22nd February 2016

This week I met with Ace Thindal @athindal who is part of the team rolling out electronic medical records @ASPHFT @Your_eMR

We're used to a paperless working environment in the private sector, so this system feels very comfortable but of course on a completely different scale. It was a great opportunity to play around with the system and have some tiny input into making it even more friendly to work with. 

Responses to Contract Imposition

The general drift has been negative regarding the Health Secretary's decision to impose a contract. I have collated a few responses here

Patients' Association: http://www.patients-association.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/press-release-imposing-new-junior-doctor-contract2.pdf?platform=hootsuite

Surgical Royal Colleges Joint Statement @RCSnews: 

http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/news/surgical-royal-colleges-joint-statement-on-the-junior-doctors2019-contract?utm_source=&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=#.VryiFqNFCB8

Royal College of Physicians @RCPLondon https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/news/rcp-deeply-disappointed-breakdown-negotiations-and-imposition-contract

Association of Anaesthetists @AAGBI: http://www.aagbi.org/news/aagbi-response-imposition-england-junior-doctors-contract

RCGP @rcgp: http://www.rcgp.org.uk/news/2016/february/rcgp-response-to-government-decision-to-impose-junior-doctors-contract.aspx

Psychiatry @rcpsych: http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mediacentre/pressreleases2016/imposedjnrdoctorscontract.aspx?theme=mobile

... and my personal favourite, BOA @BritOrthopaedic: http://www.boa.ac.uk/latest-news/boa-statement/

A summary of the 2016 contract is here: 

http://www.nhsemployers.org/~/media/Employers/Documents/Need%20to%20know/1516%20PO07314%20%20Summary%20JD%20OFFER%20%20Final%20version%20180216.pdf

Surgeon of the Week

Meet Orthopaedic Associate Specialist Alastair Cameron-Smith, seen here with Theatre Practitioner Sabina Khadka: 

Alastair has been a fixture at @ASPHFT since his SHO days at the old Ashford Hospital. Alastair has always welcomed trainees to his operating theatre & last year received a Highly Commended runner-up certificate in the 2014 Surgical Trainer of the Year Award. He is also a qualified pilot.

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Trainee Voice Sessions

RCS @RCSnews is developing a programme of Trainee Voice Sessions to run alongside its current Regional Events Programme. Sessions will be held across the UK either as part of existing events or as stand alone session. These sessions aim to help us:

• Understand the concerns of junior doctors and their experience of training and their work environment.
• Improve the quality of surgical training and support surgical trainees throughout the process.
• Continue to support trainees and how vital they are to the NHS. We believe the Government should do more to value their professionalism

The next event is Saturday 12th March: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/surgeons/supporting-surgeons/regional/events/trainee-voice-sessions-1/london-and-the-south-east-trainee-voice-session-12-march

This Saturday it's the RCP Medical Careers Day. This is a good opportunity to see what's out there that might grab your interest https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/events/rcp-medical-careers-day?platform=hootsuite