Healthcare should not be a "trillion dollar industry".

It shouldn't be an industry at all.

Healthcare is a human right.

NHS short staffing associated with at least 4,000 extra deaths annually.

High staff turnover & reliance on agency workers lead to severe consequences, esp. in A&Es.

Stable, well-staffed workforce needed for patient safety & quality care #ResuscitateEmergencyCare

🔗 mirror.co.uk/news/health/...

editorial from @bmj.com and paper: Poor staff retention is associated with higher patient mortality. Have said it before & I’ll say it again. If you don’t care for the carers, they cannot care for their patients.
www.bmj.com/content/387/...

When I was thinking about leaving medicine, I was feeling lost.

To be honest, I was struggling - tired from the long training, balancing work and family life.

I didn't ask for support but I wasn't offered any either.

What advice could have helped me?

A thread 🧵

#ReturningDoctor

The NHS desperately needs more compassionate leaders at the top: people who care, listen, and understand. Only then can we even begin to understand the staffing crisis and create a system where everyone feels valued.

This 2021 paper "The female medicla workforce" covers the basics of gender bias, and discusses isses relevent to anaesthetists such as menstruation, fertility, pregnancy and menopause

associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

ICC arrest warrants: What are Netanyahu and Gallant accused of? - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/what-are-benjamin-netanyahu-and-yoav-gallant-accused

11 people killed, 63 wounded so far in overnight Israeli strike in Basta, central Beirut, the Lebanese Health Ministry said.

Rescuers are still searching for bodies.

#Gaza: Doctors Without Borders teams observe significant health impact and risks for people in #Gaza, and particularly children, newborns, and mothers after over one year of relentless war and destruction.

Learn more below🧵⤵️

First post on @bsky.app. Let’s see where this goes.