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Important reminder from ⁦David Oliver (also on Blue Sky)⁩: We need doctors to take on leadership roles… bmj.com/content/387/bm…

Great to have had opportunity for a short-term research fellowship Suzanne Cloonan Lab Lab learning more about modelling respiratory disease 🫁 and innate immunity - huge thanks to ERS for funding! #IronBiology #RespIsBest

In the the latest Thorax Journal Club, read about some recent exciting research in respiratory infections Anthony Martinelli thorax.bmj.com/content/79/11/…

People with COPD: join Asthma + Lung UK's free online COPD support group to meet and connect with other patients to chat about your condition, as well as hear from a range of great speakers: asthmaandlung.org.uk/groups-support… Next meeting: Dec 12, 2024 12:00 PM

‘Many resident doctors will be wondering how good candidates can fail to qualify for training programme interviews while working on understaffed wards and struggling to access educational opportunities.’ Anthony Martinelli & Catherine Rowan, RDC co-chairs, on GMC's #StateofMed 👇

Incoming British Thoracic Society (BTS) President Professor Nick Maskell tells us that a key priority during his tenure will be encouraging and supporting the next generation of respiratory clinical academics, given the concerning decline in their numbers #BTSWinter2024 thelimbic.com/uk/respiratory…

RCP Resident Doctor Committee co-chairs Dr Anthony Martinelli and Dr Catherine Rowan told the Financial Times that hundreds of UK medical graduates are considering leaving the NHS because they can’t secure a training post. Anthony Martinelli said: ‘There is just this huge mismatch between demand and supply. Waiting

Absolutely livid MRCPUK Examinations - please explain yourselves How on earth has this happened?!

We’ve written to MRCPUK Examinations asking for the Federation to take full responsibility for the 2023 MRCP(UK) Part 2 exam results failure. The consequences for the almost 300 affected doctors, who may have made critical career decisions based on incorrect results, are deeply troubling.

Trump is on the brink of betraying Ukraine and the UK. Britain must lead in Europe by increasing defence spending immediately and all political parties should get round the table to make that happen. I fear what happens if we don't take this step.

💥 DOCTORS!💥 Please share. The #LengReview is running 2 engagement webinars for doctors: 🩺 Resident doctors: 6pm, 3 April 🩺 Other doctors: 1pm, 1 April You can sign up for both here with your NHS email: forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

Our Parliamentary Candidate Cllr Cheney Payne 🔶 speaking to BBC East about Labour’s housing failures at Cambridge City Council.

Where is the money? The HE&T Tariff 💵 Over £1 billion to fund the training of resident doctors and medical students. ❓Is it being wasted or used to cover service deficits? 🧾 We need basic mandatory financial reporting and quality assurance. FHJ: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…