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Nothing junior about leading an arrest team.
Nothing junior about looking after the entire hospital overnight.
Nothing junior about deliviring life-saving treatment.
This is a welcome change, part of the cultural shift towards greater respect towards the profession. – at Hammersmith, London
🚨We have a new title: BMA Residents 🚨
A long time coming, and after much hard work, junior doctors will now be called Resident Doctors.
This new title better reflects their huge range of skills and responsibilities.
Read more about the change here 👇
bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/…
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Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
We don’t begrudge our hard working NHS colleagues their London Weighting allowance.
But London is no cheaper for doctors.
Doctors deserve parity to mitigate the higher cost of living and working in the capital.
Doctors in London, vote in our indicative ballot now 👇🏼
Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
In 2005…
📺 YouTube launched
🎮 Xbox 360 launched
🏆 The Goblet of Fire was in cinemas
😐 It was the last time the London weighting went up for doctors.
If you’re a BMA member in London - vote to change that 👇
forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/…
Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
Your @BMALondon calls London NHS employers to come to the negotiating table.
There would be no need for escalation on doctors’ London Weighting, if we can agree a solution early.
Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
London weighting for doctors hasn't changed since 2005. Time to fix that.
Our campaign events start today at St Thomas' Hospital, led by your London reps and BMA staff. Come and say hello.
Check your emails and vote yes in the indicative ballot by November 30th!
Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
Doctors’ London Weighting has been frozen since 2005. Enough is enough.
Today, BMA London has written to NHS London’s Regional Director calling for employers across the capital to come to the negotiating table.
If you work in London, vote in our indicative ballot below 👇🏼
Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
Cutting doctors’ pay won’t keep them in the NHS.
The DDRB must show its independence and recommend what patients and the NHS need, not what the Government is prepared to pay.
Full statement: bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/…
ALT Graphic on blue background, showing scissors making a cut. Text reads: “Doctors in England. 2.4% for doctors. This is a real terms pay cut. At a time when the NHS desperately needs to keep its doctors, the Government is proposing a pay uplift below inflation.”
Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
London Weighting for doctors has not increased in more than 20 years, it no longer reflects the reality of the spiralling costs they face.
Doctors in London are taking part in an indicative ballot over whether to take further action.
thedoctor.bma.org.uk/article…
Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
All doctors living or working in London, regardless of grade or employer, can take part in the indicative ballot. forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/…
Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
🚨INDICATIVE BALLOT NOW OPEN🚨
Doctors’ London Weighting hasn’t increased in more than 20 years, while rent, travel, childcare and other costs have all soared.
If you’re a doctor working in London, take part in the indicative ballot here! 🗳️👇🏼
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/7tYH…
Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
🚨Big news for doctors in London🚨
The next stage in our campaign demanding fair London Weighting will begin on 19 October, when you’ll have your chance to vote in an indicative ballot on our next actions.
For more info and to join the campaign👇🏼
bma.org.uk/our-campaigns/loc…
Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
Doctors’ London Weighting hasn’t moved in over 20 years.
Whilst everything from rent, to travel, to childcare has gone through the roof.
Doctors in the capital deserve an allowance that reflects the London we live in today.
Join the campaign here👇🏼
activism.bma.org.uk/page/199…
Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
If you’re a doctor in a London, today you’ll be given £5.92 to cover the costs of living in one of the most expensive cities in the world.
You have been deliberately forgotten.
Now is the time to fix London weighting.
We need reps in every hospital. Sign up to fix it now👇
Doctors’ London Weighting hasn't moved since 2005.
Since then:
🏠Rent is up 128%
🚇Tube prices are up 82%
👶and Childcare is up by 133%
London doctors deserve a fair turn. Join the @BMALondon campaign
bma.doctor/londonweighting
Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
We’re done waiting.
It’s time to fix doctors’ London Weighting.
Today we launch our city-wide campaign to do just that.
Join the campaign👇🏼
The cost of living has exploded in London but the London supplement hasn't kept up.
We are simply asking for parity with our Agenda for Change colleagues. – at Wandsworth, London
Doctors’ London Weighting hasn't moved since 2005.
Since then:
🏠Rent is up 128%
🚇Tube prices are up 82%
👶and Childcare is up by 133%
London doctors deserve a fair turn. Join the campaign bma.doctor/londonweighting
@BMALondon
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RT @TheBMA: Doctors’ London Weighting hasn't moved since 2005.
Since then:
🏠Rent is up 128%
🚇Tube prices are up 82%
👶and Childcare is u…
We must end hyper-rotational training.
It is not good for doctors.
It is not good for patients.
It is not good for the NHS.
Today pilot programmes have started to move away from this absurd system.
We must go further so tell us how rotations can change specifically for you. – at Kensington, London
Hyper-rotation training has gone on for far too long. Being moved from trust to trust is disruptive to our work and personal lives. These pilots that start today is just the beginning. We're pushing for real change, but we need to hear from you.
Tell us how rotations work in your region, and what you'd like to see happen next👉 bma.doctor/4w8A0oe
Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
This must be the beginning of the end for hyper-rotational training.
The arguments for rotations are always presented without the *real* cost of them:
- pay errors
- rota delays
- being flung to a random hospital 2 hours away
- opening the door to substitution by more permanent workforces
- permanently being a transient member of the team
We’re getting on and making progress for resident doctors - to hopefully see these rolled out far and wide after the pilot.
Hyper-rotation training has gone on for far too long. Being moved from trust to trust is disruptive to our work and personal lives. These pilots that start today is just the beginning. We're pushing for real change, but we need to hear from you.
Tell us how rotations work in your region, and what you'd like to see happen next👉 bma.doctor/4w8A0oe
Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
Hyper-rotation training has gone on for far too long. Being moved from trust to trust is disruptive to our work and personal lives. These pilots that start today is just the beginning. We're pushing for real change, but we need to hear from you.
Tell us how rotations work in your region, and what you'd like to see happen next👉 bma.doctor/4w8A0oe
Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
Consultants in England have voted YES, sending a clear message to Government that enough is enough.
Consultants deserve fair pay, better working conditions and an end to the erosion of their contracts.
We demand negotiations that lead to real changes for consultants. The next move is Government’s. bma.org.uk/consultantspay
Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
3 GPs suspended from the @gmcuk register and their GP practice registration cancelled by @CareQualityComm due to serious patient safety concerns .
❌APs working out of scope
❌PAs not managing care or advising patients appropriately - not picked up by the GP
