CPD face to face at last BOA #boa22 #orthopaedic

Fitton prize day. Good to listen to sone of the research going on in Yorkshire @Fitton30th

@Fitton30th - great day and should have said as we handed out the awards .. that the quality of the papers /presentations and the breadth of topics and enthusiasm was fantastic . well done all ... T&O is in safe hands ... and great talk from Lennard Funk

Some 44% of hospital doctors have said they plan to step away from NHS work in the next year. itv.com/news/2022-10-1…

Our latest survey shows a staggering 44% of consultants in England plan to leave, or take a break from working in the NHS next year. A big factor is the disincentive of punitive pension tax as Shanu Datta explained to Kay Burley this morning bma.org.uk/bma-media-cent…

Rumours Sir Jeremy Hunt MP may be next Chancellor Glad Jeremy understands what a car crash the pensions taxation is in the NHS - would really like an early meeting if he is #TalkToTony BMA Pensions Committee - lets get this long standing car crash for the NHS fixed, & properly. RT if agree!

Steve Barclay congrats on the job (again). Can you talk to BMA Pensions Committee Dr Tony Goldstone and finally sort out NHS pensions and pay. Thanking you in advance. BMA Consultants @BMA_JuniorDocs

Dear Mr Hunt, as you so eloquently put it a month ago. I hope NHS workforce and pension issues are top of your agenda for your upcoming Autumn budget. NHS survival need someone sensible like you. Rishi Sunak Dr Tony Goldstone

Really grateful to Wes Streeting and Sir Jeremy Hunt MP for their support highlighting the “national scandal” of punitive pension taxation in the NHS. With this cross party support there really is no reason not to fix this once and for all on Nov 17. #taxunregistered #FixTheFinanceAct

The new Chancellor knows this is a huge problem. He’s heard it from doctors first hand in person. Confident he will act 👇🏻

Sir Jeremy Hunt MP Dr Tony Goldstone Rishi Sunak I am a 54 yr old surgeon. No private practice. Just been advised by IFA to retire or go 1/2 time & pull out of NHS pension due to impending unaffordable pension tax bills. About to breach lifetime allowance too. You said you’d fix it.

.Sir Jeremy Hunt MP my wife and are NHS consultants. Our combined pension tax bill for the last year is £30k. So what do we do? Retire seems like the best option. Wave goodbye to our expertise. There is no incentive to stay. Or you could change the rules. But you won’t. Cheerio.

Great to be back in Liverpool for some CPD #bofas BOFAS

Our Speciality Doctor, Trauma and Orthopaedic Andrea Jimenez is our latest CHuFT Star Award winner – and a national top recruiter for research. Congratulations Andrea! Read more buff.ly/3NFOLvQ

‘A happy workforce is your responsibility. Staff aren’t happy. That’s your fault. That’s not good for patients.’   A junior doctor calls out prime minister Rishi Sunak on LBC News this morning when he tried to blame record waiting lists on strikes, not on years of understaffing.

Did you see us last night on BBC News (UK)? 📽️ Hugh Pym's piece on the News at Six showed how hard our teams are working to bring down waiting lists. 👏

Nice view out of clinic window this morning Spire Elland

Talk to primary care. Never done a talk at a zoo Spire Elland #ponderosazoo

We are so proud of the hard work of our colleagues to bring down our waiting lists for our patients. 💙 Today Department of Health and Social Care is sharing some of the things we have done to achieve this.