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Today as 2024 starts, my Medical Student Finance Loan balance hit £100k...
That sure is a milestone, but maybe not one to celebrate,
I wanted to put down some of my thoughts about the dire situation funding is for Medical Students in the UK
#MedTwitter
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Huge Loss for Medical Students:
From next years UKFPO applications, students publications, posters, presentations, and leadership roles are no longer taken into account for SFP. This could harm the future
#MedEd
and will disenfranchise those who have worked hard toward academia!
We fundamentally disagree with the decision by the UK Health bodies to move the Specialised Foundation Programme into the PIA system from 2025 and will fight for students by resisting this change in any way that we can.
Read the full statement 👇
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Many on
#MedTwitter
may have seen a few months back uproar about Barts/QMUL med school's examiner eligiblity including PAs.
I try to close the feedback loop best I can on here - lobbying led by myself successfully prevented PAs examining our final years in their OSCEs this week!
An anonymous source has revealed Barts and QMUL Medical Schools actively recruit Physician Associates as examiners for OSCEs, it seems Aston University isn’t alone in its madness.
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One of the world's 1st 4-year undergrad medical degree is another concerning
@NHSEngland
project underway.
Meeting with the project team today for
@TheBMA
/
@BMAstudents
Concerns: evaluation, student welfare, funding, international recognition.
#MedTwitter
Any more to add to list?
A four year undergraduate medical degree, separate from graduate entry degree programmes, is set to launch in 2026, NHS England has said
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A concerning day for the quality of Medical Education:
A 4 year undergrad medical course is being designed by uni of Buckingham - but to have announced a start date & pilot schools selected for starting these without first assessing the idea/feasibility is reckless!
A four year undergraduate medical degree, separate from graduate entry degree programmes, is set to launch in 2026, NHS England has said
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7 years of Medical School in total... Foundation Doctor application finally submitted!
I will miss
@QMULBartsTheLon
!
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This month, despite opposition, the 1st Medical Doctor Degree Apprenticeship (MDDA) launched.
@TheBMA
have many concerns - inequity, lacking WP, funding, NHS impact.
Important we don't blame the 20 students starting, it’s not their fault for MDDAs! It's
@NHSEngland
's new 'ideas'
We have an exciting new opportunity available for anyone interested in becoming a doctor. Find out more about the Medical Doctor Degree Apprenticeships below...
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Anaesthetist:
"huh, Rob Tucker, that's a plastic surgeon name if I've ever heard one"
*quits MedEd academic with maybe GP plan to fully utilise the pun that 'Tucker' could be in plastics*
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Another solution is tuition fee removal for certain courses that aim towards important health & social care roles.
Perhaps this would only happen with a return of service agreements, eg. 5 years of tuition fees paid by gov., then required to do (5?) years in the NHS 6/
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I'm still a med student (6/7), with another year to go after an SU sabbatical & a MedEd intercal. So my student debt is going to rise & rise!
I'll add that I have a part-time job while studying to try earn enough for rent (just got told my contract ends in January... Sh*t...) 2/
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Currently, it's only the first 4 years of UG full funding available from Student Finance England, leaving students' final year (or final 2 if they intercalate) down to a hugely reduced Student Finance loan & an unliveable NHS Bursary (total max for a year is ~£4k) 3/
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@Dr_BellaR
Oh dear... 🤦🏽♂️ Will be looking into this one at Barts, my medical school asap with
@TheBMA
's help
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I just finished my Intercalated BSc in Medical Education
@QMULBartsTheLon
with a dissertation on Medical Students Perceptions to Opportunities & Barriers to Contributing to Curriculum change.
#medicaleducation
#studentvoice
#curriculumchange
#studentrepresentation
#cocreation
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Wales for Sept '24 intake is changing this with final year med students able to access a larger (and more liveable) Student Finance Loan on top of the NHS Bursary.
^A solution (one of the worst) would be to allow all UK students to access full Student Loans in all years 4/
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Med School experience so far:
1st Yr: Failed 1st in-course exam (& told maybe med isn't for me) but: Merit in final exams!
2nd Yr: Exams - COVID, cancelled
3rd Yr: Exams - online (OSCE cancelled)
(Sabbatical & Intercal)
4th Yr: Sat big exam today, tech issues & it's been void...
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Congrats to all the
@QMULBartsTheLon
finalists finishing their exams this week!
@shivani_g22
& Varvara
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Med Students:
I'm running for
@TheBMA
UK Council to be one of 3 Med Student members. Deadline to vote is Monday 8th April - it's by post so check your home/uni addresses,
A vote for me is one for experience in education & being best placed to creating change!
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@manLikeTool
Will raise this one, this is definitely why
#MedTwitter
is useful and I love it very much (most of the time!) as had missed this until now
@Dr_BellaR
Oh dear... 🤦🏽♂️ Will be looking into this one at Barts, my medical school asap with
@TheBMA
's help
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I personally don't mind the idea of returning to service agreements.
If they are optional for students to take or not, with ways to get out of them if needed, and if the maintenance loans/bursary are also liveable!
Any other ideas to fix Medical Student funding? 7/
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The Augar Review attempted to start this conversation: "There is a misalignment at the margin between England's otherwise outstanding system of higher education and the country's economic requirements"
The NHS Longterm Workforce Plan really should've addressed this better... 9/
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#MedTwitter
A Medical Doctor Degree Apprenticeship with a timeline starting in only a few months, these really are encroaching at a very scary pace.
The funding is a mess, they may not be able to provide WP access supported more than tradition med degrees, and they're untested!
We have an exciting new opportunity available for anyone interested in becoming a doctor. Find out more about the Medical Doctor Degree Apprenticeships below...
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Med Students have many allies against the UK Foundation Programme change moving SFP (Specialised Foundation Programme) onto the PIA computer-generated ranking.
Thanks to medical academics across the UK with
@NIHRresearch
,
@BMA_Academics
& more below:
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I don't want to borrow more but it's a solution to the financial stress many have at the end of medical school if able to take more loan, but currently I can't.
...if I hit another milestone of £150k then I really should throw a party!
But surely there are better solutions? 5/
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Excited to have been elected to BMA's Medical School Council execs as Education co-chair!
Supporting as the lead student voice for foundation allocation, UKMLA, PSA & degree apprenticeships to UKFPO, GMC, gov. Department of Education and more
Congratulations to
@shivani_g22
and
@CNnadi_
on their election as co-chairs of the BMA medical students committee, and congratulations to everyone elected to the committee for the next academic year
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A push from
@TheBMA
below:
Med Students under huge pressure in studies & financially - no matter the task, if it's work then you must pay them appropriately! Glad to see this issue resolved!
Thanks
@BMA_James_Steen
@BMAstudents
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An offer to improve the funding for Medical Students for example could also help with the important task of trying to improve the offer of working in health & social care jobs in the UK if we made it a more encouraging offer to study 8/
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Please consider joining the largest Medical Student Trade Union in the country that works closely with doctors & academics. And reach out to your reps & the MSC exec if you are doing your own work towards solving the issues all students have 11/
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In my ~6 years of med school, I've been involved in lots of Union work - some more successful than others!
I can honestly say, I have trust in
@BMAstudents
&
@TheBMA
- when we all work together as one (decently) funded institution then we do get more wins for students 10/
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Burnout in Medicine is very real - more needs to be done & not just talked about!
Good to see med student issues highlighted too - we worked hard to explain our concerns in 23/24, but I hope in
@BMAstudents
next year to get more actual change!
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@hlnewey
Please do share to
@BMAstudents
(info.students
@bma
.org.uk) so we can look into this. This sounds worse than awful!
Entirely the whole issue with their being little thought to retention or the welfare of students in the UK Foundation Programme Allocation process.
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This U-turn further shows that UK medical schools we're never supported correctly to ever double places - it was an unsustainable and impossible task!
One which helped drive bad changes in
#MedEd
like Doctor Degree Apprenticeships and severe underfunding
Government U-turn on plans to double number of medical students in England. Time for
@10DowningStreet
to cease procrastinating. The expansion was always unlikely? But halting the exodus of doctors through credible pay offers can happen immediately.
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@BMA_James_Steen
@StGeorgesUni
The difference here between med schools is clear.
Glad to be 1 yr from finishing
@QMULBartsTheLon
where alongside graduation, we still hold a traditional Rites of Passage ceremony
@StPaulsLondon
Cathedral where we celebrate each & every Doctors achievements!
(pic from last night)
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A great opportunity to share some ongoing work with
@Drgrahameaston
on Co-Creation
@QMULBartsTheLon
Medical School:
'Supporting radical co-creation of the medical undergraduate curriculum'
@QM_Academy
Festival of Education
#MedEd
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Medical Education BSc (hons) 👨🏽🎓
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London
@QMULBartsTheLon
@QMUL
Now back to finishing Medicine after 2 years out, I'm sure it'll be easy swimming...
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There's many fab non-clinical academics who teach, especially in early years, who can make good Yrs 1-3 examiners.
I think this strikes a balance for now, but will continue to raise the substantial differences between Medicine & PA courses. They should not replace examiner drs!
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@ExplosiveEnema2
@NavinaEvans
@Dr_Done_
@AliJaneMoore
@AlisonGeorge10
@BMA_James_Steen
@Doc_IonaCollins
@DrAsifQasim
@DrLKVaughan
@DrSteveTaylor
@parthaskar
@UKGastroDr
@iDrSunny
@RoshanaMN
.
@TheBMA
enquired about North West of England's LIFT II scheme with similar language: PAs to 'enable and support’ Drs training & undertake foundation programme.
They have stopped this & no plans to return to the pilot. Perhaps need to enquire the same for East of England...
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The move of SFP for academic foundation jobs into the same allocation process as other foundation posts remains a challenge we
@BMAstudents
&
@BMA_Academics
are working to see reversed, among other reforms to the foundation allocation process. 1/3
#Medical
#students
share ‘significant frustration’ over
#specialised
foundation programme allocation changes (SFP).
@Emmajourno
interviews students who will be impacted
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Fab few days
@ASMEofficial
conference - Great to meet lots of inspiring academics & students!
Plus getting stuck in with a new POCUS - Point of Care Ultrasound project team as a volunteer for the afternoon to show how this clinical skill could be developed in UG MedEd!
#ASME2024
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First time presenting my Medical Education Research!
Thanks
@QMULBartsTheLon
for inviting me to their Summer Clinical Communication Skills Conference. Starting with a great keynote from
@rakeshspatel
about upcoming medical curriculum change, for me to spin off my ideas to
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Looking forward to being a panel speaker this week
@AdvanceHE
Teaching and Learning Conference 2024!
Talking about Student Belonging - About engaging student spaces, embedding inclusivity, committing to SUs, future of HE & what we'd like HE to stop doing!
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The undue stress finalist med students have endured in the last 24 hours shows a greater problem with how the UK Healthcare Service works:
Below explains where BMA have encouraged previous changes to UKFP PIA. Please encourage all Med Students to get Support & give Feedback!
Yesterday, final year medical students received their foundation school allocations. We hope you matched to your chosen school, however we understand many students are unhappy. We've lobbied and will continue to lobby the UKFPO to build a system that works for all students.
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Fab to see this issue getting some light - retention of Doctors should be considered at all levels, including before day 1!
Thanks to
@NickTriggle
& Emma from Warwick med school for getting this out there
@BMAstudents
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@dieracg
@UEL_News
@Xeon4f145d96s1
@Dr_Done_
@iDrSunny
@ExplosiveEnema2
The more I read about University of East London, the more I'm concerned - this is not how to fix the NHS with this level of education!
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Great day at my first
@asmeofficial
#RME2022
Conference, really inspiring for my first dips into Medical Education Research
@DacreJane
@AlisonLedger13
@SaleemRazack
. Especially loved
@GreyLiterature
Prof Browne's tips on publication!
@QMULBartsTheLon
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Always trying to co-ordinate some media coverage for Med Students - will BBC & ITV publish their interest in this NHS issue...?
@KrisBramwell
@NickTriggle
@nancycoleITV
@BMJStudent
/
@eabhaaa
:
@Doctors_net_uk
/
@Erin_Dean_
: ... 1/2
Hundreds of UK final year medical students have been told by their foundation schools that they could only get three weeks notice of what hospital and city they will start working in.....🧵
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This is not what everyone wanted - but the best thing about Unions is that we listen to our members & they've spoken!
The BMA can continue to grow stronger to get more for you as doctors and medical students on other key issues, until next April when pay conversation can restart.
Junior doctors in England, thank you for voting in the referendum and making your voices heard. The votes are tallied and 65.97% of you voted to ACCEPT the Government’s offer.
Your committee met this evening to ratify the result. We’ll be in touch soon about what happens next.
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NHS Bursary 24/25 application is mysteriously delayed as they 'wait for confirmation of rates'...
Please have fixed it so Med Students aren't just given ~£4000 to live on a year!
#LiveableNHSBursary
Below are today’s processing updates for NHS Bursary.
These dates are for new applications only and don’t include students who’ve extended their course or those repeating a year.
You can check your account at any time for updates: 👈
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The Garrod Building works (almost) finished, I'm proud to finally see these spaces!
This is the 2nd draft hand-drawn design of the Old Library, deciding how to re-design the UK's oldest Medical School Building (still in use) - I'm thinking of writing about this project sometime
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Today's
@BMA_Academics
Conference - “Britain’s disappearing clinical academics and what to do about it”
Here to provide a quick update on: Foundation Programme Allocation issues, consequences of SFP within PIA, MDDA concerns & positive projects like a BMA curriculum guidance doc!
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A super day
@AdvanceHE
Teaching & Learning Conference
#TLConf24
!
How to build belonging in students: make commitments to communities, diversify reward/recognition available, include students in designing their campus spaces, think beyond SUs & streamline friendly communication!
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At
@TheBMA
we've been planning how the healthcare system can work better from medical students through to consultants for years.
Let's hope
@UKLabour
/
@wesstreeting
listens in & engages more with us. I for one, am even more excited for the future & keen to help with
@BMAstudents
!
Congratulations to
@wesstreeting
.
We have written today offering to work with you to get the NHS back on its feet.
Here are some of the most pressing issues NHS staff and our patients need you to tackle in the coming months. THREAD (1/7)
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Rumour has it, NHS Bursary will open soon!
@NHSBSA_Students
please confirm this to alleviate students worries that it will open & why over 2.5 months later than last yr.
It's not a liveable bursary & more is needed to support incoming doctors in final years of medical school!
NHS Bursary 24/25 application is mysteriously delayed as they 'wait for confirmation of rates'...
Please have fixed it so Med Students aren't just given ~£4000 to live on a year!
#LiveableNHSBursary
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Fab symposium from
@AdvanceHE
on 'Students as Co-Creators' I'm presenting a vlog at today with Prof.
@DrGrahamEaston
on a Student Voice passion project of mine:
'A Strategic Programme to Support Co-creation of a Renewed Medical School Curriculum'
#MedEd
@QMULBartsTheLon
@QMUL
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If political parties want to be serious about how to fix the NHS, then they need to listen to the expertise that The BMA brings.
To fix Med Student issues: commit to NHS Bursary reform, expand at all levels safely & improve allocation to foundation jobs.
@BMAstudents
@TheBMA
This election is a chance to turn around a health service in crisis.
All parties must make the health of all their top priority, so we can give the public the care they deserve.
Read our manifesto
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Always a great time talking about
@TheBMA
- Lots of reasons for students to join: gaining leadership experience, educational resources, career info that med school doesn't teach & more!
One of the strongest Trade Unions in UK & we've got more to do for Med Students in the future!
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#WeAreBL
Thanks to all the students, staff & alumni for the support on WeAreBL so far. I just wanted to put together a thread of the media support shown before the student team do some updates soon!
First up here is the Telegraph last week:
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Thanks
@BMJStudent
&
@eabhaaa
for asking to contribute below.
@BMAstudents
are committed to lobbying for a foundation programme allocation process that minimises undue stress:
The UK Healthcare system is full of it, and a good 1st step would be improving the entry to F1/2!
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A great day at the Barts900 Foundation Day Symposium!
Diverse talks on how Barts Hospital being saved throughout the years, Innovations in Medicine, Our Origins, Successful ex-Barts Alimni and Highlighting the current Students Impact!
@QMULBartsTheLon
@NHSBartsHealth
#Barts900
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Great day representing
@BMAstudents
at The Medical Schools Council
@ukmedschools
Elective Committee:
Both UK/Abroad electives are increasingly expensive - making it hard for all students, (especially WP students). It is incredibly important work to reduce fees & improve access!
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Great inaugural lecture by
@profchloeorkin
tonight
@QMULBartsTheLon
Focusing on structural barriers to her career, how she 'Fell out of the closet!', reminder to follow academia in a way you enjoy, a journey of intersectionality, evolving HIV therapy, monkeypox, and U=U!
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.
@TomDaley1994
has been such an important person for the UK LGBTQ+ community! I still remember the day he came out & despite all his fame, I think he's still under-appreciated for the presence he's been
This is an emotional watch!
Tom Daley spoke to the BBC moments after announcing he will retire from diving.
#BBCOlympics
#Olympics
#Paris2024
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I more than just liked this intercalation, I loved it! 💙
It's a great experience to intercalate & find motivation in an area of medicine. This Medical Education BSc is such a great start into understanding a career in academics by grasping key pedagogy & developing skills
Come and do an intercalated degree in Med Ed with me! And other luminaries, even a visit from
#MedEd
star
@mistapage
@RobertLeoTucker
is an alum! He liked it alright!
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Great inspiring event this afternoon by
@QMULBartsTheLon
celebrating Dr Ignaz Semmelweis with Sir Mark Rylance - message take away from Semmelweis’ legacy is to be a sharp knife not a fork or a spoon!
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Yes, do it!
More thought should be made into how UK Higher Education is organised and funded. Part of that has to be about making the offer better for the degrees for jobs we need desperately - it should've been part of the NHS Longterm Workforce Plan
Do you agree that students loans for doctors, nurses and midwives who stay in the NHS should be written off?
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From UKFPO:
“The placeholder groups contain programmes that are still being finalised by the foundation school. Applicants can therefore either ignore them for ranking or rank them last (however this won’t guarantee that they won’t be placed in a placeholder group)".... 1/
Decided to open oriel and check out the jobs so I can start preferencing them and half of them say location is “to be confirmed”. What sort of fresh hell… how am I supposed to rank this now? Absolute carnage
#UKFPO
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Not a great sign for worsening the situation of many leaving with huge debts acting as effectively a growing graduate tax...
🚨 NEW: Tuition fees are expected to rise to £10,500 in the next 5 years according to government plans yet to be approved by Ministers
Maintenance grants are also expected to be reintroduced to help the poorest students
[
@Steven_Swinford
]
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This is unbelievably important^
GP tutor (a GP partner) told us she felt 'just one day' of GP strikes would cause havoc.
The gov. have to improve the offer to GPs - in Jan they announced a sub-inflation 1.9% uplift... their pay loss has been comparable or worse than (junior) drs
We have re-entered talks with the Government over the GP contract changes. Whatever the outcome, you will be asked for your thoughts on the final contract in a referendum on 7th March.
Make sure you're a member to have your say
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Great to see the realised vision from raising Student Voice during my time
@officialBLSA
!
Regularly as BLSA Pres, I'd meet with Agi - Head Of Change & Student
Experience
@QMUL
IT Services. She was always a supportive, proactive staff member...
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Great first meeting today of
@TheBMA
Professional Regulation Committee representing
@BMAstudents
ensuring our concerns over apprenticeships & PAs are raised!
Plus raising the issues of medical student finance struggles is always a fight worth raising anywhere💪
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@Medic_Russell
Been sat with it behind me all day! It's
@officialblsa
's poster. But your more than welcome to come back anytime for a re-do with us
@Medic_Russell
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@DHSCgovuk
The expansion of Medical Schools is needed for the NHS' future, but only when foundation places, speciality training bottlenecks & serious offers to retain staff are offered. With a plan that considers academic resources & clinical placements!
@TheBMA
@BMAstudents
@TheDrMagazine
“While on paper 350 more medical student places is good news, more places alone won't be enough to ensure we have more doctors in the future.”
@BMAstudents
co-chairs Chinelo Nnadi and Shivani Ganesh respond to
@DHSCgovuk
's medical school announcement:
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Med students, consider taking issues such as the dire NHS Bursary, concerns over apprenticeships, and more direct to government by writing to your MP:
Hopefully this tool will be useful for many, especially with a likely election soon (ish) and a (potential) change of government
Will your MP stand with medical students?
We're calling on the Government to ensure no-one is forced out of medical school because they can't afford to continue their studies.
Use our easy tool to write to your MP today.
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Congrats
@DrGrahamEaston
!
From studying your med degree here and all the many roles you've had since - You've made a great inpact
@QMULBartsTheLon
working with students, faculty & patients together. A big inspiration for many starting out like me!
Many congratulations to
@Drgrahameaston
on becoming a National Teaching Fellow! He has been recognised for his exceptional work promoting a patient-centred approach to clinical communication. A very well-deserved honour!
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@PlaceholdTrent
@UKFPO
@BMAstudents
*1000 placeholders across UK... A deeper problem at play that the NHS has this level of uncertainty requiring ~11% to not know their place
@BMAstudents
will continue to lobby for better communication & faster allocation. No-one should have only 3 weeks to find a house/move/settle
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Medical Students - Vote, Vote, Vote:
Choose who you want to represent you and your medical school on the BMA's Medical Students Committee. Voting is now open until 29 May.
Vote here👉
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@emergingcannula
It's '4.5' years branded - but that's like how many medical schools finish 5th yr at various early stages depending on elective timings etc. Plus the use of summer holidays.
A 4 year UG course would be considerably less & more concern is about how this would implemented uk wide
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#Barts900
Always great to hear about the past, present & future of
@NHSBartsHealth
&
@QMULBartsTheLon
with Prof. Sir Mark Caulfield, Inspiring stuff!
Professor Sir Mark Caulfield is speaking about the development of Clinical Pharmacology at
@NHSBartsHealth
The London, and
@QMUL
#Barts900
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Announced <10 minutes before all told to have their journeys finished to avoid disruption
I came home from a holiday early to avoid it,
But really: Poor workers likely without phone signal who don't even know it's been called off,
Gov. need to make offers that end all strikes
NEW: This week’s tube strikes have now been suspended.
Londoners and visitors to our city will no longer face several days of disruption.
This shows what can be achieved by engaging with trade unions and transport staff rather then working against them.
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A big start: our students want their community to be acknowledged and protected - this is not too much to ask for by a university.
BLSA, and the student body want our name to associate with however we want to use it proudly. As have Barts doctors for 900 years
SIGN PETITION NOW
As you may know a decision has been made by University leadership to rebrand Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (BL) to QMUL Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.
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To fix The NHS?
- Workforce planning - lifetime of Drs: med school, foundation allocation, speciality training & consultant posts.
- New GP contract with consultation & target to reverse declining practice numbers.
- Re-consider innovation by evaluation of PAs/MDDAs/4 Yr UG med.
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Thanks
@WaljitD
& for your support on SFP as an intro to clinical academia for many.
BMA hope some resolution will happen soon on SFP selection. Long-term it may be good for SFPs to link in the NIHR Academy & integrated academic training?
@SharpDebbie
@DavidCloke
@DocStrain
Thanks
@DrTomNewman1
this is correct. NIHR do not fund or have any governance over SFP - NHS England and UKFPO in charge of SFP and the decision to introduce PIA to SFP rather than academic selection
@charlot_summers
@bykatewomersley
@NHSEngland
@UKFPO
@StephenORahilly
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@SharpDebbie
@robtucker
@QMULBartsTheLon
@BMAstudents
Thanks Debbie!
There's an okay resolution sorted this evening, one that maintains the quality & is still fair - both important! We'll sit double the number of knowledge exams on Friday instead. I'll take today as 'practice'... Very frustrating practice!
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@BMAstudents
Conference 2024
A great 2 days setting new policies for BMA MSC to work on for the future 👏
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We instead need a system that matches students who have an aptitude & enthusiasm for academic work with suitable programmes to ensure a pipeline of future medical academics. We also must make sure that the important input from medical academics remains part of the process. 3/3
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@Kavocado
"You are a 5th year medical student who will soon become a resident doctor that has had 35% pay degradation due to inappropriate management of the NHS. Please take a history from this patient called Victoria Atkins."
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@DrCiaranKennedy
If there's a difference in entry requirements and if med schools offer both 4 & 5 Yr UG courses then this absolutely could become a 'pay-to-play' situation
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Great BMJ article (as always
@Eabhaaa
)
Added a response (link below):
The cost to taxpayers is yet another reason the welfare of incoming UK trained Drs needs to be prioritised for retention. Requires clear communication & appropriate timing!
@BMAstudents
Almost one thousand doctors about to start their careers in the UK have found themselves allocated to so-called “placeholder” roles.
What does this tell final year medical students about how they are valued by their future employer?
@eabhaaa
@BMJStudent
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I think the way this thread was reacted to by so many people, then the government's quote is just not true: "The current student finance system strikes the right balance"
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👏👏👏
@thomasdolphin
On the 6th October 2023 I shared a link on X to a Mail Online article entitled ‘Militant union leader at the heart of doctors strikes is a Labour activist who boasted of charging the NHS for a strike cover shift. I accept that my words were misleading as the subject in question
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@QMULBartsTheLon
@officialblsa
Students shared their needs to address concerns of power-dynamics, a new cultural agreement to co-creation, a shared student-staff definition of curriculum/curriculum change, clearer signposted student voice processes, and work towards closing the feedback loop.
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And a thank you to
@SharpDebbie
& many other academics supporting on this issue!
@inezmtmurray
@cmwilliams99
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