If you’re a consultant or work with consultants, it’s important to pass on this warning: the next 48 hours of media coverage will be relentlessly negative about doctors. They’ll harp on about private work, pensions, inflation and all kinds of nonsense. Forewarned is forewarned.

So much smearing & belittling of consultants in the press, but this, from today’s The Times and The Sunday Times letters page, could not have put it more beautifully. Pls RT if you agree. #NHS 💙

This morning on @bbcr4today the Health Secretary Steve Barclay said Consultants get a "tax-free pension of £73,000 a year" when they retire. This is categorically not true, and we expect him to issue an urgent correction. Here's why 🧵 (1/5)

Gulab Jamans & IMG doctors. I went to Pakistan earlier this year & bought this tin of Gulab Jamans. Look at how they describe Gulab Jamans on the Tin. "Soft balls in Suger Syrup" = Gulab Jaman This description of the Gulab Jaman reminds me of the way some of our IMG doctors

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An Irishman had the last laugh at his funeral with a gag from beyond the grave that had mourners in tears of laughter. Shay Bradley organized the recording that was done in one take, over a year before the funeral to be played after his coffin was lowered to the ground

Congratulations to our fabulous colleague South Tees Hospitals Critical care Dr Jeremy Henning 👏👏👏

🙋‍♂️ INCREDIBLE ICU MOBILITY in intubated patient on ventilator 👉This should be the standard of care in all ICU’s and hospitals worldwide 🌎 ❓Does your ICU walk and mobilize intubated patients? H/T Heidi Engel, PT, DPT #ICUrehab #FOAMcc #PhysicalTherapy #MedEd #MedTwitter

Worst ever McDonald's UK experience at Northallerton today. Dirty, no one wiping tables and bins overflowing. Fries were over cooked and milkshake I was served hadn't been mixed so first mouthful was pure essence...disgusting. I'd recommend avoiding until they sort themselves out.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: many senior doctors desperate to help waiting lists & would be willing to give up evenings/weekends to help out. But current tax rules will mean some could end up #PayingToWork 👇 RT if you want Wes Streeting James Murray to fix this ludicrous tax trap

BREAKING: BMA Pensions Committee write to HM Treasury about delays in RPSS / PSS 23/24 👇cc Wes Streeting Press release: bma.org.uk/bma-media-cent…

NEW & IMPORTANT: Annual allowance free tool coming for 23/24 (for self assessment estimates) and also 24/25 to help planning around what could be some very large tax charges with pay awards! Join me this evening at 7pm for the pre release! Please share / RT (and D/L your TRS!)

Merry Christmas to all those working in the NHS Many staff in the NHS are grossly underpaid (even on Christmas day👇) but none more so than Resident Doctors who frequently graduate with >£100k debt RT to support them & ask government to pay them ALL fairly #PayRestoration

1/ V. Important 🧵 if you are CONSULANT in England. This week I used my FREE modeller to identify & correct an error in #AnnualAllowance for 24/25 which I suspect may be a common error. It will save me over £2,600 from my AA liability, buckle up & see if you are affected Ps RT

1/2 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: The media would have you believe NHS staff have had "bumper pay rises" and all is well, but the data released this week show another story👇. Real terms pay in the NHS remains⏬whereas its🔼for others. Everyone will be 👀 Pay Review Bodies very closely

1/ ISSUE: I have publicly criticised NHS pensions as largest scheme provider, with the most AA taxpayers in the UK, for not providing *ANY* guidance on how to "estimate" their pension growth "to the best of their ability" so well done for SPPA for at least *TRYING* - HOWEVER....

"Our first ever proper Hawkstone commercial and for some extraordinary reason, it’s been banned." - JC

Rachel Reeves hikes stamp duty. So people stop buying houses. So she gets less in stamp duty tax than she did before hiking the rates. Rachel Reeves hikes NI and minimum wage for employers. So employers go bust. So she loses all their tax and pays benefits to the now