Infectious diseases/microbiology doctor. Welsh diaspora. 🏴
United Kingdom
Joined July 2015
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Have a potential extra work opportunity.
Just did the math and my tax rate will be 67.5% lol. What exactly is the point in taking on additional work here? – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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Just made my final mortgage payment!
I still owe a lot. Just not going to pay anymore.
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2.4% is an insult, it would also place staff on lowest bands UNDER the living wage !!!! Absolutely fuming #nhs #FairPay
NHS staff 2.4% pay proposal ‘derisory’, says UNISON
‘This government came into office on a promise of change. Two years later, it’s pledging hope. But most NHS workers have seen neither’. Helga Pile, UNISON head of health
Read more: buff.ly/gNQOMzn
Effectively NHS staff must face real time pay cuts to fund the service.
I was once a big advocate for the NHS but now I think there is no way in a monopoly employer that we will ever get fair conditions. – at Edinburgh, Scotland
NEW: NHS pay rises above 2.4 per cent could hit patient care, ministers have warned, prompting a furious response from the union representing thousands of health service workers.
The Government says its financial plans for 2027–28 can accommodate a 2.4 per cent pay uplift without trade-offs against its main health commitments. But it warns that a higher award would “inevitably” affect healthcare delivery.
Every extra half a percentage point on NHS pay would cost around £750 million, according to evidence published by the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England on Monday. The department says that is equivalent to more than 89,000 hip or knee replacement operations.
UNISON branded the proposed rise “derisory”, warning that NHS workers would be angry at an increase it says falls well short of expected inflation.
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inews.co.uk/news/politics/uk…
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SORRY IF THIS OFFENDS STORE MANAGERS, BUT I'M DONE.
I just pulled $140 worth of groceries off the shelf, carried them across the store, scanned every item myself at a self-checkout kiosk, bagged every single item, and tapped my own card.
Then the machine screen flipped around and asked:
"Would you like to round up your total to donate to corporate charity?"
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
You eliminated 12 cashier jobs to cut corporate payroll, forced me to provide free manual labor for 15 minutes just to buy food, and now you want ME to fund your tax write-off?
If I'm doing the work of an employee, give me a 10% self-checkout discount at checkout.
Stop asking for tips and donations at kiosks where I did 100% of the work.
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Mothin Ali – apology and Correction
On 18 July 2024, I published a post on my X account in which I stated that Mr Mothin Ali, an elected official and Deputy Leader of the Green Party, was involved in the Harehills riots of July 2024 in which people attacked the police.
That statement was incorrect. In fact, Mr Ali was asked by the police to use his position of trust in the community to help bring about peace on the streets. Mr Ali attended the scene for that purpose alone. He was not involved in the disorder or violence in any way, and on the contrary he was one of the principal reasons of bringing an end to the disorder. I offer my sincere apologies to Mr Ali for my post, the harm I caused, and I have agreed to pay him compensation to vindicate his reputation.
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A draft clinical protocol for Physician Assistants has been shared with us for our feedback. We will be responding with our view that it does not provide sufficient safeguards for patients, and risks undermining residents’ training. 1/5
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If physician associates are able to train in "medicine" and are magically able to see patients independently in two years - why does it take doctors 5 to 6 years medical degree and 10 years postgraduate training before achieving independence?
We have to decide whether we want a safe healthcare service delivered by fully trained doctors or go back to a free for all where anyone can practice medicine with a cursory level of knowledge/ training and do away with medical degrees / medical training
It's like living in a parallel universe where simultaneously you need over 15 years of training to be considered safe as a doctor but anyone else can do a simple course and get stuck in.
Allowing physician assistants to see undifferentiated patients would be irresponsible and poorly evidenced, says @TheBMA's Tom Dolphin
He warns that vague guidelines on supervision fail to address the safety concerns that have been repeatedly raised
bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…
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yes the Scottish invented penicillin but they also invented pizza crunch and that’s arguably more important
The awful part about Sharron Davies - is that somehow this halfwit has managed to be be appointed to HoL and is involved in creating laws in this country. – at Newcraighall, Scotland
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I think the reason why many people think 100k PA in the uk is rich, is because they are on £40k but don’t realise that they pay very little tax and live off a lot of subsidies and benefits and live in relatively affordable areas.
So they think being on 100k is like being 2.5x better off.
But when you earn 100k+ the tax goes up and you lose all the benefits, plus in order to earn that, you have to live in an area where housing and living costs are double as well.
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Yes - which means that we have a million adults not smoking cigarettes, but using a 95% safer product.
One million UK adults who have never smoked are now vaping bbc.in/4yyw56b
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🚨 NEW: A bedbug infestation has caused Southeastern train services in London and Kent to be cancelled
Staff have nicknamed one train the “Bedbug Express”
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I was called into the office of a cardiology consultant to be told that he likes his female junior doctors to wear skirts or dresses.
I found out years later that one of his hobbies is cross dressing.
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Doctors say radical plan to merge Scotland's health boards should be scrapped bbc.in/4dhSyf7
I would say that this attitude from MPs, NHS management etc is precisely why we have seen pay erosion, role substitution, and the general decline in our profession.
The idea that doctors are easily replaced because we rotate suggests that the work we perform is somehow easy. – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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🚨 BREAKING: Andy Burnham is set to signal the end of the state pension triple lock in his conference speech tomorrow
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