As I sat on the train from the Borders, my phone pinged with a new email ( Read more... )

As the morning fracture clinic came to an end, my planned escape out of the department and towards a bacon sandwich was intercepted by one of the consultants ( Read more... )

I've found the hospital where they are hiding the nice orthopaedic surgeons. I say "hiding" because until this week, I thought that "nice orthopaedic surgeon" was a contradiction ( Read more... )

I received the following from the UK Foundation Programme Office this morning. For the American and Australian components of my flist, the Foundation Programme is like the first two years of residency and the UK Foundation Programme Office are the people to whom I will apply for a job. As a doctor, oh God ( Read more... )

Dara O'Briain does a routine about antenatal classes and midwives. It was in his last tour and I think the people sitting next to me at the gig thought that I was having an asthma attack. If you skip ahead to 3:30 on this video, you'll see it and then I'll wait for you to fetch oxygen and tissues and stuff ( Read more... )