Dr Richard Fawcett
@docfawcett
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Consultant in Emergency Medicine @UHNM_NHS and Pre-hospital care. On @channel5_tv 📺#999CriticalCondition. All views my own.
Sandbach, England
Joined October 2017
Charity Commission investigates air ambulance charity
gov.uk
The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into Stoke Air Ambulance CIO over concerns relating to the charity’s activities and administration.
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"So-called ‘corridor care’ can only be stopped in the corridors of power" That's the message we hope MPs will take from the festive greetings cards RCEM has sent every single sitting member in the country. Read more here: https://t.co/aCuHPbRAj6
rcem.ac.uk
17/12/2025 - While people across the country are looking forward to the festive season, Emergency Departments are bracing for a gruelling few months.
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I've been writing about patients delayed in ambulances since 2021 at least. Today my family are experiencing it too. I made it from London before mum got in at @UHNM_NHS Staff are trying their best & doing what they can but the system is just so stretched and we've normalised it
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The Government has suggested a pay uplift of just 2.5% for doctors next year, well below inflation. With resident doctors set to strike next month over pay and jobs, it is “frankly indefensible that yet another Government is once again suggesting real-terms pay cut for
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If insanity is repeatedly doing the same thing and expecting different results … Overcrowding in EDs kills patients and harms staff. The core problem is the “back door” of our departments. Continued focus on the “front door” through redirection strategies won’t work. @RCollEM
A plan which outlines NHS England’s priorities for the next 3 years ‘offers no meaningful roadmap’ to reduce dangerous long waits in Emergency Departments. Our response to NHS England’s Medium Term Planning Framework 2026/27-2028/29:
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🚨 Resident doctors earn ~£26/hr in 2025. 🔧 Plumber: £45/hr ⚡ Electrician: £50/hr 🏋️ PT: £35–£50/hr 🔑 Locksmith: £90/hr 💻 Freelance dev: £65/hr 📸 Photographer: £36/hr The system’s broken when saving lives pays less than unblocking pipes. #DoctorsStrike #NHS #PayRestoration
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Due to the dangerous lack of planning and action taken by Obstetrics at QMC and The City Hospital in Nottingham, we are forced to accept the derogations: 1x resident (Sat 26 July) and 3x resident doctors tomorrow (Sun 27 July). 1/2 Protecting patient safety during strikes has
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Regulator investigates Stoke Air Ambulance charity
bbc.com
Stoke Air Ambulance was set up to provide a helicopter for Staffordshire - but no aircraft exists yet.
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We're hosting a Stop The Bleed Training event on Saturday 14th September at Sandwell Hub in partnership with @ThecitizenAID🩸🚑. Jim Hancox, Senior Operations Manager of MERIT & Enhanced Care said: “By attending this session you will learn basic interventions that could help to
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A man who suffered horrific burns to his body after touching live electricity cables in 2020 has been reunited with the @Officialwmas staff who helped to save his life. To read more about Darren's story head to ➡️ https://t.co/zaPkFeuVny
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Without these guys I wouldn't be here today! https://t.co/zaPkFeuVny
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Each winter in the #NHS in the past decade has become slightly worse, and that trend, which has not been reversed, has resulted in a dire situation. The solutions to the NHS crisis are neither easy, nor quick, argues @acutemed2
https://t.co/Q5Uo3Q6nZe
bmj.com
The NHS remains under immense pressure.1 Each part of the system is experiencing demand beyond its capacity, which is continually increasing the problem. This is most vividly illustrated in urgent...
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A&E is now like Narnia – there are 365 days of winter each year. Every day our corridors are full, and patients can wait for up to two days for a ward bed. However hard we work, if often feels like we are moving deckchairs on the NHS titanic. We are failing our very patients
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Great to be back in the air 🚁 with such a great team 👍 MERT and MAAC working seamlessly together as always
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#999CriticalCondition 🚨 | It’s the last episode of our hard-hitting @channel5_tv documentary on Wednesday at 9pm. Will you be watching our staff patients as they confront life and death?
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#999CriticalCondition 🚨 | A Cheshire joiner who broke his back falling head first down his stairs is now on the road to recovery thanks to the life-saving skills of staff at University Hospitals of North Midlands. Read more ➡️ https://t.co/BYIwwMhiB9
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#999CriticalCondition | Who’s ready for episode six from the fifth series of our exclusive documentary #999CriticalCondition on @channel5_tv ? We hope you’ll be watching. Tune in this Wednesday at 9pm
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