Dr Anushka Aubeelack
@bumblebeenush.bsky.social
🇲🇺🇬🇧 Wife+Mum | #NHS Specialist Anaesthetist+Associate Medical Director | Vice chair @compassionindying.bsky.social | SAS Committee @assocsas.bsky.social | Same handle all places #AnSky #MedSky #MedEd #SASsix #HAPC #EOLC …oh & #CatSky & #CakeSky & #London 😅
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Doctors and nurses talk about coping with patient deaths
Doctors and nurses describe their personal experiences of dealing with the death of their patients.
www.bbc.co.uk
Good morning folks!
In an attempt to reintroduce myself, let me share with you some of the pieces of work that I’ve been a part of…
This video from BBC Ideas featuring @orthopodreg.bsky.social and Elizabeth Anionwu about #HCP 1st experience of pt #death
www.bbc.co.uk/videos/cxw23...
In an attempt to reintroduce myself, let me share with you some of the pieces of work that I’ve been a part of…
This video from BBC Ideas featuring @orthopodreg.bsky.social and Elizabeth Anionwu about #HCP 1st experience of pt #death
www.bbc.co.uk/videos/cxw23...
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Middle aged man. Cancer of the oesophagus diagnosis. His mum being treated for myeloma
“A pox on those who would talk down the NHS, who would underfund it, defund it and even seek to dismantle it. A pox on them,
apple.news/AIlG8GsfESGi...
“A pox on those who would talk down the NHS, who would underfund it, defund it and even seek to dismantle it. A pox on them,
apple.news/AIlG8GsfESGi...
‘He suggested we go to a quiet room to talk. I knew that was not good news’ — The Observer
My cancer diagnosis was the last thing anyone expected or needed – but especially my mum, while going through chemotherapy herself
apple.news
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Middle aged man. Cancer of the oesophagus diagnosis. His mum being treated for myeloma
“A pox on those who would talk down the NHS, who would underfund it, defund it and even seek to dismantle it. A pox on them,
apple.news/AIlG8GsfESGi...
“A pox on those who would talk down the NHS, who would underfund it, defund it and even seek to dismantle it. A pox on them,
apple.news/AIlG8GsfESGi...
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Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
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'Millennials delaying parenthood because they’re caught in a ‘rent trap’, unable to buy a home, may wonder: who is coming to save them, and when?', writes Housing Correspondent Vicky Spratt
➡#Read More: trib.al/ai5pBJD
➡#Read More: trib.al/ai5pBJD
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
'Millennials delaying parenthood because they’re caught in a ‘rent trap’, unable to buy a home, may wonder: who is coming to save them, and when?', writes Housing Correspondent Vicky Spratt
➡#Read More: trib.al/ai5pBJD
➡#Read More: trib.al/ai5pBJD
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I spoke to doctors across England for this @bmj.com investigation. Senior medics leading services and training others but stuck on insecure contracts. Others with no supervision, training or progression - just filling rota gaps. Many egs of poor practice from NHS trusts. www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Revealed: Thousands of NHS doctors are trapped in insecure “gig economy” contracts
Thousands of locally employed doctors—many of them international graduates and from ethnic minorities—are trapped in insecure NHS contracts with no access to training, career progression, or national ...
www.bmj.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I spoke to doctors across England for this @bmj.com investigation. Senior medics leading services and training others but stuck on insecure contracts. Others with no supervision, training or progression - just filling rota gaps. Many egs of poor practice from NHS trusts. www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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Today is day 4 of #SASweek25, focused around equity, diversity and inclusion.
We believe SAS issues are undeniably EDI issues, based on both the demographics of our professional group, and how grade itself can introduce prejudices.
youtu.be/IN4J9_b47Aw?...
We believe SAS issues are undeniably EDI issues, based on both the demographics of our professional group, and how grade itself can introduce prejudices.
youtu.be/IN4J9_b47Aw?...
The relevance of EDI issues to SAS doctors by the SAS collective.
YouTube video by Dr Imran Sharieff
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Today is day 4 of #SASweek25, focused around equity, diversity and inclusion.
We believe SAS issues are undeniably EDI issues, based on both the demographics of our professional group, and how grade itself can introduce prejudices.
youtu.be/IN4J9_b47Aw?...
We believe SAS issues are undeniably EDI issues, based on both the demographics of our professional group, and how grade itself can introduce prejudices.
youtu.be/IN4J9_b47Aw?...
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Today is day 3 of #SASweek25, focused around SAS development AND SAS doctors undertaking extended roles.
These things form a big chunk of the #SASsix.
We consider it self-evident that a career that is limited, is potential being wasted. We can't have that!
These things form a big chunk of the #SASsix.
We consider it self-evident that a career that is limited, is potential being wasted. We can't have that!
October 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Today is day 3 of #SASweek25, focused around SAS development AND SAS doctors undertaking extended roles.
These things form a big chunk of the #SASsix.
We consider it self-evident that a career that is limited, is potential being wasted. We can't have that!
These things form a big chunk of the #SASsix.
We consider it self-evident that a career that is limited, is potential being wasted. We can't have that!
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We are absolutely ecstatic that as part of their #SASweek25 celebrations, the @rcpsych.bsky.social have decided to become the sixth college support the #SASsix campaign. We love it!
They have announced this on X, hopefully they will do so here too in due course.
Bravo, psychiatry!
They have announced this on X, hopefully they will do so here too in due course.
Bravo, psychiatry!
October 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We are absolutely ecstatic that as part of their #SASweek25 celebrations, the @rcpsych.bsky.social have decided to become the sixth college support the #SASsix campaign. We love it!
They have announced this on X, hopefully they will do so here too in due course.
Bravo, psychiatry!
They have announced this on X, hopefully they will do so here too in due course.
Bravo, psychiatry!
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To the folks attending #SIVA25 tomorrow, don't forget to download the app! It is your indispensable guide to all things SIVA ASM.
Available for android and apple, the instructions should have come with one of our recent emails.
Available for android and apple, the instructions should have come with one of our recent emails.
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
To the folks attending #SIVA25 tomorrow, don't forget to download the app! It is your indispensable guide to all things SIVA ASM.
Available for android and apple, the instructions should have come with one of our recent emails.
Available for android and apple, the instructions should have come with one of our recent emails.
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The @rcphysicians.bsky.social have been important allies to the #SASsix campaign.
We agree entirely with President Mumtaz Patel in her rapid response to this weeks @bmj.com article.
Bravo!
We agree entirely with President Mumtaz Patel in her rapid response to this weeks @bmj.com article.
Bravo!
‘Once a doctor has been employed in the same specialty by the same trust for more than two years, they should be moved to a nationally negotiated SAS contract.’
👉 Read our rapid response to a @bmj.com investigation revealing thousands of LEDs are trapped in insecure contracts: ow.ly/m9sm50XwQot
👉 Read our rapid response to a @bmj.com investigation revealing thousands of LEDs are trapped in insecure contracts: ow.ly/m9sm50XwQot
Rapid response to BMJ investigation: Thousands of NHS doctors are trapped in insecure “gig economy” contracts
ow.ly
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The @rcphysicians.bsky.social have been important allies to the #SASsix campaign.
We agree entirely with President Mumtaz Patel in her rapid response to this weeks @bmj.com article.
Bravo!
We agree entirely with President Mumtaz Patel in her rapid response to this weeks @bmj.com article.
Bravo!
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‘Once a doctor has been employed in the same specialty by the same trust for more than two years, they should be moved to a nationally negotiated SAS contract.’
👉 Read our rapid response to a @bmj.com investigation revealing thousands of LEDs are trapped in insecure contracts: ow.ly/m9sm50XwQot
👉 Read our rapid response to a @bmj.com investigation revealing thousands of LEDs are trapped in insecure contracts: ow.ly/m9sm50XwQot
Rapid response to BMJ investigation: Thousands of NHS doctors are trapped in insecure “gig economy” contracts
ow.ly
November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
‘Once a doctor has been employed in the same specialty by the same trust for more than two years, they should be moved to a nationally negotiated SAS contract.’
👉 Read our rapid response to a @bmj.com investigation revealing thousands of LEDs are trapped in insecure contracts: ow.ly/m9sm50XwQot
👉 Read our rapid response to a @bmj.com investigation revealing thousands of LEDs are trapped in insecure contracts: ow.ly/m9sm50XwQot
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Bearded clown alert. Page 182 of today's BMJ.
There are successful, progressive careers to be had for doctors outside of rotational training. However, we have to decide as a profession to make it normal for all, and the NHS has to stop behaving like a 'gig economy' employer.
#SASsix
There are successful, progressive careers to be had for doctors outside of rotational training. However, we have to decide as a profession to make it normal for all, and the NHS has to stop behaving like a 'gig economy' employer.
#SASsix
November 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Bearded clown alert. Page 182 of today's BMJ.
There are successful, progressive careers to be had for doctors outside of rotational training. However, we have to decide as a profession to make it normal for all, and the NHS has to stop behaving like a 'gig economy' employer.
#SASsix
There are successful, progressive careers to be had for doctors outside of rotational training. However, we have to decide as a profession to make it normal for all, and the NHS has to stop behaving like a 'gig economy' employer.
#SASsix
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This is an extremely important thread for all of us in NHS secondary care and includes a great piece from @emmajourno.bsky.social and @abirimmer.bsky.social.
My concern is, as we try to stay off Twitter, these pieces disappear into the ether.
There was a valiant effort to make #MedSkyDebate...
My concern is, as we try to stay off Twitter, these pieces disappear into the ether.
There was a valiant effort to make #MedSkyDebate...
1/ The medical workforce and the #SASsix, a Saturday morning thread...
The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted two related publications relating to workforce this week. Taken together, they paint a stark picture of the current medical workforce.
The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted two related publications relating to workforce this week. Taken together, they paint a stark picture of the current medical workforce.
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is an extremely important thread for all of us in NHS secondary care and includes a great piece from @emmajourno.bsky.social and @abirimmer.bsky.social.
My concern is, as we try to stay off Twitter, these pieces disappear into the ether.
There was a valiant effort to make #MedSkyDebate...
My concern is, as we try to stay off Twitter, these pieces disappear into the ether.
There was a valiant effort to make #MedSkyDebate...
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9/ Probably should have tagged some of these folks in the thread.
@bmj.com @gmcuk.bsky.social @redrunswick.bsky.social @emmajourno.bsky.social @parthaskar.bsky.social
@bmj.com @gmcuk.bsky.social @redrunswick.bsky.social @emmajourno.bsky.social @parthaskar.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
9/ Probably should have tagged some of these folks in the thread.
@bmj.com @gmcuk.bsky.social @redrunswick.bsky.social @emmajourno.bsky.social @parthaskar.bsky.social
@bmj.com @gmcuk.bsky.social @redrunswick.bsky.social @emmajourno.bsky.social @parthaskar.bsky.social
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8/ Alternative career pathways need parity of esteem, and we believe this is how it should be done.
Find out more about our work and our #SASsix campaign here:
www.sascollective.com
Find out more about our work and our #SASsix campaign here:
www.sascollective.com
The SAS Collective | #SASsix campaign
The SAS Collective advocates for Specialist, Associate Specialist, and Specialty doctors across the NHS. Discover the #SASsix campaign and support SAS career development.
www.sascollective.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
8/ Alternative career pathways need parity of esteem, and we believe this is how it should be done.
Find out more about our work and our #SASsix campaign here:
www.sascollective.com
Find out more about our work and our #SASsix campaign here:
www.sascollective.com
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7/ Today's service must not come at the cost of tomorrow's. We believe this is the single biggest workforce issue of the day.
The #SASsix campaign is based around appropriate contract use, support for professional development, and the opportunity for senior doctors to become leaders and educators.
The #SASsix campaign is based around appropriate contract use, support for professional development, and the opportunity for senior doctors to become leaders and educators.
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
7/ Today's service must not come at the cost of tomorrow's. We believe this is the single biggest workforce issue of the day.
The #SASsix campaign is based around appropriate contract use, support for professional development, and the opportunity for senior doctors to become leaders and educators.
The #SASsix campaign is based around appropriate contract use, support for professional development, and the opportunity for senior doctors to become leaders and educators.
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6/ As @rcphysicians.bsky.social reiterate in their rapid response (above), we must get better at supporting the careers of doctors outside of formal training programmes, or we won't keep them or see them reach their potential.
There should be no such thing as a "non-training" doctor.
There should be no such thing as a "non-training" doctor.
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
6/ As @rcphysicians.bsky.social reiterate in their rapid response (above), we must get better at supporting the careers of doctors outside of formal training programmes, or we won't keep them or see them reach their potential.
There should be no such thing as a "non-training" doctor.
There should be no such thing as a "non-training" doctor.
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5/ Many of the stories in this article are harrowing, and describe international medical graduates and early career UK graduates being exploited with inappropriate contracts, no prospects for career development, and little hope to be had.
www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med...
www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med...
Rapid response to BMJ investigation: Thousands of NHS doctors are trapped in insecure “gig economy” contracts
www.rcp.ac.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
5/ Many of the stories in this article are harrowing, and describe international medical graduates and early career UK graduates being exploited with inappropriate contracts, no prospects for career development, and little hope to be had.
www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med...
www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med...
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4/ Meanwhile, an expose in the BMJ brought the experiences of these locally-employed doctors, in short-term, non-standard "gig economy" contracts, into sharp focus.
You can read that one here:
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
You can read that one here:
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Revealed: Thousands of NHS doctors are trapped in insecure “gig economy” contracts
Thousands of locally employed doctors—many of them international graduates and from ethnic minorities—are trapped in insecure NHS contracts with no access to training, career progression, or national ...
www.bmj.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
4/ Meanwhile, an expose in the BMJ brought the experiences of these locally-employed doctors, in short-term, non-standard "gig economy" contracts, into sharp focus.
You can read that one here:
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
You can read that one here:
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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3/ It also demonstrates that we don't retain these doctors in the workforce.
Read more here:
www.gmc-uk.org/about/what-w...
Read more here:
www.gmc-uk.org/about/what-w...
Workforce report
The state of medical education and practice: workforce report analyses trends in the medical workforce across the UK. It uses a variety of sources to provide insights for policymakers and workforce pl...
www.gmc-uk.org
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
3/ It also demonstrates that we don't retain these doctors in the workforce.
Read more here:
www.gmc-uk.org/about/what-w...
Read more here:
www.gmc-uk.org/about/what-w...
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2/ The new General Medical Council workforce report once again illustrates that the most rapidly rising cohort in the medical workforce are locally-employed doctors. This year is also looks at their contract duration, and finds that the majority in this group are on short-term contracts.
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
2/ The new General Medical Council workforce report once again illustrates that the most rapidly rising cohort in the medical workforce are locally-employed doctors. This year is also looks at their contract duration, and finds that the majority in this group are on short-term contracts.
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1/ The medical workforce and the #SASsix, a Saturday morning thread...
The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted two related publications relating to workforce this week. Taken together, they paint a stark picture of the current medical workforce.
The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted two related publications relating to workforce this week. Taken together, they paint a stark picture of the current medical workforce.
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
1/ The medical workforce and the #SASsix, a Saturday morning thread...
The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted two related publications relating to workforce this week. Taken together, they paint a stark picture of the current medical workforce.
The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted two related publications relating to workforce this week. Taken together, they paint a stark picture of the current medical workforce.
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You really should read this with your coffee this morning folks. It just might change your perspective and it could save the medical workforce.
Plus, there are graphs. I like graphs.
#SASsix
Plus, there are graphs. I like graphs.
#SASsix
1/ The medical workforce and the #SASsix, a Saturday morning thread...
The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted two related publications relating to workforce this week. Taken together, they paint a stark picture of the current medical workforce.
The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted two related publications relating to workforce this week. Taken together, they paint a stark picture of the current medical workforce.
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
You really should read this with your coffee this morning folks. It just might change your perspective and it could save the medical workforce.
Plus, there are graphs. I like graphs.
#SASsix
Plus, there are graphs. I like graphs.
#SASsix
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Instead of having a coherent workforce plan, the NHS is now part of the gig economy, writes @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in this new Editor's Choice
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Instead of having a coherent workforce plan, the NHS is now part of the gig economy, writes @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in this new Editor's Choice
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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BMJ finds that thousands of locally employed doctors are being ‘exploited’ by NHS Trusts using contracts that deny them training, progression and nationally agreed benefits. Many of these doctors are international graduates and from ethnic minorities
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Revealed: Thousands of NHS doctors are trapped in insecure “gig economy” contracts
Thousands of locally employed doctors—many of them international graduates and from ethnic minorities—are trapped in insecure NHS contracts with no access to training, career progression, or national ...
www.bmj.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
BMJ finds that thousands of locally employed doctors are being ‘exploited’ by NHS Trusts using contracts that deny them training, progression and nationally agreed benefits. Many of these doctors are international graduates and from ethnic minorities
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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“We believe that locally employed doctors should be offered the appropriate permanent SAS contract for their work. As well as employment rights, this would give these folks the professional identity they are currently being denied.”
#SASsix
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
#SASsix
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Revealed: Thousands of NHS doctors are trapped in insecure “gig economy” contracts
Thousands of locally employed doctors—many of them international graduates and from ethnic minorities—are trapped in insecure NHS contracts with no access to training, career progression, or national ...
www.bmj.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“We believe that locally employed doctors should be offered the appropriate permanent SAS contract for their work. As well as employment rights, this would give these folks the professional identity they are currently being denied.”
#SASsix
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
#SASsix
www.bmj.com/content/391/...