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"@DrNavSidhu It would stop a lot of complications being blamed on the block I suppose"
X Link 2023-09-08T20:50Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@mancunianmedic Common but not present in every unit. I worked in very functional units. Midwives and obstetricians worked well together they dealt with a lot of high-risk cases with midwives rotating through the midwife led part of the unit and the high-risk area. There was mutual respect"
X Link 2023-10-01T17:00Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@LakotaMan1 Quick we need to find our synapse theres a press conference coming up"
X Link 2023-10-26T22:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements

"@HealthRegLawyer @DrLindaDykes @LiangRhea @N_J_Edwards Presumably the complaints that arose after consensual interactions were immediately dismissed and the doctors involved told that their actions were part of a consensual relationship and therefore nothing to do with the GMC Or were they persecuted just because they were doctors"
X Link 2023-10-28T12:30Z [--] followers, [---] engagements

"@doctorhelgi Was there any recognition that the GMC is itself a huge part of the problem and that the lack of trust in it as an organisation drives the need for anonymous commentary"
X Link 2023-11-22T14:46Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@gmcuk @HealthRegLawyer Thank you for highlighting this. This is the sort of thing that could significantly damage a doctor struggling with their mental health and potentially precipitate a tragedy. The GMC needs to be overhauled completely"
X Link 2023-11-28T18:36Z [--] followers, [----] engagements

"@AirwayLegend @HofkampMichael @hypoxic_cowboy @bagchisubha @OBsleepmerchant The only things we dont do are rigid bronchs and surgical tracheostomy. Our ENTs see the value of VL but dont often use it and defer to us if it is needed to intubate. Im not sure of how much added value training all anaesthetists in rigid bronch and surgical trachs brings"
X Link 2023-12-02T20:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements

"@Popoporoo87 Training scope of practice and legal responsibility need to be sorted out. The GMC are an awful racist organisation that doctors hate. You need a better regulator than them. Bottom line is you are not physicians and this is a shameful political move"
X Link 2023-12-14T12:06Z [--] followers, [---] engagements

"@ShayanAshjaei @RobLaurensonD4P Its a joke about [-----] doctors being a good sample of the overall population vs the insistence of some that a sample is not an adequate way of judging something. It is in no way against GMC guidance"
X Link 2023-12-15T12:19Z [--] followers, [---] engagements

"@drcolinm Thank you for the clarification. Can you understand the concerns expressed on here specifically regarding the use of the term consultant when it is used in conjunction with AA/PAs Isnt this something the GMC was set up to protect the public from"
X Link 2023-12-21T10:56Z [--] followers, [---] engagements

"@jbtherron @srturaga @drcolinm Good question. If an anaesthetic SpR who has had say [--] years of training (med school plus post grad training and exams like MRCP or MRCS) and passed their primary and final FRCA told a patient they were a consultant they would be in huge trouble with the GMC"
X Link 2023-12-21T23:13Z [--] followers, [----] engagements

"@lymi66 @WorthWords I think youve missed the point. Most doctors do not want the GMC to regulate PAs. They are not physicians why should they be regulated like them To be fair most doctors think the GMC is grossly incompetent and racist so we may be saving PAs from them"
X Link 2023-12-23T19:32Z [--] followers, [---] engagements

"@AirwayLegend @adroitsurgical @PedsAnesNet @PedCritCareMed @PediAnesthesia @ESPO_PedENT @PaediatricFOAM @PICSociety @CanPaedSociety @hp_ems @ProdigyEMS I agree that nothing is 100% thats why you need to have a variety of different tools. This doesnt add to the equipment we have available to us in the OR but might have a place elsewhere. But DL should not be used in an anticipated difficult intubation in children"
X Link 2023-12-23T21:10Z [--] followers, [--] engagements

"@AirwayLegend @adroitsurgical @PedsAnesNet @PedCritCareMed @PediAnesthesia @ESPO_PedENT @PaediatricFOAM @PICSociety @CanPaedSociety @hp_ems @ProdigyEMS That is not possible. The argument isnt about VL vs DL. It is about equipment that is able to do more than a single technique"
X Link 2023-12-24T04:19Z [--] followers, [--] engagements

"@CllrDalton @iDrSunny Doctors in their 50s will have worked enough hours for a lifetime. We are exhausted and the constant anti-professional anti-science anti-physician diatribes we have to wade through push us away from work as soon as we can afford to escape"
X Link 2023-12-28T21:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@nosecglasses @AirwayMxAcademy @alexffuchs @DrRJWebb @VirtueOfNothing @maffygirl @ben_cloyd This is where expertise comes in. What are adequate sats in a 500g neonate with severe pulm hypertension or a 9kg infant with a single ventricle or a term 3kg baby with pyloric stenosis The key is avoiding multiple intubation attempts while maintaining situational awareness"
X Link 2023-12-29T03:02Z [--] followers, [---] engagements

"@GongGasGirl This is not a novel idea it has been done in many hospitals including when I was an anaesthetic trainee over [--] years ago. What is topping this happening is a willingness to pay people properly for the extra hours worked or allowing appropriate time off in-lieu of pay"
X Link 2023-12-30T01:52Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@GongGasGirl Yes it is harder when you look at systems now. We utilised two full theatre teams to allow a consultant surgeon to move between rooms with registrars/SHOs opening and closing and anaesthetic teams having a patient asleep in the anaesthetic room before the last case was finished"
X Link 2023-12-30T02:01Z [--] followers, [---] engagements

"@DanielSokol9 @gmcuk Totally reasonable for the GMC to police private messages. Nothing worrying about that. Theyve never been shown to be anything other than a great regulator who would not abuse this power. Anyone know why anon accounts are so popular"
X Link 2023-12-31T14:54Z [--] followers, [----] engagements

"@MsBethanJ It isnt a notion it is a description that has been stated by organisations like the GMC and colleges PA organisations and PAs themselves. Those expressing concerns have been dubbed a vocal minority consistently. It is clear this is not true. Abuse of any sort is not acceptable"
X Link 2024-01-01T19:23Z [--] followers, [---] engagements

"@ExplosiveEnema I agree. It is a good philosophy to live by in real life but in these discussions is only applied to people speaking up. Kindness was not part of the motivation to destroy doctors pay and conditions nor in the creation of PA/AA roles that are so contentious right now"
X Link 2024-01-02T11:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@SaraTon08500527 So is it wrong that: - The GMC was set up to protect the public from people pretending to be doctors - PAs are not doctors"
X Link 2024-01-06T10:45Z [--] followers, [--] engagements

"@thebraburner @EstherClift @IOWNHS @melisapasi Do you know that she chose that title or if it was the title of the job She says shes a physio in her bio. I agree that the title is misleading I just dont know if she is responsible and want to focus on the systemic deeper problems"
X Link 2024-01-07T00:43Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@thebraburner @EstherClift @IOWNHS @melisapasi I dont use LinkedIn so havent seen that. Sure there are things an individual can do to make sure patients know they are not doctors but the problem is a systemic one that has been ingrained into the NHS. We should probably have massive badges with Real Doctor on them"
X Link 2024-01-07T01:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@gettingworse666 @TomStocks1982 @trevgoes4th Im waiting. I would like a very detailed breakdown of how you account for the money spent on my medical degree and the training I received at medical school. Im assuming you have a thorough knowledge of medical training as you speak with such authority"
X Link 2024-01-07T13:55Z [--] followers, [--] engagements

"@DrNickTwit These are highly skilled highly skilled people who will have jobs to go to outside the UK. Moving away from family and friends is tough but the bottom line is that if the UK does not want you plenty of other countries will"
X Link 2024-01-11T01:45Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@Dr_Done_ @gmcuk @NHSEngland Presumably they got a lot of responses that they didnt like. Taking it down instead of addressing the very real problems they have caused would fit with the philosophy of NHSE and the GMC"
X Link 2024-01-11T15:50Z [--] followers, [---] engagements

"@AjEusuf @bmj_latest @eabhaaa That is correct but like the PA/AA expansion the Government and their healthcare proxies (colleges GMC NHSE) seem determined to carry on despite the opinions of doctors. Those of us who are outside the UK need to protect our patients from schemes like this"
X Link 2024-01-12T14:07Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@jobbinggasman @UKGastroDr @RCPhysicians @RCoANews The RCP will just release a statement supporting PAs and welcoming GMC regulation saying they will work with them to ensure optimal use of these valuable colleagues. Theyll be some recognition that there are concerns about training etc but they wont do anything useful"
X Link 2024-01-14T14:04Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@ExplosiveEnema2 @RCPhysicians @InfoPars So a senior member of the @RCPhysicians who has been responsible for parts of their approach to PAs for years owns a recruitment agency that supplies PAs to the NHS. Can they verify if this is or has been correct It is a huge COI that needs flagging up"
X Link 2024-01-16T17:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@JoOgidi Please explain why PAs should be regulated by the GMC. The GMC exists solely to protect the public from people who claim to be doctors when they are not qualified. Thousands of doctors think it is wrong for the GMC to regulate non-medically qualified people. Why are we all wrong"
X Link 2024-01-16T20:34Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@JamesLynchGTC Doctors concerns are being ignored. This is a disaster happening in front of our eyes. Articles like this are more propaganda poorly researched and just show how we are being gaslit. PA supervision needs to stop now as nobody is taking doctors concerns seriously"
X Link 2024-01-18T10:01Z [--] followers, [---] engagements

"@JamesLynchGTC The changes are window dressing. Were at this point because they are designed to facilitate PA expansion and do not address any concerns. Why should the GMC register people who are not medically qualified Where is the protection for doctors training Where is scope defined"
X Link 2024-01-18T13:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@JamesLynchGTC The GMC was set up by the BMA to protect the public from people who are not doctors claiming to be doctors. PAs are being used to replace doctors as part of the NHS workforce plan. The only reason to involve the GMC is to give them a veneer of legitimacy and confuse the public"
X Link 2024-01-18T14:59Z [--] followers, [--] engagements

"@JamesLynchGTC And they are not being implemented to free up doctors for training - look at the ASiT survey and listen to what doctors are saying. You have not offered any alternative to how thousands of doctors concerns can be addressed"
X Link 2024-01-18T15:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@JamesLynchGTC Thankyou for listening Im not expecting you to solve anything. Im stating why doctors may end up needing to take direct action and refuse to cooperate with the PA expansion plans. The program needs to be paused a new regulator established and scope of practice sorted now"
X Link 2024-01-18T16:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@JamesLynchGTC With the current set up providing appropriate supervision for PAs increases workload. Sure you could just sign anything they put in front of you but that would be totally inappropriate given their lack of training experience and apparent insight. More doctors less PAs"
X Link 2024-01-18T16:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@JamesLynchGTC Why would any doctor risk the liability of supervising PAs in the current climate Patients deserve to be seen by fully qualified professionals. The PA role is dangerous as it stands and NHSE and the GMC are ploughing on despite huge objections from the BMA and some colleges"
X Link 2024-01-18T18:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@JamesLynchGTC Sorry - were crossposting. If we were being listened to that would work. Doctors and their representatives are being ignored so something else needs to happen. PAs cannot work without their active support withdraw that support and the whole process stops and we can start again"
X Link 2024-01-18T18:09Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@ExplosiveEnema2 @RCPhysicians @FPARCP Utter nonsense. Stop denigrating doctors. It is outrageous that we have to fight the colleges as well as the GMC and the politicians. PAs are nothing like middle grade doctors. The lack of respect shown to doctors is horrible. Join the RCPE"
X Link 2024-01-19T22:24Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@ABarotchi1 @UKGastroDr @ExplosiveEnema2 @parthaskar @boop1512926 @FPARCP @DrSarahClarke @RCPhysicians @Xeon4f145d96s1 @mouseter_chef @Dr_Done_ @TomStocks1982 @CathrynmEdwards I agree with this. This is part of the same problem that using the GMC to regulate them creates. It legitimises claims that they are medically qualified. Its a mess and the medical profession needs leaders who will stand up for us not promote unqualified replacements"
X Link 2024-01-20T16:52Z [--] followers, [---] engagements

"Proof that the GMC do not care about doctors patient safety concerns. They have an explicit strategy to bully and encourage colleges and employers to scare doctors into silence. These minutes demonstrate the Machiavellian lengths they are going to in order to replace doctors The GMC's minutes from their MAPs Programme Board meetings over the last twelve months make for some hair-raising reading. "Is it time for us to lead to convene or to follow" asks the GMC of itself. Some things that particularly stand out: https://t.co/9Y9tRJ9Do1 The GMC's minutes from their MAPs Programme Board meetings"
X Link 2024-01-22T15:23Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@AnalysisDrawer There will be a motion passed that supports PAs and at least a comment criticising SM posts that cause distress. They should immediately change the name back to assistant state GMC should not regulate remove all PAs from doctor rotas state scope will be defined and enforced"
X Link 2024-01-25T21:11Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@drcolinm That is very insightful. I do not know any doctors with a shred of respect for the GMC. Many are terrified of the organisation. It has been shown to be incompetent and racist. I do not believe you are either of those things but how do you propose to rebuild respect for the GMC"
X Link 2024-01-25T21:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@drcolinm The culture that the GMC has created and advanced is utterly appalling. Your tweets are so tone deaf I find it hard to believe that this is what you genuinely think. Does anyone in your organisation have any insight at all"
X Link 2024-01-26T01:41Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@thesalariedGP @DrPastry @iDrSunny Thats in California. Disney World is in Florida. If you want to try it out before you emigrate find a sauna stand in it with [---] other people and cut up [--] notes for [--] hours"
X Link 2024-01-28T00:55Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@Meghpai @DrLindaDykes @isitsleepytime @gmcuk Might be a huge mistake on their part. The way the current junior doctors are standing up for themselves is fantastic. The GMC has been shown to be racist and incompetent and if they try this and take on PAs too this crop of young doctors may decide to stop playing their game"
X Link 2024-01-29T01:44Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@deepak_neuro @EMARIANOMD @CSAHQ @drchadb @SLKoppMD @LAsk8erdoc @nelkassabany @gb_mackensen @reece_nguyen @imswimming3 @AmyPearsonMD @ruthi_landau The only reason anyone has a conference in Hawaii is to have fun and escape the mainland. Wear whatever you feel comfortable in concentrate on giving a great talk and just enjoy the place and the people. Be thankful its not in San Francisco"
X Link 2024-01-29T03:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@alisonleary1 @carolvorders They do not practice medicine they are not medically qualified. Their role should be to assist doctors not replace them. This is the fundamental misunderstanding about the roles that PAs are being given in primary care and hospitals"
X Link 2024-01-29T17:19Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@alisonleary1 @carolvorders The problem is the difference between what physicians need and want and the role NHSE/senior PAs have attempted to carve out (replacing doctors). The only reason to use the GMC is to obfuscate their role - the HCPC would be more appropriate and the NMC as appropriate as the GMC"
X Link 2024-01-29T17:48Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@alisonleary1 @carolvorders They would still remain as dependent practitioners but their role would be substantially different and their scope of practice and role defined through the colleges. I would favour their own regulatory body but not the GMC for the same reason I would not expect the NMC to do it"
X Link 2024-01-29T18:34Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@alisonleary1 @carolvorders I think it boils down to whether you think there is an ulterior motive for NHSE wanting to involve the GMC. We have already seen that they want to use GMP and threats of sanction from the GMC to silence doctors as well as threats from employers and the colleges"
X Link 2024-01-29T19:27Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@alisonleary1 @carolvorders It does if you believe that the underlying principle needs to be opposed. I think that is why the systemic issues like why the name was changed from assistant why there is a drive to be on a GMC register why the term medically trained is continually used are important"
X Link 2024-01-29T19:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@LeanneHPatrick Our concern is that the GMC is being proposed to enforce the lie that PAs are medically qualified and equivalent to doctors. This is why the GMC was established by the BMA. PAs could be regulated by the NMC via their associate pathway"
X Link 2024-01-31T21:41Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"And people ask why we are worried why we Donny want the GMC to regulate them why we need urgent EGMs at the colleges. We need to be listened to and the leaders of our profession need to act. If you care about the future of the NHS you best buckle in. Im a doctor. Ive been trying to tell you all that NHS/gov intend to use physician associates with two year degrees to replace doctors. Well I found proof in official NHS documents. A 🧵 (it gets worse) https://t.co/g64UXDRY97 If you care about the future of the NHS you best buckle in. Im a doctor. Ive been trying to tell you all that NHS/gov"
X Link 2024-01-31T22:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@LeanneHPatrick You asked why we are concerned about GMC regulation for PAs. You may not have seen this thread but please look at it. It demonstrates that the plan from the GMC and NHSE is to use PAs as substitutes for qualified medical practitioners If you care about the future of the NHS you best buckle in. Im a doctor. Ive been trying to tell you all that NHS/gov intend to use physician associates with two year degrees to replace doctors. Well I found proof in official NHS documents. A 🧵 (it gets worse) https://t.co/g64UXDRY97 If you care about the future of the NHS you best buckle in. Im"
X Link 2024-01-31T23:04Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@andymoz78 PAs have been put in this position by their own hubris and the reckless ambition of the government through their lackeys at the GMC NHSE and Royal Colleges to change an assistant role into a direct replacement for qualified medical practitioners"
X Link 2024-02-02T02:28Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@clare_eliza Another cracking example of the GMC performing brilliantly without a hint of incompetence or racism. PAs really need to start campaigning against regulation or whatever the GMC want to do to them because they deserve better than this shower"
X Link 2024-02-03T03:00Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@AlexMaielloPAR Im sorry you received abusive messages. That is not right. However there is clear evidence of PAs replacing doctors and that the GMC is being used to facilitate this. There are concerns regarding academic integrity in work used to support PAs which have never been addressed"
X Link 2024-02-03T14:01Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@mancunianmedic @veggieequallife Sorry why should any doctor be bullied into not speaking up about patient safety in this way Comments like this condone the culture of bullying and retribution beloved of NHSE and the GMC. Speaking out about the awful PA expansion plan should not cause trouble for anyone"
X Link 2024-02-03T18:17Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@oafotd @watsondoolittle This is why they are desperate to be registered by the GMC"
X Link 2024-02-05T11:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@veggieequallife As soon as the GMC registers PAs every single junior doctor in the UK should apply to be on the register as they are all clearly qualified to work as PAs. They could get paid PA Locum rates to cover doctors shifts they could work on anywhere in primary care or hospitals"
X Link 2024-02-05T13:38Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@danny_ma @DermotMeagher @daraobriain @NHLBruins To be fair last time I watched ice hockey at TD gardens was a long time ago (Bruins vs Penguins in a Stanley Cup semi-final). There were banners hanging from the ceiling proclaiming World Champions for loads of different years but that might have been for the Celtics I suppose"
X Link 2024-02-07T11:13Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@susan_bewley @catherineroyuk @RoshanaMN @kiityc @drruthannharpur @ProfJennyGamble @pash22 @chungopailot @NICEComms @BlottMaggie @jimgthornton @OAAinfo Yes. SC sterile water injections should not have been recommended by NICE. The OAA were very clear about this. Its part of the philosophy to avoid effective medical care that kills mothers and babies"
X Link 2024-02-17T00:49Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@dr_shibley @gmcuk @drcolinm The GMC was created by doctors fighting to abolish quackery to protect patients. That is why it exists. Now it is being used to facilitate non-medically qualified people replacing physicians. That is why this matters. The GMC is clearly not fit for purpose"
X Link 2024-02-21T11:51Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@dr_shibley @gmcuk @drcolinm I agree with that. The problem is that it is clear PA/AAs are being used as direct replacements for doctors at the same time many thousands of doctors are being denied training. The GMC is being used to con the public into thinking MAPs are medically qualified. It is shameful"
X Link 2024-02-21T12:07Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@dr_shibley @gmcuk @drcolinm That isnt the point. The GMC has been shown to be incompetent when regulating doctors as well as systemically racist. They are not fit to do their primary role and now they are being used as a political tool. Maps deserve their own regulator doctors deserve better than the GMC"
X Link 2024-02-21T12:28Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@mark_toshner They are struggling with this and need the GMC to help them. What they want to say is that PAs will be free to see any patient they like make any decisions they like prescribe and order any investigation but all the responsibility will still rest with a real doctor"
X Link 2024-02-21T13:33Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@gmcuk PAs and AAs are not medically qualified. Doctors are. The whole point of the GMC was to protect patients from non-medically qualified people pretending to practice medicine. Now that you are no longer doing this we need a new medical register for medical professionals in the UK"
X Link 2024-02-21T16:21Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@Alison6123 Yes. They would stay in one place earn a massive amount more from day [--] actually get time in clinics and theatre be valued and be considered equivalent to a post-fellowship SpR in a couple of years without jumping over any hurdles. Next step is a CESR and consultant job"
X Link 2024-02-22T11:43Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@boop1512926 True although it depends on how low they go Maintaining a differential is important as there would be no point having consultants if PAs were paid more than them. As it stands it takes many years for a doctor to earn more than a PA which is insane"
X Link 2024-02-22T13:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"This is a serious breach of ethical practice and given it involves controlled drugs it is also probably a criminal offence. Yet the GMC and the NHS are ploughing on with their attempts to replace doctors with MAPs I said I would send out an FOI to find out more information and would share when I heard back. (As apparently its my job to chase illegal prescriptions and not the CQCs). Thank you @JanetEastham for investing this properly and thoroughly. A short🧵. https://t.co/8ickbJ5MG1 https://t.co/jmG9UrwuZ2 I said I would send out an FOI to find out more information and would share when I"
X Link 2024-02-22T21:45Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@OcoRory The GMC is failing with the current profession it regulates It is not in a position to take on any new professions despite what the Government says Its also notable that its job is to protect patients from people who arent doctors practicing medicine so theres that too"
X Link 2024-02-23T21:02Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@TomStocks1982 It is possible that the PA involved is quoted in the review and identified by their initials. That is different from being part of the team that is formally reviewing the case. It could be easy for a journalist or family member to misinterpret this"
X Link 2024-02-24T20:42Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Formal complaints from the Australian and New Zealand governments incoming"
X Link 2024-02-25T12:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@isitsleepytime @JoOgidi They dont care. Once they can say they are GMC registered medical professionals they will be happy. The only way for doctors to stop this is to stop cooperating which is why they government want to have a clause about supporting the LTWFP in the contract"
X Link 2024-02-26T11:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@IjsSmith The @gmcuk was set up to protect the public from quackery and the unqualified practicing medicine. Regulating PAs is the exact opposite of this and the antithesis of what the GMC are supposed to be for. Why is this hard to understand"
X Link 2024-02-26T17:58Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"I hope that everyone in the UK knows that a GMC registered medical professional is no longer synonymous with a doctor and means absolutely nothing anymore"
X Link 2024-02-26T23:46Z [---] followers, 23.3K engagements

"Will @gmcuk be registering every existing PA There are concerns about illegal prescribing probity and deaths arising from their actions. Will they ensure those they are registering are fit to practice and comply with GMP before they are GMC registered medical professionals"
X Link 2024-02-27T10:08Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@RCPhysicians welcoming regulation (which the GMC have said it wont be doing) for all new GMC registered medical professionals. Over [---] years of heritage being destroyed they can no longer claim to represent physicians unless a miracle occurs at the EGM"
X Link 2024-02-27T16:27Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@GMCharlatan Why would a GMC registered medical professional want to do more training take a load of really difficult exams waste the best years of their life jumping from hospital to hospital and take a massive pay cut just to become a doctor"
X Link 2024-02-27T20:57Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"If you are in the UK and have the misfortune to be unwell you can be seen by GMC registered medical professionals or people introducing themselves as Doctor or people identifying themselves as Consultants without ever seeing anyone who is actually medically qualified"
X Link 2024-02-27T21:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@ExplosiveEnema2 Be careful what you wish for. Will @RCPhysicians or @FPARCP be commenting on Prof Jeannie Watkins financial COIs given this guidance from the GMC"
X Link 2024-02-28T13:52Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@drphilhammond You missed the bit where they are being used to replace doctors facilitated by the GMC. Given all the great work you have done on patient safety in the past I hope you will support the thousands and thousands of doctors trying to fight to maintain clinical standards"
X Link 2024-02-28T16:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"Very troubling to read comments like this and realise that people who believe this are working all over the UK in GP surgeries and hospitals. Patients deserve better than this and doctors need to stop collaborating with the PA project. @WorthWords @Mary_Tom11 @DrNeenaJha Strong disagree. Except for some of the GP partners much better care comes from non medics @WorthWords @Mary_Tom11 @DrNeenaJha Strong disagree. Except for some of the GP partners much better care comes from non medics"
X Link 2024-03-02T13:41Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@VirtueOfNothing @gmcuk I agree. This is a key decision from the GMC. Any doctor working with PAs can be expected to be classed as their supervisor not just a named consultant. Therefore any trainee could be found guilty of failing to supervise adequately in any poor outcome or error"
X Link 2024-03-10T12:59Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@GMCharlatan Follow the money. The RCPL pension scheme is not a problem for the medical profession; it is a problem for the RCPL. The RCPL will become irrelevant to the medical profession if this continues. They have made very bad financial and legal decisions which is their problem"
X Link 2024-03-13T18:58Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@IjsSmith @TheBMA @RCPhysicians What is the wider medical profession Doctors are the medical profession not anyone else no matter how much they want to blur the lines and work at the top of their license"
X Link 2024-03-16T10:40Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"This peer is on the GMC council an awful organisation responsible for the deaths of many doctors and shown to be repeatedly racist and incompetent. Now he is trying to distract people from the concerns expressed by thousands of doctors by accusing innocent people of bullying I just think that the personal abuse PAs have encountered is unacceptable. Unfortunately the NHS has tolerated this sort of behaviour for far too long. I just think that the personal abuse PAs have encountered is unacceptable. Unfortunately the NHS has tolerated this sort of behaviour for far too long"
X Link 2024-03-16T21:30Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"I had no idea that Trusts were keeping files on social media posts made by doctors. I can see why they would not want people to know this and also why the leadership at Barts do not want the comparison between their managers office suite and their hospital to be publicised This is the hospital @NHSBartsHealth at which a doctor broke their leg due to a lift failing & plummeting four floors - the day before a lift had similarly failed in the same hospital. Below is a video of the working conditions of their management class. 🧵 1/4 https://t.co/sVMlumAVmZ This is the hospital @NHSBartsHealth at"
X Link 2024-03-17T12:35Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@RCPhysicians So are you now going to recommend people vote for motion [--] too given the findings of your own survey What about addressing the multiple failures to declare COIs from FPA members and the impact their work has had on national policy"
X Link 2024-03-18T09:15Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@DrBarryMonk1 @RCPhysicians I am rekyctabt to involve the GMC in anything given their systemic racism and incompetence. Resignations and a ban from holding any editorial roles in journals speaking at conferences and restrictions placed on publishing manuscripts would be good but there is no way to do this"
X Link 2024-03-18T13:41Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"RCP leaders may have all been opposed to the PA project and expansion plans but were not able to speak up for fear of NHSE reprisals. Perhaps their handling of the EGM was a brilliant move to sink the the PA project while telling politicians they tried to keep it going 😂"
X Link 2024-03-18T17:58Z [---] followers, 12.7K engagements

"This is dangerous. They cannot safely register and regulate all the PA schools so they will downgrade standards instead. The BMA will need to fight the GMC next just to keep patients safe. Basically the GMC is going to change the standards of medical education and training so that they dont run into quality assurance issues when they have to regulate MAPs. The collusion of national bodies in this race to the bottom is both overt and upsetting. Basically the GMC is going to change the standards of medical education and training so that they dont run into quality assurance issues when they have"
X Link 2024-03-20T00:03Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"This is the generation of doctors we are relying on to save medicine as a profession from the government and their lackeys in the GMC and Royal Colleges. Pay restoration and better working conditions are vital first steps - I hope they will continue to stand up for themselves BMA junior doctor members in England have voted by over 97% in favour of extending our mandate for industrial action and to provide us with a mandate for action short of strike (ASOS). A huge thank you to all of those who voted. Read the full results 👇 https://t.co/IQb1unyESf https://t.co/a1uYcRUIIA BMA junior doctor"
X Link 2024-03-20T16:32Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"This is an excellent summary of where we are with the PA debacle and the revolt of real doctors in the UK against the mendacious attempts of NHSE the GMC and Royal Colleges to gaslight the profession. Dear The current state of UK medicine - a brief 🧵 Exactly [--] week ago I felt I had no choice but to resign from giving a keynote speech at this year's @RCPhysicians annual conference. The behaviour of the College leadership left me no choice. 1/n https://t.co/KO5eDQUXs5 Dear The current state of UK medicine - a brief 🧵 Exactly [--] week ago I felt I had no choice but to resign from giving a"
X Link 2024-03-21T21:53Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Interesting thread demonstrating why the UMAPS survey must be taken with a pinch of salt. The responsibility for the workplace issues rests with PA leadership and the consultants supervising PAs. Resident doctors should politely direct all requests and questions to the consultant Im Dr M and I had messaged a PA privately to tell them to be careful what they were putting online. I was nice and polite. I was trying to give them the opportunity to rectify. Sadly; they are lying here. I genuinely feel like Id been professional and done the fair thing. https://t.co/A2F2x2QEZV Im Dr M and I had"
X Link 2024-03-24T14:09Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@GMCharlatan @TheSooperCynic @manLikeTeaa The aim of NHSE and the GMC is to diminish the role of doctors so much that PAs will be desperate to not be confused with doctors that way they solve several of their perceived problems"
X Link 2024-03-26T12:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@Vapourologist Best way to prepare yourself for Disney World is to get in a sauna filled with other very sweaty people with your and their screaming children line up like youre in a queue then grab a pair of scissors and cut up hundreds of [--] notes"
X Link 2024-03-26T22:46Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@drcolinm @FMLM_UK @FMLM_TSG Colin you have the potential to succeed if only you would start to listen to doctors and remember why the GMC exists. Dont let the naysayers hold you back. You can do it if you blast through Charlies barriers of incompetence and obsequiousness so one day you may do some good"
X Link 2024-03-27T11:05Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@Dr_Done_ Being director of education and standards for the GMC has to be the easiest job in the world when you consider that the role entails massively reducing the education and standards that the GMC regulates. This guy spotted an opportunity and has done well for himself"
X Link 2024-03-27T15:21Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@drcolinm @Kartikgoya_l @FMLM_UK @FMLM_TSG @HaydenJacky @MedicalEducator @ukmedschools To become PAs presumably. Im beginning to think this must a parody account and someone is playing an excellent long trolling game"
X Link 2024-03-27T18:19Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@AlisonGeorge10 @Doc_IonaCollins @FPARCP @NHSEnglandNMD @NavinaEvans Its a lie. The whole PA project has been built on dishonesty and willful ignorance. The behaviour of the GMC RCPL RCGP FPA has been disgraceful yet none of these bodies can be held accountable. Look how PRCP has continued in her role. Root and branch reform is required"
X Link 2024-03-28T12:37Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@MedRegoncall1 I became anon before the PA debacle became an issue for reasons unrelated to PAs. Anon accounts have been vital in exposing the PA project and show how little trust there is in the medical establishment. Just look at the GMC RCGP and RCPL - no doctors should trust them"
X Link 2024-03-31T21:28Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@doctimcook @cliffreid Good points. In babies the data supports standard geometry (miller) blade VL but we dont know if it is because were not as good with the hyperangulated blades in them or if the lack of space means its harder to manoeuvre the tube so you fail. Key is dont fixate on one thing"
X Link 2024-04-01T03:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@LukeAmos__ Make it the consultants problem. All juniors refuse to do any extra work. Take a note of every rota gap and refuse to cross-cover. Make consultants act down as they carry the clinical responsibility. The knock-on effects from this can cause the execs significant problems"
X Link 2024-04-03T20:35Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@RoshanaMN @parthaskar @BoneJoint360 @benollivere @rcgp @NHSEngland This is where strength in numbers comes into play. Anonymous reporting to your trainee association would also help as well as going public with any threats and harrassment. SM is helping to fight bullying in a way that was not possible when I was training"
X Link 2024-04-04T14:03Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@ExplosiveEnema2 @RCHTWeCare @FPARCP @BritSocGastro @UKGastroDr @parthaskar @DrAsifQasim @DrLKVaughan @DrSteveTaylor @AlisonGeorge10 @Dr_Done_ @Doctors_Vote Just realised that this is the Trust that some family members will be using. Very useful to know the extent of scope that PAs have been granted locally. I shall let them know and make sure they are seen by medically qualified consultants at their clinic appointments"
X Link 2024-04-09T20:46Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@DanielSokol9 You have a generation of doctors whose education training skills are denigrated and ignored their pay massively cut. Some very senior doctors have lead this as well as the GMC NHSE and royal colleges. The PA project is a disgrace they have had enough and are fighting back"
X Link 2024-04-10T10:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@timricketts_ @RCPhysicians Can you help out These exams are clearly not required to work as a doctor at a very senior level as you think PAs can function at the same level without them. Why should any doctor do these exams when other professions do not need to do them"
X Link 2024-04-10T13:35Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@drkeithsiau Sorry I assumed you were posting from an informed position. Start with looking at Jeannie Watkins and think what would happen to an academic physician if they had refused to declare a huge financial COI (I'll help; I would be fired as would any of my colleagues and trainees)"
X Link 2024-04-11T22:25Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@drkeithsiau Work your way through the original GMC consultation and how they deliberately avoided doctors contributing. Then look at the illegal prescribing by PAs uncovered at multiple Trusts (unethical and illegal)"
X Link 2024-04-11T22:32Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@jamie_wallis @ClareGerada Another way to punish doctors who have the temerity to speak up. Remove their support networks at the same time as threatening them with GMC referral. Great stuff"
X Link 2024-04-12T14:38Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@GeorgeGraham79 @drkeithsiau True. Theres also the way they unilaterally decided to change from assistant to associate in order to obfuscate their roles and blur the lines between professions (another Watkins special). And the GP practices profiting from ARRs funding by using PAs instead of GPs"
X Link 2024-04-12T20:57Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@davehartin I agree with this. You cant complain about tagging in employers/GMC when you resort to doing that yourself anon or not. It is hypocrisy and nobody should be threatened like that"
X Link 2024-04-13T16:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"Theyre not even registered yet The GMC are totally failing in their only job and celebrating their failure. @Megsenmumdr @drcolinm Now I am seeing 'Registered Medical Professional' across Social Media. Particularly when hawking beauty treatments Sample below . https://t.co/DDlr8gH9cv @Megsenmumdr @drcolinm Now I am seeing 'Registered Medical Professional' across Social Media. Particularly when hawking beauty treatments Sample below . https://t.co/DDlr8gH9cv"
X Link 2024-04-13T16:08Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@Parody_RCGP This shows how important it was for the GMC to class PAs as medical professionals to make sure there is a legitimate way for them to convince the public theyre being treated by doctors. Its all part of the game being played with patient safety right now"
X Link 2024-04-14T10:48Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@GeorgeGraham79 @drkeithsiau"
X Link 2024-04-15T02:59Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"This question is at the heart of the PA debacle. Its difficult for the GMC to say this now we know their whole intention has always been to have PAs functioning as doctors Why has @gmcuk not stated that PAs are not doctors and PAs must not replace doctors @RCPhysicians @RCPEdin @NHSEngland @rcgp and other colleges have all stated this @gmcuk behaving like a political tool not an independent regulator @drcolinm @drmattuk @DrEilidhMaria Why has @gmcuk not stated that PAs are not doctors and PAs must not replace doctors @RCPhysicians @RCPEdin @NHSEngland @rcgp and other colleges have all stated"
X Link 2024-04-16T10:20Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@Alison6123 @drmattuk @Megsenmumdr @AjEusuf @chriscraigCCC @djnicholl @OrthoFA @NHSEngland @gmcuk They might be which is a problem if only a few individuals protest like this. But if many thousands of doctors refuse to pay it becomes a problem for the NHS and Government"
X Link 2024-04-17T17:52Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@2manypeople4me @cruncherwax That was the take home message from that case. The circumstances you are forced to work in are irrelevant. But if you refuse to work in dangerous situations due to staffing you will also be referred to the GMC. They are there to beat doctors not to keep patients safe"
X Link 2024-04-18T20:59Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"Very measured response from the BMA but interesting that they are now publicly challenging the GMC. I hope this is the start of doctors in the UK rescuing the profession from their useless regulating body. Statement on Dr Sarah Benn from @ERunswickBMA : "We are very concerned that implementation of the current fitness to practise framework could potentially restrict Dr Benns ability to continue to be registered as a doctor for taking part in peaceful protest." (1/5) Statement on Dr Sarah Benn from @ERunswickBMA : "We are very concerned that implementation of the current fitness to practise"
X Link 2024-04-19T19:25Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"In the 1990s medical students in Bristol wrote a revue about medical degrees in 2020s becoming a 1y NVQ to create incompetent doctors who would save the NHS money by killing off patients. It was supposed to be satire but clearly some politicians were in the audience taking notes"
X Link 2024-04-21T23:15Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"I remembered the great @drphilhammond wrote about this in the Independent: Definitely seems prophetic 😢 https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-it-s-2020-the-administrator-goes-back-to-the-future-to-rewrite-the-past-hasta-la-vista-1141176.html In the 1990s medical students in Bristol wrote a revue about medical degrees in 2020s becoming a 1y NVQ to create incompetent doctors who would save the NHS money by killing off patients. It was supposed to be satire but clearly some politicians were in the audience taking notes"
X Link 2024-04-22T10:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@EduMed_UK @gmcuk I agree. The incompetence and racism should have been enough for a revolt against them but UK medics are a supine bunch. Now they have abandoned the only job they had (protecting patients from unqualified people practising medicine) they need to be confronted"
X Link 2024-04-24T21:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@Beathhigh Happy Birthday Shared with the great Sir Terry Pratchett no less. Must be something about today and amazing authors"
X Link 2024-04-28T12:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@PatrickMackle4 There is the MAPs portal from the BMA. Twitter is an echo chamber but it has clearly worked in respect to raising awareness of the awful behaviour of those supporting PAs. https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspxid=vo5Ev1_m5kCeMTP9qkEogPEb3KZc3wZDl_8pmW8Mrs1URUYzRlNaVFYwQThPTEtDRThNNzhUQVdZRi4u https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspxid=vo5Ev1_m5kCeMTP9qkEogPEb3KZc3wZDl_8pmW8Mrs1URUYzRlNaVFYwQThPTEtDRThNNzhUQVdZRi4u"
X Link 2024-04-28T13:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@ExplosiveEnema2 @NavinaEvans @Dr_Done_ @AliJaneMoore @AlisonGeorge10 @BMA_James_Steen @Doc_IonaCollins @DrAsifQasim @DrLKVaughan @DrSteveTaylor @parthaskar @UKGastroDr @iDrSunny @RoshanaMN And this is what the GMC and the RCPL including some of their senior officers support. This is why there needs to be wholesale change at the RCPL they are responsible for this mess. Their support of PAs dishonesty and academic malpractice is a disgrace"
X Link 2024-04-29T08:48Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@GMCharlatan @DrAsifQasim @RCHTWeCare @gmcuk @RCPhysicians @NHSEngland Some states allow completely independent practice for CRNAs. Their political lobbying was helped by Bill Clintons mum being a CRNA. Many places struggle to recruit physicians so like the UK they just lowered their standards instead of improving job offers"
X Link 2024-05-02T10:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@gmcuk You have lost control of this completely. The PA project is a disaster and threads like this do. The opposite of reassuring people especially the thousand and thousands of doctors telling you this is not safe. Stop this before it is too late"
X Link 2024-05-02T15:44Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@Jo_McGinn @BMA_James_Steen @ErinGourley1 Be fair the GMC cant be involved at that point because the Trusts need to be able to report the doctors to them. Then they can get involved and punish the doctors for speaking up at the same time theyre trying them for errors made by PAs. Its a more efficient system for them"
X Link 2024-05-02T20:10Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@ClinOncDoc Do you think theyll be that advanced The only info they will need is which doctor to blame for any screw ups and the Trusts will happily supply that"
X Link 2024-05-02T20:50Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@GMCharlatan @emergingcannula But the bigger problem is that it no longer matters to the GMC and RCPL"
X Link 2024-05-02T22:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@Dr_Done_ Looking at yesterdays @gmcuk statement they are telling trusts that they (the GMC and NHSE) will be leaving PA scope in their hands so there will be no consequences at all for anything they do. The message wasnt for the public or us it was to tell trusts they can do this"
X Link 2024-05-03T10:05Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@DrAsifQasim @StGeorgesUni This institution at the heart of the PA project abandoned values of academic integrity and ethical academic practice. This statement fits with the culture of dishonesty that has been allowed to develop around the PA project and one sadly reflected within the GMC and colleges"
X Link 2024-05-03T15:18Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@Rozewicz @rcgp They will not answer. They cannot answer because there is no reasonable response so they ignore this question. There are a host of questions that thousands of doctors have asked that the GMC NHSE and colleges who have all supported the PA project just ignore. Its pathetic"
X Link 2024-05-05T16:44Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"Are @gmcuk preventing UK doctors from moving to the USA The rules about credentialing have changed. UK Drs will need the GMC not their medical school to be accredited by the ECFMG for the USMLEs. The GMC appears to not have tried to become credentialed. https://medschoolinsiders.com/medical-student/2024-ecfmg-update-for-imgs-and-fmgs/# https://medschoolinsiders.com/medical-student/2024-ecfmg-update-for-imgs-and-fmgs/#"
X Link 2024-05-05T23:46Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"At some point the royal colleges NHSE GMC and medical schools are going to have to start listening to doctors. It cannot get any clearer than this. Time for some real leadership and resignations from those supporting the PA project. ASiT and the Surgical Specialty Training Organisations have released a joint statement in response to a recently published in The Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons England What should be the #priorities in delivering surgical care Share with us your thoughts 🔗 https://t.co/wOQP2dRxbY ASiT and the Surgical Specialty Training Organisations have released a"
X Link 2024-05-06T12:52Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@SAS_gas_Thomas If there is a severe complication (death/brain damage) from the procedure and the surgeon or proceduralist is not medically qualified does all the liability rest with the anaesthetist (and vice versa for AA/real surgeon combo)"
X Link 2024-05-09T11:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@DeanEggitt Ive advised my family to politely request to talk to the supervising consultant or GP. If they are not available they should wait in the room until they are. If there is no supervising consultant or GP on site then a formal complaint to the trust and GMC should be made"
X Link 2024-05-10T13:34Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@hkg294 is single handedly doing more for PAs than any of the presidents of the FPA ever have. If there is a future for them it lies with people like her not the professors or current leaders who have created this disaster I am utterly sick of unelected over-confident and self-entitled individuals giving the impression that they are representing the views of the majority of MAPs "across the country" I am utterly sick of unelected over-confident and self-entitled individuals giving the impression that they are representing the views of the majority of MAPs "across the country""
X Link 2024-05-11T02:17Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@MichelePaduano Not just risk assessment but consent is vital. Every patient needed to be explicitly told that a lay-person would be performing the operation if they were not then there must be significant legal ramifications for all involved"
X Link 2024-05-11T08:45Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@FrankCoffey26 Thats true. But PAs are not the same as ACPs. The way their role has been transformed from an assistant to a replacement for doctors is something the vast majority of your colleagues have major issues with. I think we agree that the way the PA project has been handled is awful"
X Link 2024-05-14T21:38Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@D__Melb @thatsnotmine125 @haemopoiesis @ExplosiveEnema2 @iDrSunny @caspertown42 @JamesLynchGTC @Erin_Dean_ @LeanneHPatrick @SaraTon08500527 @ProfGrahamTowl @ASiTofficial @RCPLTrainees @HSJnews @AnalysisDrawer @parthaskar @UKGastroDr @DrAsifQasim @DrLindaDykes @DrEilidhMaria @timricketts_ @ShafiAhmed5 @JanetEastham Well said. The refusal of people to listen to doctors views on PAs in the UK is at the root of the toxicity on here. To think that doctors have no knowledge about medical training and should not comment on PAs and their claims is bizarre"
X Link 2024-05-18T11:14Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@GMCharlatan @Dr_Done_ Yes there are multiple people on that thread who are keen to express their opinions on how doctors should be trained without an iota of knowledge or experience of being a doctor. They disagree with surgeons being prioritised over nurses or PAs for surgical training 😂"
X Link 2024-05-18T15:44Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@timricketts_ @LukeAmos__ I think it exploded during Covid - at least it did in the US. It was stoked by Trump and the MAGA nutcases for a few years then with the pandemic it just got a hundred times worse. Not sure what is was like in the UK though"
X Link 2024-05-18T19:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@chriscraigCCC @LostDazes @FernRomEco I have no idea how to spot them either. It would explain a lot if theyre all bots but then were screwed when AI takes over the world"
X Link 2024-05-18T21:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@hannaht1271 @drphilhammond Thats true. But you also need to factor in the costs of the doctor supervising them to enable them to work and the costs created by doctors needing to spend time reviewing every patient seen by a PA thereby significantly increasing their work-load"
X Link 2024-05-19T02:49Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@djnicholl @gmcuk They have no desire to step into the debate because it will force them to act against PAs who have behaved illegally and unethically. Their only function here is to help the government con the public and all PAs to be sold as GMC registered medical professionals"
X Link 2024-05-20T15:34Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@Jo_McGinn @chriscraigCCC They are GMC registered medical professionals who practice medicine alongside doctors. What could go wrong"
X Link 2024-05-20T19:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@TomStocks1982 Do you think plenty of frontline staff knew that blood they administered came from US prisons and was not screened for blood borne viruses I suppose its possible but as a junior in the 90s I had no idea that this had happened at all"
X Link 2024-05-20T23:03Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@DW8674 It has been very well established by the royal colleges GMC and academic publishers that the principles around ethical practice and academic integrity do not apply to PAs or to anyone who is supporting PAs. They are free to do anything they want without fear of censure"
X Link 2024-05-21T10:17Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@Shr_Nottingham @DrSarahClarke @RCPhysicians There is a huge issue with trust here. We all know what happened at the EGM and how the leadership of the college were dishonest. When the organisation tolerates this behaviour and its leader remains in post why should anyone trust them"
X Link 2024-05-21T20:59Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@iDrSunny 😂 $2-3M"
X Link 2024-05-24T19:43Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@mouseter_chef @FrankCoffey26 @davehartin I think a different platform would be useful to discuss things like this. Frank and Dave have more experience with ACPs so their views should be listened to. I think of it in a similar vein to CRNAs and their desire to replace doctors but that might not be correct"
X Link 2024-05-25T21:29Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Time for everyone who is concerned about the PA project to put their money where their mouth is. A PA leader reported a doctor to the GMC and police because they raised concerns about patient safety. The doctor concerned needs help to take legal action https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/matt-knealeutm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socpledgemobile&utm_content=matt-kneale&utm_campaign=post-pledge-mobile&utm_term=p9ZrmApQW https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/matt-knealeutm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socpledgemobile&utm_content=matt-kneale&utm_campaign=post-pledge-mobile&utm_term=p9ZrmApQW"
X Link 2024-05-26T12:34Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@IncogAssociate That has nothing to do with vexatious referral to the GMC reporting someone to the police and libelling them. That is down to the appalling way the PA project has been handled and the hubris of your leaders and those who have enabled them. Actions have consequences"
X Link 2024-05-26T14:48Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@iDrSunny Yes its a false economy in many ways. But I think this is why PAs have been heavily focused in primary care and ED the majority of their patients can simply be referred onwards and a box will be ticked that the patient has been seen by a GMC registered medical professional"
X Link 2024-05-26T20:25Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Nearly [---] people have donated way over the initial target in less than a day. Is it time for organisations like the BMA or MDOs to step up and start aggressively defending doctors who are subject to vexatious complaints with the risks of self harm/suicide because of the GMC https://t.co/HodwAb4NtX Time for everyone who is concerned about the PA project to put their money where their mouth is. A PA leader reported a doctor to the GMC and police because they raised concerns about patient safety. The doctor concerned needs help to take legal action https://t.co/HodwAb4NtX Time for everyone who"
X Link 2024-05-26T20:51Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@Shr_Nottingham @DrAliJSmith @AnaesUnited What happens now I would push for 1:1 supervision until this mess is sorted out. Clear limitations on practice with the role used to ensure trainee anaesthetists can perform procedures and go to teaching lunch etc. Make it a model that can be used by other centres"
X Link 2024-05-28T10:12Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@Dr_JSA Any PA role should be open to doctors to apply for. They are more than qualified to do it. In particular Locums paid at 2-3x the rate they would get as real physicians should be fair game"
X Link 2024-05-28T19:07Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@DrNickTwit PAs are nothing like ACPs and they should not be conflated with them. Do you approve of the dishonesty and lack of academic integrity displayed by the RCPL GMC FPA and senior PAs If nit then you have something to add to the debate and the more voices the better"
X Link 2024-05-29T00:14Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@Statsjamiefact The problem is that the evidence shows thousands of doctors have concerns over many aspects of the PA project yet we are being actively ignored. The rhetoric ramps up the longer this goes on and people become angry making sensible discussion harder. Abuse is never appropriate"
X Link 2024-05-29T15:37Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@doctor_oxford @gmcuk They have abandoned the only thing they actually did well which was to differentiate the medically qualified from lay-people. They are simply an organisation that is there to further government policy. Patient safety is irrelevant to them as their behaviour demonstrates"
X Link 2024-05-29T21:03Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@DrNickTwit That is not going to happen as long as people fear GMC referral and local censure for speaking up. It is not a safe environment. Im anon because of death and bomb threats made against colleagues and security advice we were given a while ago to anonymise SM accounts"
X Link 2024-05-30T13:07Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Ive donated. It will need more. Time for @RCoANews @TheBMA to put their weight behind this. The medical profession in the UK needs to stand up to the government. The GMC has become nothing more than political tool to control doctors and it needs to be challenged We are commencing a legal case against the @gmcuk over their regulation of Physician Associates. We need your help to fund it. Writing letters didn't work. Time for action. https://t.co/5iDTCiEfXN #telltheGMC https://t.co/3LoA2EBw1J We are commencing a legal case against the @gmcuk over their regulation of Physician Associates. We"
X Link 2024-06-04T10:19Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"These are the 'leaders' of the UK medical profession and its regulating body. They have all supported and continue to support the replacement of doctors with 'associates'. Thousands of doctors have told them that this is not safe but they are not listening. They need to resign. Some of those responsible for making decisions which replace Doctors in NHS with Physician Associates Today they sit on the Boards of NHS England & GMC They will be long gone enjoying well funded retirements when the public realise its happened without their knowledge or consent https://t.co/SugHM8RRzw Some of those"
X Link 2024-06-05T16:09Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@iDrSunny @MutteringWildly This will be interesting. I blocked that account after seeing the racist abuse they aimed at you and thought the tone of other posts were odd. I hadnt even seen the post where they threaten medical students and junior doctors. I wonder if youll get any apologies"
X Link 2024-06-06T10:24Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@dx_mighty @FPARCP Probably off to start a new entity outside of the RCPL to further their agenda. They will have been assured by the leaders of the GMC and RCPL that they will be supported in doing this just quietly behind closed doors with the usual amount of integrity we have come to expect"
X Link 2024-06-06T18:01Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@cannula_service @Xeon4f145d96s1 @FPARCP They will form the College of Physician Associates which will come online as GMC registration kicks in. The existing FPA within the RCPL will keep things ticking over until December to maintain their voluntary register then close down as the new organisation takes over"
X Link 2024-06-06T18:22Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@LittlePersonDoc @Ask_foradoctor Yes. Doctors can actually stop this dead in its tracks by refusing to supervise or take liability for MAPs. If enough of them did this then the whole thing would collapse. The only option will be for the GMC and NHSE to find some way to make it mandatory"
X Link 2024-06-06T20:15Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@emergingcannula @TomStocks1982 It's not the PAs. It will be the GMC NHSE and the RCPL leaders putting their heads together to tell them what comes next. They all think they will never face any consequences for their actions and given the way things have gone so far they are probably right"
X Link 2024-06-06T20:49Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@VishwajeetP4t3l PAs: See you don't need to worry at all ignore the guidance from the BMA and MDOs and trust us and the GMC Drs: Ok how about we just refuse to train and supervise you instead"
X Link 2024-06-06T21:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@TomStocks1982 I have a better plan. Let's make the senior members of the GMC like Charlie and Colin liable for every decision made by MAPs. They are clearly very important clever people with a deep understanding of medicine and its complexities. If they think it's safe they can take it on"
X Link 2024-06-06T23:38Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@Genuine_PARoddy @TomStocks1982 Do corporate manslaughter rules apply to the GMC A lot of doctors have died because of them too"
X Link 2024-06-07T15:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@davehartin @LittlePersonDoc @trentconsultant @RCollEM EM could be a fantastic job but the salary needs to be massively raised (nights/weekends have to be paid properly) shift work needs to be adjusted to provide real restorative time off and recognise the stress of the job and social care and hospital beds need to be sorted. Easy"
X Link 2024-06-07T16:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@davehartin @LittlePersonDoc @trentconsultant @RCollEM I have a soft spot for EM. It was my first career choice until it got screwed up by the target culture. Plus now Im used to the US where we have attendings resident 24/7 and they get paid appropriately and get a good amount of time away from work"
X Link 2024-06-07T16:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@mouseter_chef There remains the threat of GMC referral for UK doctors speaking out. There are powerful people in the profession who support this. They have allowed incredible abuses of ethics and clinical practice if they leave their protected positions they may have to face consequences"
X Link 2024-06-15T20:44Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@drokane @RCPhysicians @gmcuk @drcolinm I was thinking about this if I ever returned to the UK. Genuine medical experts vs the GMC and NHSE in corporate manslaughter cases would be interesting"
X Link 2024-06-15T23:00Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@JimBethell Antiquated ideas of heirarchy From a bloke sitting in the House of Lords. But I guess the intellectual leap of reflecting on your own position is just too much for your synapse to take"
X Link 2024-06-21T16:42Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@frankturner It was the track that my 13y old picked out as his favourite during our listen through of the new album together which surprised me at the time but not now having listened many more times and seen it played live"
X Link 2024-06-24T13:14Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@DocDoLi Get a load of doctors to pay their gmc fees to the BMA. BMA creates a new register for doctors and only doctors with the funds. Tells NHSE they have a choice either accept the new register or have no doctors"
X Link 2024-06-25T19:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Life-saving services continue to be cut to the bone. This is not safe. Firefighters put their life on the line to help people and they need to be listened to and supported. The FBU has made it loud and clear: sending out crews of three firefighters puts lives on the line. A crew of three cannot safely enter a burning building. No fire service should put firefighters in this position. @MerseyFire authority must reject this dangerous policy today.🧵 The FBU has made it loud and clear: sending out crews of three firefighters puts lives on the line. A crew of three cannot safely enter a burning"
X Link 2024-06-26T13:56Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@Cre5c3ndo Sorry but how can you indemnify a group who have no formal training no defined scope of practice and consists of many members who have acted illegally repeatedly"
X Link 2024-06-27T16:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@drmattuk @FPARCP Nothing new here. It might be useful for PAs to find a leader who is honest"
X Link 2024-06-27T17:48Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"Link for doctors to cancel their membership. There are multiple other options to choose from and this organisation should be left to work with and indemnify the non-medically qualified https://mdsuk.org/contact-us/ MDS is pleased to announce we are the preferred partner for UMAPs. UMAPs members can now benefit from expert employment clinical defence and regulatory support from the MDS team. To find out more please follow the link: https://t.co/N6qmW4blYo https://mdsuk.org/contact-us/ MDS is pleased to announce we are the preferred partner for UMAPs. UMAPs members can now benefit from expert"
X Link 2024-06-27T18:58Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@InvCoriolis It is an integral part of the UK PA project. It has been encouraged and ignored by the GMC and all the royal colleges. It is shameful and cannot go on like this"
X Link 2024-06-28T11:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@dr_shibley It should not be necessary. Their title should be changed to Clinical Assistant and that should be on their badge. The title Physician Associate was deliberately created to confuse the public and as the FPA president said to blur the lines between professions"
X Link 2024-07-03T11:13Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@DrNeenaJha I think the first thing on the badge should be the parent profession (e.g. Nurse Physio Paramedic) so people know what type of professional they are seeing. I would remove Physician from the PA title and use clinical assistant given how the term physician has been abused"
X Link 2024-07-03T22:26Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@D__Melb @DrShanHussain @doctor_katie @KamilaRCGP Ill have to take your word for it I understand SHO jobs are not designed to produce GPs but Ive never worked as a GP myself. What supervision do GP registrars get"
X Link 2024-07-04T22:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@parthaskar @RCPhysicians @rcgp @gmcuk @drcolinm @mmamas1973 @DrAsifQasim @trishgreenhalgh @Trisha_the_doc @DrSelvarajah @VictoriaTzB @DrLKVaughan @UKGastroDr @RowanHarwood @doctor_oxford Simple answer. They cannot have a national set of standards that allow PAs to work as doctors. Not even the GMC would be that stupid. The only way to achieve their aim of PAs replacing doctors is to have scope decided at a local level. It also means they dont have to police it"
X Link 2024-07-10T09:34Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@gmcuk @FMLM_UK The lack of insight the GMC has into its own failings is astonishing. At some point people involved in this organisation need to be curious and ask questions of themselves. They cannot be stupid yet fail to see what is in front of their eyes. Very sad"
X Link 2024-07-10T12:04Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@LeeVarney2000 @Anaes_Journal @doctimcook @sarah_massey_1 @NAPs_RCoA @AoAA_uk Regulation should not be via the GMC. MAPs are not medically qualified. The GMC exists to protect patients from those who are not medically qualified from claiming to practice medicine"
X Link 2024-07-11T13:33Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@BrazilQuitter @weschannell95 They are still trying. They lie a lot about equivalency of training and qualifications. Their latest wheeze is DNPs to call themselves Dr and changing the A in their title from Anesthetist to Anesthesiologist. I work with great CRNAs but they are nowhere near as qualified"
X Link 2024-07-11T23:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@EmergMedDr @gmcuk @deepamann_kler That will be a great way to pour fuel on the fire. Not even the GMC could be that stupid"
X Link 2024-07-13T02:56Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@iDrSunny Seems reasonable. My kids have been studying medicine since they were about [--] obviously the content and time are different from doctors but that doesnt seem to bother the GMC at all. Who would have known this little book would enable them to become brain surgeons"
X Link 2024-07-17T11:27Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@InvCoriolis @Gastrografin1 @gmcuk A (presumably desired) side effect of this is it will make it harder for UK doctors to move abroad. If GMC registration no longer ensures you are an appropriately qualified doctor then a certificate of good standing means nothing. A UK PA is not qualified to do anything in the US"
X Link 2024-07-18T10:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"The GMC leadership are not listening. The only way this works is for doctors in the UK to meekly agree to train and supervise MAPs. Unless the PA project is paused and this mess sorted out doctors should refuse to be involved en masse. What happens then Thanks for getting in touch with us. Yesterday we ran a webinar for PA students to give them information on professional standards and on the registration processes in preparation for regulation. It was open to all current PA students and invites were sent out via course Thanks for getting in touch with us. Yesterday we ran a webinar for PA"
X Link 2024-07-18T14:10Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@ArtKatona I don't think they have. Most doctors didn't know about this until recently and there is a huge backlash. The question is whether the tactics used by the NHS/GMC have worked enough to get this past the point of no return. Mass refusal of cooperation by senior doctors would end it"
X Link 2024-07-18T14:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@olddiesel Shame that the 'anti-PA side' consists of the vast majority of doctors in the UK. This would not be the disaster it is if they were listened to their concerns acknowledged and then addressed. The PA project is defined by malpractice and deceit that needs to change"
X Link 2024-07-18T16:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

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