Fraser’s Mama | FY2 doctor | @hullyorkmed & @sheffielduni grad | feminist | @hymswomeninmed cofounder | endo babe
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Jo Martin retweeted
Feel a sense of grief when kids lose their baby language. The littlest one used to mix up Cs/Ps so the tropical birds were “carrots” and he wore a “cuddlesuit” when it rained. I’ll be devastated when olly-pops and bat-treats (batteries) are gone 😭
Jo Martin retweeted
Mum of three & five-time Olympic gold cycling medallist @LauraKenny31 meets other new Mums after negative social media comments left her questioning if she should breastfeed her children. She wants there to be more support for those who choose to breastfeed. @BBCBreakfast
Jo Martin retweeted
No cure for endometriosis. No proper management for menopause. No adequate symptomatic relief for menstrual discomfort. But let’s get handicapped sperm a wheelchair to make not so healthy babies because it would make men feel strong.
Jo Martin retweeted
Reminding my nervous system that my baby is okay she’s just screaming at the top of her lungs because I set her down to sweep the floor and my 3 year old is just talking non-stop because she’s just a girl and that’s what they do and I am not in fact literally fighting for my life - I’m just a stay at home mom on a Tuesday.
Jo Martin retweeted
I see “Breastfeeding is free” is doing the rounds again.
It isn’t.
My argument:
1) First Law of Thermodynamics
2) Marx’s Labour Theory of Value
I BF all 3 of my children beyond their 1st birthday.
My food, time and labour *all* have a cost.
Not Free, not even close.
the anxiety and excitement of being 37 weeks pregnant, thinking your baby could come in 3 hours, 3 days or 3 weeks
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Jo Martin retweeted
While you wait weeks to see a GP, NHS doctors in England are being forced into unemployment; blocked by Government caps that stop them from furthering their training to become specialist Consultants/GPs.
This year, there were around 30,000 doctors applying for 10,000 speciality training places. That means thousands of capable doctors ready to serve the public and the NHS are being turned away.
Every rejected doctor is a lost opportunity to cut waiting lists, staff wards safely and bring the NHS back from crisis.
And @wesstreeting’s response? Just 2,000 extra speciality training places over 3 years.
That will not fix the doctor unemployment crisis in England. It will continue to leave patients waiting months for care and will push doctors out of the NHS altogether.
This is one of the reasons why NHS resident doctors are going back out on strike.
Doctors want to work. Patients want care. It’s the Government that’s standing in the way.
#EndTrainingCrisis
Jo Martin retweeted
Time for facts, not spin
The REAL reason why resident doctors are striking:
1) Doctors are UNEMPLOYED
5000 drs applied for just 350 A&E jobs -similar with EVERY specialty
Yet they are funding for nurses/physios etc without a medical degree to replace drs in the same role
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Jo Martin retweeted
Patients face long delays. Meanwhile 1000s of doctors are blocked from training & face unemployment due to Govt restrictions.
In 2025, 20,000 more applied than there were posts. Govt’s fix? 1000 extra posts over 3 years.
Locking doctors out while the NHS struggles is a scandal.
there’s something magical about cuddles with your toddler whilst feeling your baby wiggle away in your tummy. feeling very blessed 🥰🥹
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Jo Martin retweeted
Physician Associates are being renamed to Physician Assistants because the public was confused about their role.
But here’s what’s truly confusing:
A physician assistant now starts on a salary that’s nearly £10,000 more than a fully qualified doctor.
Read that again.
Doctors - who train for years, take on legal responsibility, make life or death decisions; are being paid less than the people assisting them.
Even if doctors won full pay restoration tomorrow, they still wouldn’t be on equal footing.
@wesstreeting, how on earth is that acceptable?
Doctors are leaving. The NHS is haemorrhaging staff. Patients are waiting longer for their appointments because this Government refuses to fix pay and value and retain doctors.
Is it any surprise doctors are striking?
there’s literally no better feeling than those first flutters of your baby moving in your tummy 🥹
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Jo Martin retweeted
It’s taken nearly 170 years, but for the first time female doctors make up more than 50% of the UK’s medical register.
This is a huge change that should be celebrated. However sexism is still an issue within medicine, with 9% of female doctors reporting unwelcome sexual comments or advances causing embarrassment, distress or offence, compared with 4% of men.
The NHS must embrace flexible ways of working, and tackle harassment and sexism head on.
fed up of medical staffing thinking, because I am LTFT, that it’s ok to leave it to <6 weeks before rotation to start drafting my rota pattern.
not that I have a life to plan or child care to organise or anything #medtwitter
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Jo Martin retweeted
Reports from @FT show 6k+ applicants for just 1700 training posts last year.
Doctors are being left in limbo, without posts and unable to progress in their career.
In an understaffed NHS this is a scandal. Government must urgently increase training posts. ft.com/content/ddb51e41-8b24…
Jo Martin retweeted
Back after time off, as I recovered from #endometriosis surgery. It’ll help but won’t remove all the pain as no one quite knows what causes endo. Sharing to raise awareness - yesterday in parliament a minister said: “women with endometriosis have been failed for far too long”.
