•Consultant in Movement disorders/Healthcare for Older People •Schwartz Clinical lead •Trustee Hospiscare •Proud Mum of Hannah & Jonny•Triathlete & marathoner
Seriously Middle Age Love Island.
I would watch the shit out of that.
"Dave is having a full fat can of coke even though its 9pm & it'll keep him up for 5 hours"
"Eve & Paul have started watching a film & it's 10pm!!!!"
"Colin & Graham are having a conversation about lawn mowers"
Facing up to failure. Two slides I often use in talks. Before triathlon I feared failure so much I wouldn’t try anything I didn’t think I would succeed at. But as a pro triathlete you face up to failure every time you stand on a start line. Caption continued in picture 2.
Watch out we have another teenager in the house!!… Happy 13th Birthday to our happy go lucky, entertaining, sparky, music making, loving Jonny 🥰 @ Exeter, Devon https://t.co/KyZxasRrQ2
🎉 We wanted to say a massive THANK YOU and well done to some of our amazing volunteers at the Greendale Vaccination Centre...
🌟Paul Bray has just completed his 250th shift with us, Adrian Bartlett and Richard Allen their 100th!!!🌟 (in the photos)
If you work in paediatrics, CAMHS or social care, please take a few minutes to read this judgement on deprivation of liberty. Sadly these situations are increasingly commonplace, with no suitable placements to be found for distressed, dysregulated kids.
https://t.co/NwhKma2zOe
If any Higher Trainee asked me for career advice tomorrow, I'd encourage them to pursue a 'portfolio' job. Without some teaching, QI, special or other interest and/or time off, most NHS consultant jobs are unmanageable.
Today I did some gardening, and my first independent MHAA.
TL;DR - 5 tips on making the perfect phone call to the consultant in the middle of the night
• #1 It's about the patient
• #2 Orientate them
• #3 Offer to call back in 5 mins
• #4 Be clear why you're calling
• #5 Don't doubt yourself
Many paediatric wards around the country are entering the eye of their (delayed onset) COVID storm:
The surge of expected respiratory illnesses, alongside continuing escalation of young people in various states of emotional distress.
Beds and staff at capacity.
My neighbour just told me she put her clocks back 1 hr before going to bed last night then unbeknownst to her, her husband came in from the pub & also put them back 1 hr. Then this morning her son came in from a nightshift & put them back another hour.
Welcome to England. 😂
Remembering Dr Kate Granger on what would have been her 40th birthday.
Kate was an inspiration to thousands across the NHS (and much wider) and her legacy lives on in so much of what we do.
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