ST4 Doctor Infectious Diseases/General Internal Medicine. Clinical research advocate. Climber and cricket fan.
North East, England
Joined May 2021
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Dr. Sam Hey retweeted
I have looked into having this done privately. I have a small amount of money put away towards a deposit for a house that I could use but can not cover the whole amount of the operation - it seems that health is now a privilege in the UK and this is terribly disappointing... 12/
Dr. Sam Hey retweeted
Many resident doctors from across the country complain that they struggle to do workplace-based assessments.
Senior doctors may give them the impression that they are too busy & don't give them time.
Or in some cases, they agree to fill WPBAs, but don't do it.
This leaves resident doctors in a strange powerless position where they feel they can't repeatedly approach the seniors as it will annoy them & can't even complain about this as it will affect their working relationship.
I don't know what the solution is other than repeatedly reminding the senior doctors to be mindful of portfolio requirements & be kind to their resident doctors.
Dr. Sam Hey retweeted
‘Many patients have a rising creatinine during diuresis. This is NOT a sign of worsening renal function.
Creatinine is measured as a concentration in serum… a creatinine rise *associated with a haematocrit rise* is a sign of reduction in volume & effective decongestion’
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#9 induced diuresis after AKI implies full renal recovery. No, it does not.
#10 should be stopped if serum creatinine is increasing, indicating worsening renal function. No, not necessarily.
From blog.curem.com.br/wp-content…
Dr. Sam Hey retweeted
This #Halloween sparked a conversation in our team about our favourite #skeleton images in our collections - so we thought we’d share!
& as a medical museum we have some great ones 😉
Which is your favourite in the thread below?
@rcphysicians #histmed #anatomy
ALT A collage of all the skeleton images featured in more detail in the thread.
Dr. Sam Hey retweeted
To stamp out HIV stigma, we contact journalists to correct misleading/inaccurate reports on HIV.
You'd be surprised how many times we've had to say HIV cannot be transmitted through spitting...
Our reporting guide is now available through @IpsoNews🔻
ipso.co.uk/resources-and-gui…
ALT Reporting H.I.V: how to get it right. National aids trust logo. Red Ribbon. Securing rights, stopping H.I.V.
Dr. Sam Hey retweeted
It's been shown that doctors were unsafely replaced on medical rotas by PAs on 109 occasions, across 11 trusts over 3 months.
This appalling patient safety scandal must end.
Read our letter to @NHSEngland. And our response to @Channel4News revelations: bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/…
ALT A letter to Dr Navina Evans CBE and Professor Stephen Powis, from BMA council chair Professor Phil Banfield. The letter sets out concerns about new evidence that physician associates (PAs) are being used to replace doctors on medical rotas, as well as the wider concerns of BMA members members on the issue.
Dr. Sam Hey retweeted
Prof @Kevin_Fong giving the most devastating and moving testimony to the Covid Inquiry of visiting hospital intensive care units at the height of the second wave in late Dec 2020.
The unimaginable scale of death, the trauma, the loss of hope.
Please watch this 2min clip.
Dr. Sam Hey retweeted
Your notes could be a lot better if you included the dates of surgeries, procedures, and starting/stopping antibiotics 😇
Dr. Sam Hey retweeted
August weekends are absolutely critical for recruitment of future physicians. Support an FY1 on call for medicine this weekend and they’ll be the med reg four years from now. Ignore, berate, abuse or bully them and they’ll (rightly) go elsewhere. Be the right kind of kind please.
Dr. Sam Hey retweeted
Good luck to everyone stepping up into the med reg role next week
It was my favourite job but occasionally bloomin hard work
But I enjoyed the team, the diverse work, camaraderie & the craic, the respect
It’s not for everyone, but for me the good outweighed the bad (mostly…)
Dr. Sam Hey retweeted
Exhibition 'Fortitude: Healthcare workers’ experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic' closes this Thursday 18 July.
If you didn't get a chance to see it @RCPhysicians, you will still be able to explore the online exhibition at history.rcplondon.ac.uk/exhi…
#RCPfortitude @medicalmuseums
Dr. Sam Hey retweeted
🆕 Hypertension Classification
New AHA 2024 guidelines have omitted
❌Hypertensive urgency
❌Hypertensive crisis
ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/…
Dr. Sam Hey retweeted
I have spoken to the BMA junior doctors committee, and can announce that talks to end their industrial action will begin next week.
We promised to get negotiations up and running and that is what we are doing.
My statement- gov.uk/government/speeches/s…
Dr. Sam Hey retweeted
UK Party Leaders as trains:
Ed Davey - Class 73
- Popular in the South
- Strong with people
- Needs support on heavier topics
Dr. Sam Hey retweeted
And....they should do more to engage FRCP/MRCP and IMT drs listen to and act on their concerns
And i think it is high time that voting rights& senior officer roles were extended to paying MRCPs and not just resctricted to FRCPs - as this is anti-democratic and gerontocratic
Dr. Sam Hey retweeted
Oh, also! I wrote something for @TheHouseMag about how Sunak and Starmer can improve their attire
politicshome.com/thehouse/ar…
Dr. Sam Hey retweeted
. @WHO Disease Outbreak News for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (#MERS-CoV) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 who.int/emergencies/disease-…