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In one week, we’ll have a new @rcphysicians.bsky.social President & other elections will close. Please vote for:
PRCP: @drasifqasim.bsky.social
Clinical VP: @drlkvaughan.bsky.social
Council: @copddoc.bsky.social, @respirologist.bsky.social (me!), Dr Barry Monk, Dr Dilesh Lakhani

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I missed this yesterday, but it’s significant: @RCPhysicians Council has called for PAs to be renamed physician assistants, not associates.

I think this will require an amendment to the AA & PA Order 2024; what other changes are required?

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Thank you, Paul: much appreciated
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Very happy to do so, Nick: we’ll need your insight.
I think the best combination of candidates is:

@drasifqasim.bsky.social for PRCP
@drlkvaughan.bsky.social for Clinical VP
@copddoc.bsky.social, @drbarrymonk1.bsky.social & @respirologist.bsky.social (me!) for Council

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Thanks for your support, David; and yes, I agree

@drasifqasim.bsky.social for PRCP
@drlkvaughan.bsky.social for Clinical VP
@copddoc.bsky.social, @drbarrymonk1.bsky.social & @respirologist.bsky.social (me!) for Council

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Thanks for your support, David; and yes, I agree

@drasifqasim.bsky.social for PRCP
@drlkvaughan.bsky.social for Clinical VP
@copddoc.bsky.social, @drbarrymonk1.bsky.social & @respirologist.bsky.social (me!) for Council

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Nick has my vote. Committed, hardworking, keen for change. #RCPtimeforchange

Honoured to be nominated for RCP Council by @drasifqasim.bsky.social @respirologist.bsky.social & @martinmckee.bsky.social
Time to get our college back on track. I strongly support @drasifqasim.bsky.social for PRCP and @drlkvaughan.bsky.social for VP.
#VoteAsifQasim #RCPtimeforchange

And in addition for Council, I’d suggest Dr Dilesh Lakhani, who has struck me as honourable in his time as Regional Adviser in the East Midlands

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Happy to discuss any of these picks 😊

4/4

For Council, I think we need fearless challenge from:
@copddoc.bsky.social
@drbarrymonk1.bsky.social
…oh, and me, if you’d like to vote for me…!

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3/4

I’m an optimist: I’m sure the College will publish their submission to the LengReview in full this week…

…won’t you, @rcphysicians.bsky.social?

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…which reminds me: when will @rcphysicians.bsky.social publish its submission to the Leng Review?
And will it be consistent with College policy from the #RCPEGM?

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“Our focus is on ensuring that patient safety and high-quality medical training are prioritised...”
Ye-es, but that’s only because of the #RCPEGM, opposed by the @rcphysicians.bsky.social senior leaders.

We can do better.
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For those wanting an evidence-based review of physician associates, this one by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @martinmckee.bsky.social is a good, measured paper

TL:DR? No evidence that the PA role is safe in practice, & more work needs to be done

www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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Astonishing that @rcphysicians.bsky.social nodded along to this for so long.
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"Well-placed trust grows out of active inquiry rather than blind acceptance."
Onora O'Neill
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Independent inquiry finds serious governance failures at the Royal College of Physicians
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www.bmj.com/content/386/...
@respirologist.bsky.social @drasifqasim.bsky.social
@drlkvaughan.bsky.social
@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
@drdavidnicholl.bsky.social
@drbarrymonk1.bsky.social

Thank you, Rachel. I hope that with Dr Asif Qasim as PRCP, Rr @drlkvaughan.bsky.social as Clinical VP, and @copddoc.bsky.social and @drbarrymonk1.bsky.social on Council as well, we can begin to make a difference #RCPTimeForChange

If only @rcphysicians.bsky.social had a unit of its own, that could just get on with developing policy on workforce, to set the pace for physicians, rather than simply expecting others to do the work for them
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RCP elections - president

These are the summary candidate statements for @rcphysicians.bsky.social elections:
1. President: www.rcp.ac.uk/membership/e...
2. Clinical Vice-President: www.rcp.ac.uk/membership/e...
3. Council: www.rcp.ac.uk/membership/e...
(No BlueSky links for equity: not all on here)
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And 3. Greenhalgh: “Physician Associates and Anaesthetic Associates in the UK: A Rapid Systematic Review of Published Research to Inform the Leng Review” SSRN 2025. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social

All three important for #LengReview & for #RCPTimeForChange

I’ve worked with @copddoc.bsky.social and @drbarrymonk1.bsky.social over the last year, before & since the #RCPEGM; the three of us believe it’s #TimeForChange in @RCPhysicians after the issues we’ve seen play out since March 2024.

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With Prof @parthaskar.bsky.social having withdrawn honourably, there are two candidates for Clinical VP: both can be assets in @rcphysicians.bsky.social , so I recommend voting for @drlkvaughan.bsky.social
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I’ve had the pleasure of working with @drasifqasim.bsky.social over the last year: he has struck me consistently as a compassionate communicator, with the honesty & integrity required to be a breath of air in @rcphysicians.bsky.social
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