Abi Rimmer

The Government has put forward an offer to our resident doctors' committee.

We are sharing this for consideration by members.

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Why don't we have paediatric GPs? Not asking because I think GPs don't do an excellent job with children but more because wouldn't it lighten the workload and allow those who wanted to specialise more to do so?

The ICPH is calling for Abstract papers to be submitted before 2 Feb 2026

Don’t forget to submit your abstract for ICPH 2026. We’re seeking evidence-based interventions and real-world solutions in physician wellbeing, system change, leadership culture and more. Submit by 2 Feb 2026. Join the global conversation.

👉https://www.international-conference-physician-health.org

What do we think of telling NHS patients how much it costs to miss an appointment? I think I'm pro but confusingly it doesn't come from the same number that reminded me about my appointment.

Hospital corridor

In @thetimes.com, we’ve warned that the #NHS will continue to lose talented early-career doctors unless urgent action is taken to fix training bottlenecks.

👉Competition ratios, limited training posts & inflexible pathways are driving growing frustration: ow.ly/BCPb50XGk3O

I asked Radiographer if she'd ever had a CT scan. She hasn't so I said it's a shame they don't, to see what it's like. "I don't really want the radiation," she said. Which made me think - at what point does that risk outweigh the benefit for someone like me where you're checking for cancer?

I sit down in waiting room. I see this sign. I get up and walk to reception to check in. "Oh no you don't need to check in, you just wait in the waiting room and they will call you."

Rapid response to BMJ investigation: Thousands of NHS doctors are trapped in insecure “gig economy” contracts

‘Once a doctor has been employed in the same specialty by the same trust for more than two years, they should be moved to a nationally negotiated SAS contract.’

👉 Read our rapid response to a @bmj.com investigation revealing thousands of LEDs are trapped in insecure contracts: ow.ly/m9sm50XwQot

Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others As a doctor I stepped in to tend to an elderly passenger … but it won’t waive £100 transfer fee to rebook

Doctor stops on way to flight to help an injured member of the public and is left out of pocket! 'Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others' www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...

Yes of course! Now I feel very dumb 🤣

Would cotton pouches filled with flaxseed work as an alternative for disposable ice packs (or plastic cold packs) for kids' bumps and bruises? Or nonsense?

Interested in who does this testing and how www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...

Missing teen surfer ‘miraculously’ found alive on remote Australian island Teenager rescue from a remote island about 12km off the coast

No sub editors were involved in the making of this story 😆 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Just waiting for my scan now. Reminding myself that even though it will really feel like I've wet myself, I haven't wet myself. (Although I have just had a baby so maybe I have...😆)

Feeling slightly nauseating deja vu 🤢 waiting for a CT scan while my baby and husband wait in the car park, in the hospital where I used to get my picc line cleaned during my chemo (and my first baby waited in the car park)

I have had long discussions with my previous specialist nurse about it but nothing has changed sadly

Computed Tomography (CT) Scans - The Breastfeeding Network

Breastfeeding can continue as normal after a CT with contrast. For more information visit www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/factsheet/ct/

Letter about an upcoming CT scan. Would be great if it could include a line about breastfeeding too

The nurse who took my blood told me I couldn't drink for two hours afterwards or the liquid would squirt out through the hole in my arm. I believed her! This is how tired is am 😆

My toddler has an Usbourne first experiences book called 'Going to the Doctor' with illustrations by the wonderful Stephen Cartwright. I literally embodied this new mum in the GP waiting room this morning

Round two maternity leave and I'm reminded of all the things that annoyed me last time (!) like the lack of space for prams on public transport. We don't want to take up space designated for wheelchairs but often there are no other options.

After my #rectalcancer diagnosis I wasn't sure what the future of our family would be. Very happy to say there is (new) life after cancer. Baby girl born last week 💕 #bowelcancer #cancer

Very excited to be starting as Careers Editor @bmj.com today - holding the fort for the wonderful @abirimmer.bsky.social while she's away.

Please get in touch with workforce issues we should be covering, if you have a fun hobby that improves your wellbeing, or a role model nomination

'People have been eating chocolate digestives wrong for 100 years' The digestive biscuits were originally intended to be eaten with the chocolate side facing down.

I'm sorry but who in their right mind would eat a digestive chocolate side up?! www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Are you a keen runner? Do you want to challenge yourself while also raising money for MWF? We have one charity place available for the London Marathon 2026. Help us support women in medicine and apply for the place here. Deadline: 1st June 2025.
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Gestational diabetes

Tackling oversubscription of the foundation programme The foundation programme has been oversubscribed for the past five years. Abi Rimmer explores how the number of places is calculated and what is being done to resolve this issue

In 2015 I wrote that the foundation programme had been oversubscribed for the past five years and that Health Education England (as was) said it planned to work with stakeholders to find a “long term solution” to the problem of oversubscription 🤔 #medsky www.bmj.com/content/350/...

My patient wants to record our appointment, what should I do? A patient’s request to record a consultation might leave you feeling uneasy but a recording can be a useful tool to empower patients, Abi Rimmer finds Kiersty Griffiths, standards policy manager for ...

“The information in the consultation is the patient’s and—providing no other patient is involved—it’s perfectly legal for them to record it for their own use."
From 2019 - My patient wants to record our appointment, what should I do?
www.bmj.com/content/364/...

Oh gosh hope you don't have any scanxiety! (You sound very calm!) I'll be thinking of you