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ST2 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | Co-Chair North Thames Resident Doctor Committee
Bailouts won't fix the sewage scandal and won't reduce bills. Join me and @GoodLawProject to call on Steve Reed to stop water company greed
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Ask Steve Reed to stop bills rising, not reward water company greed
Thames Water’s profit-hungry owners have let the water network rot while they’ve racked up alarming debts. And who do they want to pick up the tab? Customers – through ever-rising water bills. The com...
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April 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Evidence of a rate cap suppressing doctors' locum pay.

Evidence of understaffed hospitals.

Evidence of doctor substitution with physician associates.

Do NHS London trusts care about patient safety?

Join the campaign: www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign....
March 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Reposted
BMA has revealed that at least 32,576 shifts across 23 London trusts have been offered to doctors, but have not been filled.
 
Dr Shivam Sharma, says the information backs up "what doctors in London already know: we are untenably short staffed".

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Unfilled shifts in hospitals lead to overworked doctors - union
There were more than 32,000 doctors' shifts unfilled in hospitals in London in six months last year.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The UK is facing a critical failure in medical workforce planning.

Thousands of doctors are trapped in a bottleneck, blocked from progressing due to a shortage of training posts.

This has been a crisis that was foreseeable and entirely preventable.

www.ft.com/content/ddb5...
NHS training bottleneck leaves doctors in limbo
Lack of specialised medical placements prevents many applicants from starting careers as consultants
www.ft.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The apprenticeship program was a bad idea from the start.

It would have created a two tier education system.

With lecture halls full, limited clinical placements, & a strained workforce, the NHS needs robust investment in traditional med school places.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/jobs/l...
Labour axes doctor apprenticeships for underprivileged students
Scheme to make profession more accessible is ‘paused in perpetuity’
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 24, 2024 at 3:15 PM
@uhbtrust chair says survey showing 70% of consultants lack confidence in leadership has "questionable methadology."

When 400+ senior doctors raise concerns about bullying and toxic culture, dismissing it as unrepresentative shows just out of touch the leadership is.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No confidence vote over leadership at troubled Birmingham hospital trust - BBC News
More than 400 staff took part in a survey following criticism of the way the trust is run.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Nea GMC workforce report is a depressing read.

75% of F2 doctors are not getting a training job.

Applications for jobs are skyrocketing with no solutions being proposed.

British doctors should not be forced into locally employed jobs or face unemployment!
November 28, 2024 at 1:53 PM