Daniel Mercer
@danny_mercer
Anatomist | Doctor
Now that Wispa is trending, I feel its apt to remind the world that we lost the most delicious bar ever. I actually wrote to @CadburyUK a few years ago and the apologised for getting rid of it. BRING BACK WISPA MINT.
This is the issue. It doesn’t matter what British doctors describe, the UK (even centre left supporters of the NHS) have decided we are NOT WORTHY OF FPR. So either we need more than IA to win about our value, or we need to think about our consent of the NHS persisting.
'We continue to sacrifice our youth, our mental health, and our happiness, on the altar of this profession.' James O'Brien receives a 'powerful' message from a doctor ahead of the strikes at the end of the month.
last week I was in the Apple Store helping my aunt. we wanted to use an iMac but the mouse wasn't charged, I demonstrate it being charged upside down, my aunt said "thats stupid" and 2 apple employees told us that we were wrong as it wouldn't be "pretty" otherwise. we both lol'd
I’ve agreed with Robert for ages, however I am joining the Guardian comment page and James O’Brien today in saying that these strikes are against the public mood, and a thinner mandate than the BMA are claiming. This union has lost our natural allies. I can’t endorse this plan.
It's always weird to see these bizarre claims that the committee is "hard left" or "corbynistas". This is a wave of young people aged typically between 23-35 who see Broken Britain for what it is. Raising rent, raising house prices, raising energy prices, raising leisure…
To hear Polly against resident doctor IA is disappointing. If her argument is right, the NHS cannot afford doctors at competitive, western market rates. Are we permanently first-tier education and second-tier recompensed? We decide. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
My parents paid £60,000 for their house in 1990. It was valued last week at £675,000. Back then it was the equivalent of four times average income. Now it is 19 times average income. It just shows how broken the housing market is and how unaffordable it is for many people.
I am disappointed by this “take down” attempt of IFS. I’m sorry the author didn’t have a revelation In an ad hoc 30 second IFS session they were not prepped for mid interview … its success is not due to TikTok ffs. Let the evidence grow ¬¬
For our May issue, @Jess_McAllen went deep on Internal Family Systems, a popular therapy modality that suggests we can find our emotions within our physical body parts, among other things: thenation.com/article/societ…
I agree with Nigel for the first time in my life. Secretaries of State are currently favours to loyal MPs. They should be separate, accountable to the executive.
‘Why must cabinet ministers be politicians? It's nonsense.' @Nigel_Farage’s take on a new-look cabinet for Britain involves emulating America.
Very sad news today: Ralph de la Rosa passed away. I took a class with them a while back and they were so learned, so curious, and so compassionate. Ralph especially worked with many marginalized people. I looked forward to seeing the work that Ralph would continue to do. Their…
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If your MADD patient is worsening on SSRI commencement, please consider BPAD, especially type two. Thanks.
A labour of love for #MedEd is a talk I‘m giving next month on teaching clinical reasoning and how we go from novice to expert clinician with the 2025 evidence base. 29 minutes long. Give it a watch here: youtu.be/uvsxXvqEiNU?si…
What a day in Parliament. Amongst many conflicting thoughts, I have to say I'm surprised. We are always told Britain is a centre-right, Protestant country. Polling doesn't suggest this anymore, and neither does today's vote. I wonder how far away the Cannabis debate is?
Re: Liverpool. I was a few streets over. As a Liverpool Doctor, & past ambo dispatcher, I’m thinking of the helpers. People stood in the way of the car, got a foot off an accelerator pedal. Tonight Liverpool centre is full of sadness AND singing, I love this home. YWNA.
Every year doctors and nurses worked during Covid, their pay was cut. Every year.
During the pandemic binmen & careworkers were ‘key workers’. - bin men worked while we sat at home - care workers held our dying relatives Now? - bin men get their pay cut - care workers are told they’re worthless Next time they should stay home & let us die coz fuck this.
It’s very weird to me that people see the president living like this and aren’t filled with anger
Prior to heading to the Middle East, Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home threw an Arabian Nights themed party
If a decade of pay cuts annually, despite covid, then 18 months of strike action, with limited results, already tried to reverse, tells you one thing its this: the uk doesn’t care enough about its medical work force. And I’ve had enough of trying to fix it.
Unemployed resident Drs & GPs I really didn’t think I would actually see this happens (& I have been in the health business since 1992)
I think we need to have a chat about this. LLMs are a chosen, efficient tool of this generation in work and play. Should academia adapt? With a new common tool, does the role of research/writing/thinking change? Are these the screams of anachronism?
it’s weird to me that people refuse to just switch back to paper tests