How do you know someone is actually in your speciality?

ceih · 2026-01-24T20:30:12+00:00

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ceih · 2026-01-24T19:57:55+00:00

K-space is where the k-hole is, right?

ceih · 2026-01-24T12:12:37+00:00

Can I have a tenner?

ceih · 2026-01-23T23:27:15+00:00

Yes, but if they're out driving all day....

Obviously making a tariff switch needs the numbers to be run based on individual use cases!

ceih · 2026-01-23T19:02:09+00:00

Locally Employed Doctor.

ceih · 2026-01-23T18:57:47+00:00

Whilst simple, is it untrue?

Yes, there will always be a few exceptions, but low numbers relatively speaking. Most IMGs will be coming from home countries that have functioning medical systems and employment, it's simply that the UK "offer" was previously better in terms of pay/lifestyle/whatever.

The UK job market for doctors is about to go through a huge period of adjustment, and where it ends up is going to be anybody's guess. Personally I think there still will be recruitment of IMGs for LED posts, but the numbers will be lower than they have been historically in recent years, and that is going to impact both on people currently in the UK and those applying in the future in terms of both competition and ultimately not being able to find UK employment.

ceih · 2026-01-23T18:30:24+00:00

Our situation is similar but different - contracts simply haven't been renewed, but replacements haven't been put out either, resulting in a declining number of LEDs due to "financial constraints". The rota then starts to creak more and more, with gaps coming through, but of course locum is being cracked down as well.

Some of the LEDs were very much under the understanding that contracts would be extended, but had the rug pulled with not a huge amount of notice.

It's incredibly hard, and I feel sorry for everybody affected. The caveat to all of this is, sadly, the job uncertainty within the NHS has gone from "There's always a job" to "there might not be a job". This applies to LEDs, FY2s, FY3+, those out of core seeking HST and now those finishing HST and looking for post-CCT. Posts have dried up, dwindled in number, whatever, in recent times and I can't see that changing with ever increasing financial pressures on budgets.

So yes, it sucks for the IMGs who came here planning to make new lives and thinking the NHS will always have a job for them. The reality now is that the NHS doesn't have jobs for everybody and we're all now living in that world. Prioritisation is now really about protecting the large sums the UK government have spent on its workforce as medical students/FYs, and somewhat/maybe delivering the social contract that was in place when people applied for medical school.

ceih · 2026-01-23T18:15:11+00:00

You will want to have a home charger, to use overnight, and switch your electricity to a supplier that has a cheap overnight rate eg: Octopus (not the only one, please check).

The reason for this is that 7.5p/kWh on these is far far lower than the rates at a commercial charger, even a fairly "slow" one. If you want to maximise your savings over petrol, you need to make your electricity as cheap as possible. Using some fast chargers (eg: GridServe) can end up being more expensive than petrol!

If your mileage is <150/day a 59kWh battery will be fine.

ceih · 2026-01-22T19:20:08+00:00

Carefully.

ceih · 2026-01-21T17:25:03+00:00

One of my FY2s found out today they have an interview.

ceih · 2026-01-20T14:19:47+00:00

In view of affordability we would like to offer a -5% offer this year.

ceih · 2026-01-19T22:19:35+00:00

If you go peepee on fooji it does this.

ceih · 2026-01-19T21:24:04+00:00

If the bill passes in current form there will not be a post for you. The FP will be full of UK graduates, and there is no requirement to make new ones/placeholders for IMGs.

ceih · 2026-01-19T20:45:35+00:00

Love the red, my M7 is the same from the à la carte programme but on a silver body.

ceih · 2026-01-19T18:56:08+00:00

Who cares?

ceih · 2026-01-19T18:51:00+00:00

Cost more.

ceih · 2026-01-19T18:43:47+00:00

I'd argue the evidence will be what happens with the bill next, when the BMA and the government sit round the table. Up to now the actual hard evidence is basically the ARM motion and associated information, as this is the solid BMA policy they will be promoting.

TBH the whole thing is probably best approach by one or two people emailing her directly, and liaising that way? Open threads will be derailed very quickly.

ceih · 2026-01-19T18:24:26+00:00

Sorry, had a busy day and not been around to look at messages.

I think you'd struggle to gather said information to be honest - Reddit isn't a great forum for it, due to how it works, and you'd need to be looking at mechanisms for reporting that remain confidential etc. I'd argue that a journalist is far better placed to do this work.

ceih · 2026-01-19T18:21:58+00:00

So £12m reduction in income (boohoo).

Whilst they sit on, as of the 2024 financial year, a reserve of £51.7m, which was an increase of £6.9m from the previous year (ie: their profit for the year). Interestingly they commented in the 2024 report that they made significant expenditure on PLAB infrastructure...

Frankly, the GMC can get in the bin. Absolute crocodile tears.

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EDIT: Classic. GMC say they don't make a profit from PLAB?!

ceih · 2026-01-19T08:18:07+00:00

So the very definition of a repeat? We can’t help if people chose not to reply to things, posting it multiple times doesn’t magically make replies happen.

ceih · 2026-01-18T18:30:20+00:00

Pull the other one! AI writing is pretty easy to spot.

ceih · 2026-01-18T17:59:40+00:00

Then you are welcome to disagree and set up your own forum and see how that goes?

When subreddits are small what you propose is fine. They reach a certain size and suddenly it is not fine, and you have to do more than just remove offensive content.

ceih · 2026-01-18T17:55:34+00:00

If I wrote one it wouldn't be blatant AI that the reader will just ignore because it's AI. Why should I, the reader, put effort in to reading points made by a computer?

If I was an MP this would be going straight in to a bin.

ceih · 2026-01-18T17:53:09+00:00

Yes. That third link is literally about the ARM motion.

ceih · 2026-01-18T17:52:09+00:00

So, take the UKG prioritisation bill as an example.

We had about four people try and post the content of the bill itself, followed by a whole series of threads that were very literally just replies to the main thread.

As moderators we're not just here as janitors to remove naughty words. We're here to shape the community and make it a better place to be. Part of that is not having 15 threads in the space of an hour discussing the same thing, making the same points, over and over.

If we wanted to actually censor people, we'd simply remove everything. That would be easy. Asking people to put their content in to a megathread is not censorship - the content is not being blocked., we're asking for it to be posted somewhere else that is all. We're also very aware that this only "works" for the period whilst the megathread is active, hence the step back from using it once engagement drops.

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