Doctor | ST4 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |

London, England
Joined June 2011
Nothing junior about leading an arrest team. Nothing junior about looking after the entire hospital overnight. Nothing junior about deliviring life-saving treatment. This is a welcome change, part of the cultural shift towards greater respect towards the profession. – at Hammersmith, London
🚨We have a new title: BMA Residents 🚨 A long time coming, and after much hard work, junior doctors will now be called Resident Doctors. This new title better reflects their huge range of skills and responsibilities. Read more about the change here 👇 bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/…
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Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
🚨INDICATIVE BALLOT NOW OPEN🚨 Doctors’ London Weighting hasn’t increased in more than 20 years, while rent, travel, childcare and other costs have all soared. If you’re a doctor working in London, take part in the indicative ballot here! 🗳️👇🏼 forms.cloud.microsoft/e/7tYH…
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🚨Big news for doctors in London🚨 The next stage in our campaign demanding fair London Weighting will begin on 19 October, when you’ll have your chance to vote in an indicative ballot on our next actions. For more info and to join the campaign👇🏼 bma.org.uk/our-campaigns/loc…
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Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
Doctors’ London Weighting hasn’t moved in over 20 years. Whilst everything from rent, to travel, to childcare has gone through the roof. Doctors in the capital deserve an allowance that reflects the London we live in today. Join the campaign here👇🏼 activism.bma.org.uk/page/199…
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If you’re a doctor in a London, today you’ll be given £5.92 to cover the costs of living in one of the most expensive cities in the world. You have been deliberately forgotten. Now is the time to fix London weighting. We need reps in every hospital. Sign up to fix it now👇
Doctors’ London Weighting hasn't moved since 2005. Since then: 🏠Rent is up 128% 🚇Tube prices are up 82% 👶and Childcare is up by 133% London doctors deserve a fair turn. Join the @BMALondon campaign bma.doctor/londonweighting
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We’re done waiting. It’s time to fix doctors’ London Weighting. Today we launch our city-wide campaign to do just that. Join the campaign👇🏼
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The cost of living has exploded in London but the London supplement hasn't kept up. We are simply asking for parity with our Agenda for Change colleagues. – at Wandsworth, London
Doctors’ London Weighting hasn't moved since 2005. Since then: 🏠Rent is up 128% 🚇Tube prices are up 82% 👶and Childcare is up by 133% London doctors deserve a fair turn. Join the campaign bma.doctor/londonweighting @BMALondon
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RT @TheBMA: Doctors’ London Weighting hasn't moved since 2005. Since then: 🏠Rent is up 128% 🚇Tube prices are up 82% 👶and Childcare is u…
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We must end hyper-rotational training. It is not good for doctors. It is not good for patients. It is not good for the NHS. Today pilot programmes have started to move away from this absurd system. We must go further so tell us how rotations can change specifically for you. – at Kensington, London
Hyper-rotation training has gone on for far too long. Being moved from trust to trust is disruptive to our work and personal lives. These pilots that start today is just the beginning. We're pushing for real change, but we need to hear from you. Tell us how rotations work in your region, and what you'd like to see happen next👉 bma.doctor/4w8A0oe
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This must be the beginning of the end for hyper-rotational training. The arguments for rotations are always presented without the *real* cost of them: - pay errors - rota delays - being flung to a random hospital 2 hours away - opening the door to substitution by more permanent workforces - permanently being a transient member of the team We’re getting on and making progress for resident doctors - to hopefully see these rolled out far and wide after the pilot.
Hyper-rotation training has gone on for far too long. Being moved from trust to trust is disruptive to our work and personal lives. These pilots that start today is just the beginning. We're pushing for real change, but we need to hear from you. Tell us how rotations work in your region, and what you'd like to see happen next👉 bma.doctor/4w8A0oe
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Dr Shivam Sharma retweeted
Hyper-rotation training has gone on for far too long. Being moved from trust to trust is disruptive to our work and personal lives. These pilots that start today is just the beginning. We're pushing for real change, but we need to hear from you. Tell us how rotations work in your region, and what you'd like to see happen next👉 bma.doctor/4w8A0oe
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Consultants in England have voted YES, sending a clear message to Government that enough is enough. Consultants deserve fair pay, better working conditions and an end to the erosion of their contracts. We demand negotiations that lead to real changes for consultants. The next move is Government’s. bma.org.uk/consultantspay
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3 GPs suspended from the @gmcuk register and their GP practice registration cancelled by @CareQualityComm due to serious patient safety concerns . ❌APs working out of scope ❌PAs not managing care or advising patients appropriately - not picked up by the GP
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The Commons Science & Technology Committee has just said what many of us have been warning. Britain’s public data infrastructure should not be handed over to Palantir. Not our NHS data. Not our national security infrastructure. Not the digital spine of the public sector.
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Deeply concerning that contracts are being handed out without due process. We criticised the conservatives for handing COVID contracts to their mates, but this is equally concerning given Palantir's history.
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Replying to @Clarendon9
For further context, we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with resident doctors on the picket line in their battle for pay restoration. Do you?
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Strikes announced. We had hoped a change of leadership at the Department of Health & Social Care would be a chance to reset talks. Instead, there’s been no new fair offer on pay and no concrete commitment on jobs. That’s why resident doctors are taking action. See you on the picket line.
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Another graph showing doctors have suffered one of the steepest real terms pay cuts in both public and private sector. The next workforce plan must seriously consider how pay is being set if it truly wants a sustainable and driven workforce. Pay for NHS staff must be restored.
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Taking our seats for the 1st time @Catherinewest1 & @wesstreeting
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Public health funding has already fallen by 28% per person in real terms since 2015/16. That means fewer smoking cessation services. Fewer drug and alcohol services. Less sexual health provision. Less prevention. And then we wonder why people are getting ill earlier.
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