I can’t believe @SteveBarclay actually said that the PA role is being expanded to stand up the the BMA! Basically to undermine and undercut doctors
Wow
More important than EVER that doctors stick together - strike hard.
Resus Pieces
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Resus Pieces
@Resuspiece
Anaesthetist / PHEM enthusiast. Lecturer in resuscitation science. interested in physiology
England, United Kingdom
Joined January 2023
- This is interesting A doctor convicted of unlawfully practicing dentistry without a licence Rightly, your teeth are protected from unregistered practitioners So why are non doctors able to perform surgery without a medical licence…? mpts-uk.org/-/media/mpts-r…
- This is a joke STUDENT anaesthetic associates paid the same base salary as an ST5 anaesthetics registrar…Are you sure? Not only are there trainee AAs there, but they’re being paid 50K whilst wearing the ‘anaesthetist’ badge.
- The only solution to this catastrophe is as follows; GMC step back and refuse to regulate PAs (who aren’t medical practitioners) No doctors paid less than PA (that’s FPR, at least for foundation / core) Renamed physician assistants and work to improve “doctors productivity”Replying to @iDrSunnyHi Sandeep. Unfortunately this reply on our Facebook messenger service isn’t correct. We don’t describe PAs as 'studying medicine' and we're sorry for the confusion this has caused. We have information about what's involved in the education and training of PAs on our website
- £19 an hour for a fourth year doctor I used to get treble that 10 years ago as a private tutor at medical school Strikes will continue until pay reflects the sacrifice and responsibility4th year doctor in the NHS. My pay? £19/h. Last few days, my job includes - Emergency surgery to removal foreign bodies - Managing patients with life-threatening conditions - Assisting major operations including cancer removal This is NOT okay. #FullPayRestoration
- Stroke of genius from BMA We’ve been asking for scope of practice for a decade and nobody bothered to create one Well - here you go! Doctors will be hesitant (and unwise) to deviate from these supervision arrangements The supervising doctors MUST take responsibilityIf you work under my supervision. I am accountable. I and my consultant colleagues set the terms. The BMA has done a service to PAs.
- To everyone with a role in airway management. Join us for 6 weeks of free CPD and debate on hot topics in airway care. Highly recommended - I’ve completed it twice (CT1 and ST4) and now a third time as faculty.
- I tried my best to appreciate the offer but still isn’t great 0% pay rise for those years 2-8!! Loss of SPA time Withdrawal of rate cardReplying to @BMA_ConsultantsIf you're a BMA member with questions for us on the pay offer, join our webinar this evening from 7pm. x.com/BMA_Consultant…
- Replying to @BenKentishAre you starting to come round to our way of thinking Ben 🙂 Ultimately the strikes have cost double (so far) restoring pay in full. This doesn't include the waiting list!! I would ask - can we afford NOT to settle these strikes? Because they WILL continue until credible offer
- “Discuss the anatomy of the brachial plexus” “Describe the pharmacokinetics of local anaesthetics” Irrelevant if you can just learn upper limb blocks on the job. Dunno why I botheredHow much money has @NHSEngland spent subsidising and oiling the growth of AAs while we are paying our own way? Hardly fair, is it?
- Maybe we should let senior trainees vote next time?Pay deal narrowly rejected at 51% no.
- This is a real failure of leadership This is no doubt one key reason anaesthetists are anti-AA My cohort struggled with an ST3 bottleneck with govn. citing no money for training jobs Yet plenty to pay AA students with no qualifications a CT2 salary? And not enough cons..?Replying to @mancunianmedic @isitsleepytime and @gmcukand the double whammy of on the one hand having among fewest doctors/nurses per 1000 in OECD and workforce crises in key areas (e.g. General Practice, community nursing) Yet at the same time having UK graduates unable to get jobs in chosen field or postgrad training rotation
- Replying to @parthaskar and @ShaunLinternI think Shaun is a bit too focussed on these 5 days of strikes and ignoring the long term goal and impact of ongoing strike action I have no doubt these strikes represent progress towards a credible offer
- Consultants of the future who lose 9% of their salaries to 100k student loan will not forget it if consultants write off an additional 18% lossI keep hearing of folk voting in favour of this offer. Just remember, it prevents the DDRB looking at historic losses, writes off the 17.8% of longest serving consultants, & divides the profession, trainees from consultants. If you still like it, you deserve what you get.
