It really is hard for anybody not in medicine and paying close attention, to fully understand how badly this generation of UK trainees is being treated and how profound the effects will be

Over 600 reports from doctors & med students expose PAs & AAs working beyond competence - putting patients at risk. The NHS must act NOW: ⚠️ Halt PA & AA expansion ⚠️ Enforce safe scope of practice ⚠️ Investigate misuse on doctor rotas Read the full report:

Excellent 🧵 on the damage that dissolution of the firm structure has caused to postgrad medical training and the need to reject the fallacy that high-frequency rotational training is needed to produce high-quality doctors.

It’s that time of year again - our annual national essay competition is coming up! Look out for announcements in May 🫀🌳

The 2025 essay competition is here! 🫀🌳 “Green at heart: can cardiology become more environmentally sustainable without compromising patient care?” Deadline is 21st July - win a national prize and publication in The British Journal of Cardiology ! See last weeks newsletter/image below for more info

🚨 Call for interest for the 2025-2027 BJCA starter committee 🚨 Are you looking to pursue a career in Cardiology and keen to get involved in a national committee?🫀 All BJCA starter members - please check your emails for the roles available and apply here forms.gle/3LC672QyA3xB1s…

Apply now for the BJCA starter committee! We look forward to hopefully meeting some of you at BCS this week! 😊

Another totally unforgettable British Cardiovascular Society meeting. Huge kudos to the programme committee. My cheeks hurt from laughing! #BCS2025

The next instalment of “Tell me about your subspecialty” is coming up! ‼️🚨 “Advanced heart failure, MCS and transplant” with Dr Waqas Akhtar! 🫀 Monday 21st July @ 19:30pm Don’t miss out on this exciting episode! Sign up here: shorturl.at/ZoQAm

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The new 2025 BJCA Handbook is now available on bjca.tv 🚨 📒 A fantastic resource for all new ST4s, including info on how to navigate your training, the curriculum and top tips on echo, LTFT training, the logbook and ARCP 🥇 Access here: bjca.tv/cardiology-ind…

Congratulations to our national essay competition winner Dr Isabel Carter, IMT at Manchester foundation trust 🏆👏 Also a huge thank you to our judge Professor Simon Ray! We had so many amazing entries, thanks to all those who entered!

🚨Calling ALL pre-registrar doctors interested in Cardiology - the BJCA Starter in Cardiology conference 2025 is here!!🚨 Join us for our 1-day event on Sat 25 Oct 2025, at Bush House, London. And... it's completely free! Sign up link below 👇: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

A new study has found that social deprivation can have a major impact on outcomes for patients with infective endocarditis, even in a universal healthcare system like the NHS. Read more: kcl.ac.uk/news/social-de…

Our first paper from the London Endocarditis Research Network is out today in #EHJQCCO academic.oup.com/ehjqcco/advanc… Thank you to all of my co-authors! Rafal Dworakowski Christopher Primus Julia Grapsa K. A. Mbonye Natalie Fairhurst Antonio Cannata' Rakesh Uppal Nilesh Pareek

Thank you to everyone who signed up to this year's BJCA Starter in Cardiology conference!! We have currently reached capacity for sign-ups - those who have got a place at the conference will be contacted shortly, and all others will be placed on a waitlist.

A BIG thank you to the outgoing BJCA Starter committee 👏 Your new BJCA Starter committee for 2025-2027🫀

We are incredibly excited to meet everyone who is attending tomorrow for our BJCA Starter in Cardiology conference - see you all tomorrow! 🫀

Thank you to everyone who attended our Starter in Cardiology conference - we had a fantastic time meeting all of you!! Already counting down the days until the next one... Some 📸 from the event:

And as always a huge thanks to our fantastic speakers and facilitators! Chris Allen David Warriner Fielder Camm Olly Brown Tom Slater Lucy Lawson Ben Beska Dr Joseph Okafor Manasi Jyothish Mike Drozd Natalie Fairhurst