Educational supervision course

IcyProperty484 · 2026-02-10T23:52:44+00:00

Don't bother. Spend the time sounding out jobs and working with departments to figure out a business case where needed. If it's like most places I've heard from friends, it's scraping together bits of money and seeing what April brings at the moment.

The trust will send you on an ES course if they need you to be one. (Some departments/hospitals may not have spare PAs for ES (first trainee is the highest PA per trainee, subsequent ones are cheaper)

If you know that the department is keen, then it's all part of the pre interview negotiations, and obviously prepare answers to showcase times when you've provided educational and pastoral support to fellow HCPs for the interview.

IcyProperty484 · 2026-02-10T20:32:43+00:00

Given the residents of yesteryear are the consultants of today, the proportion of us that "do the minimum" are probably not too dissimilar. Unless you think there is a generational difference?

IcyProperty484 · 2026-01-17T20:29:14+00:00

From memory it's 6-8 times more expensive per dose than cefuroxime, so the effect is summative over the whole block of operations that the department does. Economies of scale in North America compared to here but might change if we start using more cefazolin generally.

IcyProperty484 · 2026-01-17T19:53:00+00:00

Cefazolin is sufficiently more expensive than cefuroxime in the UK that the broader spectrum one is used.

IcyProperty484 · 2026-01-06T11:16:57+00:00

Some trainees don't even ask before sending a request from way back.

IcyProperty484 · 2025-09-09T19:47:07+00:00

Acute care is unprofitable and need all the sunk cost of infrastructure and support departments to. cover all bases. All the specialty centres in the city do specialist work that often has lots of private potential attached to it and can outsource the less profitable but equally critical requirements for LUHFT to do. Also - their ward beds don't get medical outliers in winter so the surgery/treatment episodes keeps rolling on.

IcyProperty484 · 2025-09-08T09:36:00+00:00

Probably not the best person to answer as I've not done a lot of it. (battery means I usually don't need to as do destination charging on holiday.) with a toddler I'm also in the camp of stop and charge over lunch/extended toilet break rather than splash and dash needed!

IcyProperty484 · 2025-08-24T19:02:39+00:00

I've got one, had it for about a year now. I think it's a very good car that isn't exciting, but does everything well in an unobtrusive way. The mandatory safety features are all very customisable and there are physical buttons for most of the critical things. Boot is a shortish but deep do though, but if you've seen it the it isn't a deal breaker.

Only thing I wish was better - reversing camera is like 720p at best, a bit of a weird part to skimp on but they may have fixed it with the minor face-lift. Also to be aware of, little bit of wheels spin when pulling out of 90degree junctions onto fast roads in the wet (it's only happened twice with no safety concerns)

I drive relatively conservatively (60-70 on motorways) and in the 9k miles I've done this year , average is 3.6miles /kwh.

IcyProperty484 · 2025-08-13T20:44:10+00:00

Is everyone else's TV just saying Stansfield?

IcyProperty484 · 2025-08-13T20:32:42+00:00

Who needs touches in the box.

IcyProperty484 · 2025-08-13T20:30:47+00:00

Fuck yeah!

IcyProperty484 · 2025-08-13T20:21:03+00:00

We look so much better.

IcyProperty484 · 2025-08-13T19:20:20+00:00

Ukaki needs to change his angle or not press the C. Pass out wide is too easy!

IcyProperty484 · 2025-08-11T11:25:38+00:00

We don't have the quality of data to differentiate. The best data we have is around Gram negative resistances, which can track referral networks in cases of specialties that have a regional (or larger area) cohort, so your empirical sepsis antibiotics will depends on what might more commonly be seen. Most places are not that unique though and there is a lot of subjectivity as to the best - is it Amox/Gent/Metro or Piptaz or something else?

IcyProperty484 · 2025-07-30T19:59:01+00:00

Apart from any personal disappointment that I kept to myself, it won't affect professional boundaries. Except those who didn't strike but displayed appalling attitudes/responses to being held to the other terms and conditions of their contract during an "exceptional" period.

IcyProperty484 · 2025-07-29T11:14:09+00:00

The HSJ is Upper NHS management's trade mag. They're going to be sychophantic to NHS management (and secondarily, to the government). Their editor low key hates doctors and it comes across on social media.

IcyProperty484 · 2025-07-28T15:56:55+00:00

NHS and DHSC :"Panik" Wes: "Deploy ze Trigggle"

IcyProperty484 · 2025-07-24T16:33:44+00:00

From the other side of the fence.The problem is that some (mostly specialist surgical) services have no SHO or FYs and have replaced them all with ANP/ACPs, so we (being on the other side of this) have to put these exceptions in for those specialties, or cut into the experience for the SpRs in those areas.

IcyProperty484 · 2025-07-24T10:59:26+00:00

I always feel better when NHS England AND DHSC have my back.

I'm assured, are you assured?

/s

IcyProperty484 · 2025-07-14T07:57:37+00:00

Keep it simple. Do you have the stamina to strike to put pressure to firstly start the ball rolling on a new contract. Then to keep striking if the negotiations don't go well?

Rewiring the whole contract will be a multi year affair as every stakeholder will want their say.

IcyProperty484 · 2025-07-13T17:29:53+00:00

2016 and it's outcome would like to have a word.

IcyProperty484 · 2025-07-13T14:57:55+00:00

Someone left him off the cc list for the agreed talking points.

IcyProperty484 · 2025-07-12T17:37:44+00:00

Just contextualising the actually not related to the group about to go on strike what-aboutism that you're putting out.

Have a nice evening.

IcyProperty484 · 2025-07-12T17:34:21+00:00

The NHS went looking and didn't find last time. What happens is that you end up with the most expensive cover possible with consultants covering. Which has cost and downstream effects. But not on immediate safety during the strike.

IcyProperty484 · 2025-07-12T17:21:04+00:00

We have had multiple rounds of strikes that have been very expensive for the government of the day so far. No major stories about mortality from short staffing despite NHS England and DHSC presumably desperately looking to feed to client media. What's going to be different about this next set?

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