Husband, father, retired GP, Prof of Clinical Assessment @UCLanMedicine @UCLan. Own views. Passionate about improving learning by improving assessment.
Manchester, England
Joined August 2018
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I'm excited to start the next steps of my academic journey today as I start my new role as Prof of Clinical Assessment @UCLanMedicine @UCLan. Looking forward to develop #assessments in #MedEd that act as bridges to support #lifelonglearning
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Ps- i did a 6 year medical course and have practiced medicine for 25 years, passed multiple postgraduate exam and I wouldn't be safe seeing undifferentiated patients in Primary Care. I would be a danger to patients in this setting.
Therefore why do some people have you believe that having no medical degree and doing a two year course somehow gives people magical abilities to be able to see undifferentiated patients in primary care and be safe.
If physician associates are able to train in "medicine" and are magically able to see patients independently in two years - why does it take doctors 5 to 6 years medical degree and 10 years postgraduate training before achieving independence?
We have to decide whether we want a safe healthcare service delivered by fully trained doctors or go back to a free for all where anyone can practice medicine with a cursory level of knowledge/ training and do away with medical degrees / medical training
It's like living in a parallel universe where simultaneously you need over 15 years of training to be considered safe as a doctor but anyone else can do a simple course and get stuck in.
Interesting article, but disappointing they did not consider the programmatic assessment research regarding formative/summative integration. A missed opportunity.
Progressive integration of meaningful summative assessment and formative assessment: a longitudinal analysis of student performance in higher education frontiersin.org/journals/edu… #internalfeedback #comparison
Very interesting article. Well done to them all
At first people called her reckless, but Elizabeth Howard overcame her doubts thetimes.com/life-style/pare…
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Editors-in-Chief Paul and Annette, in their latest editorial, share how to get your educational innovation published in The Clinical Teacher from framing your approach to choosing the right reporting standards.
@ASMEofficial #MedEd
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Thank you @zubirahmed. There is a problem, but this unsafe Bill was never the solution.
I hope the focus is now on resourcing and supporting the GP, community nursing, specialist palliative care and hospice workforce in order to provide equitable and effective care for all who face death.
As Dame Cicely Saunders stated, our patients matter to the end of their life, and we want to help them to live until they die.
The duty of a doctor came very close to changing here, the Rubicon came close to being crossed, I am grateful it wasn't!
We voted down the Assisted Dying Bill today.
This is not a moment for celebration, but for reflection. Too many people fear death and dying because they anticipate suffering - in part because they cannot be confident they will receive the care they need.
If today is to be a positive day, we must all commit to doing better and to delivering world-class palliative care in every postcode.
My full speech on why I voted against the Assisted Dying Bill is below.👇
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I’ve been a doctor for 47 years and I can’t ’predict ‘ this accurately, and don’t know anyone who can. The ‘6 months to live’ part of the bill makes it unworkable from the start.
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MPs, please vote NO today. Please fight for palliative care instead. Please protect my vulnerable patients. @SarahCoombesWB @antoniabance @PreetKGillMP @AlexBallingerMP @SoniaKumarMP @AlistairCarns @WarinderSJuss @larry_turner @OurDutyOfCare
NEW POLL: 78% say Parliament should prioritise improving care before introducing assisted suicide.
MPs: vote "no" today.
Real choice requires real support first.
Full polling: notdeadyetuk.org/post/new-po…
#AssistedSuicide #AssistedDying
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Times leading article: 'Even those not opposed in principle to assisted dying must surely see that the manner & means of this bunged introduction into law are irredeemably flawed'
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Today MPs vote on the Assisted Dying Bill. 60+ disability organisations & medical bodies signed this open letter.
Our concerns remain: safeguards do not give us confidence that people with Down syndrome & other learning disabilities are protected.
Ask your MP to vote against.
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Two Labour MPs have written a warning letter to colleagues in the crucial hours before the next vote on Friday: Gareth Snell, who voted in favour of the bill, and Meg Hillier, who voted against.
theguardian.com/society/2026…
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There will be MPs tomorrow who claim there is huge public support for this specific bill. And they will be wrong.
Telegraph: “Two thirds of the public say MPs should ‘pause’ a bill legalising assisted dying until the medical royal colleges confirm any legislation would be safe.”
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Where leading Disabled People’s Organisations stand on the assisted dying bill:
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MPs vote on assisted dying TOMORROW
“Please listen to us .. Please keep us safe.” @tommyjessop
People with Down syndrome have raised concerns about pressure, coercion & safeguards
If MPs have doubts people will be protected, they should vote NO.
Still time to contact your MP
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Thank you for your courage and selflessness in speaking up for the vulnerable @AshleyDalton_MP 💙
The MP for West Lancashire has terminal cancer, here's why she is voting against the Assisted Dying Bill tomorrow:
@AshleyDalton_MP: "To say, 'We can't guarentee decent palliative care, but we can arrange to hasten your death', that's not a choice, that's practically a threat"
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It’s indefensible the #AssistedDying Bill is back.
After all that’s been said about better palliative care, all the concerns of professional bodies & disability groups, all the unresolved questions.
It feels as if the point is now to win an argument, not get the best outcome.
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Assisted dying campaigning organisations are playing a blinder.
They are convincing people that not only did the House of Lords behave undemocratically (spoiler:they didn’t, see below).
They are also - somehow - convincing people that use of the Parliament Acts to force a flawed Bill into law is … democratic.
This is the most consequential Bill of our lifetimes. It re-writes the core principles of the NHS. The Bill is not supported by *any* professional organisation. The risks are grave - we are talking about wrongful deaths.
And they are playing politics 😔
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Supporters now seem keen on railroading through the Assisted Dying Bill because they argue it was filibustered in the House of Lords by a small group of opponents.
The only problem is, that isn’t true.
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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On Friday the assisted suicide bill returns to the Commons
It's acknowledged by many bodies as a bad law eg a Dr can suggest assisted suicide as an option to a patient
The potential for coercion, mistakes & abuse is too great
The only effective safeguard is for MPs to vote NO
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West mids MPs, please listen to your local doctors and vote against #AssistedDying . Over 70 of us have signed a letter voicing concerns of harm to our patients
@birmingham_live @bbcwm @antoniabance @SarahCoombesWB @AlexBallingerMP @CNKAlliance @nmdacosta @ExpressandStar
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As this briefing says from the Royal College of Psychiatrists “The Mental Capacity Act does not provide a framework for assessing decisions about ending one’s own life” rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-featu…
