Dr Melissa Ryan
melryan99.bsky.social
Dr Melissa Ryan
@melryan99.bsky.social
Paediatric trainee
Running on coffee
Cats > dogs
BMA UKRDC Co-chair
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Oh. So the screw-up of the MRCP exam saw many UK-based applicants pass when they should have failed, and many non-UK applicants fail when they should have passed. This sure stinks. If you’re eligible to vote in the PRCP election, let’s get some new blood in.
February 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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The federation’s handling of the MRCP exam issue has been "completely atrocious" @redrunswick.bsky.social says to @news.sky.com
Doctors dedicate their time and money going to study events and courses, this error will have a huge toll on their wellbeing.
Read more news.sky.com/story/calls-...
Calls for compensation after hundreds of doctors received wrong exam results in 'atrocious' and 'life-altering' error
Some 222 doctors who thought they had passed a key exam they sat nearly 18 months ago have now been informed they failed. Another 61 who believed they had failed have now been told they passed in what...
news.sky.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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We've written to @WesStreeting to ask for a coordinated, urgent response to the @MRCPUK exams debacle that protects jobs and training, so no doctor suffers further detriment. We represent many doctors affected and will pursue all legal routes available. Read our demands 👇
February 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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The Leng review needs to consider the impact of the physician associate role on training opportunities for resident doctors.

I didn't get a response on this from the minister last week, so will be pursuing

www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med...
RCP welcomes House of Lords short debate on PAs
www.rcp.ac.uk
December 9, 2024 at 10:00 AM
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From today, women effectively work for free until the rest of the year due to the gender pay gap.

It’s two days earlier than last year because the gap has grown for the first time since 2013.

We must end the undervaluation of women’s work for good.
November 20, 2024 at 3:25 PM
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🚨Health Secretary Wes Streeting has now ordered a review of what physician associates do in the NHS amid growing alarm in the medical profession about patient safety👏

If you are not familiar with this scandal watch this report

youtu.be/zgBrrMmx4yg?...
🚨Important update on the physician associates scandal
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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November 20, 2024 at 6:53 AM
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Highly recommend reading this piece on the increasingly widespread use of PAs to replace doctors in the NHS. It’s an issue that horrifies many of us.
The debate around the use of physician associates in the NHS is certain to be debated on this app as it was over in the other place

Last month I published this long read after speaking to Merseyside medics about their concerns

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Mersey doctors slam 'irresponsible' use of staff in the NHS
A number of doctors have spoken to the ECHO as the row over physician associate roles in the NHS intensifies
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 8:07 AM
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November 18, 2024 at 8:04 PM
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November 18, 2024 at 1:15 PM
If you see this, post a bird
November 18, 2024 at 7:50 PM
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Are we doing those old-school, meandering, ludicrous threads here? They were the best thing about ol’ Twitter.

And, hoo boy, have I got one for you.

Buckle up. We need to talk about Gromit.

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November 16, 2024 at 8:53 PM
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Wow. This is incredible. New Zealand's parliament is brought to halt by MPs performing a haka. Opposition party MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke begins the ceremonial group dance after asked whether her party supported controversial bill seeking to reinterpret country's founding treaty with Māori people
November 16, 2024 at 7:14 AM