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Dr Melissa Ryan

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Paediatric trainee Running on coffee Cats > dogs BMA UKRDC Co-chair (2024-2025)

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Oh. So the screw-up of the MRCP exam saw many UK-based applicants pass when they should have failed, and many non-UK applicants fail when they should have passed. This sure stinks. If you’re eligible to vote in the PRCP election, let’s get some new blood in.
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The BMA @bma.org.uk · 21/02/2025
The federation’s handling of the MRCP exam issue has been "completely atrocious" @redrunswick.bsky.social says to @news.sky.com Doctors dedicate their time and money going to study events and courses, this error will have a huge toll on their wellbeing. Read more news.sky.com/story/calls-...
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Calls for compensation after hundreds of doctors received wrong exam results in 'atrocious' and 'life-altering' error
Some 222 doctors who thought they had passed a key exam they sat nearly 18 months ago have now been informed they failed. Another 61 who believed they had failed have now been told they passed in what...
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The BMA @bma.org.uk · 21/02/2025
We've written to @WesStreeting to ask for a coordinated, urgent response to the @MRCPUK exams debacle that protects jobs and training, so no doctor suffers further detriment. We represent many doctors affected and will pursue all legal routes available. Read our demands 👇
BMA letter to Wes Streeting on the MRCP exams issue Signatories of the BMA letter to Wes Streeting on the MRCP exams issue
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The Leng review needs to consider the impact of the physician associate role on training opportunities for resident doctors. I didn't get a response on this from the minister last week, so will be pursuing www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med...
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RCP welcomes House of Lords short debate on PAs
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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
From today, women effectively work for free until the rest of the year due to the gender pay gap. It’s two days earlier than last year because the gap has grown for the first time since 2013. We must end the undervaluation of women’s work for good.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🚨Health Secretary Wes Streeting has now ordered a review of what physician associates do in the NHS amid growing alarm in the medical profession about patient safety👏 If you are not familiar with this scandal watch this report youtu.be/zgBrrMmx4yg?...
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🚨Important update on the physician associates scandal
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 18/11/2024
Highly recommend reading this piece on the increasingly widespread use of PAs to replace doctors in the NHS. It’s an issue that horrifies many of us.
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Susanna Tayler @susannatayler.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
#ToitūTeTiriti
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
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Dr Melissa Ryan @melryan99.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
If you see this, post a bird
A red breasted Robin is perched on a black metal park bench in front of some green bushes.
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Joanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Are we doing those old-school, meandering, ludicrous threads here? They were the best thing about ol’ Twitter. And, hoo boy, have I got one for you. Buckle up. We need to talk about Gromit. 🪡 🧵 🪡
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Wow. This is incredible. New Zealand's parliament is brought to halt by MPs performing a haka. Opposition party MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke begins the ceremonial group dance after asked whether her party supported controversial bill seeking to reinterpret country's founding treaty with Māori people
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