I heard this week of a number of local Specialty Doctors being successful in their applications to re-grade as Specialists - so well deserved for all of them - congratulations! 🥳 www.bma.org.uk/pay-and-cont... #SASbyChoice @assocsas.bsky.social @sascollective.com

The SAS Ballot opens in less than a week. If you are not a BMA member then now is the time to join. Share with those that might be undecided. (Video not official comms/views). @bma.org.uk

Watch. Share. Join. Vote. It is time for ALL SAS doctors to do their bit for colleagues and patients. @bma.org.uk

The pay review body’s 3.5% pay ‘uplift’ is hugely disappointing for SAS and Consultants whose value and pay have been eroded for years. Senior doctors are standing together to push this Government to commit to improvements. On the 11 May we will open ballots for Industrial Action in England.

Fantastic to see an MP talking to SAS doctors about the issues we face. Our #SASsix campaign aims to lift the recognition of our bit of the workforce, support doctors to progress their careers, and achieve our potential as leaders and educators. Find out more here: www.sascollective.com/sassix

Great to speak at the London SAS Conference with Specialty, Associate Specialist and Specialist doctors from across London. SAS doctors are the backbone of the NHS, delivering expert care every day, often without the recognition they deserve. Thank you for all you do.

SAS are often told they are "just for service". Nothing wrong with "service", thats why we all became doctors. But @drrosena.bsky.social shows a SAS career can have so much more potential. Leadership, QI, research, education or even being an MP!! #SASsix

Are you interested in shaping the future of anaesthesia exams? Apply to be an Affiliate Examiner! Open to higher trainees (ST 6-7), SAS doctors and post-CCT fellows. Deadline: 30 April. Details 👉 https://ow.ly/2J0a50YkXCf #Ansky #Medsky

We need more SAS in medical management. Helena is an absolutely amazing manager AND a jobbing SAS anaesthetist @uclh.bsky.social. Inspiring to hear her story at the inaugural London SAS conference. @rcoanews.bsky.social @assocsas.bsky.social @nhsenglandldn.bsky.social

@assocanaes.bsky.social anaesthetists.org/Home/Educati... Going to be a great day

We are, indeed!

We are really pleased to see Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust launch their Medic EDI Charter today. They use the #SASsix in their approach, because issues affecting SAS and locally-employed doctors are EDI and workforce issues. Excellent work! www.lscft.nhs.uk/diversity-an...

It is always a great day when we get to add another Trust to our slide. Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust have added implementation of the #SASsix to their medical EDI policy, which launched today. Bravo!

FMLM is proud to support the #SASsix campaign, championing leadership equity for SAS doctors across the NHS. SAS doctors are essential, and their leadership potential must be recognised. We’re committed to empowering them to lead, manage and thrive.

In response to today's announcement of support for the #SASsix campaign by @fmlm-uk.bsky.social, SAS Collective member @robjimfleming.bsky.social wrote a blog for our website. "The days of the 'invisible' SAS doctor are over." Read more here: www.sascollective.com/leadershipno...

We are absolutely thrilled that Leicester Partnership NHS Trust have chosen to join our collection of employers seeking to support their SAS and locally-employed workforce. The #SASsix is a roadmap for change, and we love to see it used. Bravo! www.leicspart.nhs.uk/news/our-sas...

Thanks to all our new followers! If you want to read a little more about the SAS six campaign, you can do so in a few places. We wrote a blog for @nhsemployers.bsky.social here: www.nhsemployers.org/articles/sup... There is also some information on our website: www.sascollective.com/sassix

Leicester Partnership NHS Trust become the twelfth Trust we have been able to add to this slide, after their pledge today to use the SAS six in their approach to their workforce. Could your Trust be next? Get in touch! www.leicspart.nhs.uk/news/our-sas...

Representing SOBA, Dr Eleanor Warwick talks about patients living with obesity, and how damaging stigma is for outcomes. Where patients are made to feel shame, or judged, they will present late, and have more advanced disease at presentation. This is not just true of obesity. #WSM2026

England’s Patient Safety Commissioner, Dr. Henrietta Hughes OBE, gives today's first keynote talk at #WSM2026. She opens by saying that Anaeathetists are often the guardians of patient safety.

Please share, follow and suggest who should be on it! Help spread the word to rebuild our community of Anaesthetists& Intensivists @rcoanews.bsky.social @anaesjournal.bsky.social @assocanaes.bsky.social @anzca.bsky.social @assocsas.bsky.social @bjajournals.bsky.social @anaesresidents.bsky.social

Many survivors of domestic violence struggle to access forensic support, yet it is vital Without it, injuries may go undocumented. Without appropriate clinical care/management, cases may lack the evidence needed to hold perpetrators accountable. Survivors’ voices risk being left unheard or silenced

Nice view of the famous Liverpool skyline from up here! Both cathedrals, and the Radio City tower are visible. Bit chilly right now though. Liverpool is a brilliant city. We are looking forward to welcoming our delegates at tomorrow's Annual Scientific Meeting #SIVA25. See you there!

Share your perspective with us! This survey, led by the Association of Anaesthetists SAS & UCLPartners, aims to identify clinician-led priorities for AI in anaesthesia, perioperative medicine & acute pain management. Complete it here👉 https://ow.ly/bmv550Xyacz

The SAS Collective is a grassroots group of NHS clinicians advocating for doctors outside traditional training pathways—an issue highly relevant to our members, many of whom lack a formal route to the specialist register Learn more at: www.sascollective.com

Following last week’s FFLM Board meeting, we are delighted to announce that the FFLM has formally endorsed the @sascollective.com and the principles of the #SASsix: tinyurl.com/4e36pkkj

We love it when organisations decide to support our campaign. We can't do anything without the support of our allies. You are vital. Thanks to FFLM for your support. You are brilliant! #SASsix

Three in four doctors are concerned about health impacts of #climatechange on their patients. As the Climate Change Committee warns of ‘unprecedented’ extreme weather events, urgent action is needed to help prepare the #NHS: ow.ly/imTK50XcjzI

I LOVE updating this slide. It is awesome to bring new allies to the cause, and it really does make a difference. #SASsix

We are thrilled whenever a new Trust wishes to use the #SASsix in their approach to their medical workforce. Every doctor needs support to progress their career, opportunity to reach their potential, and the right contract for their work. Bravo, NHS West London. Welcome to the family! #SASweek25

What a bold way to launch #SASweek25! Excellent timing, RCOG!

🌟 Celebrate #SASWeek25 with the RCP! We’re looking forward to welcoming #SASdoctors tomorrow to our free CPD session: Leading for collective competence in medical teams. Explore more leadership training for SAS doctors: ow.ly/OPUG50X4mEp @sascollective.com

Achievable is an important word in all of this. A contract that people can't access is pretty pointless.

RCOG becomes the fifth medical Royal College to support the #SASsix campaign, alongside our other allies. We remain incredibly grateful to everyone who adds their help to our cause, and their logo to our slide of supporters. We couldn't do what we do without you!

The @rcoanews.bsky.social were kind enough to ask me to write an article about "lessons learned from SAS leadership". I hope they don't mind me sharing it here. rcoa.ac.uk/bulletin/aut...

We are delighted to see the updated @assocanaes.bsky.social SAS Handbook published, including a whole chapter on the #SASsix campaign. The Association have been fantastic allies to our campaign, and we remain very grateful for their ongoing support! anaesthetists.org/Home/Members...

The stories we tell matter. I know this not from watching but from memory. I was just a child, held behind barbed wire in a U.S. internment camp, when an atomic bomb obliterated Hiroshima—killing members of my family.

Bloody hell. One of the best halves of rugby ever played.

There aren't enough postgraduate training numbers for doctors in the NHS. Most departments have gaps requiring doctors. There are doctors in need of jobs. The solution to these issues are the two SAS contracts. They provide permanence, and an alternative career pathway for doctors. #SASsix

“The trouble is the review… avoids the difficult question of how you set that scope, that limit of what PAs can do.” Responding to the Leng Review, BMA council chair @tomdolphin.bsky.social has spoken to the BBC about doctors’ concerns over patient safety

We wrote a blog about our recent trip to London, for an @assocanaes.bsky.social parliamentary event. Thanks again to all of the organisers of yesterday’s event, and to our friends and allies. We couldn’t do any of this without you. #SASsix www.sascollective.com/aparliamenta...

I had a great time at this event. As the blog alludes to, our friends are awesome.

Our response to NHS England's Medical Training Review highlights the current lack of training places, the inflexibility of training and the need for SAS doctors to be included in this work. Read it here 🔗 buff.ly/YCYd4hu

Thanks to the @assocanaes.bsky.social for inviting @sascollective.com, and little old me, to come to this event. It was great to refresh some relationships and meet some new people. Alternative career pathways are the workforce solution we are all looking for, and the #SASsix is a roadmap.

“There is no such thing as a non-training doctor”. Dr Emma Wain wonderfully summed up who SAS doctors are and why they’re so important at our SAS Doctors Reception. @ecewain.bsky.social

www.sascollective.com/sassix Exiting trip to London today with @sascollective.com to talk about SAS careers and SASsix. More info to follow

Thank you to @peterprinsleymp.bsky.social for sponsoring this event!

Welcome to our SAS Doctors Parliamentary Reception! We are keen to showcase just how important SAS doctors are in the NHS and why they need more recognition across all specialities.

Excellent motion from Dr Eman Toeima, representing London South. Motion carried by universal agreement. We need to gather these data. Knowing how many SAS leaders there are allows us to assess the trends. Measuring this also sets the expectation that this is important. #SASconf

We are delighted that @ics-updates.bsky.social have chosen to endorse the #SASsix, joining these other splendid organisations. We think that if everyone understood the importance of these things, and how much potential the medical workforce is currently losing out on, we might change the world!