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In the early 1500s “Self-proclaimed ‘physicians’ would treat patients without adequate training or medical knowledge. …these unregulated practitioners were undoubtedly doing more harm than good” Where did it all go so wrong for @RCPhysicians?

🧵 Retired surgeon Prof Meirion Thomas' claims that patients struggle to see GPs because “too many women are doctors” are insulting and unfounded. Workforce challenges stem from underfunding and rising demand, not gender.

It is deeply inappropriate for a politician to use an NHS.net email to spam political messages For shame They were right #BMA1948

“A complete disdain for patients and the wider recovery of the NHS.” - UK Secretary of State for Health, on doctors asking to be paid as much as their assistants. 22/7/2025 Face it. They were right, weren’t they. #BMA1948 ALL OUT 💪🏻

repost from Reddit. A Trust in the U.K. tonight, without any strikes taking place. @wesstreeting @ShaunLintern @SkyNews @LBCNews

Drs do not step in to perform the duties of Nurses/AHPs when they go on strike. Calls for kindness and respect among colleagues often feel like empty preaching. These roles seem designed to sideline drs-yet still expect their unwavering goodwill.

‘We are the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, not the Royal College of Emergency Physicians’. Take the hint, EM Doctors. They are coming for Tier 5 next. UK EM will become a protocolised triage service, & no more. Leave the specialty or leave the country.

Let me try to say this simply THIS IS THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGISTS. You are supposed to set standards. Leng has given you the opportunity to do your job (a responsibility which you shouldn't have abdicated while awaiting results).

I would encourage everyone to read the full Leng review and consider the implications A whitewash this is not (This may become a thread)

Where have I ‘constantly’ implied that others don’t work hard, or have ‘disdain’ towards my colleagues? I am advocating for doctors, as that it is literally my role as one of their union representatives. What is unreasonable is a doctor now is being paid 21% less than a doctor…

It also confirmed hospitals have used them as substitutes for drs...no surprise there. Hospitals have been doing same with nursing associates for years, as with many other lesser trained roles. This is taskification of care, now Govt policy in NHS 10 year plan #patientsafety

Acting like any restriction on your practice is some sort of punishment or intolerable abuse comes across as extremely entitled. This is not about innocence or guilt or proving harm to patients. It's about lack of equivalent training, lack of safety evidence, and valid concerns.

NHS Trusts this morning following the #lengreview

Doctors currently earn £18.62 an hour, they are asking for £22.67 an hour. Their assistants get paid £24.45 an hour. How can @wesstreeting defend paying doctors less than their assistants?

2. What is the detriment caused by Prof Kar if the U-turns in policy &!requests to share information with @lengreview all subsequently became RCP policy? I note all internal candidates in recent elections stood on platforms for change which included these U-turns as their “wins”

Doctors, how much longer do you realistically see yourself working in the NHS?

No single supervising Dr is "signing off" on any RDs training & competence, they keep a portfolio of evidence plus they have to face Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) by panels of experienced Drs, possibly including interviews. So, no, not comparable with PAs at all

As you know, I try and help out with legal issues if I can and I rarely turn anyone away Well now I’ve a favour to ask of you, my followers, inc those in the med profn. I often bang on about the appalling state of women’s h/c and in particular about the dreadful treatment 1/4

In March 2020 thousands of medical students volunteered to work on Covid wards They didn’t hesitate to protect the Mr Sokols of this country Perhaps they should have stayed at home watching Tiger King Self-interest indeed

The generation with £100k debt at RPI+3% interest, constant rotations, no accommodation, declining study budgets and frozen higher training places is viewing the job as transactional- weird that.

Appalling Decision @RCPhysicians It Will Cost RCP Members , Income , Reputation & Credibility @parthaskar Is An Outstanding Medical Leader Pity There Are So Few @Mumtaz_Patel_1 @HilaryWMedic @RunningMadProf @j59dd @OGMustafa @TheBMA @RCP_RDC @BMAResidents @RoySocMed