The NHS 10-Year Plan includes a commitment to support SAS doctors in their career development, but meaningful change requires action. As we celebrate #SASWeek25 Dr Karen Ellison explains how the SAS Six framework can help make this commitment a reality www.medicalprotection.org/uk/articles/...

Unintended consequences often do the real damage. A proposal by the last government to streamline the GMC’s categories of impairment would weaken their ability to manage cases where a doctor’s health is at stake. So important to protect doctors’ wellbeing when they are at their most vulnerable.

14 organisations representing patients doctors dentists & legal firms have written to the Minister for Health & Minister for Justice urging the government to implement #preactionprotocols in clinical negligence claims. View press release here: medicalprotection.org/ireland/abou...

We urge the GDC to review the assessment and triaging of cases in its fitness to practise processes, following the publication of its 2024 investigations report. Read more here: www.dentalprotection.org/uk/articles/...

AI poses so many exciting opportunities for surgery, but who will be blamed if and when something goes wrong? Prof Gozie Offiah writes about the potential liability challenges in this excellent AI special edition of The Bulletin by @RCSnews publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/full/10....

General registration has now opened for the Medical Protection Society Foundation AI Healthcare symposium, at which I'm excited to be speaking about retaining clinician engagement and the patient voice, and how not to become a "liability sink" for #AI medicalprotection-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Bonkers chart from Canadian election polling.

This should be a very interesting and free event for any one interested in exploring AI in medicine and dentistry www.the-dentist.co.uk/content/news...

This is a vital piece of research which further highlights the pressure and stigma placed on doctors experiencing mental ill health. We urgently need both a culture change and crucially, sufficient quality mental health support that is both preemptive and thorough.

These quotes are a tough read but it's why we are continuing to push for cultural change within the health sector. We have to reach a time when it is going to be OK to admit you are struggling with your mental health.

The GMC leaving Twitter/X feels like a genuinely big decision and an indicator of how much the platform has changed

We welcome a groundbreaking White Paper published today on the advancement of AI in healthcare www.dentalprotection.org/uk/articles/... Well done to the MPS Foundation, @cfaa.bsky.social and @improvementacademy.bsky.social for producing this insightful paper.

I have set this up as I am keen to follow and be in contact with more dentists and dental care professionals on here. If I have missed any body off then let me know go.bsky.app/UNgtXRa

With the NHS being brought “back into democratic control”, I wonder if this will make MP-focused single issue specific health lobbying more of a thing again?

I worked at the NHS Confederation when NHS England was created and remember how all consuming that was along with all the other associated changes. There is going to be a lot of capacity and energy that now goes into its abolition

Sarah Townley, deputy medical director at Medical Protection Society discusses the common medicolegal risks with cosmetic medicine. healthcaretoday.com/article/cosm... #patientsafety #medicolegal #cosmeticmedicine #healthcare

Fantastic episode of men talking openly and joking about their experience of cancer. Its been 20 years for me but so much I could remember, relate to and laugh about.

This looks like it could be really interesting 👇

Real Pain. Absolutely loved it

Lots to welcome in the new Irish Government's draft programme - including a new of reforms MPS has been campaigning for. Hopefully will be a busy few years helping to try and make these happen

Great article by my colleague Sabira in @medscape.com about how doctors can maintain a balance between their right to freedom of expression and the expectations that can come with being a regulated health professional www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/...

"When my eldest child was nine months old, she had an outpatient appointment at the local hospital. Someone had stuck a note to the front of her medical records. It read ‘Dad is a lawyer, Mum is a doctor’" healthcaretoday.com/article/help...

Not sure if this counts - as its probably more famous than the original - but this is my favourite cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFWK...

I am a governor and trustee for a wonderful special need school and am super proud of the kids and staff that organised this event to raise funds for new adventure play equipment www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/2479363...

Starting to feel Christmasy in the village

Ethnic minority comms professionals are leaving NHS roles due to poor relationships with managers, lack of career progression and structural racism. Well done @nhsconfed.bsky.social, NHS Providers & the Centre for Health Communications Research for highlighting. www.nhsconfed.org/news/new-res...

#GE24 NATIONWIDE SHARE OF THE VOTE: Fianna Fáil 21.9% (-0.3% on 2020) Fine Gael 20.8% (-0.1%) Sinn Féin 19.0% (-5.5%) Social Democrats 4.8% (+1.9%) Labour 4.9% (+0.5%) Aontú 3.9% (+2.0%) Ind Irl 3.6% (new) Greens 3.0% (-4.1%) PBP-Solidarity 2.8% (+0.2%) Others 2.3% (+1.0%) Inds 13.2% (+1.0%)

Join the conversation go.bsky.app/VCUirVW

We echo @medicalprotection.bsky.social's viewpoint on the new GMC workforce report. They say: "Medical Protection backs the SAS Collective’s calls to supporting these doctors by providing better access to training opportunities and career progression." Here is how: #SASsix

Today’s workforce report released by the GMC highlights how locally employed doctors are a rapidly growing but often undervalued part of the UK medical workforce. www.medicalprotection.org/uk/articles/...

In less than a week, the number of NHS Trusts I could find on BlueSky have gone up from 27 to 45. I'll keep updating this pack as more join go.bsky.app/5n8tyzu

If any SAS folks want to be added to the #SASsky starter pack, let me know. I suspect there are a lot more here now than when I made this! #SASsix #MedSky #MedTwitter #FAOmed #hashtag go.bsky.app/LBCr7f1

1/ I've previously spoken about the problem of lack of regulation for NHS managers. Today, DHSC opened a consultation on its proposals to start regulating NHS managers - a potentially seismic change www.gov.uk/government/c...

After working at NHS Confederation, GMC and now MPS I suspect I will enjoy this consultation about regulating NHS managers more than most. Here is the initial response from MPS to today's publication brnw.ch/21wOZu4

My wonderful colleague @michellemps.bsky.social is looking to bring together doctors, dentists and health organisations in Ireland on this place. Check out her starter pack and get in contact if there are people on here you think should be added go.bsky.app/RQAoVfr

My wonderful colleague @michellemps.bsky.social is looking to bring together doctors, dentists and health organisations in Ireland on this place. Check out her starter pack and get in contact if there are people on here you think should be added go.bsky.app/RQAoVfr

I’ve managed to find 27 NHS Trusts on here so far. Interesting to see who the early adopters are go.bsky.app/5n8tyzu 🦋

There seem to be a growing number of healthcare organisations setting themselves up on here. Please do let me know about any one I have missed go.bsky.app/a2U8nw

This is an excellent starter pack for anyone in #Medsky looking to follow all the national bodies who have now joined Bluesky. go.bsky.app/a2U8nw

There seem to be a growing number of healthcare organisations setting themselves up on here. Please do let me know about any one I have missed go.bsky.app/a2U8nw

A starter pack of UK health journalists (i shouldn’t be in it but can’t work out how to delete myself) go.bsky.app/C6xCi2q

Important that the government’s Change NHS consultation also receives input from the dentistry world. Dental Protection have set out what areas of dental reform the forthcoming 10 year plan should focus on the-probe.co.uk/blog/2024/11...

People of Bluesky. Let’s get to know each other better. What is your favourite movie? Quote share your answer only in gif form. #filmsky

I am keeping this updated as more people join BlueSky. Drop me a message if you'd like to be added or if I have missed someone go.bsky.app/5AagXpD

Centrists and policy nerds. Looks like I am in the right place.

The government is expected to announce a review of PAs which will look at their roles, safety, where they fit within medical teams, supervision and whether they should diagnose patients without being seen by a doctor first www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11...

Excellent blog by Lawrie Kidd on the impact of NHS disciplinary investigations. MPS has worked hard to develop an evidence base on the scale of the problem and it is great to see Lawrie and others write about it and the need for change. www.linkedin.com/pulse/compla...

In his speech later today, the Health Secretary is due to announce “zero tolerance for failure” reforms to the #NHS – including league tables and crack turnaround teams for failing providers. Read our response from @theasrstein.bsky.social: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/nu...

Many doctors in South Africa report feeling no choice but to continue working when not feeling mentally well enough to do so and that this has had impacted on patient care. www.medicalprotection.org/southafrica/...

ICYMI - last week Medical Protection published some pretty stark stats about the impact of NHS disciplinary processes on the doctors involved. The wider report sets out proposals for how Trusts could make improvements. t.co/uMW4MpEGrq