ICM/Anaesthetic registrar in the north east of the wonderful UK
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined July 2015
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Timothy Key retweeted
I was an ANP, already assessing and prescribing when I went to med school. Had been qualified 7 years.
I spent all 4 years of my GEP medicine course learning and working hard. Huge gaps in my knowledge, specialties I hadn’t seen, a new way of working.
No shortcuts to MBBS
I’m putting it out there: I don’t believe it takes 5 years to get a medical degree. And I do believe that you can learn on the job if you already have a clinical role. Doctors should be honest with themselves.
Was every minute of your degree spent in learning/working? Was every teaching session or lecture useful? (more to the point..did you turn up to all of them?) How much of your med school career was actually clinical? Let’s get real folks. Change is rarely comfortable but it is both possible and now necessary.
Timothy Key retweeted
Junior doctors have begun a new four-day strike in England in support of their demand for a 35% pay rise.
As Sally & Jon explained on #BBCBreakfast no Health Minister was available for interview - but the offer remains
bbc.co.uk/news/live/health-6…
Timothy Key retweeted
With shortages in nearly every single medical specialty & burnt out doctors retiring early/going part time it is crazy to be CUTTING the number of medical places. Sadly what happens when you put £ into the NHS without a workforce strategy
thetimes.co.uk/article/89b0d…
Timothy Key retweeted
Junior doctors have voted YES to strike action in England.
This is a giant step forward for junior doctors and #PayRestoration. Thank you to everyone who worked so hard for this. Keep an eye out for next steps. #BMADoctorsVoteYes bma.org.uk/our-campaigns/jun…
Timothy Key retweeted
By road 🚑 , by plane ✈️ or by boat 🛥 we will get patients where they need to be 😊. Our first boat trip! @NewcastleHosps
Timothy Key retweeted
In a small trial of boosting with the original mRNA vaccine received or heterologous boosting with spike proteins from the original strain or beta variant, the beta-adjuvanted booster had highest titers of antibody and activated T cells 2 weeks later. nej.md/3AaHz4x
Timothy Key retweeted
@Vish_Sharm highlighting that if consultants’ pay in 2008 had had kept up with inflation, a newly qualified consultant starting today would earn a basic salary £22k higher than the actual 2020/21 pay scale value
#FairnessForTheFrontline
Timothy Key retweeted
DISGRACEFUL: Example doctor👇 This is what @RishiSunak wants to do to your pension on Wednesday by removing indexation to the LTA (which may never return).
(Yet another) stealth theft of your pension worth between £187k-£303k.
Feeling underavlued? Pls RT if you agree scandalous
Timothy Key retweeted
Beware any discussion of hospital bed occupancy
When you rapidly expand an intensive care unit from the usual 35 beds to 90 beds, using makeshift wards, getting medical students and other volunteers to chip it, having 87 patients on the unit does NOT mean you are under capacity
Timothy Key retweeted
‘100% come and get the vaccine — it doesn’t hurt, and it will make you safer going forward.’
Marcia, a 999 Team Leader and Chair of @EMASNHSTrust’s BAME Staff Network, reassures her colleagues being invited to get the #COVIDVaccine. 🚑 💉 instagram.com/p/CKdyeWPlQew/
ALT Marcia sits in her Ambulance uniform, wearing a facemask. Her colleague is administering the COVID-19 vaccine in her left arm.
ALT Marcia smiles after receiving her vaccination.
Timothy Key retweeted
Please watch and PLEASE Retweet if you believe like me, that PE should be a core subject for children in the UK.
Not everyone is academic and PE gives young people a chance to shine and be the best version of themselves and of course keep fit.
Big thanks to @BBCBreakfast
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“PE should be at the heart of every school day”
Rugby Union World Cup winner @Jason15Robinson is supporting a campaign to encourage more activity in schools.
Timothy Key retweeted
Without WHO, would the world have eradicated #smallpox, brought polio to the brink, and saved millions of lives from HIV, tuberculosis and malaria?
#UN75 #UNGA
xitter.cf/WHO/status/12587307675…
#OnThisDay 40 years ago, #smallpox was made history.
It's the only human disease to be eradicated so far.
A lesson we must take is: when the 🌍 unites behind science and public health measures we can defeat diseases and protect lives and livelihoods.
Timothy Key retweeted
Please keep coming to appointments if you have a potentially serious condition or it will get worse- don’t be disadvantaged by the fear of Covid- you are as safe as anywhere, if not more so @NewcastleHosps #northeastlockdown #stroke #cancer #heart
Today is #WorldPatientSafetyDay - a good time to remember that keeping patients safe lies at the heart of the NHS mission. Still much more to do to ensure this happens consistently.
Timothy Key retweeted
Vaccines are one of the best investments we can make in human health & potential. Thanks to the polio vaccine, the 🌍 has seen a 99.9% reduction in polio cases since 1988.
#VaccinesWork #EndPolio
👉 bit.ly/WIW2020VaccinesWork
Timothy Key retweeted
It's #WorldImmunizationWeek!
Vaccine-preventable diseases include:
Cervical cancer
Cholera
Diphtheria
Ebola
Hep B
Influenza
Japanese encephalitis
Measles
Meningitis
Mumps
Pertussis
Pneumonia
Polio
Rabies
Rotavirus
Rubella
Tetanus
Typhoid
Varicella
Yellow Fever
Yes, #VaccinesWork!