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Issy Phillips
@issypips
Born, bred & trained in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Specialty Trainee in Gastroenterology👩🏼‍⚕️ - Always a little too much to say; views are my own.
Cardiff, Wales
Joined November 2010
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    Issy Phillips
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    Jan 4, 2021
    There are no ITU beds in the valleys. So you might be 23 and invincible if you get COVID but what if you crash your car? Or a friend takes an overdose or a parent needs emergency surgery? Guess what! No beds for you either. And THAT’S how this affects everyone. Rant over.
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    Issy Phillips
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    Sep 30, 2021
    The New York subway has banned dogs that don’t fit in a bag and the results are the best thing you’ll see online today.
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    Issy Phillips
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    Jan 9, 2022
    Why do trauma get to say stuff like man vs bike, woman vs car etc but medicine never say woman vs E.coli, man vs atherosclerosis, man vs own immune system etc? I’m just saying
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    Issy Phillips
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    Apr 21, 2022
    Seriously. How are people managing to do exams and on calls and research and audits and have a life? Soz for being a shite trainee just coz I prefer taking naps, going for brunch and heading to home bargains on my days off over doing audits and writing case reports 🙃
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    Issy Phillips
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    May 27, 2022
    One of my friends has just received this email from their directorate. I’ve advised them to reply “because I’ve got a bloody life outside of this hospital and I already spend too much time in this place”. Making people feel guilty for not working on days off is filthy.
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    Issy Phillips
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    Feb 20, 2022
    Why do I know all the words to every song I’ve ever listened to more than twice and yet I can’t remember anything about hyponatraemia despite revising it 900 TIMES 🤯
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    Issy Phillips
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    Apr 15, 2025
    Screaming Crying Throwing up. Someone call 16 year old me and tell her we’ve only gone and bloody done it 🙌🏻
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    Issy Phillips
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    Sep 10, 2021
    Leadership is fairly simple. My consultant bought me a coffee today (good leadership). My reg drunk my coffee (bad leadership).
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    Issy Phillips
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    Jan 8, 2022
    Me: night shift diet of 19 bags of crisps and 7 big coffees Also me: why is my tummy so ouchy? this is a mystery
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    Issy Phillips
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    Nov 27, 2021
    Yeah, work is shit but have you ever actually looked at how many of the bloody awesome people in your life you’d never have met otherwise?
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    Issy Phillips
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    Mar 2, 2022
    For lent I considered a diet change and then decided I’m not giving up anything because the world is pretty messed up right now and we all need the little things that bring us joy so, no, I will not stop eating NHS chips 4 days a week for lunch.
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    Issy Phillips
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    Jul 23, 2024
    The best thing about being a female doctor who doesn’t wear scrubs is that you can take your stethoscope off and you automatically become non-clinical staff to anyone who sees you and no one tells you anyone’s NEWS score ever again.
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    Issy Phillips
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    Sep 24, 2021
    If I didn’t have a mortgage to pay and guilt over leaving a Rota gap, I’d probably leave training right now coz it’s shit. How do people put themselves through this?
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    Issy Phillips
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    Aug 19, 2022
    Arriving on the ward to review a patient as the team stands there slagging you off for not having reviewed the patient yet is peak awkwardness. Do you pretend you didn’t hear or say HERE ARE THE LAZY LYING DOCTORS YOU ASKED FOR and then storm off dramatically with the notes?💃🏻