NHS worker. Bariatric and emergency surgery enthusiast.
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined November 2009
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Edward Nevins retweeted
If you think it's not important to fix conditions and pay for consultants then read just one of the messages I got today. Where are the Drs? They've gone to places with better work life balance and better pay. Without Drs there's no NHS.
Edward Nevins retweeted
One in four cancellations occur at short notice, with bed availability & patients being unfit for surgery as the most common reasons. There is an urgent need for efficiency programmes.
@lambjn @nickhowellsknee @KurienTom @EdinburghKnee @drpmontgomery
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ALT Institutional reasons for cancellation. Bertram W, Lamb J, Nijjher J, et al. Reasons for cancellation of total knee arthroplasty surgery in NHS hospitals in the UK. Bone Joint J. 2025;107-B(12):1272-1280. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.107B12.BJJ-2024-1597.R2
Edward Nevins retweeted
In a running theme - there’s always a tweet.
The Government have lost the confidence of the NHS workforce.
Their refusal to negotiate with striking staff has had a devastating impact on patients and staff for the last seven months.
When will they act to avert further strike action?
standard.co.uk/news/politics…
Edward Nevins retweeted
There are major doctor shortages in the NHS, partly because pay is so low.
No-one who wants to defend the NHS would keep doctors' or nurses' pay so low.
Resident doctors reject Streeting's please and go ahead with strike
theguardian.com/society/2025…
Edward Nevins retweeted
9 out of 10 nurses have rejected @wesstreeting’s pay award.
Doctors and nurses are united in the fight for fair pay.
If the Government wants to fix NHS staffing and retain the workforce, it starts with pay that reflects the value of the work we do.
theguardian.com/society/2025…
Edward Nevins retweeted
So all that press briefing you and your team did about being furious, wanting to ‘break’ doctors, and how “your full attention” would be elsewhere now…
All of that was you staying at the table and trying to find a way through that’s acceptable to both parties was it?!
🤔
The doctors’ strikes have ended and the BMA have invited me back to the negotiating table, which is ironic because I never left.
I’ve written to them today to continue the conversation where they left it, before they inflicted five days of harm on patients and the NHS.
ALT Full text here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bma-resident-doctor-industrial-action/bma-resident-doctor-industrial-action
Edward Nevins retweeted
Yes the @BMAResidents and @theRCN need to align and not be divided by the government. Stand up for fair pay.
Well done @theRCN for showing that nurses are also valuing themselves more highly!
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ge…
Edward Nevins retweeted
The sad irony being that full pay restoration for resident doctors would cost less than this.
At just £1.3bn approx if you did it overnight.
And to be clear, @BMAResidents aren’t even asking for it overnight.
They’re happy to negotiate a journey via a multiyear deal.
#WinWin
Edward Nevins retweeted
✊Solidarity with striking @BMAResidents doctors!
Resident doctors are overworked and underpaid. The government has a responsibility to restore their pay after decades of austerity.
Firefighters stand with NHS resident doctors.
👩⚕️Join the National Solidarity Day with the @BMAResidents.
25 July | 7am
🪧Join your nearest picket: strikemap.org/organisation/b…
📹Leave a solidarity message: bit.ly/solidaritydoctors
#StrikeMap #ResidentDoctorsStrike #NHS
@Melissa_S_Ryan
ALT Promotional poster for National Solidarity Day on July 25, featuring four BMA resident doctors wearing orange vests and holding signs advocating for fair wages. Text encourages visiting strikemap.org for doctors.
Edward Nevins retweeted
Wait …what!
Food, training & job security part of negotiations with Resident Drs
These are basics for any job, they are not perks, or negotiating tools
Imagine saying the opposite!
What does this say about the current situation for Resident Drs? @wesstreeting Fix it anyway!
EXCL: Wes Streeting’s offer to the BMA in full - including cheaper lunches!
This is what the doctors’ union rejected in favour of strikes:
thesun.co.uk/news/politics/3…
Edward Nevins retweeted
1. A thread.
As a Professor of Cardiology and senior consultant i fully support resident doctors in their strike action.
Newly qualified doctors of today:
➡️ earn 40% less than their newly qualified assistants
➡️ earn £18/ hr
➡️ financially they are worse off than when I was newly qualified 25 years ago,
🛑I didn't have £100k of debt
🛑I had free accommodation
🛑 my take-home pay wasn't that much different to theirs
Edward Nevins retweeted
This you lad?
@wesstreeting
Now we know why Rishi Sunak refuses to negotiate with NHS staff.
He wants the strikes to go ahead, so he can blame doctors and nurses for his failure.
#PMQs
Edward Nevins retweeted
Metabolic Bariatric Surgery Is Superior to Non-surgical Intervention for the Long-Term Management of Obesity-Related Primary Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials | Obesity Surgery link.springer.com/article/10…
Edward Nevins retweeted
Doctors are not average. It is therefore irrelevant what the UK average salary is.
Edward Nevins retweeted
From 2008-2023 there was a constant theme of Consultant pay erosion and stagnation.
The only time this began to change was when members were united and determined to take action.
The @BMA_Consultants indicative ballot starts 21st July - vote YES to show support for action.
Edward Nevins retweeted
Junior docs today earn barely more than I did in 1996 after I graduated med school. I did not have to pay tuition fees, parking charges and I was provided with hospital accommodation. Resident doctors are paid less than the PAs who assist them.
#isupportthestrike
Edward Nevins retweeted
Predictable scenario @wesstreeting could have avoided
-last July: refused to agree future years
-last Dec: evidence to DDRB ref 2.8% and no ‘journey to fair pay’
-April: DDRB known, refusing to negotiate
@BMAResidents call to negotiate. Empowered w/ mandate to strike if ignored
The results are in: we have a clear mandate to strike.
More than 90% of you who voted in our ballot, voted YES.
You’ve made it clear: enough is enough.
Our fight for full #PayRestoration for resident doctors in England continues.
Edward Nevins retweeted
Just heard BBC Today Henry Zeffman saying NHS Pay Review Body likely to recommend about 3%. RPI is currently 3.2%. All eyes on the DDRB. We need roughly 14% to recover vs RPI over three years and 8% against even CPI as a staging post.
Edward Nevins retweeted
Posts available in dedicated EGS /major trauma centre at University Hospital Aintree. Available at both F2+/core and ST level in unit with track record of getting trainees onto national training programs. @ASGBI_MA @ASiTofficial happy to discuss