@UKGastroDr @BritSocGastro The statement should have read: “ We do not support a role for a PA grade in Gasto - a further statement will follow after the Leng review”

@JatinderHayre_ The Faculty of Forensic and Legal medicine will not support PA membership to the Faculty and have closed the door. Sports / Exercise medicine is complex as multidisciplinary but I can’t see a PA role at club level / PL / EFL or Rugby leagues.

@parthaskar @PhilipSteart @oscar89mac @Cray_tweets1 @Burnt2020 @cannula_service @dieracg @CareQualityComm @NHSEnglandNMD @PSCommissioner @wesstreeting @DrAsifQasim @ShivaniM_KC @DrSelvarajah @ShrillaB @DrLKVaughan @COPDdoc @doctor_oxford @DrPhilBanfield @UKGastroDr @kidneydoc101 Yes ….the lines start to blur …Sports Medicine / Orthopaedic Medicine / MSK medicine …..all teaching a ‘medical model’…….opens the door for unregulated private clinics offering arthroscopy and minor surgery procedures.

Mandatory ALS course Instructors breakfast !!!…..good luck to all candidates taking the Advanced Life Supporters Course at The Royal Liverpool Hospital today 😎

@ShaunLintern @DawnButlerBrent @protectnurse I wish them all the best …..but they are up against it !! Physician is legally protected under the Medical Act 1983 …..but it seems like anyone can use it …..doctor is currently not protected …..so I can see this becoming an issue🤓

@alisonleary1 @DawnButlerBrent I get the feeling the courts are going to be really busy …..the UK’s race to the bottom gathering pace ……everyone wants a title ……some don’t fancy the hard graft though……and yes, nurse should be protected and be a guarantee of a recognised higher qualification.

@valhumphreys51 I agree …I think it would be best to deliberate a short while on this one …..the implications for medical practice in the UK will be significant.

@DrSteveTaylor …….and then they diversified into a global PA recruitment business……..they may fancy floating on the stock market next 😂😂

@valhumphreys51 @TheBMA Yes ….the publicity is priceless and let’s hope the main TV broadcasters cover this ……but this is probably phase 1. Phase 2 ……’can anyone call themselves a physician’ 🤔

BMA v GMC ……kick off 12th Feb!! Important 1st stage in the argument - is Physician Associatism an independent medical profession 🤔

@medicalmodelbri @Burnt2020 @NHSE_WTE @DHSCgovuk @gmcuk The problem lies with the deception of the ‘physician’ title ……they are not physicians as per the definition of a physician by the Royal College of Physicians …..which is a medical doctor. They could remove associate and replace by “ specialist” …but the deception remains.

@RCPhysicians @OHA_updates @RunningMadProf The new RCP elections and a “clear out” can’t come quick enough !!

@DocShivSharma You would probably earn more setting up a dog 🐕 sitting / walking business in London !!

@JatinderHayre_ @trishgreenhalgh @DrAsifQasim @parthaskar @doctor_oxford @Dr_Done_ @Xeon4f145d96s1 @DrLKVaughan @COPDdoc I think any peer published research paper that had objectively shown a significant cost / benefit outcome from both a safety and financial angle for the NHS would have been flagged daily on X by the MAP and DoH teams…….I’ve not seen said paper…..so I doubt it exists.

@neilorpen Hi Did mine a looooooong time ago now……put a call out on the MedX community for info on the USMLE ……someone will have done this recently 😎👍

@DrAsifQasim @RCPhysicians I wish you all the very best ……a College of Physicians that puts Physicians and their Patients at the heart of everything we do and stand for ……gets my support✍️

@trentconsultant Absolutely not a fair fight !!!……these are complex financial wrappers that need significant skill to work through ……financial bankruptcy awaits those dangling at the end of the rope 🤓

@trentconsultant It could be the formula ……the hospital in Blackburn at the old Queens Park site is a new hospital…….I would also like to look at the financial / business qualifications / experience of those “ spending” the vast sums of money.

@neilorpen Bridgetown Barbados was a gem…..with parrots flying around the wards and parrot 🦜 droppings on the beds !!!……and no infection control teams 🤓….a favourite with Harvard grads …..so made some good contacts too…..” a failure to plan” ….as they say !!

@trentconsultant If you set up a service that you cannot afford to run …..the service needs to shut down. …..cutting the pay may keep it limping along for 6 months …..but the quality of the service usually sinks!!