@mackey198

Dr in NHS since 1978, now retired. prefers animals to many humans. Sports fan esp. football. Liberal Christian.

Joined January 2012
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ POLL: Will the Trump era be remembered as one of the most shameful periods in American history? ๐Ÿค” A๏ธโƒฃ Yes, absolutely! ๐Ÿ‘Ž B๏ธโƒฃ No, Trump made America stronger! ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’ฌ Whatโ€™s your verdict? Vote below! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Annie
@AnnieForTruthOct 24
This is spot on! ๐ŸŽฏ Vote like Donald Trump is on the ballot because he is responsible for all of the things below. #VoteBlue2026 #VoteBlueForDemocracy #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica #VoteBlueForHumanity
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Patients Safety has been increasingly compromised in the NHS due to your actions in your years as Health Secretary @Jeremy_Hunt - from the ground work you laid for Dr substitution with Noctors in GP & EDs to installing Massey in GMC to capture independent medical regulator
Sir Jeremy Hunt MP
@Jeremy_HuntOct 22
Hugely welcome news for patient safety that plans to abolish HSSIB have been dropped. The APPG for Patient Safety has worked hard to oppose these proposals. Particular thanks to @bernardjenkin for his tireless efforts to protect independent patient safety investigations.
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savannah@savlahOct 23
Replying to @TheSnoozeDoctor
I am a medical student at KCL, all of the GEMs and now newly appointed HEMs have a background in nursing, paramedicine and PA. Each and every one has said Y1 of medicine has superseded their competence and is finding medicine a surprisingly difficult degree.
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The moral injury from working in a constantly under-resourced, under staffed badly managed service where hard work& expertise is not recognised, where systemic pressures makes frontline staff make errors with devastating consequences to pt You either stop caring or leave 1/n
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Just reflecting on this as recently learnt of 2 of my acquaintances, who were most enthusiastic about working in NHS, put lots of extra work to improve care for their patients in early years of true career being so disillusioned that one has left UK& other is leaving Medicine 2/n
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Rupert wilson@OxforditeOct 26
Replying to @ClearThinker66 @medicalmodelbri @r1chardf1tzg3r1 @Mumtaz_Patel_1 @DacreJane
!typo My word, a TACP, who couldโ€™ve been trained for less than two years, is paid well to do a job that only a doctor should do. : it's unsafe. Patients will suffer delayed or inappropriate care. NHS efficiency/productivity will โฌ‡๏ธ Patients will avoidably come to harm or die.
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Replying to @medicalmodelbri @Mumtaz_Patel_1 @DacreJane
That job description is direct pathway to consultant. Not accountable they aren't regulated for advanced practice are they
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JeanJeannie@Jean_Jeannie1Oct 26
Replying to @medicalmodelbri @Mumtaz_Patel_1 @DacreJane
This is ideological nonsense. Clinical lead....??? Also - if this is a clinical, non-nursing, non physio/OT (insert other AHPs) role then it's bot only unregulated...but why do they report to a matron? This is not a nursing role?
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Rupert wilson@OxforditeOct 26
Replying to @medicalmodelbri @r1chardf1tzg3r1 @Mumtaz_Patel_1 @DacreJane
Why is a little educated healthcare worker, one that cannot safely do this job, being paid such a high salary to take a doctor's job that ordinarily and historically requires a very highly educated doctor in order to be safe?
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tACP who may have only graduated in nursing, physio etc 2yrs, so little experience,do part time MSc in โ€˜advanced clinical practiceโ€™then as ACP used autonomously to triage/assess referrals to lung cancer team,history/clinical assessment,diagnosis& initiation of treatment plan!!!!!
@medicalmodelwithabriochebun@medicalmodelbriOct 26
No point in medical school anymore @Mumtaz_Patel_1 @DacreJane beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jโ€ฆ
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TIVA Tim@TheSnoozeDoctorOct 23
The perfect response: โ€˜As a paramedic, ACP seemed sensible in our small team. I chose GEM instead. Now I see poor ACP assessments, referrals and needless tests daily. Even GEM year 2 exceeded their competence. Saving money? A costly, potentially harmful delay before seeing a GP.โ€™
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Deb Lyon@debzlyOct 22
Replying to @KirsopAdrian @Cleverclog67596 @BriefcaseMike
There are so many non medically trained practitioners acting as Doctors it is wise to ask. Unless you aren't bothered whether people looking after yourself and your family have medical qualifications.?
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Replying to @BriefcaseMike
I've had a locum nurse practitioner at my surgery be silent about their qualification, and I thought I'd seen a GP, told me I had septic arthritis (I didn't, it requires hospitalisation and IV antibiotics) and sent me off with a packet of antibiotics and no follow-up. Outrageous
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@medicalmodelwithabriochebun@medicalmodelbriOct 22
Replying to @BriefcaseMike @DrNeenaJha
You can work as a GP without actually being a doctor .
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PS@rheumipainmaskOct 24
Replying to @KirsopAdrian @debzly @Cleverclog67596 @BriefcaseMike
What?!? Arenโ€™t you aware of all the Noctors/Quacks/Charlatans/Multiprofession workers (but qualified in only 1)? Are you not aware of Nurse Consultants or Clinical consultants or Consultant Practitioners working as medical consultants? Follow @medicalmodelbri for evidence
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@medicalmodelwithabriochebun@medicalmodelbriOct 25
Anyone working outside their competence based on their training - is a quack . Well said @parthaskar If I tried to work a shift as a nurse or an FY1 Dr , Iโ€™d be a quack too. Why do others think that itโ€™s ok to work as a Dr substitute without MBBS & PG training & exams?
Partha S Kar ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ๐ŸŽฅ
@parthaskarOct 25
Replying to @Gerogrios
anyone working outside their competence based on their training- is a quack. I would be one if I tried doing a session as a physiotherapist. Or a GP. Or a Podiatrist. Hope that helps. Be more worried about safety & death than my tweets.
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Replying to @DHSCgovuk
@DHSCgovuk wanting to regulate private aesthetic practitioners & clinics (not a bad idea) whilst NHS Trusts who they themselves are responsible for using medically unqualified & unregulated people practicing Medicine & Surgery in the name of advanced practice @karinsmyth
Department of Health and Social Care
@DHSCgovukOct 21
.@karinsmyth visited Dr Leah Clinics to see how cosmetic treatments being carried out the right way, by qualified professionals in a safe clinical setting. Meanwhile, our crackdown intensifies on cosmetic cowboys - with new proposals to: ๐Ÿฉบ restrict high-risk procedures to qualified health professionals ๐Ÿšซ ban cosmetic surgery and other treatments for under-18s โš–๏ธintroduce unlimited fines for rule-breakers
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Prem Sikka
@premnsikkaOct 24
The Duchy of Cornwall collected ยฃ503,711 rent from the King for Highgrove House. Prince William is the Duke of Cornwall. Father pays rent to son. No money left the family but nice PR. When King Charles was the Duke of Cornwall, he paid rent to himself. leftfootforward.org/2026/10/โ€ฆ

Royal financial privileges show that we are not in it together - Left Foot Forward: Leading the...

This week, after perfunctory scrutiny, the UK parliament approved a core Sovereign Grant of ยฃ99.9m (from 2027/28) for the King, [โ€ฆ]

leftfootforward.org
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Republicans control the House. Republicans control the Senate. Republicans control the White House. Republicans control the Supreme Court. Republicans control the DOJ. This is what they did with two years in control: trump gets: - Gold all over the Oval Office - BILLIONS in crypto for himself - $400 million dollar Qatari bribe jet - Millions in media and tech settlements - Gold bars and diamond rings for tariff relief - BILLIONS in Pentagon contracts for his sons - $100,000 per month per person for insider info - $600 million dollar ballroom at taxpayer expense YOU GET: - A war in Iran - Higher gas prices - Higher utility prices - Higher grocery prices - Higher housing prices - Higher healthcare costs - 21 dead American soldiers - loss of trust from allies around the globe - ICE thugs abusing our friends and neighbors Now they want TWO MORE YEARS in office, While they actively try to STEAL your vote. WE ARE NOT POWERLESS. Your vote can change this.
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