Samantha Batt-Rawden

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Samantha Batt-Rawden

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NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipEngland
OccupationIntensive Care doctor and President of the Doctors' Association UK
TelevisionGood Morning Britain, Sky News
Websitewww.theresuscitationist.com

Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden is an intensive care doctor and President of The Doctors' Association UK.[1][2] Batt-Rawden is best known as a doctor for Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme)[3][4] as well as a freelance author for The Guardian,[5] The Independent[6] and Metro (British newspaper)|Metro.[7]

Medical career

Batt-Rawden trained at the University of Bristol.[8] In 2014 Batt-Rawden chose to specialise in emergency medicine however left the speciality, citing burnout and staff shortages in a BBC Radio 4 documentary she presented.[9] She currently works as an intensive care specialist as well as an air ambulance doctor.[10] Batt-Rawden also has roles within the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine with a seat on the Women in ICM committee and blogs for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.[11][12]

Advocacy career

Batt-Rawden founded The Doctors' Association UK in 2018 following the premature birth of her son at 27 weeks, requiring a 3 month stay in ICU.[13] Batt-Rawden says this experience has made her determined to fight for the NHS.[14]

Batt-Rawden had a prominent role during the Hadiza Bawa-Garba case[15][16][17][18] and gave evidence to Parliament on creating a just culture in healthcare.[19]

First appearing on Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme) in 2018 to discuss the Alfie Evans case,[20] Batt-Rawden is now a regular guest. She also frequently appears on This Morning (TV programme)|This Morning[21] and Sky News.[22]

Role in the pandemic

As an intensive care doctor as well as the President of the Doctors' Association UK, Batt-Rawden became a key voice in the pandemic. Batt-Rawden was one of the first doctors to break rank and raise concern in Evening Standard in February 2020 that the NHS was not 'well prepared' for the pandemic despite Government protestation that it was.[23] Later a message from Batt-Rawden to Boris Johnson was projected onto Westminster by Led by Donkeys.[24]

Batt-Rawden spoke publicly a number of times to raise concerns regarding a lack of PPE,[25][26][27] and later a lack of fit testing[28] and scrubs[29] presenting evidence to Parliament. She also worked to shine a light on lack of testing for both staff and patients. During the pandemic Batt-Rawden highlighted that staff were being 'gagged' from speaking up about conditions on the frontline especially in regards to PPE shortages.[30] This forced NHS England to write to all trusts to confirm that staff must be free to speak up.

Through campaigning Batt-Rawden had an influential role in securing Death in Service benefit for NHS staff[31] and for the Health Service Surcharge to be scrapped, after her letter to the Home Secretary was read in Parliament by Keir Starmer|Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions.[32][33][34] She has continued to advocate for NHS staff and their wellbeing during the pandemic, raising a concern that NHS will leave at the end of the pandemic if they are not well looked after now.[35][36]

In between the first and second wave Batt-Rawden raised multiple concerns that lessons had not been sufficiently learnt to prevent a resurgence of cases and admissions.[37][38] She gave evidence to the All-party parliamentary group|All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus in September 2020.[39]

Leading the Protect the Frontline campaign Batt-Rawden argued that NHS staff should be prioritised for the vaccine have spoken up publicly about staff sickness rates for many months.[40][41][42]

Recently Batt-Rawden has been raising concerns regarding the abuse of NHS staff on social media and in person.[43][44] This prompted Batt-Rawden to start the viral campaign #NHSblueheart.[45][46]

Research

Batt-Rawden's research is in the empathy in medical professionals,[47] Post-traumatic stress disorder|PTSD[48] and moral injury on which she has published a number of papers. Batt-Rawden also gave a TED (conference)|TED talk on these subjects as well as exploring her journey with her son whilst he was in intensive care.[49]

References

  1. ↑ "A profile on Samantha Batt-Rawden | The Guardian". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-03-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "Samantha Batt-Rawden". The Independent. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  3. ↑ "Good Morning Britain doctor: new Covid-19 Strain Puts Growing Pressure on U.K. Hospitals". Bloomberg.com. 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2021-03-22.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ Hill, Rose (2020-03-19). "Doctor with sick child pleads to have coronavirus test so she can return to work". mirror. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  5. ↑ "Samantha Batt-Rawden | The Guardian". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  6. ↑ "Samantha Batt-Rawden". The Independent. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  7. ↑ "Samantha Batt-Rawden". Metro. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  8. ↑ "GMC register".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ "My Name Is Sammy". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ "Meet our Doctors - Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex". www.aakss.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  11. ↑ "Meet the WICM Sub-Committee | The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine". www.ficm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  12. ↑ "Batt-Rawden RCEM blog". RCEMLearning. Retrieved 2021-03-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ↑ "The woman behind the Doctors' Association UK". The Independent. 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2021-03-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ↑ "Meet The Team - Doctors' Association UK / DAUK". Doctors' Association UK. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  15. ↑ "Struck-off Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba wins appeal to work again". BBC News. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  16. ↑ "A change of tone from the GMC—but can they win back doctors' trust?". The BMJ. 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  17. ↑ Bunyan, Kat Lay, Health Correspondent | Nigel. "Hadiza Bawa-Garba: Doctor struck off over child's death can return to work". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-02-07.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ↑ "Doctor struck off over boy's death allowed to return to work". the Guardian. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  19. ↑ Robinson, Francesca (2019-06-18). "Learn Not Blame: how a grassroots campaign struck a chord". BMJ. 365. doi:10.1136/bmj.l4232. ISSN 0959-8138. PMID 31213439.
  20. ↑ "Doctor defends staff at Alder Hey after Alfie Evans supporters 'target medics'". Metro. 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  21. ↑ "The Covid deniers putting lives at risk". ITV. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  22. ↑ "COVID-19: 'Major incident' declared in London due to hospital pressure". Sky News. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  23. ↑ Ackerman, Ross Lydall, Naomi (2020-03-24). "Day in intensive care scared me". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. ↑ Zorzut, Adrian (2020-04-17). "WATCH: Led By Donkeys project message from NHS doctors on to parliament..." The New European. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  25. ↑ "NHS staff making masks from snorkels amid PPE shortages". the Guardian. 2020-04-01. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  26. ↑ "Medical unions warn UK stock of protective gowns is critically low". the Guardian. 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  27. ↑ O’Neill, Kat Lay Health, Correspondent | Oliver Wright, Policy Editor | Chris Smyth, Sean. "Coronavirus: NHS staff face wearing patient gowns amid PPE shortages". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-02-07. {{cite news}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  28. ↑ "NHS hospitals accused of risking staff lives by forgoing mask fit-tests". the Guardian. 2020-04-14. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  29. ↑ editor, Denis Campbell Health policy (2020-06-15). "Six in 10 NHS doctors facing shortage of scrubs, shows UK survey". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-02-07. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  30. ↑ "NHS staff 'gagged' over coronavirus shortages". the Guardian. 2020-03-31. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  31. ↑ Booth, Robert; Campbell, Denis (2020-03-29). "Concerns over death-in-service benefits keeping doctors from NHS frontline". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  32. ↑ Grylls, George. "Coronavirus: Health and care workers to be exempt from NHS charge". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  33. ↑ "Government forced into U-turn over NHS surcharge for health and care workers | GPonline". www.gponline.com. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  34. ↑ "'We feel insulted': migrant health workers on PM's refusal to scrap NHS surcharge". the Guardian. 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  35. ↑ "More than 1,000 doctors 'want to leave the NHS after pandemic mishandling'". Metro. 2020-09-06. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  36. ↑ Duffield, Charlie (2020-09-11). "More than 1,000 doctors 'plan to quit NHS after pandemic mishandling'". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  37. ↑ Ackerman, Naomi (2020-09-24). "Doctors fear NHS 'sleepwalking into a second wave' as virus cases grow". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  38. ↑ Marsh, Sarah (2020-12-29). "Doctors raise alarm over 'dire' situation in NHS as Covid cases rise". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  39. ↑ "Publications". All-Party Group on Coronavirus - Call for Evidence. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  40. ↑ Gibbons, Chris Smyth, Whitehall Editor | Tom Ball | Katie. "Doctors told to keep working even if family member is sick". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-02-07. {{cite news}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  41. ↑ Editor, Kat Lay, Health Correspondent | Chris Smyth, Whitehall. "Coronavirus: Tenth of medical staff are thought to have gone sick". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-02-07. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  42. ↑ "Number of key workers getting Covid-19 overtakes positive tests in hospitals". the Guardian. 2020-05-05. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  43. ↑ "The Covid deniers putting lives at risk: Doctors' Association UK President Dr Batt-Rawden speaks out". ITV. Retrieved 2021-02-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  44. ↑ "The doctor who receives 20 to 30 abusive messages a day". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-02-07.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  45. ↑ "Opinion: Don't 'Clap for Heroes' this lockdown – help the NHS in other ways". The Independent. 2021-01-09. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  46. ↑ Molyneaux, Ian (2021-01-07). "Why blue hearts are appearing next to people's names on Twitter". MyLondon. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  47. ↑ Batt-Rawden, Samantha A.; Chisolm, Margaret S.; Anton, Blair; Flickinger, Tabor E. (August 2013). "Teaching empathy to medical students: an updated, systematic review". Academic Medicine: Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. 88 (8): 1171–1177. doi:10.1097/ACM.0b013e318299f3e3. ISSN 1938-808X. PMID 23807099.
  48. ↑ Debell, Frances; Fear, Nicola T.; Head, Marc; Batt-Rawden, Samantha; Greenberg, Neil; Wessely, Simon; Goodwin, Laura (September 2014). "A systematic review of the comorbidity between PTSD and alcohol misuse". Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 49 (9): 1401–1425. doi:10.1007/s00127-014-0855-7. ISSN 1433-9285. PMID 24643298.
  49. ↑ "TED talks: The Empathy Switch". Retrieved 2021-02-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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