Donations coming in steadily, presume the transphobic hate is actually spreading the word about the crowdfunder 😊

If anyone else is pretty horrified at what's happening to the doctor at the centre of the changing room row, please do send her a message of support here:

It’s the best way to manage the risk to the organisation.

@RITB_ When my bosses were training, people with paranoia worried they were being spied on by the Russians. Now they are paranoid that they are being spied on by the DWP.

@ClinOncDoc @thetimes Times is not a public institution so not subject to FoIA. Better off FoI’ing prime suspects instead eg NHS England

@ProfRobHoward @mancunianmedic I wholeheartedly disagree that competition on the basis of the MSRA benefits our patients; I think the opposite is likely true.

@ProfRobHoward @mancunianmedic IMGs were 49% of all those recruited to psychiatry in 2023. We are back to this.

@ProfRobHoward What nonsense Like most things with doctors, enforced by requirement for probity. Non-UK doctors already require a CREST form signed by consultant equivalent in country they work. Is this 'not credibly enforceable'?!

@ProfRobHoward This was the case until 2018 - until changes in visa rules meant first round applications were opened internationally. Were those who got a training place before 2018 not 'the best of resident doctors'?

@ProfRobHoward Ask for a CREST form signed by a consultant registered in the UK with an NHS responsible offer. Add to the CREST form a declaration that the applicant has had 2 years experience working in the NHS. Simples.

@HeldinEU @ProfRobHoward We don't know. I have heard whispers from within HEE as was that it's a concern but not in their interests to show data. IMGs arriving in 1992 likely v different cohort than today.

@ProfRobHoward There is now a 5:1 competition ratio - so not training enough psychiatrists is not for the want of applicants. I'd certainly suggest that a doctor new to Britain start out on a clinical fellow post rather than go straight into training. Irony is, they'd much less likely to get it

@ProfRobHoward So, for psychiatry, train them to study the MSRA above all else?

@ProfRobHoward ... so I don't think it's unreasonable to ask for a commitment to the UK before allocating this resource to a doctor. Say, 2 years working in the NHS? Like for UK-trained applicants?

@Pseudomonal Aldi broken biscuits are still tasty and nutritious.

RT @MariGO2thepolls: Because men who marry down get a stay at home wife and mother. Women who marry down get a stay at home gamer

RT @stacycay: So you’re saying 98% of teens who take them made the right decision?