A doctor earns £15/hr after a 6 year degree, with a 100k worth of student loans. They are asking for £21/hr. How much do you value your doctor in the middle of the night, when they’re administering life saving treatment? Full pay restoration is a bargain.

This is the most detailed model of a human cell to date, obtained using x-ray, NMR and cryoelectron microscopy datasets. ‘Cellular landscape cross-section through a eukaryotic cell.’ - by Evan Ingersoll and Gael McGill.

The SCTS UK Presidential election is upon us! Excellent candidates across the board. Professor Akowuah shares his thoughts here… m.youtube.com/watch?v=zYiJvE…

Excellent program and faculty at the Edwards Lifesciences Europe advanced surgery techniques! Hosted by Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité. Register at the link below! edwards-surgical-event.com/140/participat…

Still time to register…. edwards-surgical-event.com/140/participat…

Arguably the most comprehensive review of interventions to prevent #SSI in adult #cardiac-surgery to date! Three take homes…. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39620424/

Concerns were raised with the 5 year data of PARTNER 3 regarding mortality (higher with TAVR). The 6 year data posted at the U.S. FDA show that curves continue to diverge…..

Merry Christmas to all those working in the NHS Many staff in the NHS are grossly underpaid (even on Christmas day👇) but none more so than Resident Doctors who frequently graduate with >£100k debt RT to support them & ask government to pay them ALL fairly #PayRestoration

What are patients’ and carers’ preferences for surgical wound monitoring after discharge? See the results of this survey via the Cardiothoracic Interdisciplinary Research Network and cardiac surgery patient and public involvement groups in the UK: doi.org/10.1136/bmjope…

Thank you and goodbye from our team who helped deliver today's Inclusion Checklist launch The Royal College of Surgeons of England Heart Research UK SCTS UK British Heart Foundation Cardiothoracic Interdisciplinary Research Network National Institute for Health and Care Research

This Good Friday, doctors are the lowest paid in the hospital. £17/hour to assess, treat, & manage 100s of patients alone. 6 years of study. £100k+ in student loans. Endless responsibility. Fully qualified. Saving lives. Exhausted. This isn’t sustainable. Things must change.

Congratulations to South Tees Hospitals for randomising the first participant to the AFFECT trial! Great work team! #AFib #ClinicalTrial

“If Cambodia was the killing fields then Gaza is the slaughter house” British surgeon Dr Tom Potokar in Gaza

🫀2025 NACSA report: 💜 Only 5 NHS hospitals met 84-day target for elective coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) 💜 Waiting times for elective CABG surgery up to 130 days 💜 Tissue valve use in under-60s for AVR varies widely (7–82%) across NHS hospitals bit.ly/4j1ZRaO

The largest surgical trial in the UK is nearly here…..26,000 patients, 11 interventions all targeted to improve outcomes for people having surgery by reducing postoperative infection

🔥Read our paper publised by our group that looks at almost 20 years trends and in-hospital outcomes of redo mitral valve surgery in the UK 🔥 Luke J. Rogers sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I’m not a doctor, I’m a paramedic. I can never replace a doctor, but I do often work alongside them. In the ongoing conversation about fairness in healthcare pay, one thing is clear: doctors deserve full pay restoration. This is not about inflating salaries, it’s about

'Even if our pay was restored we would still be paid less than the Physician Assistants with their two year degree’ BMA Resident Doctors Committee Co-chair, Dr Ross Nieuwoudt says his members feel 'a little bit tricked' by Wes Streeting as they begin a five-day strike in England

🚨Not all RCTs are created equal. 🚨Quality RCTs generate quality evidence. Questionable RCTs generate bad evidence. 🚨 Surgeons command the leverage to promote robust RCTs and enhance the quality of evidence that guide patient care. AATS doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcv…