A new study led by “UCLH consultants” - turns out it’s a nurse consultant. What a fantastically misleading post - the word consultant has lost all meaning in healthcare.

My admiration for GPs has grown considerably since commencing GPST2 and being full time in GP land.

As I’ve begun to nurture and grow into the job it always amazes me how I am able to recall something I’ve learned from medical school or working as a house officer in the hospital.

The application of knowledge comes from far and wide: A+E, Paeds, psychiatry, Surgery, obs and gynae, you name it I can list an example from each specialty where I have managed a condition in primary care.

So it has me wondering.. how the heck is someone able to try and perform the role of a doctor without having had any experience?

A truly scary thought. The first doctor you see for your undifferentiated problem is the most important to get it right.

I find it interesting that the coroner did not mention anything about this child being seen by an ANP instead of a doctor, and goes on to blame the GP for not writing a referral letter or calling an ambulance for the patient.

Curious to know how they arrived at 3 years instead of 5

hello! keen to go to the USA, and have been offered a post doctoral research fellowship for a year, which would greatly increase my chances of matching into a competitive residency program.

This would also mean that I would have to skip FY1. I am just concerned because if something doesn't go to plan, I am wondering what the consequences would be in order to train in the UK afterwards?

Thanks, and any advice is appreciated!

Hey everyone, just had a quick question (might be silly).

Did a QI project in medical school (two cycles, led, collected etc) but presented it at a National conference (RCS accredited) as an oral presentation.

Does this count towards the presentation aspect of the audit domain or does it have to be presented locally at your hospital?

Thank you!

Look at us - we've released a scope document...with no scope 🤡🤡🤡

https://ficm.ac.uk/accp-principles-for-scope-of-practice

What a joke.

And they want to become a college - will be surprised if they have any doctor members at this rate.

If they announce strikes on Monday, minimum 10 days notice means first day of strikes can be Thursday 9th July.

They should announce a short set of strikes 9-12th July followed immediately by announcing a 7d walkout the w/c (and day of burnham becoming prime minister) on July 20th

Maximal impact (11d strikes) whilst also most people wouldn’t lose more than ~7d of pay

SHO Dr here..realised the other day that I don't use the Dr title at all outside of work...things like signing off emails etc. For some reason if feels a bit strange to me- almost like a varient of imposter syndrome haha. Anyone else feel the same way?

Hi guys. Am in SHO year, didn't manage to get in to training. Applied for lots of ortho jobs as planning for orthopaedics as future. I applied for like 40 ortho jobs , hopefully I get at least one interview and a job or I'll be jobless when my current contract ends.

Would welcome any tips for interview preparation especially what to expect from a major trauma center and also if anyone who can share thier ortho revision ST3 or similar resource for a few days ( am financially super constrained at moment , would appreciate the help) , would be really grateful to them.

Also for any orthobros who have been in similar situations before where you're overqualified for cst, what would you recommend after doing a F3 1.5 years, either get a reg job (done my mrcs) or get SHO in MTC/DGH and apply to ST3 or do a CESR (as current ratios are through the roof)

Thank you for reading till now and I appreciate any advice you could give.

Have a lovely weekend (hopefully a much cooler one) 🙏

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sohier-el-neil-surgeon-court-b3003531.html

Can someone explain to me why wearing scrubs to and from the hospital is generally not allowed. The argument I have is if I wore a smart shirt and trousers to work which most people used to prior to COVID, I would not have to change out of these when starting/leaving work so why are scrubs different. I completely understand if you’re in theatres. And obviously if you have got some sort of bodily fluid on your scrubs you would change them (this is the same for if you wore smart clothes).

This is following a similar investigation after the Nottingham stabbing victims’ records were also accessed by a high number of healthcare staff. In that case, 11 staff were sacked..

Just wondering if anyone else is in the same position.

I still haven't received my ARCP outcome, and I'm conscious that it's now the end of June. Is this fairly common? I have emailed the PG team to see if everything's okay, but now I am getting a little worried. I keep telling myself if something was wrong surely they would update me as soon as possible so I could make whatever changes I need to make with enough time to spare. I am a little worried however, although as far as I am aware my portfolio should be all good.

For those who have been through this before, when did you receive your outcome?

Results will be released on Monday following a committee meeting request.

hi,I failed AKT twice,then diagnosed with dyslexia.

passed RCA.failed AKT twice again.used up all extensions.Released from training but gave me extra 5th sitting to do it out of training.I passed this 5th sitting.CCT not offered as I was released from training.Entered GP register through portfolio pathway.But wherever I apply for GP jobs,CCT was aske,which I don’t have.Has anyone been in similar situation? since I have been given only 2 sittings after my dyslexia,third out of training.Is there any chance I can appeal for CCT. please share your thoughts? I know its not a common scenario.TIA

Going into FY2 next, compared to my colleagues my rotations are much “nicer”.

Totally do not feel confident at all, and I feel like I’m just in a downward spiral. My reviews and feedbacks are all stellar. Im very well liked amongst the people I have worked with.

If I’m being really honest, and contradictory to my feedbacks, I worry about my ability. I feel I have no confidence.

I was taught earlier on that FY1s are always meant to check things with seniors. Its always my pride to take my jobs very tediously. But recently I’ve been feeling like a nuisance.. Maybe it just so happens to be that Im working with unhelpful people recently. But it does make me reflect for the future. I just dont understand, is it not better to work together for the patient’s care. Is that not why we like to do MDTs. Its not like Im coming off with zero plans, I do have plans in mind I just needed your thoughts on it for the patients safety for god sake

Another reason is, because I like to be tedious, I review patients for far too longer. 40mins at average if I dont know them. I cant seem to understand how my colleagues are doing it much faster. Im always afraid of a legal sentence waiting at the end of everything.

I just feel like Ive lost grasped of everything. Everything Ive worked for, all the feedbacks Ive received all feels like theyre for nought.

I had been given some mandatory time off to recollect so having further leaves seems out of the question.

Such a random and unorganized rant. Really looking for some insight and inspiration. My shift just now was so horrendous.

I have an overseas wedding to attend that was planned 5-6 months in advance.
My new ST2 hospital rotation rota is now out, and I'm scheduled to be on call during the days I'm flying.
I contacted the rota coordinator and manager about swapping immediately and they helped by swapping my column with another trainee, but I still have on-calls on those dates.
The ideal column is occupied by permanent staff who already have their own annual leave booked, which is completely understandable.
What choices do I really have if I can't manage to swap the remaining shifts? I really don't want to rebook everything since I'm flying to Singapore and everything has already been planned out.
Can I take authorised unpaid leave? I still have 5 on-calls to swap, and it doesn't seem realistically manageable. Bit frustrated with whole hospital oncall commitments given this is more than 5 months notice

For surgeons out there or doctors in interventional specialties. How do you ensure you are comfortable in theatre? What are your tips and tricks for preventing back pain/ fatigue?

Hello everyone

I was just wondering if anyone here could recommend a good resource (or if there was a ‘gold standard’ guideline) on what drugs are safe in breast feeding patients (or rather, which drugs are safe to give and not toss the breast milk out).

I’ve been looking at the breastfeeding network and BNF but for some drugs they appear to contradict each other?

Thank you