Doctor, Co-Chair @BMANorthernRDC, Member @BMAResidents Electoral & parliamentary fanatic. Interests in forensic and legal medicine. 🏳️🌈
Newcastle upon Tyne
Joined March 2017
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Connor Danson retweeted
On the picket line yesterday with @Aadam_Aziz, @jkyleofficial looked at us and said people had “A lot of them look like they’ve come into this country to be doctors in the first place’’ judging by our skin colour.
I was born here. I’ve given 6 years of my life to the NHS as a doctor.
And still I’m made to feel like I don’t belong.
This type of racist rhetoric has no place in our society in 2026. Unfortunately for the racists, I’m not going anywhere.
Connor Danson retweeted
Absolutely disgraceful racism from @jkyleofficial on @TalkTV. As the camera zooms in on me and @DrHWazir on the picket line, he sneers that “a lot of them have come into this country to be doctors.” He based this solely on the colour of my skin.
I was born in the UK. I studied and trained in the UK and I currently work as a doctor in the NHS. My grandfather fought for this country in WW2.
This is racist, demeaning, and utterly unacceptable.
Connor Danson retweeted
Either the NHS needs those doctor training jobs or it doesn’t.
You cannot say we need more specialists while removing the training places that create them.
Holding training posts hostage in negotiations doesn’t just punish doctors. It punishes patients who will wait longer to see NHS specialists.
“When I took office I was struck by the mismatch between the numbers of resident doctors & available training places. My commitment to you remains that this is too important to treat as a transactional matter.”
Perhaps Mr Streeting should take a leaf out of his own book.
Connor Danson retweeted
Strikes will GO AHEAD from 17-22 December, after resident doctors in England voted overwhelmingly to reject the latest offer from @wesstreeting.
ALT Orange graphic with text: ‘Strikes are on 17–22 December’ for resident doctors in England. Shows a megaphone and voting result: 83.2% against offer, turnout 65.34%. BMA logo at bottom.
Connor Danson retweeted
Explaining why circumstances are untenable for resident doctors to @ChronicleLive today on the picket line at the RVI.
Gov needs to wake up + invest into doctors for the future of the NHS and patients. With a meaningful expansion on training places and not a real terms 2% pay cut
Stunning turnout from @BMANorthernRDC resident doctors (despite the rain!) at the RVI in Newcastle! ✊🧡
Clear message from our members to government - solve the jobs crisis and stop eroding our pay.
@TheBMA @BMAResidents
Connor Danson retweeted
How has not one ‘journalist’ asked obvious follow up questions;
- If that’s true, why haven’t you tabled these new jobs in an offer to the BMA since the last strikes months ago?
- The NHS needs more doctors, there are doctors available, so why are you sitting on your hands?
Connor Danson retweeted
There have been months of talks.
We’re on the precipice of another job cycle. Tens of thousands of doctors will be turned away.
Doctors need jobs & patients need doctors. Waiting lists up, patients in corridors.
We need changes now to recruit & value doctors, not in 2 years.
"No credible Government offer was put forward despite months of talking."
Read @BMAResidents chair @fletchjack's letter to @wesstreeting explaining why resident doctors have announced strike action in November.👇
Connor Danson retweeted
Not posted your ballot yet?
Put it in your local postbox TODAY to guarantee it reaches us in time. Or post it by special delivery by 2 October.
The ballot is open to FY1 members in England. bma.org.uk/our-campaigns/res…
#PayRestoration #EndTrainingCrisis
ALT An orange graphic with an icon showing a postbox. The caption says "Last chance FY1s"
A huge result for resident doctors across the UK! Looking forwards to working with @fletchjack & the rest of the committee this year on UK RDC.
Introducing our new chair of UK RDC, Dr Jack Fletcher
@fletchjack is taking over from @Melissa_S_Ryan and @RossNieuwoudt at a pivotal time, as we continue to negotiate with the Government on pay and jobs.
Read our statement in full:
bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/…
Connor Danson retweeted
“The fact that we have unemployed doctors is absolutely unthinkable.”
Dr Sheryl Higham shares her experience of being unable to find a specialty training place, and why the FY1 ballot in England is so important.
bma.org.uk/our-campaigns/res… #PayRestoration #EndTrainingCrisis
Connor Danson retweeted
Northern doctors:
I’m standing for re-election in the BMA with Sheryl + Connor.
Why?
Northern drs are worried about progression, as well as pay.
We’re fighting for:
1️⃣ more jobs
2️⃣ progression (no bottlenecks)
3️⃣ improved conditions
4️⃣ pay
Vote now!
bit.ly/BMAVoteNorthern
Connor Danson retweeted
Team Northern were back outside the RVI this morning!
Led by Bracken and Bea, who were repping the orange merch 🐾
Connor Danson retweeted
I was on the RVI picket line on Fri.
Those doctors’ biggest issue? Job security/ progression.
That means securing a core/ s’ty training job to progress.
This graph assumes progression.
Yet in 2024 - 49,904 applications for 9,331 core jobs.
Drs not progressing. Pay flatlined.
54% of resident doctors earn £76,700, according to the @NuffieldTrust.
@TrevorPTweets asks the BMA's @thomasdolphin if this makes the resident doctor's negotiating position an 'odd and extraordinary demand.'
trib.al/mhxdaXU #TrevorPhillips
📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
Connor Danson retweeted
Quite surprised he didn’t offer some chairs to sit on rather than bins - that would have got him over the line
Connor Danson retweeted
Northern Resident Doctors
🪧 Regional picket line at the RVI
📆 Friday 25th July
⏰ 8.00am - 11.00am
Show Streeting and the Government that if they won’t make a reasonable offer to restore our pay that you are ready to fight for it!
Talks with the Government are ongoing, but with no credible offer on the table our work to restore pay and value continues.
Strike action is nothing without pickets.
And picket lines are nothing without people.
Find your nearest picket: bma.org.uk/rdpicketlines #PayRestoration
ALT The image depicts a map of England and announces the regional picket line locations for the upcoming resident doctor strikes in England from 25 to 30 July.
Connor Danson retweeted
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. Not bad for a little boy from Crawley, @HazelwickSchool. Follow your dreams; never be told it can’t be done; have a go & be prepared to fail. Thank you to everyone who’s helped me make the impossible possible.
Connor Danson retweeted
Hundreds of resident doctors across our region are facing unemployment.
Not enough specialty training posts & huge NHS cuts are leaving doctors without jobs in August.
As a temporary measure, we have called on all trusts to support & protect doctors in our region through this.
"...the evidence that UK doctors are applying for, and failing to get, a training place is weak", says the DDRB.
Absolutely insulting to our colleagues actively scrambling for sparse LED jobs and facing unemployment.
Connor Danson retweeted
The DDRB and govt were put on notice last year.
📉 We have faced the biggest cuts in the public sector for over a decade.
📈 Inflation is already 3.2% rising.
❌ We are not worth less than we were in 2008.
🗳️ Vote YES from 27th May. 🗳️
The fight for fair pay is back on. We did it last year, we can do it again 📢 Our ballot for industrial action will open on 27 May.
Update your details here and get ballot ready myaccount.bma.org.uk
Doctors, know your worth!