Anonymous diary of an opinionated medic (MBBS, not MSc). Retweets are not endorsements. Tweets may contain 'spices'. ⚠️ Supporter for #PayRestoration
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Person Pikin retweeted
Harry Kane going from football’s most famous trophyless player to a Ballon d’Or winner might be the greatest example of why changing employers can improve your life.
As at June 2026, the number of GP registrars completing training who have a job (per NHSE data) is 27%. Shocking.
Source:
digital.nhs.uk/supplementary…
GOTY?
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Jokes. Diesel is £2 a litre. That’s a 42% increase from 6 months ago. @andyburnham
2.4% to buy an extra box of tissues to wipe my tears with yeah?
Cutting doctors’ pay won’t keep them in the NHS.
The DDRB must show its independence and recommend what patients and the NHS need, not what the Government is prepared to pay.
Full statement: bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/…
ALT Graphic on blue background, showing scissors making a cut. Text reads: “Doctors in England. 2.4% for doctors. This is a real terms pay cut. At a time when the NHS desperately needs to keep its doctors, the Government is proposing a pay uplift below inflation.”
Person Pikin retweeted
"My great grandmother lived to 98 without vaccines."
Lovely.
Her six siblings who died before the age of five were unavailable for comment.
1. How on earth did the car stay glued to the track upside down before it had to do the flip?
2. Why/how is the bouncer guy so unimpressed? 🤔
Person Pikin retweeted
Patients regularly defame their GPs on google reviews. By telling half truths and whole lies, their gripes are often for unmet physical needs but interpretation of events is often flawed. Every GP knows this, it comes with our territory.
I should have guessed that the degree of sadness that Tobey reflected, particularly in Spiderman III, was his reality.
Officiating your ex-wife’s wedding has to be some sort of self-deprecating joke?
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If you want to practice medicine, go to medical school. I’ve always said this from the start.
There are no shortcuts.
Advanced nursing in practice has no relationship with nursing in practice.
I’ve always wondered why it was called “advanced nursing” when it hasn’t built on basic nursing but what better way to sell a dud. 🤡
Person Pikin retweeted
A senior doctor (GP) suspected this child had acute appendicitis..an easily treatable condition but one that every medical student understands can't be missed and can kill..he was appropriately referred but never saw another doctor...he's dead..this should be a never event!!
Dylan Cope, nine, was discharged from hospital after being wrongly diagnosed with flu
🔗 telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…