census estimates a 28% shortfall of Clinical Oncologists and 39% of Radiologists by 2025-26. Huge gap in Pathology workforce too.

I'd hate for someone not to be able to read that small print!! I am sure you didn't mean to mislead!!! Of course you wouldn't intentionally conflate 48hr weeks with night shifts & weekends and imply the earnings were 9-5 Monday-Friday to the general public, would you???

What an abject failure of compassion and leadership. The *death* of a colleague is announced in a rota coordinator WhatsApp group and just 40 minutes later follows a request to fill their shifts…

The people of the UK need to decide whether they value universal healthcare, as delivered by the NHS, and vote accordingly at elections. NHS staff deserve decent salaries & the money CAN be found. Keep exploiting them and we'll lose them, and more people will suffer worse health.

If you have children who are junior doctors, this letter may strike a chord.

Last Christmas I received a card from a patient, she told me just how much she enjoys life now 10 years post treatment, and all the grandchildren she got to meet. Isn’t this just so worthwhile? CNSs make a difference everyday. #HappyCancerCNSDay RMPartnersNHS The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Join for The Royal College of Radiologists 2023 Virtual Undergraduate Oncology Day. 📅 Friday 12th May 2023 ⏰️ 9:30-4pm 📍 Zoom Register here: rcr.ac.uk/clinical-oncol…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: No wonder jnr doctors & nurses don’t feel valued. Not everyone is “feeling poor”equally Bank of England . What gvmnt has done to their pay 👇 is an absolute disgrace RT if u think Steve Barclay Sir Jeremy Hunt MP Rishi Sunak should #PayRestoration & save our NHS

For some groups in particular, the numbers are eye-watering. Specialty registrars — junior doctors about 5-10 years into their professional career — would be earning *£20,000* more per year today if pay had kept up with inflation.

A huge thank you to the organisers, speakers, and fellow attendees at #ESTRO2023 for an enriching and memorable event. I look forward to leveraging the knowledge and connections to continue to improve patient care

Tips for clinical/educational supervisors for trainee doctors for your induction/start of placement meetings: Aren’t you sick of the usual ‘nice to meet you, see you in 4 months’ approach? So are trainees! Here’s some questions I’ve developed over the years that you can ask:

When you burn people out, you push them out. Stars are the first to leave—they have the most opportunities. The solution is not to pile on the perks. It’s to pinpoint the root causes of overload and design more manageable jobs. If you want to keep people, stop exhausting them.

Only 50% oncology training posts filled. No. of patients rising, complexity & choice of treatments expanding & (reason we do the job) more pts cured/live longer - we’re at breaking point in clinic, pharmacy & treatment capacity - how can we even try to deliver what is needed?

FY2 farewell dinner tonight. 15/30 going to aus /NZ (variable start dates, Locums till then). 5 trust grade contracts (none full time, 2 short term) 7 Locums 3/30 formal training

Gratified and humbled by the media response to #PACE B, fantastic team effort! Looking forward to presenting the results at #ASTRO23 ⁦Prof Emma Hall⁩ ⁦Alison Tree 💙⁩ ⁦The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust⁩

Just back from an excellent #ASTRO23 @ASTRO. Thanks all for amazing support and positive response to PACE B. Some of the key slides attached

Couldn’t agree more. Education leadership is about working with individuals to achieve their best. Developing a future healthcare workforce is an important responsibility and is so much more than allocating trainees to a rotational spreadsheet.

Validated Machine Learning tools to distinguish IO / RT / infective pneumonitis - latest publication from the OCTAPUS-AI consortium now in the Radiotherapy & Oncology Journal. Great to collaborate with so many centres across the UK: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#PACE A published in European Urology! SBRT vs Radical prostatectomy. Spread the word #SBRT should be discussed with eligible patients ⁦Dr Shaun Tolan⁩ Alison Tree 💙⁩ ⁦Clive Peedell⁩ Dr. Andrew Loblaw⁩ ⁦Prof Emma Hall⁩ Prof Joe O'Sullivan⁩ authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S03…