Blog – Page 162 – The Incisal Edge

Snow

The view from Rees Acres this morning. Schools closed, roads closed. A day for paperwork before the trek to Edinburgh later for the rugby on Sunday.

Dementia – another opportunity missed by HMG.

So the government’s new policy on dementia has been announced. It promises memory clinics in every town, so far so good. Also promised is training for GPs in recognising the early signs of dementia, in my experience the people who are able to recognise the early signs already are GPs. As usual the announcement comesContinue reading “Dementia – another opportunity missed by HMG.”

The Monday Morning Quote #27

“if you can measure it, you can manage it,” It was the scientist Lord Kelvin who said, “When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagerContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #27”

Two more gone

This week saw two men who I greatly admired leave this life. Firstly Bill Frindall, the doyen of cricket scorers, died at the age of 69 from Legionnaire’s Disease. Tributes are seen here, here and here. I can’t imagine there being a greater contrast between the meticulous, organised “Bearded Wonder” (as he was first called byContinue reading “Two more gone”

Bedouin dentistry in Essex

I had read about this desperate measure from Essex to spend their budget (what other reason can they have?) but hadn’t seen any photographs. They have appeared on cb’s blog here. Crazy days.

The Monday Morning Quote #26

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. William James

The Weekend Read – The Impact Code by Nigel Risner

I was at a presentation that Nigel gave to Gloucestershire Independent Dentists on Friday. He treated the delegates to an energetic and provocative afternoon (never an easy time slot). One of “exercises” told me more about my own behaviour than anything I have learned in quite a while – thanks Nigel. So of course IContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The Impact Code by Nigel Risner”

Celebrating the New Kid in Town.

A great selection of photographs of Barack Obama’s inauguration Day from The Boston Globe.

Not a surgeon by instinct.

I read this excerpt from the excellent Jobbing Doctor Blog and have realised that after 30 years I am not an “instinctive” surgeon and am far better suited to coaching. You could always tell the students in my year who were likely to favour surgery. They tended to be blokes, were more ‘flash’ than JobbingContinue reading “Not a surgeon by instinct.”

The Monday Morning Quote #25

I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who. Rudyard Kipling from Elephant’s Child (Just So Stories)