How come data be so misrepresented by @RCPhysicians before a vote and halfway through the vote when the actual data is released is so damning that it could potentially change the way people vote. Doctors up and down the country have been voting based on misleading data and the Royal College only released the data because they were forced to by a group of us through social media pressure. The senior leadership of @RCPhysicians is rotten and needs to go.

I still probably discuss one in every three cases that I do with one of the other consultant cardiologists in the Cath Lab next door, and similarly they will discuss cases with me. I will take many of my cases to the wider group meeting involving cardiac surgeons too. This is after 24 years qualification as a doctor and 12 years as a consultant. The fact that some PAs say that they discuss cases with their GP once every couple of months frightens me. This is not good for patients. It's time to define a tight scope of practice- the @TheBMA document is an excellent start.