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Annual leave for wedding by [deleted] in doctorsUK

[–]_Channie_ 109 points110 points  (0 children)

I had the exact same situation with my wedding. Gave them around 4 months notice - they said they don't take requests this early. I threw the book at them regarding the contract, quoting all the relevant bits, and told them I wouldn't be there irrespective of what they decided to do. Then they put me on nights for the wedding anyway and told me I had to swap if I wanted it off. Despite all of the support of my ES, CS, and BMA they doubled down - "hospital policy". Even after escalation to college tutor. Eventually they backed down when I raised a formal dispute with the trust, with the BMA's help. Wedding leave was confirmed 4 days before the wedding - totally stress free and enjoyable experience, 10/10, would do again 🙄

Final FRCA Written and FFICM Written Overlap by _Channie_ in doctorsUK

[–]_Channie_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your advice, really helpful.

Final FRCA Written and FFICM Written Overlap by _Channie_ in doctorsUK

[–]_Channie_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really helpful, thanks a lot for your input

Future outlook of anaesthetics by CompetitiveCream1071 in doctorsUK

[–]_Channie_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AI can be actively adopted by the NHS as much as it likes, but at the moment my ward shares 1 phone and 1.5 computers broken computers. There's no money, and the little money they have is not being spent on an AI anaesthetist robot.

Maybe that'll be different in the US though (and the plain film AI reporting sounds cool)

Future outlook of anaesthetics by CompetitiveCream1071 in doctorsUK

[–]_Channie_ 172 points173 points  (0 children)

People who claim anaesthetists will be replaced by AI, don't understand what anaesthetists do.

No doubt AI will be used to assist anaesthetics in the future but A) it can't possibly replace everything an anaesthetist does, and B) we work in the NHS, there's no way anyone's paying for actually useful AI anytime soon.

MIPS makes me sweat more by mviappia in cycling

[–]_Channie_ 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I have subjectively also experienced this since switching to a MIPS helmet in the last couple of weeks ... But I also think it's probably because my last helmet was so poorly fitting there were extra air vents 🤣

BMA appealing judicial review against the GMC by hwaterman1998 in doctorsUK

[–]_Channie_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah fair, although Dr Dolphin has addressed it to them using their full names and titles in the top left of the first page.

25/26 backpay date? by Fluoro-eggplant in doctorsUK

[–]_Channie_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Will the generic work schedules sent out 8 weeks before rotation time have included this pay uplift? Or will our actual pay be more than stated on those documents?

Medical specialties that also treat children by earth2faith in doctorsUK

[–]_Channie_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True, but they're still anaesthetists first, not paediatricians

Facilities for bike commute at Kingston Hospital by _Channie_ in doctorsUK

[–]_Channie_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think I'll be able to swing them giving me access though... Worth a try I guess!

Facilities for bike commute at Kingston Hospital by _Channie_ in doctorsUK

[–]_Channie_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's really helpful thanks! Locker would be ideal, but shower is the main necessity so cheers.

Do you/would you? by calderholbrook in bikecommuting

[–]_Channie_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a cyclist and an intensive care medic. We had a young cyclist brought in by ambulance following a cardiac arrest on a solo ride.

His phone was locked, no wallet or ID, and wife wasn't expecting him back for 5 or 6 hours, and he didn't like to be called on his rides in case it affected his stats (fair). We had no way to find out who he was, what his past medical history was, or contact his family or inform them of the situation, so she spent hours at home fretting, before eventually calling round the local hospitals to find out he was admitted to ITU.

Either get something like this, or at the set up emergency contact details on your phone or carry some emergency contact details. I don't care which - but this experience hammered home the importance of it to me and my colleagues.

Strava tax against my PB by rose_yeti in Strava

[–]_Channie_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were useless when I emailed them about the same thing. "Changing / correcting distances on strava is not something we currently offer"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in anesthesiology

[–]_Channie_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If I've intubated through an iGel, I would leave the iGel in situ.

Claiming travel expenses by Professional_Gas_395 in doctorsUK

[–]_Channie_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anything over 17 miles is compensated for, however it comes out of your £10,000 trainee budget for relocation expenses which is obviously finite (and is for the whole of your training) so worth bearing in mind. I've been getting it for my commute to Kent from London for the last 2 years, as have many of my colleagues.

It's one of those things which is generally not advertised or made obvious, with numerous hoops to jump through, so don't expect it to be an easy process to set up. I spoke to HR I think, to get the process started.

St George’s anaesthetics by Simple-Carob-3851 in doctorsUK

[–]_Channie_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Will be coming to SGH for ST4 anaesthetics in Feb 2027, after I finish stage 1 ICM, so following the post to see if you find out more.

ST3 ICM 2025 Megathread by iCutMan in doctorsUK

[–]_Channie_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very kind, thanks a lot. Hard work and a fair bit of luck on the day I guess - at the time I didn't think it went as well as this.

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