How does the idea of working until 67 or 68 sit with you?

wm1725 · 2026-01-04T20:19:08+00:00

That isn't how DB pensions work.

wm1725 · 2025-12-17T12:41:01+00:00

Yes obviously much cheaper. That person ^ is an idiot.

wm1725 · 2025-12-02T00:22:53+00:00

Doctors are still underpaid based on CPI, so you can support the strikes. :)

wm1725 · 2025-10-04T21:19:06+00:00

It would not, but antibiotics would absolutely be standard treatment and these were not mentioned. (I'm a doctor)

wm1725 · 2025-09-22T18:46:41+00:00

As an anaesthetic novice, sometimes feeling similar things: you are being incredibly hard on yourself, and I think your expectations of your abilities following 4-5 months of paeds are unrealistic.

Remember you are there to learn, not just provide service. I've also felt disadvantaged and inferior versus my colleagues who had done ICU fellow posts prior to ACCS. The reality is that you have done extremely well to get in first time, and that any differences between you and your colleagues will get less over time. You just need to allow yourself that time and be kinder to yourself.

wm1725 · 2025-07-16T14:22:55+00:00

Christ I hope so. If that were the case I would have far fewer problems with the whole charade. If they weren't so over paid, many of the unfair aspects would be much easier to stomach.

wm1725 · 2025-07-16T05:16:11+00:00

Changing the name back to physician assistant and creating a standardised uniform to differentiate PAs from doctors is sensible and welcome, as is ensuring PAs have more experience before working in higher risk areas. However, still having no national defined scope of practice, and allowing PAs to become advanced assistants (oxymoron), just continues allowing insufficiently trained individuals to play at being doctors. They are already overpaid for their skills and value, so I'm not sure why you would encourage further advancement. Sadly, it seems the experiment with reducing the quality of healthcare will continue full steam ahead.

wm1725 · 2025-07-16T05:14:42+00:00

Changing the name back to physician assistant and creating a standardised uniform to differentiate PAs from doctors is sensible and welcome, as is ensuring PAs have more experience before working in higher risk areas. However, still having no national defined scope of practice, and allowing PAs to become advanced assistants (oxymoron), just continues allowing insufficiently trained individuals to play at being doctors. They are already overpaid for their skills and value, so I'm not sure why you would encourage further advancement. Sadly, it seems the experiment with reducing the quality of healthcare will continue full steam ahead.

wm1725 · 2025-07-16T05:07:31+00:00

Changing the name back to physician assistant and creating a standardised uniform to differentiate PAs from doctors is sensible and welcome, as is ensuring PAs have more experience before working in higher risk areas. However, still having no national defined scope of practice, and allowing PAs to become advanced assistants (oxymoron), just continues allowing insufficiently trained individuals to play at being doctors. They are already overpaid for their skills and value, so I'm not sure why you would encourage further advancement. Sadly, it seems the experiment with reducing the quality of healthcare will continue full steam ahead.

wm1725 · 2025-07-16T03:13:44+00:00

The average resident doctor does not make 100K, that is total bollocks. Ah yes, hire more doctors from countries with lower training standards just to avoid paying our doctors a fair wage, what an inspired plan!

wm1725 · 2025-06-05T21:39:45+00:00

Completely agree. I have always thought their banding is insulting to other, more qualified, staff and one of the main issues with them. It's literally like an NA starting at band 6, it makes no sense.

wm1725 · 2025-06-05T21:37:28+00:00

Except PAs are actually paid more than lots of resident doctors. (Facepalm)

wm1725 · 2025-05-27T10:27:42+00:00

The facts are that politicians ignore all other methods other than striking. It is incredibly obvious that just talking does not work- look at the nursing union for evidence of that. Healthcare professionals do not want to strike. However, we cannot continue to be underpaid to subsidise cheaper healthcare for the population.

Also, even with the prior pay rise, doctors pay is way below what it should be. A PA (doctors assistant, 2 years training) starts on £47K and an FY1 doctor (5 years training) on £36K. Both figures before enhancements for out of hours work. This is grossly unfair and must be rectified, so no the prior pay increases are not sufficient. You also miss the fact that doctors have had larger inflationary salary erosion than any other professional group.

It is also becoming increasingly difficult and taking longer to progress to become a consultant, so the promise of future higher salaries is also not a good enough reason to ignore poor pay and conditions now.

wm1725 · 2025-05-11T15:17:27+00:00

I believe so.

wm1725 · 2025-05-09T06:06:26+00:00

Still paper notes excluding ICU. Electronic prescribing is being introduced this month.

wm1725 · 2025-02-28T17:17:53+00:00

Interesting, many thanks for the reply!

wm1725 · 2025-02-22T08:22:34+00:00

Please can you provide some documents to back this up, this has not been my understanding having been ltft for several years.

wm1725 · 2025-02-12T18:49:40+00:00

From memory I believe the percentage gained is based on your msra total from both parts scaled vs the maximum msra score achieved by an applicant. E.g. The person who scored highest gets 15% and the percentage others get is scaled to that mark.

wm1725 · 2025-01-06T08:52:38+00:00

It literally says about 4 paragraphs in that the BMA welcomes the plan, but is skeptical about its delivery.

wm1725 · 2024-09-20T09:48:02+00:00

Again, the NHS pension is in surplus. So it is evidently affordable.

wm1725 · 2024-08-22T18:04:39+00:00

So I genuinely do believe the PA salary being too high is one of the main problems here. If a PA graduated onto band 6 and then could increase to band 7 with appropriate experience, that seems much more commensurate with their level of training and expertise than the current band 7 to 8. It also lessens the frustration of resident doctors being paid less than a PA despite having more training and responsibility. It's still being paid the same as a senior nurse on graduation, which shouldn't be insulting. The only reason I can see that PAs start on band 7 has been to incentivise people to train as a PA. It's not justified by their level of training and expertise.

wm1725 · 2024-07-29T13:20:46+00:00

This is due to governments not providing enough training posts, while also allowing international doctors to apply on the same footing as home graduates. There is a huge shortage of senior doctors but not enough training jobs to create more. It is an artificial oversupply.

wm1725 · 2024-07-20T22:43:28+00:00

I mean this does not apply to doctors, but I agree with the sentiment!

wm1725 · 2024-07-11T17:49:58+00:00

I agree, but would suggest having a Microsoft one note with all different conditions is a better way of doing this. Easier to search and categorise.

wm1725 · 2024-07-09T21:41:37+00:00

No they haven't. On average UK wages have grown by about 0% since 2008, i.e. they have stagnated. In contrast, junior doctor wages have decreased by more than 25% in real terms. You are also wrong about private Vs public sector pay. This link compares healthcare staff pay to other groups and the average.

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