Satisfactory doctor trying to channel my anger for good. - 'Smart. Cut-throat, but smart' - 'Shameless' - 'Superb Shithousery'
Nov 24, 2023 • 20 tweets • 4 min read
'Junior' doctors of UK and Irish #Medtwitter. You've had a rough time of it lately in @NHSuk and @HSELive so if you fancy trying somewhere else you should consider coming to the EDs in Adelaide, Sth Aus. They're hiring again for next year so spread the word. Here's what I like🧵
Here's the link if you're interested in applying to start from August 2024 so get an application in or share it around. This year we had almost 40 new UK and Irish RMOs (a 100% increase in UK docs for some odd reason)
After my last thread on the NHS experiences of my UK trained colleagues (now Aussie EM Regs) I was sent quite a few DMs by doctors still in the UK who wanted to share their own experiences. This is the promised Part 2 🧵
For the Part 1 click the below link :
And thank you again to all those who sent me their stories
May 8, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
@NHSTayside You may want to take a close look at Ward 42, Ninewells. I've had 4 direct messages who experienced the same behaviour from the ID Consultant (now retired i'm informed). Why didn't his MDT speak up? Why didn't @dundeeuni act? Why did you fail your students?
1. "I used to study / work in NHS Tayside....One of my first rotations (as a student) was in ID and I remember being warned to memorise all the guidelines as I would be hung, drawn, quartered and publicly humiliated if [the ID Consultant] was not happy with me..."
Those UK doctors who moved to my Aussie ED realised we never had an Exit Interview. We never got to share some of the examples of NHS culture that drove us away. Perhaps we can inform you a little with some anecdotes? 🧵
If you're interested, i've already done a thread on the employment conditions that enticed us to stay in Australia.
There seems to be a lot of interest on UK #MedTwitter (@RoshanaMN) in how enticing Australia is for UK docs. Here are a few examples, from a junior doctor who made the move, of the international market you're competing with.
You should be worried.🧵
For context, I work in a Metro ED with dozens of UK doctors and can go whole shifts where every doctor I work with is from the UK or Ireland.
A colleague even had an entire inpatient ward round performed in Irish.
