Join us 5-7 May 2023 to discuss "The Myth of Normal -Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture” by Gabor Mate
England, United Kingdom
Joined May 2016
- Tweets1.8K
- Following1.1K
- Followers1.5K
- Likes1.2K
Pinned Tweet
Join us 5-7th May 2023 to discuss The Myth of Normal (Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture) by @DrGaborMate Moderator @HornbyStella #dbcMay @drlesleybarron @s_m_sharma @HesterOosterhof @EViteriOft @DrDayaSharma @Doctorbookshelf
Doctors Book Club retweeted
Now that literally anyone can get GLP-1s via super drug and boots online, why can’t I prescribe it for my patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension? A condition where severe patients need VP shunts to prevent blindness, and can be cured with >15% weight loss?
Doctors Book Club retweeted
Part of job as senior drs is to train drs, not just in knowledge, but handling uncertainty, managing ethical/moral questions, what to do when lack of evidence, etc. seniors who don’t do this, either because of COIs, ‘irritated’ etc- it’s how a profession fails.
Doctors Book Club retweeted
I’d like :
A computer that doesn’t take 10mins to switch on
An operating system that doesn’t crash 3-4 times a day
A system that alerts me when tests/referrals I’ve requested haven’t been done
Tony Blair: Britain should have AI doctors and nurses
thetimes.co.uk/article/tony-…
Doctors Book Club retweeted
A thread about consultants about giving feedback. 🧵
Consultants: Have you ever looked at feedback from rotating doctors - either end of rotation surveys or GMC survey data - that highlight a lack feedback in your department?
And thought ‘but I give feedback all the time?!’ 🤨
Doctors Book Club retweeted
Every Doctor being gaslit by our own @NHSEngland is not what I expected for 2024
A Cancer specialist needs:
5-6 years Med school
2 Years foundation
2-3 years CMT or ACCS
Then MRCP
4-5 years Oncology training to CCT
Minimum 13 years
Fellowships mean 14-15 years training
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
Doctors Book Club retweeted
“We should not play with patients’ lives.”
Devastating comments on @DHSCgovuk, @NHSEngland & @gmcuk’s willingness to let non-doctors - physician associates - perform potentially life-threatening surgeries.
This is a national scandal.
A patient safety debacle.
Just appalling.
A laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a major operation with significant major potential complications, including mortality. Even as consultants, there is a great deal of scrutiny on the number of cases and the complication rate.
It is also an excellent training procedure for career surgical trainees who have been through 5 years at medical school and then at least 3 to 4 years before they are allowed to perform these cases.
They have also been through structured surgical training as well as completing basic surgical skills training and laparoscopic skills training and completed Part 1 and Part 2 MRCS.
These operations are NOT for the novice and should NOT be performed by anyone other than a trained surgeon or a surgeon in training with appropriate supervision AND only by qualified medical doctors.
We should not play with patients' lives.
This is unsafe and dangerous and needs to be stopped immediately.
The @RCSnews should have raised concerns during the peer review of this case series for publication.
I am astounded that the local ethical committee felt that approval was not necessary.
@WalsallHcareNHS need to stop this practice with immediate effect.
Doctors Book Club retweeted
Absolutely spot on from @DrLKVaughan & @mancunianmedic on @gmcuk's appallingly dumbed down vision for UK medical education.
Patients, doctors, med students, all health care workers - please read.
Just what on earth is our regulator playing at? 🤷♀️
bmj.com/content/384/bmj.q728…
Doctors Book Club retweeted
BMJ Rapid Response:
Steps doctors and other medical professionals can take today to improve medical care for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
bmj.com/content/383/bmj.p237…
Doctors Book Club retweeted
Absolutely wrecking my 8 year old for not adequately releasing the lateral canthal ligament during an orbital compartment syndrome simulation. “Congrats sweetie, the patient’s blind.”
Doctors Book Club retweeted
That’s what I tell children when they say they want to wait for the biopsy results before starting steroids for suspected giant cell arteritis. They’ve gotta learn somehow
Doctors Book Club retweeted
Heard of another GP handing in their resignation today. Has young family, early 40s and literally sick with the stresses associated with trying to provide a service in his community. Leaving medicine altogether. A heartbreaking loss. This government has broken everything.
Doctors Book Club retweeted
One doctor takes their life every three weeks, @VictoriaAtkins.
How can you possibly countenance slashing psychological support services for a deeply traumatised post-Covid NHS workforce?
It’s pure vindictiveness.
Breaking/
Appalling news that @DHSCgovuk has decided to stop funding mental health services for hospital doctors from
Monday.
When I was broken & traumatised during Covid, sessions with an @NHSPracHealth psychologist helped me back on my feet.
How can the govt suspend this?
Doctors Book Club retweeted
Me: orders vancomycin for patient
Phone rings - Pharmacy: “Do you really want X dose for this patient?”
Me: “Absolutely not, I have no idea how to dose this medication, please change it to whatever you think is correct”
Doctors Book Club retweeted
Such a shame. NHS practitioner health helped me recover and supported me back to work in the NHS. NHSE, look after your staff to help them look after our patients and families.
