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1/ After 10 yrs study, 100k in debt, I graduated as a doctor in spring 2020 at the start of pandemic.
I remember watching the heartbreaking scenes in Italy. A wave of infection was making its way around the world, soon to hit the UK.
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I remember watching the heartbreaking scenes in Italy. A wave of infection was making its way around the world, soon to hit the UK.
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2/ On March 24, 2020, then-Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced that all final-year medical students who met the General Medical Councils (GMC) outcomes to graduate were to be fast-tracked through graduation to be made available to help on the wards.
3/ Under the emergency framework, newly graduated doctors were eligible, but under no obligation, to apply to the GMC for a provisional registration on the medical register, enabling them to become foundation interim year 1 doctors and start work early.
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I was a hero.
I didn't feel like a hero, but Boris Johnson labelled nurses as heroes and so began the lie.
When the pandemic hit I was on bereavement leave. My husband had been killed in a motorcycle accident, leaving me to raise our 4 children alone. I have no other
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I was a hero.
I didn't feel like a hero, but Boris Johnson labelled nurses as heroes and so began the lie.
When the pandemic hit I was on bereavement leave. My husband had been killed in a motorcycle accident, leaving me to raise our 4 children alone. I have no other
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living relatives, so when I say alone, I mean alone.
As soon as I saw what was happening in Italy, I signed straight back up to help.
I had 30 years experience of emergency medicine and I couldn't sit by and do nothing. I knew I was needed.
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As soon as I saw what was happening in Italy, I signed straight back up to help.
I had 30 years experience of emergency medicine and I couldn't sit by and do nothing. I knew I was needed.
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I sat my children down and had a very emotional discussion with them about my decision.
Naturally, they pleaded with me to change my mind. It opened the wounds left by the tragic way they'd lost their dad.
I assured them that I would be protected by PPE and
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Naturally, they pleaded with me to change my mind. It opened the wounds left by the tragic way they'd lost their dad.
I assured them that I would be protected by PPE and
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1/ #HerotoZero Health and care staff, demand FFP3 or down tools.
Do not risk your life or health. Employers have a legal duty under the Health & Safety at Work Act to provide safe working environments.
Protect yourself. No one will protect you if you fall. 👇🏼🧵
Do not risk your life or health. Employers have a legal duty under the Health & Safety at Work Act to provide safe working environments.
Protect yourself. No one will protect you if you fall. 👇🏼🧵
2/ You will not be protected if you fall unwell. Long COVID is growing in prevalence and is currently absent of treatment or cure. NHS workers who develop Long COVID will NOT be financially supported. independent.co.uk/news/health/go…
3/ Failures in PPE policy and provision have, throughout this pandemic, placed the lives of health and care workers at risk.
