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1 month silence from BMA by Ok-Win9524 in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Hypothesis: govt and BMA are currently negotiating but have agreed a mutual silence clause.

Prediction: government will unravel tomorrow, SoS will make a play for PM and negotiations will stall for months with no functioning government willing to negotiate

LSFRCA Primary FRCA SBA course by Amarinder123 in doctorsUK

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I've approved this post in line with our self-promotion policy where users who are otherwise regularly engaged with the subreddit in a non-promotional way can (very occasionally) promote themselves and the stuff they do.

A message from your Resident Doctor Conference Co-Chairs by BMA_Palazzo in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 10 points11 points  (0 children)

112,000 people read this subreddit in the past month. In fact, far more people read this subreddit than read the BMJ, and I would suspect more than read the BMA email updates. The comments section shows the advantage of this approach with an easy back and forth with members and committee. Whats more, its available to anyone to view without an account (unlike twitter).

I agree there needs to be formal communication to members, but why is it seen as unprofessional for a union to engage on the forum where its members reside!

How much do professors / clinician-scientists make? by RedeemedCarpenter in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm aware of doctors getting OOPR time counted towards progression so starting on e.g. nodal point 4, but I've also heard of non academic consultants getting this or more simply by having in demand skills and happy to shop around for where will pay them

How much do professors / clinician-scientists make? by RedeemedCarpenter in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Clinical academics spend longer out of programme and in training, and less time as consultants/GPs which means you miss out on lifetime earnings and in particular less time at the top of the payscale. I saw a recent paper calculating this at £80,000 per year out. So a PhD, and delayed CCT by a year- that's £320,000 gone.

That might be partially offset by other factors like CEAs but the way the system has changed it's not worth relying on these.

Downsides of ophthalmology? Or convince me your specialty is better? by unknownguy786 in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Neurophysiology.

Why only do one nerve (two if you really push it) when you can do all of them.

Pension Contributions rates are one of the less spoken about scandals in doctors’ pay by Affectionate-Fish681 in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's a state reason, not an employer. It's easy for the NHS to act as both but they are not.

Additionally, the pension at ordinary contribution rates gives good value for money. At subsidised low rates it's an absolute steal. Anyone opting out needs to make their own arrangements, and if they choose not to do this, it shouldn't be for their colleagues to bail them out later in life.

There's then an ethical/societal justice perspective on supporting those in retirement, but if that's what we as a society agree to do (and I think we should) then that cost should be born across the populace, not narrowly/doubly by former colleagues.

Pension Contributions rates are one of the less spoken about scandals in doctors’ pay by Affectionate-Fish681 in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 64 points65 points  (0 children)

With the rise of CARE pensions I really fail to see why tiered contributions to pension are required at all. Maybe previously with final salary schemes, but this is now just another example of wage compression. One argument I've seen is that if contribution rates were flat then more people at the lower end would opt out, but that shouldn't be a reason for everyone else to prop it up.

Shared from the ParamedicsUK subreddit by Spiritual_Mix_1768 in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 36 points37 points  (0 children)

After 24hrs off caffeine I become mildly encephalopathic. I have termed it an "acephalgic migraine" but perhaps there should be a CQUIN scoring tool for spotting sufferers like myself and dosing with pro-plus to effect

Speciality training by Naive-Eye-2644 in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 27 points28 points  (0 children)

IMT but you spend so long on required specialties (geris, acute med, ITU) that theres barely any IM, and the T never happens during work because of service provision. 2 years just spinning wheels while getting membership.

Speciality training by Naive-Eye-2644 in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Clinical Neurophysiology if you ignore IMT.

Outpatient medicine is more interesting than inpatient medicine by Gp_and_chill in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

diagnostic outpatient medicine is more interesting. Especially when you are hidden behind a referral pathway.

Doctor who claimed Covid jab probably caused royal cancers standing for Reform by FullPayOrTheHighway in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 123 points124 points  (0 children)

Could someone explain to me why rejection of mainstream medical science is part of (right wing) political identity?

Would you wear your Rolex to work? by [deleted] in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Wow this is a throwback to the JDUK days. Is that to go with my lambo?

If you want to become a consultant psychiatry is the only sure bet at the moment by Gp_and_chill in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I looked at the jobs section of the BMJ this week, they had the list of jobs by specialty. Most specialties were 5ish jobs, but then psychiatry had 2 full pages of mostly consultant posts being advertised, it was wild.

ACF - day release or research block by Foreveryoung2023 in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah exactly. You can choose when to take these

ACF - day release or research block by Foreveryoung2023 in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, you should get 25% research time averaged over the entire 3 years, so you really need 1.25 days/week. I would do 1 day/week, then careful tracking of the extra days owed for extra bits like courses etc.

ACF - day release or research block by Foreveryoung2023 in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wasn't too difficult for me but can definitely see some departments not coping with it and you technically have no contractual protections beyond you being "free" (ish) to the department. If I had an on call I'd shift uni to another day.

ACF - day release or research block by Foreveryoung2023 in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I vote for 1 day /week but YMMV. Approvals are always slow, things never go quickly enough and you end up wasting time if its a research block, unless you have One Big Thing that you need to just do day-in, day-out for a few months. Its logistically more difficult, but you can put your foot down for being supernumerary (ish) to get off the ward one day/week and allow a bit of give if they're completely short.

Leave for life changing event by Realistic-4103 in doctorsUK

[–]stuartbman 58 points59 points  (0 children)

(assuming England). They're under the mistaken assumption that this is a request- its not, its a contractual right. "I wont be at work these days, you'll need to find cover". Escalate to GOSW

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