Jamie Farr (@JamieFarr14) profile picture
Joined May 2017
End of a busy week, at @WSofArchi for tutorial day for the 1st years Building Through Time module. Essay craft, analysing architecture, and compelling narratives. Great fun!
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I'm a consultant in Emergency Medicine and I work plenty of weekends. And evenings. And night shifts. I don't want to work any more than I already am. Why should I make up for decades worth of workforce neglect? There's just not enough of us. That is not OUR fault.
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There is a reference to a workforce plan, which is welcome, but if @Jeremy_Hunt wishes to be able to take "full account of improvements in retention" he needs to do something about improving retention - and to do that - he MUST address punitive pension taxation
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2/ Grant an immediate exemption for doctors to public sector pension rules which are currently forcing them to retire in their fifties in alarming numbers.
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So it isn’t even that nhs pensions cost a lot, they are actually generating money for the government. Just make it fair and predictable so people can work without fear of huge tax bills.
Interesting the just released @nhs_pensions accounts show biggest surplus in recent times of cash flowing TO @hmtreasury Its almost as if the cost cap mechanism should have picked up a floor breach & increased benefits/decreased contributions Oh wait it did & gov. ignored it
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After 14y of real-terms pay cuts will you commit to 1️⃣full pay restoration for doctors 2️⃣fix national scandal of punitive pensions tax driving doctors to retire early/ reduce their hours Waiting lists aren't going anywhere if not📈 @RishiSunak @TrussLiz
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Unless issue of ridiculously punitive pension taxes are resolved @sajidjavid @RishiSunak, I’m afraid it’s entirely predicable waiting lists are going up Need to start listening to @BMA_Pensions & offer an enduring solution (like the judicial pension scheme) RT if you agree!
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Max has written a beautiful poem, in his own inimitable way, about these troubled times called ‘When Just The Tide Went Out’, (can be sung to the tune of 'Hymns and Arias') We hope it brings a smile to your face, and keeps you safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️ @cerysmatthews @kathjenkins @RobBrydon
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Jamie Farr retweeted
Show us your socks! 🧦 Join the global conversation to help raise awareness of mental health among doctors and reshape the culture of health care #CrazySocks4Docs nitter.gq/gasmummy/status/100235…
#CrazySocks4Docs Many medical women suffer from PND. My perinatal psych assured me “you’re not he only doctor in Newcastle I’ve seen with PND, Jen”. Being a doctor doesn’t make you immune from MH problems: if anything it makes us more vulnerable.
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Travelling to London to represent @medicalwomenuk on Gender Pay Gap in Medicine Review. #we’reworthit
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Here is the first slide of my Presidential address!!! Taking over today as President of the 101 year old Medical Women’s Federation @medicalwomenuk What a great conference here in Cardiff today!
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Great session on teamwork and wellbeing at Medical Women’s Federation conference in Cardiff. #MWFConf18
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#MWFConf18 About to start, great turn out