Dr Shivam Sharma

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Doctor | ST4 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |

London, England Joined June 2011

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Dr Shivam Sharma @DocShivSharma Sep 18, 2024

Nothing junior about leading an arrest team.

Nothing junior about looking after the entire hospital overnight.

Nothing junior about deliviring life-saving treatment.

This is a welcome change, part of the cultural shift towards greater respect towards the profession.

Resident Doctors @BMAResidents Sep 18, 2024

🚨We have a new title: BMA Residents 🚨
A long time coming, and after much hard work, junior doctors will now be called Resident Doctors.
This new title better reflects their huge range of skills and responsibilities.
Read more about the change here 👇
bma.org.uk/news-and-opini…

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Dr Shivam Sharma @DocShivSharma Sep 9

The cost of living has exploded in London but the London supplement hasn't kept up.

We are simply asking for parity with our Agenda for Change colleagues.

The BMA @TheBMA Sep 9

Doctors’ London Weighting hasn't moved since 2005.

Since then:
🏠Rent is up 128%
🚇Tube prices are up 82%
👶and Childcare is up by 133%

London doctors deserve a fair turn. Join the campaign bma.doctor/londonweighting

@BMALondon

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Dr Shivam Sharma @DocShivSharma Aug 5

We must end hyper-rotational training.

It is not good for doctors.
It is not good for patients.
It is not good for the NHS.

Today pilot programmes have started to move away from this absurd system.

We must go further so tell us how rotations can change specifically for you.

The BMA @TheBMA Aug 5

Hyper-rotation training has gone on for far too long. Being moved from trust to trust is disruptive to our work and personal lives. These pilots that start today is just the beginning. We're pushing for real change, but we need to hear from you.

Tell us how rotations work in your region, and what you'd like to see happen next👉 bma.doctor/4w8A0oe

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Dr Shivam Sharma @DocShivSharma Jun 3

The Commons Science & Technology Committee has just said what many of us have been warning.

Britain’s public data infrastructure should not be handed over to Palantir.

Not our NHS data.
Not our national security infrastructure.
Not the digital spine of the public sector.

Dr Shivam Sharma @DocShivSharma May 19

Another graph showing doctors have suffered one of the steepest real terms pay cuts in both public and private sector.

The next workforce plan must seriously consider how pay is being set if it truly wants a sustainable and driven workforce.

Pay for NHS staff must be restored.