It’s Boxing Day. So I’m on a mandatory 12-hour bank holiday shift for £14ph as a doctor :) I earned more on Boxing Day on the tills at Asda in 2012. #FullPayRestoration #strikehard

Engaging "lecture;)" by Stephanie Baines that led to discussion of all my favourite education topics at chmls education hub symposium

A sign at my workplace

An against all odds story and how to really promote EDI theguardian.com/education/2023…

Heard of behalf of clinically vulnerable families Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 - half a million forgotten people - they have a 7.5x higher Mortality from SARS-CoV-2 than the general population - a 5.2x increase risk of #LongCovid - the pandemic is not over, there was no freedom day for them.

Brent/Ealing/Harrow/Hillingdon primary care staff- discuss workforce in the deep end with these two change makers. Wednesday 19:00 Register at bit.ly/RCGPNWLDE3 to attend and join our community of practice with Dr Hina J Shahid 💙 and RCGPNorth&WestLondon to access recordings.

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The #BMS Medical Society wrapped up an intense week of exams by hosting a watch-party for the Royal College of General Practitioners Discover GP conference held last weekend. Students spent an inspirational morning listening to talks from General Practice leaders across the UK Brunel University of London Naomi Low-Beer

How about we stop using the expression Social Determinants of Health? When what we mean is Political Obstacles to Health.

Feeling fancy; just helped top up the @BMA_JuniorDocs strike fund, as I had the privilege to qualify in an age before massive student loans, and with better pay and free accommodation. Please, peers, pay it forward for junior colleagues. bma.org.uk/juniorspay #bmastrikefund

For this round of museum-based teaching by KUMEC , I designated myself pic-taker in lieu of Panna Muqit. I still don't get how to take ed pics, (& the best pieced were by the students not pictured as I think they should be reserved for the exhibition in June), but here goes

Study participants talked about how some healthcare professionals don’t understand Long Covid, and some had a feeling that they were not motivated to understand this condition: blog.westminster.ac.uk/hicovestudy/hi… Some GPs will refer to those GPs with a special interest due to lack of time.

The GMC survey results are out Common themes of #burnout, #bullying #discrimination and #harassment We absolutely need to do better. We are failing our colleagues, our profession and our patients with toxic behaviours. #medtwitter

Join us and a panel of experts on 12 Sept for a webinar on Support for GPs with Chronic Physical or Mental Health Issues. RCGP South London SE Thames Faculty RCGP NE London RCGP Thames Valley SW Thames Faculty RCGP Essex book you place: bit.ly/rcgpsupport

What strikes me about this story, is that this was made public, pretty much out of desperation by either the medical team or a solicitor or perhaps the person themselves? I don't know. But it shows just how hard it is to get anyone in decision making positions to listen

This is the new link to the consultation regarding MAP “Core Capabilities” - now retitled to "Career Development". The survey is for the most part the same with an added page. This would make existing links broken (and collected results ?invalid). survey.alchemer.com/s3/7656619/Med…

We say that AI could help *solve* the reflection problem at medical school. Do you relate? Any objections? There is a comment feature and we would love to see yours! bit.ly/3zp1lL0

amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DCQH6ZM1?… Shameless self promotion. Out today for the princely sum of £2.49 on Kindle. Paperbacks also available.

Does finding out a patient has refugee/asylum seeker seeker status sometimes feel like a Pandora's box? Join RCGPNorth&WestLondon and Shazia Munir, health inclusion GP and BMJ author on how we can realistically do do this work. 26th September 19:30-20:30 bit.ly/3Z8r19C

So this is the new great idea🤔 I’m pretty sure if Sarah had seen a GP she wouldn’t have needed to have a CT scan, no need to speak to the ENT registrar & yes it could be managed in the community Why does NHS England always underestimate the skills of GPs england.nhs.uk/long-read/refo…