Over 2700 fully qualified doctors were rejected for post-graduate training in radiology last year. This is doctor replacement by PAs. It is of course not at all surprising coming out of St George's NHS FT, but that makes it no more safe for patients or less galling for doctors.

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"DV outwardly said they backed the motion but internally told people to abstain" - I'm afraid this just isn't true. The motion was controversial. It was debated, opinions shared and people were restricted from telling others how to vote.

Doctors have made huge personal sacrifices to study for the MSRA to reapply for specialty training during this recruitment round. It is unacceptable to move the goalposts at the last minute and exclude doctors from resitting the MSRA. NHS England Workforce, Training and Education 1/2

This decision must be immediately reversed and all applicants should be permitted to resit. The system is completely broken and treats doctors with no respect. NHS England Workforce, Training and Education Sheona Macleod 2/2

I personally know several amazing doctors who are unemployed and looking to start training in February. The below short sighted decision by the clowns responsible for MSRA has all but locked them out. Please share widely.

Bank holiday reminder: Resident doctors are the worst paid members of staff working in hospitals today. FY1/FY2s are the first port of call for dozens of patients and carry huge responsibility in ensuring patients stay safe. No wonder doctors are still angry.

I worked 2 bank holidays on call for ortho as an F2. On the first, I took 7 referrals to review patients over 40 minutes as I tried to have lunch. When I saw my registrar, they had been told I "wasn't answering my bleep" (1/3)

The second, I set a hard line of 4pm when I would go and have lunch. By 6pm I still haven't managed to but I'm determined the next issue can wait. Next bleep I'm told the patient is "just out of surgery, bleeding badly, we're applying pressure but it just won't stop" (2/3)

Needless to say, they weren't bleeding badly, it stopped quickly and I didn't have lunch that day. No F1 either day so it was demoralising to look around and know that everyone I saw was getting paid more than me despite the pressure and responsibility of my job. (3/3)

As promised, we have posted an explanation about recent events. Please read our post on reddit: reddit.com/r/doctorsUK/co…

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Spotlight: Mersey Brought the unfair treatment of doctors in Aintree to the public eye and resolved the dispute, resulting in a sign-off for a new Doctors' Mess. Led a nationwide FOI request across every trust in England to gather information about how MAPs are (mis)used. 1/3

Spotlight: Yorkshire Led a region-wide locum rate FOI to help you negotiate better pay. Worked on implementing a local framework for MAPs at their local trust to protect doctors’ training opportunities. Won over £100k of holiday pay for locums at Calderdale/Huddersfield. 1/3

Spotlight: Peninsula Improved supervision of PAs at Torbay and raised the issue of scope of practice across the region. Successfully appealed incorrect ARCP decisions due to TOOT from industrial action. Protected strikes from incorrect derogation or recall. 1/3

Spotlight: West Midlands Successfully lobbied for patient safety and training opportunities for doctors by stopping the roll out of PAs at a Trust. Walked wards, organised pickets and co-ordinated with national demos to ensure strong industrial action. 1/3

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Spotlight: North West Ensured Tameside granted exception reporting to locally employed doctors. Raised concerns about PAs holding speciality referral bleeps, despite attempts by the trust to silence criticism. 1/3

DoctorsVote has backed many women all the way from regional rep roles, to chair and deputy chair positions in UKRDC and JDConf. This weekend, we’ll be shining a light on some long-standing female reps, as well as some excellent new women who are joining this year. 1/4