Dr Luke Craddock
@DrLukeCraddock
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F2 Doctor | BMBS | DV | RRDC | Fighting to better the working lives of doctors and protect patients | Views are my own 🦀 🐻
Nottingham
Joined August 2024
Whilst I would like to comment on the hopeful state of medicine within the UK this year, I cannot. Whilst the atmosphere is not hopeful, I am, and I am glad to be a part of teams trying to make it better for future generations. So here we go. Issues to highlight. 1/n.
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Solidarity with resident doctors in Scotland Vote in the ballot Vote yes to full pay restoration. You deserve nothing less
👀🩺🏴 Resident doctors in Scotland - keep your eyes peeled for those orange ballot envelopes dropping through letterboxes. The IA ballot is now open. Return your ballot ASAP to have your say. If you're not a member, join the BMA by 4th Dec to get a vote.
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It shouldn’t take an outsider to say this. Sadly where the UK used to be a beacon for excellent practice and good training, we are fast becoming an international joke. It’ll take considerable effort to turn things around. It starts with good pay and training to retain doctors.
Most universal healthcare systems train competent doctors in 5–6 years. Only the NHS stretches “training” to 8–11 years by using juniors to plug rota gaps and cover service work that has nothing to do with learning. That’s not higher standards — it’s a structural choice that’s
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👏 @wesstreeting
#Doctors Unemployed Or Disengaged From NHS 7 MILLION + Patients On WAITING Lists #Donors Happy 😃 @Keir_Starmer @LucyMPowell @darrenpjones @patmcfaddenmp
@LabourList @CompassOffice @mainstreamlbr @campbellclaret @Kevin_Maguire @GMB @IlfordRecorder
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When the scabs you’re employing to do the work of striking workers, also decide to go on strike. You’d think this would tell you something.
BREAKING: The Birmingham bin strike will continue into next year after agency workers agreed to join council employees on the picket line in a landmark vote. @Shamaan_SkyNews reports ⬇️ https://t.co/G8gDzyqv3Q 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
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Working in understaffed NHS is leaving nurses sick and ‘broken’, leaders warn https://t.co/WKL0sitY8W
itv.com
The Royal College of Nursing said it was receiving dozens of calls every week to its advice line from staff suffering burnout. | ITV National News
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You can’t make it up 😂
🚨 NEW: Agency workers brought in to cover for Birmingham's bin strike have voted to strike themselves from December 1 over claims of bullying and harassment
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-Free accomodation. -No tuition fees (loans now >£100k) -No ACPs/PAs taking training opportunities - Training jobs available - Consultant jobs available - Final salary pension You had it good. The social contract is now broken. Stop punching down.
@DocMeezbah I’ve just posted what I earned as consultant in NHs to another Dr. I think private earnings for most Drs taking it seriously roughly doubled that. My point is pay was overgenerous Earnings as a junior Dr not good at all and over 100 hrs a week (every week) in early days.
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Fridge for thee but not for me. When resident doctors talk about poor working conditions in the NHS, the UK immediately has the crab in a bucket mentality: it’s bad for everyone else too, why are doctors so elitist and special? We’re not saying that. But often we’re greeted
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I’m old enough to remember @svig2 supporting the 2016 resident Dr strikes. A decade later, things are far worse for residents, not better. Any consultant demanding more sacrifice from residents should give up their own perks first. Lead by example.
A message to all resident doctors from Stella Vig, NHS England's Medical Director for Secondary Care.
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Covering for strikes costs a lot more than simply paying doctors what they are asking (starting at only £23/hr, by the way). £1.7bn for strikes. £1bn (net) for pay. The power to end these strikes over pay lies squarely in the government's hands. Someone ask @MartinSLewis ?
“How much will that cost?” “£350 million.” The junior doctors' 22 per cent pay deal is a "drop in the ocean" after NHS strikes cost the economy £1.7 billion, says Chancellor @RachelReevesMP 📻 https://t.co/3Gx2ETrUBr
@LukeJones | #TimesRadio | @AasmahMir
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Solidarity with resident doctors striking in Nottingham and across the country from today. Their pay is 21% lower today in real terms than it was in 2008/9, with a third of doctors planning to leave. A fair settlement is vital to the future of our NHS.
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If we are going to maintain a decent NHS we need to pay doctors and nurses (and other staff) properly. I support the resident doctors' industrial action. https://t.co/HhkfGBY64h
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Health Secretary Wes Streeing says patients could be harmed by the 5-day strike.
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Don’t tell me you aren’t killing the NHS, because that’s exactly what you are doing, Wes. Own it
'Don't tell me you don't want to be out on strike - because that is exactly where you are. Own it.' As resident doctors walk out again, @wesstreeting calls out the 'reprehensible and cartel-like behaviour' of their union.
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I would like Wes to answer 2 questions honestly: Why is he paying doctors less than their assistants? How does this year’s sub inflationary pay rise reflect the commitment he promised to fair pay restoration last year? People are sick of the broken promises & gaslighting
The BMA have to take responsibility for the pain they are causing patients. I’ve given them a 28.9% pay rise, and offered more jobs, career progression, and help with expenses. Have the courage to put the offer to your members, @BMAResidents.
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Sorry Wes this is utterly misleading - a tiny poll which included non-BMA members Your offer wasn’t put to members because, quite frankly, it was awful. It fails to meaningfully address either issue of pay or jobs Also- there is nothing junior about a resident doctor
The BMA didn’t put our offer to their members and now we know why: they wouldn’t have backed their unnecessary and irresponsible strikes. They should give their members a say, call off these strikes and stop risking the NHS’s recovery. https://t.co/ZzOqs9scTO
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The offer is a joke. We actually very recently did two "polls" of members. It's called postal balloting. They both won.
The BMA didn’t put our offer to their members and now we know why: they wouldn’t have backed their unnecessary and irresponsible strikes. They should give their members a say, call off these strikes and stop risking the NHS’s recovery. https://t.co/ZzOqs9scTO
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Great catching up with some of the Mess guys and speaking to other Resident doctors ahead of tomorrow. They arranged a 20% discount on MSRA revision for Hull doctors, and free pizza (which I finally caught the end of, for once!) See you on the picket lines tomorrow. #FPR
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Arrive 10 minutes faster only to be sat waiting outside A&E departments across the country as there is no capacity in our hospitals.
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Nothing to see here Nothing at all 👀
✅ Waiting lists are down by 230,000 since July 2024. 🏥 Thanks to NHS teams, more patients are being seen and treated sooner. 📣 We’re pushing on with the 10 Year Health Plan to keep care moving.
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