Category Archives: Medicine

Anything about the NHS, doctors, medicine and healthcare.

Lazy people

Posted on May 23, 2009 by Sarah

I really have no truck with them.  Consultants who allegedly want to be trainers of experienced junior doctors can be some of the most ignorant, lazy, self-centred and utterly ‘up themselves’ people!   Trainees are less experienced than they used … Continue reading →

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The excellence of the NHS

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Sarah

Well.  The NHS really can pull out all the stops when you really need it to. I recently experienced true emergency care at the hands of the NHS – and I have absolutely nothing but praise for everyone who looked … Continue reading →

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Bloomin’ iwantgreatcare.org

Posted on July 19, 2008 by Sarah

What a complete and utter load of pants.  Extraordinarily large and ugly pants. Neil Bacon, once upon a time, was the ‘brainchild’ behind doctors.net – a very handy website for docs.  Doctors.net is hardly the ‘social networking’ site it has … Continue reading →

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Bloomin’ MMC knock-on effects

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Sarah

I am not a medical registrar.  I am not a consultant acute physician.  I am not a consultant general physician.  I am not a surgical houseman.  I am not a surgical SHO… or ST1/2… or ST3… or registrar. I am … Continue reading →

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Bloomin’ medical trainee recruitment

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Sarah

Right.  Last year’s mess of medical recruitment was utter chaos as a result of complete disorganisation (in multiple areas for a multitude of reasons), technical failings, lack of fairness reigning supreme and overall widespread dissatisfaction with the monumental screw-up of … Continue reading →

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Bloomin’ targets

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Sarah

I have well and truly had enough of da management response to political targets. It’s ‘incentive month’ in Wales: the four hour 95% target is to be met at all costs, and absolutely no patients are allowed to spend more … Continue reading →

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Bloomin’ government

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Sarah

They’re pants. More specifically, the Department of Health are pants. Whopping great big neck pants. Prof Sir John Tooke worked his socks off fulfilling their request that he independently review the MTAS debacle of last year. He asked loads and … Continue reading →

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