Huge congratulations to four @HEKSSSpeciality Core Trainees who sat the MRCS B: Sophie @sophiehfwrigley and Asad...
More success...
Last post, I told you we had no less than FIVE podium presentations at @britishtrauma British Trauma Society 2015 Meeting.
The paper by Zu Nawaz, Sophie Wrigley and Arshad Khaleel "Follow up of 810 consecutive Ti-HA coated uncemented stem hemiarthroplasties" won First Prize as Best Clinical Presentation! Fantastic achievement, so pleased for you all
LNC Meeting
This week saw one of the quarterly meetings of the Local Negotiating Committee (LNC). LNCs are made up of elected local representatives who negotiate – and have the authority to make collective agreements – with local management on behalf of medical and dental staff of all grades.
This group is not just made up of senior medical staff and BMA rep Cathy Taylor, but also your junior doctor representatives: Dominique, Beatrix @beatrixlv and Holly @unclehester
It was good to hear at the meeting that the Chief Operating Officer Bob Peet @bobpeet1 has started gathering senior managers and consultants to plan safe staffing dependent on how @theBMA vote turns out.
Another important issue discussed was Diary Carding, just entering its second week. I cannot stress how important it is that these cards are filled in accurately.
The Trust cannot change staffing levels or improve workloads without data, so this is key. If you overstay your shift time, you must, must ring your consultant. The reason for this is that every morning, the consultant is contacted to verify the diary card entries. So if you ring and they tell you <ahem> where to go you, write down exactly that in the notes. A text message will do.
When I was a 4th year Reg @ASPH the first time round (ST6 in new money) accurate diary carding pushed us up to Band 3, and we were back paid really quickly. Returns in previous years have been so poor that no inferences could be drawn about work patterns or intensity: please don't let this opportunity slide.
Surgeon of the Week
So, Urology trainees have been asking "where are our bosses for Surgeon of the Week?" They are ELUSIVE and have been known to sprint down the corridor away from my camera (yes, YOU Mr Agrawal). Here we have a Urologist pinned down by Humphrey Scott @humphrey_scott, the Godfather Mr Robin Cole:
Forthcoming Attractions
Core Surgical Training applications are now OPEN (fanfares). Read the instructions, follow the checklist ...
Another plug for 'Are You Cut Out For It?', the competition for CT2s to test dexterity & skills. Winners go to the National Finals at the College @RCSNews in February for a chance to win the first prize, £1,000. Have you got what it takes? The X Factor?
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