Jim Nolan
@nolanjimradial
Professor of cardiology at Keele University All views expressed are my own JFT97 YNWA
Joint statement with @medicalwomenuk on comments made last week by Dr Meiron J Thomas on @TimesRadio as reported by @Independent dauk.org/joint-response…
Recently, I've been digging up strangers' PhD dissertations to read the acknowledgment section. Couple pages of the most sincere and romantic text you'll find about what makes them tick Highly recommend if you want a feel-good read that doesn't require a functional attention span
Today, alongside @KimJohnsonMP and @PaulaBarkerMP, I’ve written to the Prime Minister urging him to reconsider the appointment of a former S*n editor to a senior civil service role. This decision deeply affects Hillsborough families, survivors, and our city. #JFT97
The wasted cost of track and trace would have paid for full pay restoration for doctors for the next 37 years.
Tories would ban strikes by NHS doctors - Badenoch bbc.in/4o7r0gf
Nurses union to reject pay deal as strike vote looms Maybe there’s something about how the NHS is being degraded, how patient care is increasingly challenging to deliver in under-resourced environments and how NHS workers are being treated by Govt here? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
A number of derogations have had to be granted at @nottmhospitals due to a lack of appropriate planning for strike action The noises from @NHSEngland have no doubt encouraged trusts to take approaches that have led to an increased risk to patient safety - this is unacceptable
Due to the dangerous lack of planning and action taken by the QMC in Nottingham, we are forced to accept a derogation for 4x resident doctors tonight for the Emergency Department. Protecting patient safety during strikes has always been a priority to the BMA, however the…
27 July 2012. The spectacular Opening Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics took place in the Olympic Stadium in London. It was directed by Academy Award-winning British film director, Danny Boyle. Newspaper reviews praised it as a “masterpiece” and “a love letter to Britain”.
27 July 2021. Andrew Devine died (aged 55), to become the 97th Hillsborough victim. During the open top bus parade, after Liverpool’s European Champions League win in 2019, James Milner, insisted the team coach stopped outside Andrew's house so he could see the trophy.
I wish more people in this country could realize the truth instead of fighting it.
It’s not the BMA “undermining the trade union movement”. It’s a Labour Prime Minister, writing in the Murdoch press, urging junior doctors to break with their union leadership. That’s a direct attack on trade unionism. Solidarity with @TheBMA and junior doctors on strike.
Keir Starmer: Resident doctors should break ranks with the BMA leadership. The industrial action that starts on Friday is in no one’s interests and medics should not follow their union down its dangerous and destructive route, he says. thetimes.com/article/3fdcd5…
The #LengReview outcomes calls into question the role of @RCPhysicians @rcgp @gmcuk @NHSEngland in 'Doctor Replacement' Good- as History must not be allowed to be re-written by the enablers. Views on the outcome of the @lengreview Via @bmj_latest bmj.com/content/390/bm…
Resident Drs 4d strike previously affected 200,000 appts Hospitals cancel 250,000 in the ave week Patients fail to attend 150,000 Doctors aren’t the problem but by standing up for fairness they are being scapegoated & the population gaslighted Let’s not let facts in the way
There is more to this than Drs pay It’s about power over healthcare & future of the NHS Cut the pay of staff, retention is poor, productivity falls & the claims of a broken NHS grow louder Private sector steps in, paying less, shareholders win Public loses healthcare & pays
The UK is a relatively low tax, low spend economy, with a poor history of investment in infrastructure Also with low spend on health, welfare, pensions, unemployment…. The narrative in the media is the opposite of this, making the rich richer & the country less productive
As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications This should also be banned Influence being bought in Govt Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy
My 🐐 consultant.
I like Dom Perignon, Jim. A bottle of that in 2008 cost about £137. That's around £223 now after inflation. As you'll know from the HoL cellars: vintages vary, but that's around the current price. However…. (🧵1/5)
Well said Mamas
1. A thread. As a Professor of Cardiology and senior consultant i fully support resident doctors in their strike action. Newly qualified doctors of today: ➡️ earn 40% less than their newly qualified assistants ➡️ earn £18/ hr ➡️ financially they are worse off than when I was…
Just finished nights where we had zero catheters in ED, no working MRI, no aciclovir available for my patient, and skeletal nursing and HCA staffing. I had to scour three stores for a blue cannula… But no… difficult conditions because of the strikes 🤡 #FullPayRestoration
"We did not need to be in this position. These strikes were unnecessary." @WesStreeting explains why 👇 Watch his message to NHS staff continuing to work during strikes.
We should talk about money and value, and what @wesstreeting and @DHSCgovuk value and spend money on. Last week, the @lengreview found that PAs (medically unqualified assistants to doctors, with no unique skillset) function at a level below F1 (newly qualified) doctors 1/