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@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
insult about Dr David Nicholl is disgraceful.
@djnicholl
has courage and experience to speak the truth about the disaster of a no-deal Brexit. He should be praised not attacked
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We see that
@SteveBarclay
has told
@BBCR4today
programme he is meeting with doctors later today.
Actually he cancelled the 9am meeting we agreed so he could do media, and a further meeting is not yet agreed.
Hopefully it will be soon.
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Many of our members are deeply concerned about the risks of a second-spike in COVID-19 cases. That's why we're clear that until case numbers are much lower, we should not consider reopening schools - good to see our concerns making front page news today
Guardian front page, Saturday 16 May 2020: Reopening schools on 1 June is too dangerous, say doctors
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In response to the misleading figures used in the tweet below from
@DHSCgovuk
👇 BMA Council Chair
@DrPhilBanfield
has today written to the Cabinet Secretary to request a formal investigation to see if it has broken civil service code.
The BMA has demanded a 35% pay rise for junior doctors.
Here's their current average pay rates at different levels.
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You have totally misunderstood and this post is wrong. Please delete and/or correct your mistake.
Tom (a consultant) covered for junior doctors who were on strike at the time. [1/2]
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We are hearing reports of a shocking lack of PPE supplies across trusts in England today. The Government must address dwindling PPE supplies immediately - PPE should not be being rationed due to a lack of supply. 1/3
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"Are you prepared to sit down with the BMA?”
“Of course we are, we’ve tried multiple times”
@RishiSunak
falsely claiming to have tried to negotiate with us when in reality we've now asked in 10 separate letters to meet with Govt to discuss pay and every request has been rebuffed.
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The PM says consultants and SAS doctors have settled their pay disputes. This is incorrect.
We’ve put the Government’s offer to our members and they’ll now decide. We’re deeply disappointed the Government hasn’t made a credible offer we can also put to junior doctors.
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Apparently the door is always open yet we’re still waiting for
@SteveBarclay
to speak with us……
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We have revoked the derogation granted to Weston General Hospital. It has become apparent that both the BMA and NHS England were misled over the level of staffing cover. Either local management were unaware they had sufficient senior cover, or they deliberately misled us.
As part of the junior doctors strike action, we have agreed to a derogation today (Tues 11 April) and tomorrow (Weds 12 April) to cover the Emergency Department and acute medicine at Weston General Hospital. 1/3
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"It is vital that the UK stands up for human rights and medical neutrality during this crucial period if, for no other reason, than it is the right thing to do."
@DrPhilBanfield
&
@DrLatifaPatel
have written to Govt requesting urgent support to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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We are shocked and saddened to hear that Prof Kailash Chand OBE FRCGP has passed away.
Vice President, former deputy council chair, GPC member and staunch defender of the NHS, his was a life of service to his patients and fellow doctors and all at the BMA will miss him deeply.
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BMA Council has today voted to oppose the Health and Care Bill ahead of its second reading, on the grounds of ‘significant risks’ to the NHS. It is particularly unwise to implement wholesale reform like this while we are still tackling
#COVID19
and resulting backlog of care 1/3
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This morning’s
@NickTriggle
piece for the BBC contains a number of misleading claims about the BMA’s upcoming industrial action.
First and foremost, we are not “demanding the biggest pay rise”—we’re demanding that our members’ pay be restored to what it should be.
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Full page in
@guardian
today. Let’s spread the word about
#PayRestoration
for Junior Doctors
#DayTwo
#JuniorDoctorsStrike
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The PM's lockdown roadmap is too fast, too confusing and too risky. We need to see clear plans and be confident that the shortcomings of the past are not repeated - read the full response from our chair of council
@CNagpaul
#BorisSpeech
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We support nurses in their rejection of a derisory pay offer and stand by them in their ongoing campaign for fair pay, upcoming strike action and re-ballot.
Full statement from
@DrPhilBanfield
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It’s dangerous to blur the lines between doctors and PAs (not doctors/no medical degree).
This kind of practice is illegal and what
@gmcuk
should protect the public against.
@NHSEngland
must rethink the
#itsaGPthing
campaign entirely.
I’m simply horrified to see
@NHSEngland
now literally breaking the law in how it misrepresents physician associates & other allied health professional - who are NOT doctors - to the public.
These posters are from the Bradford District & Craven Health & Care Partnership. 1/n
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Very disappointed to see an MP making these completely false and unsubstantiated claims. We hope that he will withdraw his comments and apologise. These kinds of false statements shouldn’t be any part of the debate about how best to protect people
@ABridgen
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This is exactly how essential care continues to be provided during strikes. Tom didn’t cross a picket line. He wasn’t supposed to be on strike at the time. Generously, he donated his fee to the strike fund. [2/2]
If you'd like to donate, you can do here:
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We've not asked for pay restoration in one go and it's misleading to say the cost of pay restoration would be £3bn – that assumes Junior Doctors pay no tax. In reality the cost to Government would be £1.3bn, less than half of the cost to the NHS of the strikes to date.
My response to letter from
@TheBMA
Junior Doctors Committee 👇
These planned strikes are cynical and will harm patients. The BMA must call them off.
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‘Patients have until June 23 to opt out and most don’t even know about it’
Thanks
@MarinaHyde
; we're urging a delay until patients+public have had time to be aware of/understand this, and so they can choose to opt-out if they wish
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We're hearing reports of NHS Trusts asking Physician Associates (PAs) to cover shifts of striking doctors next week.
PAs are not safe to provide cover for a qualified doctor of any grade.🧵1/5
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Doctors and our NHS colleagues are still being billed for the immigration health surcharge – months after action was promised. We’re keeping the pressure up on Govt – great to see our work raised at
#PMQs
by
@Keir_Starmer
today
"I want to return to the prime minister's other recent U-turn," says Labour's Keir Starmer, adding that doctors are still being billed the NHS immigration surcharge
Boris Johnson says workers who have paid the charge since 21 May will be refunded
#PMQs
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@doctor_oxford
@bobscartoons
@Telegraph
This is appalling to hear Rachel – this is completely unacceptable and should not be tolerated; there should be consequences for abusing NHS staff like this.
If there is any way we can be of help here please send us a DM so we can follow up
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Extremely disappointing that Peers have tonight waved through legislation that will blur the lines between PAs and doctors, with potentially dangerous consequences for patients.
We thank Peers who urged Government to heed the warnings of the medical profession.
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Doctors have been repeatedly misrepresented by the government during this industrial dispute so it's good that these false claims about
@thomasdolphin
have now been corrected.
We are grateful to Mr Anderson for his contribution to our strike fund.
Please repost.
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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The NHS is on a cliff edge, so it’s incredibly disappointing that the health spending commitment in the Conservative manifesto does not meet the levels needed. Our full response:
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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)
Wes Streeting MP
@wesstreeting
has been appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
@DHSCgovuk
.
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The BMA is appalled by the bombing of Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza. Medical facilities are protected under international humanitarian law; patients should not be killed in their beds and neither should the doctors and other healthcare professionals treating them. (1/2)
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"If others won't lead, we will."
Today
@DrPhilBanfield
announced we are launching legal action against the GMC, over MAPs and the use of the term ‘medical professionals’.
Here's why ⬇️📣
#ARM2024
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The narrative that GPs are refusing to see patients face-to-face is dangerous and inaccurate and it has to stop.
We call on the health secretary to speak up openly and unequivocally in support of general practice, and have written to him outlining three specific action points.
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“The Government’s response to the current winter pressures are not only inadequate but they fail to take into account how serious and how systemic this problem really is”
@DrPhilBanfield
spoke to
@Channel4News
on the growing crisis facing the NHS
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We stand alongside rail workers in their defence of their livelihoods, working conditions and the future of the rail network
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“Today’s announcement from the PM risks creating a false sense of security when the levels of infection and illness remain high, & the NHS is still under crippling pressure.” Read our full response following the decision to relax Plan B COVID restrictions
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Today, doctors in their thousands have collectively written to the leaders of the main political parties expressing their grave concerns over the use of Medical Associate Professionals (MAPs) in the NHS.🧵(1/4)
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We will be asking NHSE to explore any potential probity issues. We granted a derogation in good faith and it is incredibly disappointing to see this abused in this way. We are grateful to our consultant and SAS colleagues for their hard work providing cover during the strikes.
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Today we and the Covid Airborne Protection Alliance have written to NHSE to highlight the urgent need for their Infection Protection Control guidance to be updated to better protect staff and patients.
Read the full letter below.
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The GMC continuing to blur the lines between doctors and PAs is no longer tenable. PAs are not doctors and are not medically trained.
The lived reality is that this is causing significant confusion for patients. (1/2)
🧵The updated
#GoodMedicalPractice2024
uses the term ‘medical professionals’ as a collective term for doctors, physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs), rather than listing out each individual role for every reference. We haven't removed doctors from the
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Thank you to
@Dr_PhilippaW
for highlighting to
@RishiSunak
the need to address doctors' pay erosion and telling him the importance of sitting down and negotiating to avoid strike action.
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@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
@djnicholl
For more information on the very real risks to our health service, read our briefing on a no-deal Brexit and the risks to the NHS
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"No one would board a plane flown by a pilot with 20% training so why push unqualified MAPs onto NHS patients?"
Samuel Parker from BMA North East Regional Council speaks to
#ARM2024
about the BMA's scope of practice for MAPs and the need to put patient safety first.
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Today’s attacks on our members briefed to the media are a desperate attempt to distract from the real crisis facing our NHS and profession. Despite numerous inaccuracies, we will not give these articles the attention they crave. It shows our
#PayRestoration
campaign is working.
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The GMC’s refusal to recognise doctors’ concerns about its plans is deeply disappointing and will mean lines between doctors & those without a medical degree continue to be blurred.
We will therefore move forward with our application for a judicial review
Today we have responded to the BMA, strongly rejecting the basis on which they have proposed to bring legal proceedings.
You can read our statement on our website -
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The UK could soon see 100k Covid cases a day, and we now have the same number of weekly Covid deaths as we had during lockdown in March. The time for action is now
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If the Government doesn’t start valuing its most skilled and senior doctors, the care you receive will suffer. Join us in calling them back to the negotiation table urgently.
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Following the abuse of
@doctor_oxford
yesterday, pleased to see that the Telegraph appears to have taken immediate + decisive action.
This should serve as warning that targeting abuse at NHS workers doing their jobs should not and will not be tolerated
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93% of respondents to our snap poll of GPs told us the ‘rescue package’ proposed for general practice is unacceptable.
Demand a better plan; sign and share our petition calling for more GPs, staff and better facilities
#SupportYourSurgery
#ProtectGP
👇
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"Patients must know who is treating them and the skills and abilities that clinician has."
Today, we have published new guidance on the scope of responsibilities for Medical Associate Professionals (MAPs).
Read more here:
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Respond to the Government’s proposals for minimum service levels on strike days which, if implemented, will significantly impact your ability to take safe but effective action 👇
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'It is categorically untrue that any agreements were made locally'
Five Local Negotiating Committee chairs sign letter to
@SteveBarclay
calling for the health secretary to correct his 'deeply disingenuous claim' about strike exemptions on
@BBCr4today
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@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
@djnicholl
We spoke to
@djnicholl
yesterday on why he's speaking up about the concerns many of our members share about no-deal and the risks to the NHS, its hard-working staff, and patients
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The Government has consistently refused offers to meet and put up further obstacles to prevent meaningful talks occurring.
We are now asking
@DHSCgovuk
to agree to the arbitration service,
@acasorguk
, facilitating talks so we can move towards a resolution.
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These abhorrent views are an unfortunate illustration of recent survey findings. We cannot allow sexual abuse and misogyny to become normalised within the profession. Our stance is clear: doctors who abuse their positions to commit sexual assault have no place in medicine.
Yesterday we learned of the disgusting sexual abuse female surgeons experience in the NHS.
Today, writing in the Times, recently retired anaesthetist Peter Hilton unintentionally shows exactly why disgusting sexual abuse in the NHS still thrives & prospers. Un - be - lievable.
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Good to see our research on PPE raised at
#PMQs
by
@Keir_Starmer
- half of doctors we surveyed had to buy their own PPE or rely on donations. We need to see a real guarantee of PPE for NHS staff ahead of any moves to ease lockdown
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We have written to
@AmandaPritchard
to raise serious concerns about the way that
@NHSEngland
are engaging with the national derogations system and we are seeking her urgent intervention. Read the letter:
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New analysis shows Consultant pay has fallen far behind that of comparable professions.
Why is saving a life worth so little to this Government?
Solidarity to those taking
#ConsultantStrike
action today.
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As part of the junior doctors strike action, we have agreed to a derogation today (Tues 11 April) and tomorrow (Weds 12 April) to cover the Emergency Department and acute medicine at Weston General Hospital. 1/3
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We've written to the PM asking him to enter into intensive talks about junior doctors
#PayRestoration
, and to engage with ACAS.
#ARM2023
Read the letter from
@DrPhilBanfield
here 👇
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Today we celebrate the professionalism and dedication of all doctors working across the UK.
Share your thoughts and pictures below.
#NationalDoctorsDay
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"We are willing to do what it takes for our profession and our patients. And we will strike to the next general election and beyond if that is what it takes."
Watch
@DrPhilBanfield
address
#ARM2023
👇
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Today’s letter to
@BorisJohnson
raises the issue of adequate PPE for all staff & the immediate prioritisation of testing healthcare workers & their households. Failure to do so puts them at risk & reduces the workforce needed to provide care for
#Covid_19
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The BMA is devastated by the further killing of civilians including health workers and profoundly concerned about reports of doctors and health workers not being able to treat the sick and wounded at Al Shifa hospital in Gaza. (1/4)
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Rishi Sunak seems confused about his pay dispute with doctors.
#BattleForNumber10
Strikes are NOT to blame for waiting lists, which were already at a record high before any strikes started.
And junior doctors are NOT the only group in dispute, as he’s already been reminded 👇
The prime minister was wrong to say that junior doctors are the only NHS workforce in dispute. SAS doctors are currently considering an offer from Government and GPs remain in dispute over the most recent contract imposed by the Government in England.
#ITVdebate
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Read the letter from
@DrPhilBanfield
and
@ERunswickBMA
to
@RCPhysicians
expressing the BMA’s serious concerns about Dr Sarah Clarke’s recent comments regarding doctors and other healthcare workers taking action to protect their working conditions.
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Tomorrow (Monday 26 February) the House of Lords will debate PA regulation by the GMC. Read our open letter to Peers asking them to oppose this legislation. If you have not yet written to a Peer about your concerns, there is still time:
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The BMA is deeply concerned that Epsom and St Hellier University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking to force Dr Usha Prasad to pay the Trust’s costs in relation to the employment tribunal process stemming from Dr Prasad raising patient safety issues🧵
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We have granted a derogation for one junior doctor for the neonatal unit at University Hospital Lewisham for the day shift on 5th January. The trust have informed us that alternative sources of staffing have been exhausted. Our priority is patient safety.
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Today junior doctors and consultants rallied on the doorstep of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester to show the government that we will not be silenced.
Thank you to everyone who came along. Together we will continue, stronger than ever, towards full pay restoration.
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We encourage all those who can to watch the new
#BREATHTAKING
series on
@ITV
which brings to life
@doctor_oxford
experiences on the frontline, many of which will be shared across the medical profession.
Here’s a new clip of
#BREATHTAKING
- on tonight, 9pm on
@ITV
Please watch if you feel able.
Please don’t look away.
#NHS
💙
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During the debate
@IloraFinlay
has brilliantly highlighted the stark difference between the pay of a newly qualified junior doctor and that of a physician associate.
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👇
@DrPhilBanfield
has written to NHS West Yorkshire ICB about the damaging, misleading, unlawful ‘It’s a GP practice thing’ campaign. Local doctors raising concerns about the title “Physician” being applied to non-doctors since Feb ‘23 were systematically ignored. We need answers
It’s dangerous to blur the lines between doctors and PAs (not doctors/no medical degree).
This kind of practice is illegal and what
@gmcuk
should protect the public against.
@NHSEngland
must rethink the
#itsaGPthing
campaign entirely.
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‘We will not stand by while our country gets sicker’
Our chair of council
@DrPhilBanfield
new year message to our members is a rallying cry as we head into another difficult year.
👇
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It is disingenuous to link excess deaths with strike days, as some parts of the media have today.
Read the full statement from
@DocStrain
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The workforce simply cannot continue facing the prospect of either being put directly in harm’s way or facing anxiety of not knowing whether they will be adequately protected or not. 2/3
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We would like to remind
@RishiSunak
and
@VictoriaAtkins
that we have not accepted a deal, nor resolved our dispute.
@BMA_Consultants
can still vote in the pay referendum and details about the
@BMA_SAS
doctors referendum will be available in the new year.
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"For him to say there is 'no connection whatsoever between austerity and the unequal impact of the pandemic on disadvantaged communities’ is quite staggering". Our President
@martinmckee
responding to George Osborne's appearance today at the Covid Inquiry.
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The prime minister was wrong to say that junior doctors are the only NHS workforce in dispute. SAS doctors are currently considering an offer from Government and GPs remain in dispute over the most recent contract imposed by the Government in England.
#ITVdebate
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Today junior doctors in England begin their 2nd round of strike action for
#PayRestoration
We thank you all for your support
#JuniorDoctorsStrike
The junior doctors operating on your appendix are paid just £66.55 between them. For a potentially life-saving procedure, which lasts about an hour.
Is this a fair price to put on high quality healthcare?
#PayRestoration
#JuniorDoctorsStrike
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The Government’s plan to regulate physician associates under the GMC must be stopped. To patients, PAs and doctors can appear the same, but they should know who’s treating them.
Write to your MP so they can force the Government to abandon its plans.
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Aside from the misleading & inaccurate info in this article- we’d also like to call out the sexism in giving our senior male doctors titles (Prof Banfield, Dr Wijesuriya) but not our senior female leaders. Dr Emma Runswick & Dr Becky Acres please
@thetimes
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‘For the sake of the NHS let us, the people, have the final say’. Our chair
@CNagpaul
addresses
#PeoplesVoteMarch
on the risks of
#Brexit
to the NHS
#PutItToThePeople
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Thanks to Dr Dan Poulter MP for securing last night’s important adjournment debate on Physician Associates (PAs), and for outlining serious patient safety concerns over the expansion of these roles.
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The ban on ‘conversion therapy’ must extend to every member of the LGBTQ+ community.
Read the full statement from
@DrLatifaPatel
on yesterday’s dismaying reports
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We are clear: until there is clarity and material assurances about the role of MAPs, they should not be recruited in the NHS.
Read the full press statement following a vote of our UK Council.
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We have joined ten other health unions in writing to
@Borisjohnson
today to warn that a no deal Brexit could risk potentially fatal shortages of medicines and exacerbate the ongoing NHS staffing crisis
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For those asking, we fully support
@pret
for giving its work force successive pay rises. We are just asking for the same treatment for doctors.
#PayRestoration
#JuniorDoctorsStrike
Full page in
@guardian
today. Let’s spread the word about
#PayRestoration
for Junior Doctors
#DayTwo
#JuniorDoctorsStrike
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After weeks of promising a ‘rescue package’ for general practice, we are dismayed that today’s announcement could sink the ship altogether. The Government has today shown how out of touch it is with the reality on the ground (1/4)
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