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Views my own. Retired Radiologist. Former RCR Vice President, Radiology

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#HeartAttack 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Why #Pay Cardiology #Doctor With 10 Years Training £13,000 LESS Than #PhysicianAssociate With 2yrs ? ⬆️ #Private Health ££ #DoctorsStrike 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Feb 21-24 @BetsiCadwaladr @Eluned_Morgan @mabonapgwynfor @BHFCymru @BMACymru @BBCWalesNews @Lydiarosesteph
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Does @ClareGerada Have No Insight or Contrition for the harm she herself has caused to #GeneralPractice ? #PhysicianAssociate Replacement of #GPs
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Clare Gerada
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NAO report number of fully qualified GPs will rise by only 4% between 2021 and 2036 compared to a 49% rise in the number of consultants. #nhs will fall over if we don’t increase number of GPs as our patients need generalists given the changes in health care needs.
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@Johnrashton47 Many thanks Professor Ashton for courageously , truthfully, and repeatedly speaking out on the Public Health issues of #COVID19 Would that others with your expertise had your courage @gmcuk @AoMRC @FPH @PHE_uk @NHSEngland
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Quarter of #BorisJohnson Cabinet took #Russia -linked cash #Londongrad "The worst is not, So long as we can say 'This is the worst'" King Lear @SirGrahamBrady @Conservatives @William_Wragg @ScotTories @FT @thetimes @BylineTimes @MirrorPolitics
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#Covid_19 #TruthMatters #PPE #VentilatorGate UK attended #EU Covid Procurement Meetings on "31 January, 4 February, 2 March and 13 March"...but decided not to participate Why ? @BorisJohnson @DominicRaab @MattHancock @Jeremy_Hunt @JonAshworth @NHSMillion @TheBMA @theRCN
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UK discussed joint EU plan to buy Covid-19 medical supplies, say officials
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Looking forward to opening one of new 48 hospitals later today.
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@DrSarahClarke ⁩ Turning ⁦⁦ @RCPhysicians ⁩ Into A 🤡 College #EGM #ByeLaws Matter ⁦ @AoMRC ⁩ ⁦ ⁦ @TheBMA ⁩ ⁦ @RCPL_trainees ⁩ ⁦ @Dr_Done_ ⁩ ⁦ @TheBHF ⁩ ⁦ @BritishCardioSo ⁩ ⁦ @TheLancet ⁩ ⁦ @bmj_latest ⁩ ⁦ @HSJnews
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I hope @RCPhysicians #Council When They Meet Tomorrow Evening Pass A Vote of No Confidence #VONC in @DrSarahClarke Continuing as President #RCP #PhysicianAssociateScandal @UKGastroDr ⁩ ⁦ @djnicholl ⁩ ⁦ @parthaskar ⁩ ⁦ @martinmckee ⁩ ⁦ @DrAsifQasim
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PAs being given direct access to the Foundation Programme While Foundation Drs across the country are sat on placement lists, unsure where they are going to live @NavinaEvans , why are these posts not going to Drs? Why are Drs being replaced? Credit: @Dr_Done_ @AliJaneMoore
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@MerseyPensioner members held @C_MPartnership to account over replacing doctors w cheaper, unqualified staff & the lack of accountability of this board which holds power over what rationed postcode lottery of services are on offer. Services cut to make profit
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⁦1/2 ⁦ @UKLabour ⁩ So Weak on #NHS ?… That ⁦ @MailOnline ⁩ , Not #Labour Exposes #Risks To #Patients From #PhysicianAssociates Are 🌹 #Donors Silencing ⁦ @wesstreeting ⁩ ⁦ @Keir_Starmer ⁩ ? ⁦ @LabourHealth ⁩ ⁦⁦ @WhichUK ⁩ ⁦ @age_uk
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Angela Merkel: “Freedom of expression has its limits. Those limits begin where hatred is spread. They begin where the dignity of other people is violated.“ I wish our Prime Minister was as decent as her.
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Today on #WorldStrokeDay , David Foster, a stroke patient treated recently ⁦ @UHNM_NHS ⁩ with a thrombectomy procedure speaks how crucial the procedure was in keeping him alive. But nearly 80% patients in England who needed a thrombectomy missed out ⁦ @TheStrokeAssoc
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Please sign Parliamentary Petition to Ensure continued Universal Health Cover by #NHS By Lawfully binding Government to a minimum % of GDP as #NHS Healthcare spend #KeepOurNHSFree
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#JuniorDoctorsStrike 13 Years Of #PayCuts Is #MedicalRoyalCollege “Leaders” #Silence Collusion In Dismantling The #NHS ? ⁦ @JeanetteRCR ⁩ ⁦ @DrSarahClarke ⁩ ⁦ @ClareGerada ⁩ ⁦ @RCoAPresident ⁩ ⁦ ⁦⁩ @TheBMA ⁩ ⁦ @ShaunLintern ⁩ ⁦ @HSJnews
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@hzeffman @JonAshworth Please request @MattHancock to answer Emergency Q in HoC on this today Patients will be alarmed that Ministers in Brexit chaos could overrule GP prescriptions @sarahwollaston @rcgp @PatientsAssoc @CarersUK @age_uk @Keir_Starmer @TheBMA @HSJnews @SkyNewsBreak
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@moderna_tx
Moderna
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We just announced the primary efficacy analysis in the Phase 3 COVE study for mRNA-1273, our COVID-19 vaccine candidate and that today, we plan to request an Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. FDA & conditional approval from the EMA. Read more:
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1/2 Why is ⁦ @UKLabour ⁩ Silent About Unemployed #GPs While #Patients Fobbed Off With 2yr “trained” #PhysicianAssociates ? #Private Healthcare Donors ? ⁦ @wesstreeting ⁩ ⁦ @LordPhilofBrum ⁩ ⁦ @Keir_Starmer ⁩ ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ ⁦ @pulsetoday ⁩ ⁦
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Will ⁦ @UKLabour ⁩ Support ⁦ @natalieben ⁩ Fatal Motion on #PhysicianAssociates Feb 26 in ⁦⁦ @UKHouseofLords ⁩ ? If Not , Why Not ? ⁦ @wesstreeting ⁩ ⁦ @angelasmithxmp ⁩ ⁦ @LabourLordsUK ⁩ ⁦ @KeeleyMP ⁩ ⁦ @TheBMA ⁩ ⁦ @JohnJCrace
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#LowPay Forcing #Doctors Out of #NHS #Strikes +++🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 7th Next Week 2yr “trained” #PhysicianAssociates NOT Solution @RishiSunak @SteveBarclay @Keir_Starmer @wesstreeting Want To ➡️ #NHS £££ To ⬆️ #Private Health #Profits WAKE UP WALES 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #NHS At Risk 🧵1/2
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If ⁦⁦Today ⁦ @LabourLordsUK ⁩ Do Not Support ⁦ @natalieben #FatalMotion On #PhysicianAssociates ..,. ⁦ ➡️ @UKLabour ⁩ Is Removing #NHS Patients #Right To See A #Doctor ➡️ Go #Private @LadyBasildon ⁩ ⁦ @wesstreeting ⁩ ⁦ @TheBMA ⁩ ⁦⁦
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@TheDA_UK
Doctors’ Association UK 💙
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Deeply disturbing DAUK survey findings from Torbay & South Devon NHS Trust ( @TorbaySDevonNHS ). PAs are overstepping boundaries, putting patient safety at risk, and impacting doctors' training. This is shocking in itself, but made far worse by recent events at the RCP. /1
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Clodagh Rice
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Another example of a local manufacturing firm adapting to help fight Covid 19 Bloc Blinds in Magherafelt is going into production of safety masks for hospital workers on Monday. The company has a prototype + the production line can produce 22,000 of these a day
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👏 ⁦⁦ @KeeleyMP ⁩ Contribution In the #Parliamentary Debate on #PhysicianAssociates #Risks To #Patients From Their Use In #NHS As Unsafe Replacements For #Doctors #Assistant Better Title Than #Associate @wesstreeting ⁩ ⁦ @TheBMA ⁩ ⁦⁦ @ITV ⁩ ⁦
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#JuniorDoctorsStrike Asking for between £5-10 / hour more for 24/7 skill If ⁦ @SteveBarclay ⁩ Drives Them From #NHS , Who Will Take Their Place ? ⁦ @RishiSunak ⁩ ⁦ @ConHome ⁩ ⁦⁦ @wesstreeting ⁩⁩ ⁦ @TheBHF ⁩ ⁦⁦⁦ @thetimes ⁩ ⁦ @FT
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#PhysicianAssociates in #GeneralPractice Not sure who you're seeing ? #ItsOkayToAsk ‘what's your role?' ⁦ @MPritchardUK ⁩ ⁦ @lucyallan ⁩ ⁦ @OfKawczynski ⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦ @NHSSTW ⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦ @CllrShaunDavies ⁩ ⁦ @JBuckleyLabour ⁩ ⁦ @HelenMorganMP
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platinumpizza™
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There is no agenda to replace doctors with physician associates. This is just one hospital. This is just one 6 month period. Credit u/sildenafil_prn @MedReddit .
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@Parody_RCGP
🐼 Parody RCGP (not a doctor)
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Guess who appears to be a sponsor of the 2023 RCGP Annual conference? Yep The same company who suggest that surgeries should hire PAs rather than....checks notes....actual GPs. Further info on LocumPA
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Why Do @BBCNews & 🇬🇧 Media Hide What 🇩🇪 TV Shows ? Vast Public Sector Pay March ⬇️ Self Censorship To Please Government ? #GaryGate Again & Again Road to #Fascism ? @MhairiBlack @GoodLawProject @ByDonkeys @PoliticsJOE_UK @PeterStefanovi2 @ZDFlondon @itvnews @SkyNews @FT
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ZDF Studio London
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Strikes and demonstrations in GB: Teachers, junior doctors und Tube workers walk out and fight for higher wages. Streiks und Demonstrationen in GB: Lehrer, Assistenzärzte und U-Bahn Fahrer legen die Arbeit nieder und kämpfen um höhere Löhne.
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Why Reluctance of ⁦⁦ @LabourLordsUK ⁩ To Protect #Patients ? By Voting For ⁦ @natalieben #FatalMotion on #PhysicianAssociates Mon Feb 26 ? Latest Scandal ⬇️ ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ ⁦ @wesstreeting ⁩ ⁦ @KeeleyMP ⁩ ⁦ @angelasmithxmp ⁩ ⁦ @DrRosena
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@RammyaMathew
Rammya Mathew
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I'm sorry but views like these are what have led to GPs being sold down the river. In the last 24hrs Clare has said PAs are about 'skill mix and patient care' and that they are not 'less qualified' (just different qualified) to GPs. Is anyone @rcgp going to challenge this?
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4 Pages Of Dangerous Waffle From Academy of Medical #Colleges @AoMRC Who For 10 Years Have Failed To Define Safe Roles For #PhysicianAssociates Government Stooges To De #Doctor The #NHS & Force #Patients To Go #Private @TheBMA @bbchealth @Telegraph @MailOnline @WhichUK
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Do #Parents Know That #PhysicianAssociates looking after their #Child in @Bham_Childrens Are NOT #Doctors with 7+ yrs Training ? #PAs only 2yrs training @RCPCHPresident @RCPCHtweets @MumsnetTowers @TheSCT ⁩ ⁦ @WellChild ⁩ ⁦⁦ @rcpch_trainees
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@drcolinm @medicsupport @MPS_Medical @doctorcaldwell @Allyncondon @doctor_oxford @LittleNik @DrJonBailey @docsafeuk @JamesGHaddock @JamesTitcombe @GrumpyOldDoc @BWCHBoss @drphilhammond @ShaunLintern @ClinOncDoc @AskJeevesWij @TheBMA GMC and Courts must ASAP factor mitigating factors of rota gaps, long hours, IT failures, systemic factors when adjudicating on poor medical performance. Doctors don't have the option of not flying a plane and cancelling flight if no co-pilot. GMC credibilty & future is at stake
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1/2 Undermining & Undervaluing #Doctors ➡️ #DrExit From #NHS Silence of Politicians , Establishment & Media Public Complacent After 75 yrs 2/2 Compare #NHS & #Private Healthcare Costs Once Gone , No Going Back ⁦ @bbchealth ⁩ ⁦ @ITV ⁩ ⁦ @guardian ⁩ ⁦ @FT
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De Doctoring #NHS Why So Many Promoters Of #PhysicianAssociates In #Reading ? Who Really Benefits & How ? Dire #Doctor Career Blocks Yet ⁦ @RBNHSFT ⁩ Dr Mc Keown “we do not have junior doctors growing on trees” ⁦ @TheBMA ⁩ ⁦ @Dr_Done_
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@JulianElford Julian , Until 2 months ago you were Medical Director for Membership and Businesses at @RCRadiologists Sad you find offer to NHS Consultants “acceptable” It is an another @DHSCgovuk attempt to #DeDoctor the #NHS by fuelling #DrExit @Dr_Done_ @Parody_RCGP @Xeon4f145d96s1
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#Tory Hypocrisy & Injustice Refuse #JuniorDoctors £19/hr ⁦ @RishiSunak ⁩ ⁦ @SteveBarclay ⁩ ⁦ @MattHancock ⁩ ⁦ @Jeremy_Hunt ⁩ ⁦⁦ @Conservatives ⁩ ⁦ @ConHome ⁩ ⁦ @CFO_NHS ⁩ ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ ⁦ @DailyMailUK ⁩ ⁦ @BBCNews ⁩ ⁦ @FT
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👏 @BMA Statement on #PAs 🔵 Pause #NHS Recruitment of #PhysicianAssociates 🔵 @gmcuk Would Be The Wrong Regulator ⬆️ Patient #Confusion “There must be no doubt that when a patient goes to see a doctor, they are going to see a doctor” @PatientsAssoc
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@ZainKhanMed @DrSarahClarke The new #President of the Royal College of Physicians @RCPhysicians Sadly Does Not Understand That Being A Good Doctor Involves Balancing The Needs of Individual Patients versus those of All Patients and the #NHS @TheBMA @PatientsAssoc @NHSMillion @keepnhspublic @bmj_latest
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#DoctorsStrike Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Next 3 Days #PayRestoration Unless #Fairness For #Doctors ⬇️ #NHS For Patients ⁦ @Eluned_Morgan ⁩ ⁦ @mabonapgwynfor ⁩ ⁦ @WGHealthandCare ⁩ ⁦ @BMACymru ⁩ ⁦ @BBCWalesNews ⁩ ⁦ @ITVWales ⁩ ⁦ @S4C ⁩ ⁦ @WalesOnline
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Are #PhysicianAssociates In #BreastSurgery Safe ? 1/2 2yr #PA Training ⁦ @RUHBath ⁩ Job Description ⁦ @SteveBarclay ⁩ ⁦ @BreastCancerNow ⁩ ⁦ @TMitchellFRCS ⁩ ⁦ @ABSGBI ⁩ ⁦ @NHSEmployers ⁩ ⁦ ⁦ @wesstreeting ⁩ ⁦
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Reading #Kidney Patients #PhysicianAssociates Job Description ⬇️ Risks ? ⁦ @BritRenalSoc ⁩ ⁦ @ERAkidney ⁩ ⁦ @NHSEnglandNMD ⁩ ⁦ @RBNHSFT ⁩ ⁦ @TheBMA ⁩ ⁦ @doctor_oxford ⁩ ⁦ @TheLancet ⁩ ⁦ @TheLawyermag ⁩ ⁦ @LBC
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If #AnaesthesiaAssociate Needs Help @gmcuk : "landline phone, signal throughout the whole hospital if vulnerable... contact the Consultant they can be there in 30 seconds" ⁩⁦ @ESAIC_org ⁩ ⁦ @RCoANews ⁩ ⁦ @AoMRC ⁩ ⁦ ⁦⁦ @TheBMA ⁩ ⁦ @EJA_Journal
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#JuniorDoctorsStrike Royal Coll #Anaesthetists ⁦ “patient care in the #NHS will be harmed if the working lives of junior doctors including the financial pressures they are under …are not improved” ⁦ @SteveBarclay ⁩ ⁦⁦ @thetimes ⁩ ⁦
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#Gastroenterology #PA #PhysicianAssociate Why Spend 8+ Yrs , £££ on MB & MRCP When a #PA … ❇️ Own Outpatient Clinic ❇️Oversees Day Case Paracentesis ➡️ Autonomous #PA #Endoscopy @DrSarahClarke @RCPhysicians @BritSocGastro @AoMRC @bmj_latest @RCPL_trainees @Dr_Done_
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James O'Brien
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Just a recently deleted page from the current Conservative co-chairman’s company website…
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