Jack Fletcher

We remind Sulay’s bereaved friends/ colleagues in Darlington of 24/7 support available.

@the-bma.bsky.social 24/7 resources: bma.org.uk/advice-and-sup…

@nhsprachealth.bsky.social: practitionerhealth.nhs.uk

Email Dr Jack Fletcher, Chair, for additional info/ help: rrdc.northern@bma.org.uk

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It’s hard raising your head above the parapet - we've lost one of our own.

We all have fond memories of Dr Al Majid or, as known to friends, Sulay. He remains a respected former committee officer.

May he rest in peace.

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This is awfully sad. Sulay’s contribution will not be forgotten.

Rest in peace, Sulay.

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A pay rally with 1200 doctors at Monument, Newcastle striking over pay erosion.

This win wasn’t possible without our combined efforts.

Whether you took action by striking, or by organising in your workplace - it couldn’t have happened without us coming together.

I’ll end with my favourite pic - it’s the Newcastle rally. 1200 northern doctors, one message.

🧮 Backpay calculators
(note none of these are BMA calculators nor are they endorsed by the BMA and must be used with caution)

PayPulse.co.uk/uplift

doctorspaycheck.com/uplift/

pay.doctorsvote.app/backpay

Got a question about the offer from Government for resident doctors in England? Find answers to members’ questions about the offer that the Government has put to resident doctors in England.

I’ve pulled together some useful links below 👇

🙋 National backpay FAQs
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...

🙋 Northern region backpay FAQs (live)
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

✉️ Template letter to query pay
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...

🚨 Raise issues w/ the BMA
forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Backpay arrives this week for residents. It is years overdue. This win is a recognition of our value.

None of us wanted to strike, but after 15 years of pay erosion we had few options.

Remember the freezing pickets and the rallies. This win was because we all acted.

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A graphic showing the 2 bottlenecks in training for doctors training to be anaesthetists. The first one had 3520 applications applying to 540 places. The second had 640 applying for 390 places.

Graphics from @rcoanews.bsky.social today.

Surgery needs an anaesthetist.

We have record waiting lists yet we throttle the number of anaesthetists we train.

We then ask them to reapply for their own job midway through training.

Govt must fix this catastrophe as part of any NHS recovery strategy.

Sobering.

We note that the North East is the only region in the UK where the number of senior anaesthetists has decreased.

Yet, the North East oozes talented doctors wanting to pursue an anaesthetic career.

The only way to bring waiting lists down is to fix the bottleneck, particularly in the NE.

Sobering from @rcoanews.bsky.social with this new report.

Rising senior anaesthetic gaps nationally.

1.4 million operations not happening.

Thousands of qualified doctors want to pursue anaesthetics can’t (3520 for just 540 training jobs).

The bottleneck needs fixed!

rcoa.ac.uk/news/over-mi...

Child poverty means poorer educational attainment as well as poorer physical and mental health both now and in later life.

Investment in these kids and their families is much needed.

Every credit to @kimmcguinness.bsky.social for championing this - £55m to give these children a better start 👏

It’s wonderful! If you haven’t been/ are still there, Ross Sands is a wonderfully off the beaten track place for a nice walk too. Feels remote and often very quiet.

You can see both Lindisfarne and Bamburgh castles from the same beach too!

A photo of the river and bridges in the best city in the UK, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Taken from the best pub in the best city in the UK.

#BlueSky is breaking through in Newcastle.

I said it on the other place but let it be known on here that it is undoubtedly the best city in the UK.

That is all, happy Sunday!

UHB agrees to lift the imposed changes to doctors' pay for extra work in BMA win - BMA media centre - BMA Press release from the BMA

Genuinely pleased to see this today.

However in the north, we are expecting the NENC’s decision around a possible regional rate cap soon.

We’re watching both this dispute & NENC’s decision extremely closely.

P.S. bringing @bmanorthernrrdc.bsky.social over here too!

www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...

There are a few of us trying to usher folk out of the other place!

Nice little starter pack right there 👇

He’ll come for the 1st amendment.

He’ll come for the 22nd amendment.

He’ll continue to radicalise.

He’ll come for minorities.

He has no restraints.

We, now more than ever, need to turn to Europe and recognise we are better together 🇪🇺

Everyone saying “no we can’t let the NHS use a proper joined up digital patient database, it’s all part of a plot to privatise British healthcare and sell your data” should be forced to read the dozens (hundreds?) of case studies like these www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-...