Happy #SASweek26 to all of my Specialty, Associate Specialist & Specialist Dr colleagues
We’re a wide & varied group of experience & talent that is a gift to our #NHS
Proud to be #SASbyChoice - it’s an excellent career with huge potential ❤️
@nhsemployers.bsky.social @sascollective.com @bma.org.uk
We’re a wide & varied group of experience & talent that is a gift to our #NHS
Proud to be #SASbyChoice - it’s an excellent career with huge potential ❤️
@nhsemployers.bsky.social @sascollective.com @bma.org.uk
October 6, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Happy #SASweek26 to all of my Specialty, Associate Specialist & Specialist Dr colleagues
We’re a wide & varied group of experience & talent that is a gift to our #NHS
Proud to be #SASbyChoice - it’s an excellent career with huge potential ❤️
@nhsemployers.bsky.social @sascollective.com @bma.org.uk
We’re a wide & varied group of experience & talent that is a gift to our #NHS
Proud to be #SASbyChoice - it’s an excellent career with huge potential ❤️
@nhsemployers.bsky.social @sascollective.com @bma.org.uk
Nice thread from @doctorstraining.bsky.social on the value of SAS doctors and being #SASbyChoice 👌🏼🙂
@returningdoctor.bsky.social
🛑 MYTH: “All SAS doctors want to become consultants.”
✅ TRUTH: Many SAS doctors are exactly where they want to be — and deserve to be recognised as senior, expert doctors
🛑 MYTH: “All SAS doctors want to become consultants.”
✅ TRUTH: Many SAS doctors are exactly where they want to be — and deserve to be recognised as senior, expert doctors
April 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Nice thread from @doctorstraining.bsky.social on the value of SAS doctors and being #SASbyChoice 👌🏼🙂
Hi #MedSky & #AnSky👋
I returned to the #NHS, #medicine & #anaesthetics after a long career break
and now work as a Specialty Doctor #SASbyChoice
I like to post about the benefits and challenges of #CareerReturn and how we could better support doctors to return to work 🩺
#ReturningDoctor
I returned to the #NHS, #medicine & #anaesthetics after a long career break
and now work as a Specialty Doctor #SASbyChoice
I like to post about the benefits and challenges of #CareerReturn and how we could better support doctors to return to work 🩺
#ReturningDoctor
November 10, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Hi #MedSky & #AnSky👋
I returned to the #NHS, #medicine & #anaesthetics after a long career break
and now work as a Specialty Doctor #SASbyChoice
I like to post about the benefits and challenges of #CareerReturn and how we could better support doctors to return to work 🩺
#ReturningDoctor
I returned to the #NHS, #medicine & #anaesthetics after a long career break
and now work as a Specialty Doctor #SASbyChoice
I like to post about the benefits and challenges of #CareerReturn and how we could better support doctors to return to work 🩺
#ReturningDoctor
Hello everybody. I thought I would have a peek over here to see what the craic is like. #SASByChoice @thesascollect.bsky.social #SASCollective #SASDocsRock
November 16, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Hello everybody. I thought I would have a peek over here to see what the craic is like. #SASByChoice @thesascollect.bsky.social #SASCollective #SASDocsRock
Hello new #MedSky people!
I returned to the #NHS, #medicine and #anaesthetics after a long career break 👇
and now work as a Specialty Doctor #SASbyChoice
I like to post about the benefits and challenges of #CareerReturn and how we could better support doctors to return to work 🩺
#ReturningDoctor
I returned to the #NHS, #medicine and #anaesthetics after a long career break 👇
and now work as a Specialty Doctor #SASbyChoice
I like to post about the benefits and challenges of #CareerReturn and how we could better support doctors to return to work 🩺
#ReturningDoctor
| A 12-year career break |
I was delighted to have my article published in Anaesthesia News back in February ~
I hope my story shows the value of supporting doctors to return to practise and offers encouragement to other doctors considering a return 🩺
#ReturningDoctor
#AnSky
#MedSky
I was delighted to have my article published in Anaesthesia News back in February ~
I hope my story shows the value of supporting doctors to return to practise and offers encouragement to other doctors considering a return 🩺
#ReturningDoctor
#AnSky
#MedSky
November 9, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Hello new #MedSky people!
I returned to the #NHS, #medicine and #anaesthetics after a long career break 👇
and now work as a Specialty Doctor #SASbyChoice
I like to post about the benefits and challenges of #CareerReturn and how we could better support doctors to return to work 🩺
#ReturningDoctor
I returned to the #NHS, #medicine and #anaesthetics after a long career break 👇
and now work as a Specialty Doctor #SASbyChoice
I like to post about the benefits and challenges of #CareerReturn and how we could better support doctors to return to work 🩺
#ReturningDoctor
Great to see #SASByChoice Specialist posts advertised externally or any way really! @sascollective.com #SASsix
November 23, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Great to see #SASByChoice Specialist posts advertised externally or any way really! @sascollective.com #SASsix
🎶 Doo Doo Doo, another one joins the gang! 🎶
🎶 Doo Doo Doo, another one joins the gang!🎶
#SASsix #SASbyChoice #NHS #MedSky #ParityOfEsteem #NEWS
🎶 Doo Doo Doo, another one joins the gang!🎶
#SASsix #SASbyChoice #NHS #MedSky #ParityOfEsteem #NEWS
Delighted that another Trust have decided to announce their support of the #SASsix!
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust don't have a Blue Sky presence, but have announced this on other platforms.
We believe these things could make a huge difference to a lot of careers.
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust don't have a Blue Sky presence, but have announced this on other platforms.
We believe these things could make a huge difference to a lot of careers.
May 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🎶 Doo Doo Doo, another one joins the gang! 🎶
🎶 Doo Doo Doo, another one joins the gang!🎶
#SASsix #SASbyChoice #NHS #MedSky #ParityOfEsteem #NEWS
🎶 Doo Doo Doo, another one joins the gang!🎶
#SASsix #SASbyChoice #NHS #MedSky #ParityOfEsteem #NEWS
#SASWeek24
Careers can change over time.
Every doctor wants a satisfying and viable career, but not every doctor wants to be a consultant.
Personally...a SAS role has enabled me to return to medicine following a long career break.
It suits me really well.
I am #SASbyChoice
Careers can change over time.
Every doctor wants a satisfying and viable career, but not every doctor wants to be a consultant.
Personally...a SAS role has enabled me to return to medicine following a long career break.
It suits me really well.
I am #SASbyChoice
October 15, 2024 at 1:06 AM
#SASWeek24
Careers can change over time.
Every doctor wants a satisfying and viable career, but not every doctor wants to be a consultant.
Personally...a SAS role has enabled me to return to medicine following a long career break.
It suits me really well.
I am #SASbyChoice
Careers can change over time.
Every doctor wants a satisfying and viable career, but not every doctor wants to be a consultant.
Personally...a SAS role has enabled me to return to medicine following a long career break.
It suits me really well.
I am #SASbyChoice
SAS doctors have existed almost as long as the NHS.
There are lots of reasons why someone might choose or find themselves outside of a rotational training programme.
We aren't all the same, and nor do our careers have to be.
#SASsix #Medsky #SASsky #SASbyChoice
There are lots of reasons why someone might choose or find themselves outside of a rotational training programme.
We aren't all the same, and nor do our careers have to be.
#SASsix #Medsky #SASsky #SASbyChoice
November 24, 2024 at 10:45 AM
SAS doctors have existed almost as long as the NHS.
There are lots of reasons why someone might choose or find themselves outside of a rotational training programme.
We aren't all the same, and nor do our careers have to be.
#SASsix #Medsky #SASsky #SASbyChoice
There are lots of reasons why someone might choose or find themselves outside of a rotational training programme.
We aren't all the same, and nor do our careers have to be.
#SASsix #Medsky #SASsky #SASbyChoice
Happy SAS week! On day three thank you to my consultant and nursing colleagues who brought the cakes.
#SASsix #SASsky #SASbychoice #NHSLanarkshire #SASWeek25
#SASsix #SASsky #SASbychoice #NHSLanarkshire #SASWeek25
October 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Happy SAS week! On day three thank you to my consultant and nursing colleagues who brought the cakes.
#SASsix #SASsky #SASbychoice #NHSLanarkshire #SASWeek25
#SASsix #SASsky #SASbychoice #NHSLanarkshire #SASWeek25
And a huge thank you to @peterprinsleymp.bsky.social and @assocsas.bsky.social for hosting us at the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk !
Your support of #SASbyChoice doctors is so deeply appreciated
(Yes…that’s my face…)
#SASsix #NHS #MedTwiter
Your support of #SASbyChoice doctors is so deeply appreciated
(Yes…that’s my face…)
#SASsix #NHS #MedTwiter
May 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
And a huge thank you to @peterprinsleymp.bsky.social and @assocsas.bsky.social for hosting us at the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk !
Your support of #SASbyChoice doctors is so deeply appreciated
(Yes…that’s my face…)
#SASsix #NHS #MedTwiter
Your support of #SASbyChoice doctors is so deeply appreciated
(Yes…that’s my face…)
#SASsix #NHS #MedTwiter
4:Consider alternative paths 🔀
A training post and becoming a consultant is not the only career path.
Speak to e.g. SAS doctors, those who have taken 'alternative' routes, or switched specialty.
There are fantastic advocates for SAS careers on social media - search #SASbyChoice #SASsix
A training post and becoming a consultant is not the only career path.
Speak to e.g. SAS doctors, those who have taken 'alternative' routes, or switched specialty.
There are fantastic advocates for SAS careers on social media - search #SASbyChoice #SASsix
November 23, 2024 at 4:28 PM
4:Consider alternative paths 🔀
A training post and becoming a consultant is not the only career path.
Speak to e.g. SAS doctors, those who have taken 'alternative' routes, or switched specialty.
There are fantastic advocates for SAS careers on social media - search #SASbyChoice #SASsix
A training post and becoming a consultant is not the only career path.
Speak to e.g. SAS doctors, those who have taken 'alternative' routes, or switched specialty.
There are fantastic advocates for SAS careers on social media - search #SASbyChoice #SASsix
Great to see this piece of work!
This, in addition to the #SASbyChoice handbook from @assocsas.bsky.social, are excellent documents for SAS doctors from our specialties & beyond
Please share widely with your colleagues
#SASsix #NHS #MedSky @rcempresident.bsky.social @rcem.ac.uk
This, in addition to the #SASbyChoice handbook from @assocsas.bsky.social, are excellent documents for SAS doctors from our specialties & beyond
Please share widely with your colleagues
#SASsix #NHS #MedSky @rcempresident.bsky.social @rcem.ac.uk
The College’s EMSAS Doctor’s forum has just launched a practical and comprehensive guide to support the Emergency Medicine SAS workforce.
The ‘EMSAS Handbook’ provides essential information and useful links to help them navigate their chosen career field.
Read it here - tinyurl.com/4wr3ueec
The ‘EMSAS Handbook’ provides essential information and useful links to help them navigate their chosen career field.
Read it here - tinyurl.com/4wr3ueec
May 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Great to see this piece of work!
This, in addition to the #SASbyChoice handbook from @assocsas.bsky.social, are excellent documents for SAS doctors from our specialties & beyond
Please share widely with your colleagues
#SASsix #NHS #MedSky @rcempresident.bsky.social @rcem.ac.uk
This, in addition to the #SASbyChoice handbook from @assocsas.bsky.social, are excellent documents for SAS doctors from our specialties & beyond
Please share widely with your colleagues
#SASsix #NHS #MedSky @rcempresident.bsky.social @rcem.ac.uk
More great news from @sascollective.com!
Another Royal College joins the gang!
Can’t wait to see who’s next… 😎
#MedSky #SASSix #SASbyChoice #NHS
Another Royal College joins the gang!
Can’t wait to see who’s next… 😎
#MedSky #SASSix #SASbyChoice #NHS
The Royal College of Ophthalmology today join three other Royal Colleges in backing the #SASsix campaign.
We appreciate every organisation that does this. You are brilliant.
The SAS six is a roadmap for doctors outside of rotational training to achieve their potential, and this benefits everyone.
We appreciate every organisation that does this. You are brilliant.
The SAS six is a roadmap for doctors outside of rotational training to achieve their potential, and this benefits everyone.
June 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
More great news from @sascollective.com!
Another Royal College joins the gang!
Can’t wait to see who’s next… 😎
#MedSky #SASSix #SASbyChoice #NHS
Another Royal College joins the gang!
Can’t wait to see who’s next… 😎
#MedSky #SASSix #SASbyChoice #NHS
Amazing to see this from the @ics-updates.bsky.social!
Thank you for supporting @sascollective.com and SAS doctors across the U.K.
#SASsix #SASbyChoice #NHS #MedSky #Healthcare #ParityOfEsteem
Thank you for supporting @sascollective.com and SAS doctors across the U.K.
#SASsix #SASbyChoice #NHS #MedSky #Healthcare #ParityOfEsteem
Fantastic news that @ics-updates.bsky.social have decided to endorse the #SASsix, and support us in our efforts to make the careers of SAS and locally-employed doctors all they can be.
Read more here:
ics.ac.uk/resource/sup...
Read more here:
ics.ac.uk/resource/sup...
Supporting the SAS Community
ics.ac.uk
May 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Amazing to see this from the @ics-updates.bsky.social!
Thank you for supporting @sascollective.com and SAS doctors across the U.K.
#SASsix #SASbyChoice #NHS #MedSky #Healthcare #ParityOfEsteem
Thank you for supporting @sascollective.com and SAS doctors across the U.K.
#SASsix #SASbyChoice #NHS #MedSky #Healthcare #ParityOfEsteem
Great to see that these posts are advertised to be inclusive of #SASByChoice doctors #AnSky #SASsix #SASSky @thesascollect.bsky.social @robjimfleming.bsky.social @sas-imran.bsky.social @rcoanews.bsky.social
Hey #AnSky - There are some really exciting roles up for grabs at the @rcoanews.bsky.social Centre for Research & Improvement. We're currently welcoming applications for the following roles:
RCoA-CR&I – Chair
RCoA-CR&I – Director
RCoA-CR&I – Deputy Director
More info 👉 rcoa.ac.uk/rcoa-centre-...
RCoA-CR&I – Chair
RCoA-CR&I – Director
RCoA-CR&I – Deputy Director
More info 👉 rcoa.ac.uk/rcoa-centre-...
RCoA-Centre for Research & Improvement (CR&I) Leadership
RCoA-Centre for Research & Improvement (CR&I) Leadership
rcoa.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Great to see that these posts are advertised to be inclusive of #SASByChoice doctors #AnSky #SASsix #SASSky @thesascollect.bsky.social @robjimfleming.bsky.social @sas-imran.bsky.social @rcoanews.bsky.social
At a recent talk on #SAS development, I found out that 15% of SAS doctors have CCT.
Yet again I found myself thinking
...I am not alone
...I wish I had known more about SAS before 🌠
...but I am very happy now to be #SASbyChoice 🙂
#ReturningDoctor
Yet again I found myself thinking
...I am not alone
...I wish I had known more about SAS before 🌠
...but I am very happy now to be #SASbyChoice 🙂
#ReturningDoctor
September 4, 2024 at 6:34 PM
At a recent talk on #SAS development, I found out that 15% of SAS doctors have CCT.
Yet again I found myself thinking
...I am not alone
...I wish I had known more about SAS before 🌠
...but I am very happy now to be #SASbyChoice 🙂
#ReturningDoctor
Yet again I found myself thinking
...I am not alone
...I wish I had known more about SAS before 🌠
...but I am very happy now to be #SASbyChoice 🙂
#ReturningDoctor
One of our SAS Specialist doctors is now being facilitated to come off resident nights (>50y).
Brilliant news, a great precedent and the right thing to do for our colleagues 👍🏼
It came a little too late for me—one reason I moved to a consultant post—but I'm so delighted for them 🙂
#SASbyChoice
Brilliant news, a great precedent and the right thing to do for our colleagues 👍🏼
It came a little too late for me—one reason I moved to a consultant post—but I'm so delighted for them 🙂
#SASbyChoice
June 13, 2026 at 10:59 AM
One of our SAS Specialist doctors is now being facilitated to come off resident nights (>50y).
Brilliant news, a great precedent and the right thing to do for our colleagues 👍🏼
It came a little too late for me—one reason I moved to a consultant post—but I'm so delighted for them 🙂
#SASbyChoice
Brilliant news, a great precedent and the right thing to do for our colleagues 👍🏼
It came a little too late for me—one reason I moved to a consultant post—but I'm so delighted for them 🙂
#SASbyChoice
Great thread on the need to pause, hey support, talk, weigh up options before considering leaving your medical job. Yes it will be tough but there are options! #SASByChoice is just one of them #SASsix @sascollective.com
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
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
November 23, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Great thread on the need to pause, hey support, talk, weigh up options before considering leaving your medical job. Yes it will be tough but there are options! #SASByChoice is just one of them #SASsix @sascollective.com
I heard this week of a number of local Specialty Doctors being successful in their applications to re-grade as Specialists - so well deserved for all of them - congratulations! 🥳
www.bma.org.uk/pay-and-cont...
#SASbyChoice
@assocsas.bsky.social
@sascollective.com
www.bma.org.uk/pay-and-cont...
#SASbyChoice
@assocsas.bsky.social
@sascollective.com
How specialty doctors can be regraded to specialists in NHS Scotland
BMA Scotland has agreed with Scottish Government and NHS employers in Scotland a new process for Specialty Doctors or Dentists in NHS Scotland who meet certain criteria to apply for regrading to Speci...
www.bma.org.uk
May 17, 2026 at 10:03 AM
I heard this week of a number of local Specialty Doctors being successful in their applications to re-grade as Specialists - so well deserved for all of them - congratulations! 🥳
www.bma.org.uk/pay-and-cont...
#SASbyChoice
@assocsas.bsky.social
@sascollective.com
www.bma.org.uk/pay-and-cont...
#SASbyChoice
@assocsas.bsky.social
@sascollective.com
Looking at Waiting List Initiative rates of pay for doctors in Scotland:
Consultant contract:
3x top hourly rate
SAS contract:
2x top hourly rate
Why not 2x or 3x for both groups? 🤔
Consultant contract:
3x top hourly rate
SAS contract:
2x top hourly rate
Why not 2x or 3x for both groups? 🤔
November 7, 2024 at 7:19 PM
A #BlueSkyBoost for @doctorstraining.bsky.social who haven't posted here for a while but had a fantastic post on the other place yesterday about SAS doctors and #SASbyChoice
Please come back to #BlueSky!
Please come back to #BlueSky!
a close up of a woman screaming with the words come back below her
ALT: a close up of a woman screaming with the words come back below her
media.tenor.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A #BlueSkyBoost for @doctorstraining.bsky.social who haven't posted here for a while but had a fantastic post on the other place yesterday about SAS doctors and #SASbyChoice
Please come back to #BlueSky!
Please come back to #BlueSky!
Great to see this data that supports what many are seeing locally.
SAS doctors should not be held back when their contract clearly structures progression.
Trusts are missing a trick with workforce resourcing by not promoting autonomous doctors to Specialist roles
#SASbyChoice #NHS #medicine
SAS doctors should not be held back when their contract clearly structures progression.
Trusts are missing a trick with workforce resourcing by not promoting autonomous doctors to Specialist roles
#SASbyChoice #NHS #medicine
June 30, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Great to see this data that supports what many are seeing locally.
SAS doctors should not be held back when their contract clearly structures progression.
Trusts are missing a trick with workforce resourcing by not promoting autonomous doctors to Specialist roles
#SASbyChoice #NHS #medicine
SAS doctors should not be held back when their contract clearly structures progression.
Trusts are missing a trick with workforce resourcing by not promoting autonomous doctors to Specialist roles
#SASbyChoice #NHS #medicine
#SASsix and #SASsky
Getting that #SASbyChoice party back together on 🦋 to make positive noise bringing positive changes for SAS doctors at their trusts and beyond
Getting that #SASbyChoice party back together on 🦋 to make positive noise bringing positive changes for SAS doctors at their trusts and beyond
November 15, 2024 at 10:05 AM
#SASsix and #SASsky
Getting that #SASbyChoice party back together on 🦋 to make positive noise bringing positive changes for SAS doctors at their trusts and beyond
Getting that #SASbyChoice party back together on 🦋 to make positive noise bringing positive changes for SAS doctors at their trusts and beyond
I became an EM Consultant via the CESR route. This was the right path for me, but not my only career option.
On Friday I talked at an RCEM CESR Day, and my opening slide asked doctors to consider the range of career paths open to SAS doctors. #SASbychoice
On Friday I talked at an RCEM CESR Day, and my opening slide asked doctors to consider the range of career paths open to SAS doctors. #SASbychoice
November 10, 2024 at 1:57 PM
I became an EM Consultant via the CESR route. This was the right path for me, but not my only career option.
On Friday I talked at an RCEM CESR Day, and my opening slide asked doctors to consider the range of career paths open to SAS doctors. #SASbychoice
On Friday I talked at an RCEM CESR Day, and my opening slide asked doctors to consider the range of career paths open to SAS doctors. #SASbychoice