Father to Jackson and Florie. Husband to Tessa. Geordie Anaesthetist/intensive care doctor at Gateshead QEH. Staff governor. Rubbish at running long distances
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Andy Lowes retweeted
I know I’m pissed but ……. Liverpool are a great club and will win the league and have been brilliant this season but the Geordies absolutely smashed them today and deserved it…. 🖤🤍
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Behind-scenes NHS problems leave new doctors without jobs - BBC News … but plenty it would seem for PA’s at much higher rates of pay. This is an orchestrated effort to develop a two-tier system. bbc.co.uk/news/health-688498…
I just signed the petition calling on political parties to back an urgent poverty relief fund to help the millions of families being plunged into poverty across the UK right now. Can you add your name? 38d.gs/8kp6
Andy Lowes retweeted
1/ Important NEW report from @TheIFS
Shows that doctors pay eroded more than all other public sector workers (vs private sector has recovered).
They have used 2010 as a start date in the chart below, not the start of austerity.... doing so significantly increases pay loss
NEW: Doctors and experienced teachers have faced unprecedented pay cuts since 2007.
The gap between higher- and lower-paid public sector workers has fallen by more than a third since 2007.
Read @JCribbEcon and @LaurenceOBrien_'s Election 2024 report: ifs.org.uk/publications/rece…
Andy Lowes retweeted
A phenomenal 10 mins with Carol Vorderman on 🔥
It begins with an intro, then from 1:23 onwards,
"We've had a Conservative government which is in my opinion corrupt.. During covid we have the VIP PPE lane.. Then we had partygate.."
"I started digging and I just started to scratch the surface on so many Tory issues and Tory contracts. And it's like a fountain of contracts and money that goes back to Tory donors and associates"
"I feel I have a responsibility that if I see something I show it to others"
Keir Starmer rips apart Jeremy Hunt's weak budget in powerful speech youtu.be/E-C3UqmeNnA?si=4yUQ… via @YouTube quite the Tory legacy!!
Andy Lowes retweeted
Consultant, Andy Lowes has been working with schools in the community to produce artwork promoting organ donation🎨
Today we unveiled an incredible bespoke piece of artwork by @xpgateshead @XPschool 'Being Human’ located at the windy nook entrance. Stop by and have a look!
Andy Lowes retweeted
Our G29 students' beautiful work curated at @Gateshead_NHS promoting organ donation answering the guiding question: "What does it mean to be human?"
Special thanks to Andy for supporting this work, and to our wonderful artists in Year 8 and their teacher Ms Macphail!
Consultant, Andy Lowes has been working with schools in the community to produce artwork promoting organ donation🎨
Today we unveiled an incredible bespoke piece of artwork by @xpgateshead @XPschool 'Being Human’ located at the windy nook entrance. Stop by and have a look!
“People who drive our planes” 😂😭 where do you even start with this and what it says about those who dictate NATIONAL policy!
Shaking right now!
The PA debate in the House of Lords- @JimBethell said:
“We have to find people from somewhere (to do GP appointments) & they’re going to be some people (Physician Associates) that don’t necessarily go through the 10 years of qualification TO BECOME A GP”
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Andy Lowes retweeted
I have just finished another set of incredibly difficult weekend nights as the A&E consultant incharge.
Some thoughts:
The NHS no longer provides unscheduled care - we provide treatment. Care is with dignity - that's impossible for our patients in corridors.
The model of acute care is not working or sustainable. We need a completely different approach - with long term investment in prevention and community care
111 need to change risk thresholds as far too many come to a&e when they don't need to.
There needs to be alternative pathways to get care overnight for those who don't have accidents or emergencies. A&E shouldn't be anything and everything
Staff are broke - supporting staff is just as vital as looking after patients
This government have totally decimated our the NHS. They are the ones who should be apologising to our patients not our staff.
Hundreds are dying each week because of lack of hospital capacity and corridor care in a&e, yet it's not on the news and no public uproar. As staff and patients we have accepted the unacceptable.
Everyone needs to know the reality of what is happening - so that politicians offer a different solution and patients get the care they deserve. Sadly most of the public have no idea of what is genuinely going on.
And finally, a post night fry up is the best antidote for the stresses of the weekend. Goodnight! – at England, United Kingdom
Excellent summary of the plight of social care in this country apple.news/A-YI9HNdfThywN3FI…
Andy Lowes retweeted
1/3 How have @10DowningStreet allowed this to happen on their watch 👇😢
Only paying doctors what we're worth will address the NHS workforce crisis and bring waiting lists down.
Read our full press response to the latest waiting list figures in England: bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/…
ALT A graph shows the number of patients on NHS waiting lists in England has increased by over 5 million under this Government, from 2.6 million in May 2010 to 7.75 million in August 2023.
Andy Lowes retweeted
1/ NEW & IMPORTANT: OK on the eve of junior/consultant strikes, we need to talk about these charts (NEW data just in!) 👇
We need to look at them to fix waiting lists & its increasingly clear next GE will be won or lost on the NHS
Please read the whole 🧵 & share widely / RT
Andy Lowes retweeted
Read BMA Consultants Committee Chair @Vish_Sharm's letter to @RishiSunak on reaching an agreement to end the pay dispute. You can also read our full press statement here: bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/…
ALT The letter from BMA consultant committee chair Vishal Sharma to Rishi Sunak, dated 18 September 2023.
Andy Lowes retweeted
"Well, I think the question was, is Britain broken? And I think, quite plainly, it feels like we are almost in every government-administered area of our lives, things are not working." #BBCQT
The safety net that the NHS/social care is supposed to provide has been completed shredded over the past 14years. Not enough staff now to patch up the holes
Every word true!
The Consultants of Dorset hospital have written a letter to @SteveBarclay
They strike tomorrow
This letter is incredible
I challenge anyone to refute a single point in it
Worth a read for you too @wesstreeting
Andy Lowes retweeted
Thank you to everyone who has come out today and supported the #JuniorDoctorStrikes and the rallies held in Oxford and Birmingham. See you all again tomorrow for day two! #PayRestoration
bma.org.uk/juniorspay
I've just signed this petition. Will you add your name and share too?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees