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“Why do Nurses always look like hell?”

I have always considered myself to be part of the healthcare “industry”. When I worked in general hospitals from 1978- 81 I felt fortunate to have some insight into the way the rest of medicine, away from that narrow little section that I inhabited, went about its day to day business. I have a hugeContinue reading ““Why do Nurses always look like hell?””

Time Away

I’m with the family in West Cork for a week, dividing my time between: working on my business & keeping up with clients’ “triumphs and disasters.” physical exertion there’s always plenty to do here spending time with my wife and son smiling because Wales have just beaten England for the third time in a rowContinue reading “Time Away”

Jeremy Clarkson’s Favourite Video

From John Naughton’s blog. Take three minutes and smile here.

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.”

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”

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.”

Validation

This is wonderful. I saw it on Chris Barrow’s blog do take the time to sit and enjoy it, please – the world will feel like a better place. Because I haven’t worked out how to embed YouTube videos (another thing on the list) you’ll have to press the link. It’s here

Microsoft offers Vista replacement. Servers fall over.

I am a happy Mac user, they do what they are supposed to do simply and without fuss, they are beautiful to look at and Apple continue to innovate. My experiences with Microsoft have been repeatedly frustrating. If Microsoft made cars you would see motorways clogged with autos that had tried to use their indictorsContinue reading “Microsoft offers Vista replacement. Servers fall over.”