Jen Johnston

✊Solidarity with striking @BMAResidents doctors! Resident doctors are overworked and underpaid. The government has a responsibility to restore their pay after decades of austerity. Firefighters stand with NHS resident doctors.

@wesstreeting why aren’t you concerned about patient safety on NON strike days ? This is happening tonight . A whistleblower has revealed what is going on in this emergency department. Managers are deliberately putting patients at risk Are you going to find out where this is?

Well said. This is rough & ready but useful I think!

Ok.... @CareQualityComm this is emergency levels of importance.

NHS Pension scheme increased surplus last year by £2bn - which goes back to the treasury Still can’t afford the extra pay @wesstreeting @RachelReevesMP NHS scheme takes in more £ than it pays out £6.3bn Liabilities are huge but income higher vs costs nhsbsa.nhs.uk/sites/default/…

GMC’s ambitions need to be re-examined in the context of their severe and dangerous failures over the PA project. As the Leng Report shows, GMC pushed for non-medically qualified people without core skills to be able to work as senior doctors, despite warnings from doctors & RCs

A MUST READ THREAD BY @Anisocyte @wesstreeting How can GMC be trusted to safely regulate a workforce they clearly do not understand, grossly overestimated & dangerously enabled? Can we proceed without a drastic change in leadership, starting with Charlie Massey?

We should talk about the the inevitable q of how this mess happened. Prof Leng stated her review wouldn’t dwell on it. This is within her gift - the review is hard enough to land despite sticking to its precise question. But the question of how this happened cannot be ignored 1/

This doctor shared her payslip to show the stark reality NHS doctors face. Fully qualified. Working exhausting 48 hour weeks: nights, evenings, weekends. Regularly uprooted from family, friends and support networks. All to earn just £17.56 an hour. That’s 21% less in real…

I’d like to talk a bit about the Leng Report, and thank Prof Leng and her team. It’s quite extensive, and addresses various parts of the MAPs issue, so I wanted to discuss various parts in isolation than go through it chronologically. But, please do also read the report. 1/

Remember, the new Medical Act and AAPA Order is being drafted in secret between the DHSC and the GMC as we speak. Other than PA title changes, this presents a once in a generation moment to reform the GMC to meet the needs of the profession and wider public.

"We do not accept the recommendations of the Leng Review" says PA Group. And that is why AU are fighting for the GMC to enforce a defined scope of practice. Please help us achieve our target crowdjustice.com/case/stop-misl…

My 6 year old throws more constructive tantrums than this Every time @UMAPsUK issues a press release it makes the ongoing employability & feasibility of assistants more problematic It really is time PA’s found a constructive spokesperson to work with the medical profession

Well said.

archive.ph/kaTx1 A very insightful read.

#LengReview #PhysicianAssociates #NHS - government accepts all recommendation. Implemenation report in the autumn You can read full response in Hansard hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-07-…

it's all going to come roaring back. In the meantime, those of us concerned about pt safety have been told to accept the Report and sit down. Workforce substitution is a zombie idea that just won't die. Fin

Spot on. The name change was deliberate and an attempt to ‘blur the lines’ between PAs and doctors. It was all about branding them. Objecting to reversing that change shows how important that was to them