Where is the 2025/26 NHS pay award? The government is failing to deliver the change it promised.

Don’t stand for being ignored. ➡️ buff.ly/Ul418SV

#FairPayForNursing

"This year’s theme 'Accelerate Action' is more than just a phrase – it is a call for urgency."

Read the #InternationalWomensDay message from @latifapatel.bsky.social as she reflects on her BMA journey and the need for transformative change. www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

Unregulated
expansion of associate roles in the NHS without the necessary training & safety checks, has put the health of some
patients at risk

It is rarely cost effective after taking into account the loss of the experience/training/knowledge of nurses & doctors in care
www.ft.com/content/5a53...

Job security in medicine - previously paraded as guaranteed - doesn’t exist

Will @NavinaEvans commit to no involuntary unemployment for UK doctors?

Or is @NHSE_WTE’s workforce planning failure leading towards a never event?

Is it even failure or intentional from @DHSCgovuk

6 years ago, when I got an offer for medical school, I was told I’d have a job for life.

Weekly, I hear of people that can’t get doctors appointments, or two year waitlists.

Doctors in their thousands are getting rejected for jobs, and today I was one of them. A 🧵.

Prof Leng giving assurance that her review will be balanced

Only v limited published evidence

Expertise+experiences of doctors crucial to patient safety - hope they get fair consideration

@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
@thedauk.bsky.social
@nickhopkinson.bsky.social

www.bmj.com/content/388/...

The Government is backtracking on agreements made

This doesn’t bode well for their attempt to build trust from doctors

We know there’s only one body we can trust, and that’s ourselves.

Doctors should keep their details updated and stay posted:

myaccount.bma.org.uk

The BMA Resident Doctors Committee has entered dispute with the Government over exception reporting reform delays for doctors in England.

Watch the update to members from your RDC co-chairs Melissa Ryan and Ross Nieuwoudt. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFku...

In 2013 work was done to establish the future need for GPs

At that time projections estimated the need for 36-44k GPs by 2025

In 2015 5000 more were promised by the incoming Tory Govt by 2019 they increased this to 6000

27500 the reality wasn’t even on the graph
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social

The RCoA Scope of Practice for Anaesthesia Associates is out - but what about those Trusts that don't adhere to it? Are they negligent?

We asked an academic lawyer for her opinion.

TL;DR; The RCoA means business.

anaesthetistsunited.com/new-year-new...

This year the BMA has grown from strength-to-strength. Let’s make 2025 another year where doctors make the difference.

Read the New Year's message from Dr Phil Banfield www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

Royal College of Anaesthetists has done an excellent job setting scope for AAs.

But the GMC want it done differently.

skwawkbox.org/2024/12/20/g...

The Government’s suggested 2.8% pay uplift for doctors shows a poor grasp of unresolved pay issues.

Full statement from BMA chair of council Prof Phil Banfield here [1/2]:
www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...

Backpay due for resident doctors

Know what to expect

If you don’t understand your slip, ask payroll to explain

If still doesn’t make sense, speak to a rep @the-bma.bsky.social

Employers should get it right but... NHS

Don’t be complacent. Don’t be underpaid

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