1/ Now the embargo has lifted, I’ve had time to read the @lengreview in full. While some celebrate minor cosmetic wins, I see the formal entrenchment of a parallel, underqualified medical workforce — built without medical training.

‘Is there anyone else you know who has had a 28.9% pay rose in the last 3 years,’ asks Nick Robinson disbelievingly of an NHS doctor. Last year, Robinson’s BBC pay rose by at least £135k

The new RCP VP for Education and Training said this about PAs👇🏼 ‘Not half as risky as you perceive ‘ ‘They are so much better/know what to do than @BMAResidents ‘ ‘Most will be better than F1 and at least as good as SHOs ‘ Will @danfurmedge retract these statements?

Draft law could allow PAs to become consultants despite government denials, DAUK co-chair Dr Matt Kneale insists @mattster He is calling on the government to change the wording, warning that ministerial assurances offer no legal protection. #doctors #NHS

@mattster They have a very simple question to answer. If they are not intending to award CCTs to people without medical qualifications, who are not doctors, why have they removed the term ‘registered medical practitioner’ which is protected in law and only applies to doctors?

I’m glad to be quoted here, and I’m sure you’ll all be just as reassured as I am by the response from the GMC.

The threats my @Keir_Starmer to withdraw training places looks like a very big misstep. - Firstly it harms the public. - Secondly you are threatening a group who have seen their terms and conditions attacked daily by their employer. This is just another Tuesday for them.

I’m really pleased to share that I’ve been elected to @RCPhysicians Council Thank you for your support! Please do share your thoughts, ideas, comments and concerns around things the College could or should be addressing

The Ten Year Plan included training for Doctors @wesstreeting has included training places in the negotiations over pay He has decided to ‘deny training and progression’ This is bullying in the workplace in every definition

https://t.co/drw97pT6GS

This is absurd. If we need 4,000 training places we should have them. If we don’t, the Prime Minister shouldn’t be offering them as a bribe paid for by the taxpayer.

I am ashamed of @Keir_Starmer and Labour. To threaten hardworking professionals with lack of career progression (while funding unqualified replacements) and punishing the public by not ensuring future consultants is contemptuous. I likely will not vote @UKLabour next election.

Seriously? The NHS's ability to tackle waiting lists and treat patients is being severely constrained by shortages of key doctor groups. The Prime Minister’s threat to take away 1,000 extra training places if strikes are not called off will surely worsen an already dire

Hi @GoodwinMJ - it’s been the 48 hours since our @GBNEWS debate, where you promised to correct any incorrect quotes. Any update? Where can I find my new corrected copy, with corrections or sources to the quotes and facts we questioned?

@RobLaurensonD4P @NEndoscopy @cannula_service @medicalmodelbri @MedRegoncall1 @RotherhamNHS_FT Why the GMC? I thought they dealt with IT issues? Laptops and incorrect oyster cards, that sort of thing They're not responsible for regulating Doctors who expose patients to substandard levels of care

@BlanshardC @AliJaneMoore how easily IMGs became fodder for politics.

@dave43law Why isn’t anyone talking about this ?

GMC didn’t feel competent to set scope for PAs yet somehow thinks it is competent to decide who can CCT? This change will make NHS totally unsafe for patients. Is @wesstreeting ‘encouraging’GMC to make this change similarly to when GMC was ‘encouraged’ to agree to regulate PAs!

No country that is serious about their medical standards would do this. This is why, as well as the language he has previously used towards resident doctors, I have no trust in @wesstreeting despite voting for Labour in the last election and desperately wanting to do well.

We now have the new DES contract for 2026/7. 1) Some significant changes in the PA section . No more reference to undifferentiated pts , baby checks chronic conditions etc 2) reference to Royal College , GMCs Good Medical Practice and NHS England guidance

The draft GMC Order 2026 consultation just dropped. Buried in it is a fundamental change to who can be awarded a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT). This matters enormously. Let me explain why.