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The stories we tell matter. I know this not from watching but from memory. I was just a child, held behind barbed wire in a U.S. internment camp, when an atomic bomb obliterated Hiroshima—killing members of my family.

So sorry Rob

Bloody hell. One of the best halves of rugby ever played.

The SASsix infographic.

There aren't enough postgraduate training numbers for doctors in the NHS.

Most departments have gaps requiring doctors.

There are doctors in need of jobs.

The solution to these issues are the two SAS contracts. They provide permanence, and an alternative career pathway for doctors.

#SASsix

“The trouble is the review… avoids the difficult question of how you set that scope, that limit of what PAs can do.”

Responding to the Leng Review, BMA council chair @tomdolphin.bsky.social has spoken to the BBC about doctors’ concerns over patient safety

A Parliamentary Event | The SAS Collective This should be the best time in history to be a SAS doctor

We wrote a blog about our recent trip to London, for an @assocanaes.bsky.social parliamentary event.

Thanks again to all of the organisers of yesterday’s event, and to our friends and allies. We couldn’t do any of this without you.

#SASsix

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I had a great time at this event.

As the blog alludes to, our friends are awesome.

Our response to NHS England's Medical Training Review highlights the current lack of training places, the inflexibility of training and the need for SAS doctors to be included in this work.

Read it here 🔗 buff.ly/YCYd4hu

Thanks to the @assocanaes.bsky.social for inviting @sascollective.com, and little old me, to come to this event.

It was great to refresh some relationships and meet some new people.

Alternative career pathways are the workforce solution we are all looking for, and the #SASsix is a roadmap.

“There is no such thing as a non-training doctor”.

Dr Emma Wain wonderfully summed up who SAS doctors are and why they’re so important at our SAS Doctors Reception.

@ecewain.bsky.social

The #SASsix Campaign | The SAS Collective

www.sascollective.com/sassix Exiting trip to London today with @sascollective.com to talk about SAS careers and SASsix. More info to follow

Thank you to @peterprinsleymp.bsky.social for sponsoring this event!

Welcome to our SAS Doctors Parliamentary Reception!

We are keen to showcase just how important SAS doctors are in the NHS and why they need more recognition across all specialities.

Dr Toeima speaks for her motion online at SAS conference.

Excellent motion from Dr Eman Toeima, representing London South.

Motion carried by universal agreement.

We need to gather these data. Knowing how many SAS leaders there are allows us to assess the trends. Measuring this also sets the expectation that this is important.

#SASconf

SAS six - national support: HCSA Medical Protection RCP Association of Anaesthetists Medical Women's Federation RCOA Med Ed Leaders UK GMC Intensive Career Society

We are delighted that @ics-updates.bsky.social have chosen to endorse the #SASsix, joining these other splendid organisations.

We think that if everyone understood the importance of these things, and how much potential the medical workforce is currently losing out on, we might change the world!

Professor Read embodies many of the #SASsix, as a leader, an educator and a Specialist.

Supporting diverse routes for a career allows more doctors to achieve their potential.

We all benefit from doing this.

This is going to be a great event and opportunity to talk about SAS/LED careers and our important roles within the NHS workforce!

Really looking forward to this opportunity to engage with politicians and others over the contributions and needs of the SAS and LED workforce in the NHS. We often say that we are marginalised. Well, we ought to do something about that.

The #SASsix policy calls are: Every early career SAS doctor should have access to an educational supervisor. All SAS doctors should have equity of access to professional development opportunities relevant to their stage of career. All specialty doctors who meet the required capabilities should have the opportunity to become specialists. Senior SAS doctors should be offered the opportunity to be educators at every level on a par with consultants e.g. educational supervisors, clinical supervisors, directors of medical education. All extended roles in leadership and management should be open to all substantive medical staff that is, consultants and appropriately experienced SAS doctors. All LEDs employed for more than two years within one NHS employer should be offered the opportunity to transfer to the appropriate SAS contract.

Am I followed by any MPs?

The @sascollective.com have been invited to a parliamentary event next week, hosted by @peterprinsleymp.bsky.social, on behalf of @assocanaes.bsky.social.

We'd love to see you there!

The future of the medical workforce will be defined by SAS careers.

#SASsix

The just culture in the NHS – but not the one you know. By James Hadlow – The official blog of BMJ Leader

Delighted to write my first piece for BMJ Leader - a topic which is really close to my heart and that I’m determined to change in the NHS.

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Huge congratulations, Rob — so well deserved! Lincoln Medical School is incredibly lucky to have you. Future medical students will benefit immensely from your leadership, insight, and the example set by a team led by proud SAS doctors.

University of Lincoln's Grand Central Warehouse Library, with a bearded anaesthetist posing outside it.

I am delighted to announce that I've been appointed to @profjread.bsky.social 's team at the University of Lincoln, as a Clinical Associate Professor and Lead for Admissions for its Medical School.

Wish me luck!

The Leng Review into the role of PAs and AAs has launched its survey for healthcare professionals. We strongly encourage all anaesthetists to complete the survey and to make full use of the free text sections to elaborate on their views.

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The survey closes on 30 March.

The SAS Committee contributed to the Association's submission to the Leng Review.

Find it here 🔗https://buff.ly/4ikwMHT

We are a relatively small anaesthetic department @lgtnhs.bsky.social compared to some of the giant tertiary trusts. But we punch well above our weight and so glad to see this recognised by @rcoanews.bsky.social with ACSA accreditation.

a man wearing glasses is saying you 're hired ALT: a man wearing glasses is saying you 're hired

Huge congrats to @sas-gas-thomas.bsky.social who has secured a Specialist post in his trust. The senior SAS contract was designed for people like him (experienced, working autonomously, and broad portfolio of clin/non-clin interests). He deserves it 👏 👌 👍 #SASdoctors @robjimfleming.bsky.social

First page of manuscript

Published in International Journal of OB Anes: Patient and clinical characteristics associated with pain during cesarean delivery (PDCD).

We found that hx of anxiety, length of surgery, activation of epidural and Black race associated w/ PDCD

#AnSky #OBGYNsky 🧵

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The only practical modifiable variable in our study was anesthetic technique. We should continue to investigate our standard practice of activating epidurals for cesarean delivery and search for better ones. @sas-imran.bsky.social

Fully deserved 👏 🙌 👌 Well played John. We miss you on the committee.