Phil-on-a-bike

Guys... it's Craigslist. The only 'Doctor' I know who regularly gets work from Craigslist is "Doctor Stripoffsky MD", and he's not technically a doctor.

The closest thing to a genuine revelation I have ever had is realising this: We choose our reactions. Take a moment, look in your emotional playbook and choose a new outlook. Personally, I'd reccommend getting 'excited about moving on'. That's alw...

Random thoughts, from in my brain-jelly... I have every sympathy for patients who cannot swallow a handfull of pills at once - I know I couldn't - and for those who lack the dexterity to pick them out of the medicine pot... ...however.... If that's ...

For anyone who doubted that the 'Benny Hill Show' was, in fact, a fly-on-the-wall documentary series: Night shift, central London Accident & Emergency, circa 1990. Blue-light ambulance for an adult male with sudden onset chest pain. The patient t...

Hi Enairarian, I spent 2012-13 working in a rural area of Fermanagh, a few miles outside Enniskillen. I enjoyed NI - but I do have a great deal of experience of working away from home for long periods. A lot depends on whether this is your first tim...

Hi Kari; I'm on night duty right now. (Reading the forum on my break, naturally!) When I get off-duty, I'm going home to bed. And because I'm back on-shift tonight, I'll be getting a full day's sleep. That's how I do it. I wouldn't dream of staying ...

I may have to break the 'no text-speak' rule long enough to say... LOOOOL! Attack ad hominem ? So early? From someone who reckoned they could 'do this all week'? Heheheh... never mind that my tone has been civil, amiable... jocular even. That I sli...

I appreciate the congratulations about roof-guy, thanks... but you'll have to join the queue to pat my back. See, I've got a Zoroastrian here telling me that it was Ahura Mazda - working through ME! And a Sikh, telling me it was Ik Onkar - working th...

Thanks for your civil and reasonable swing at my pitch, Chryssa! Random thoughts, in the spirit of chewing the topic over in a friendly way: I've always disliked the 'I sent a boat, etc' trope, for two reasons... First, the 'seeing evidence of G's ha...

That brought back a long-forgotten memory: Near the hospital where I trained, in London, there was a Chinese restaurant owner who entertained the diners with his Elvis tribute act: Paul "Elvis" Chan. (IIRC, His restaurant was called 'Gracelands'.)...

Always tough to be left unsupported, regardless of the circumstances. On a purely practical level - it's entirely doable to give notice and move elsewhere. The demand for qualified staff is high and you will find another place. There is no need, ...

8's all the way! My department includes staff who work 8-hr shifts and staff who work 12's. I've heard the "I only work three days a week!" mantra many times. Here's something to think about, though: At the end of those three 12-hr shifts... I take...

Not even close. Registered Nurses in the UK enter the NHS pay scale at Band 5. Band 5 starts at £21,909 per annum ($27,392) and goes up in annual increments to a maximum of £28,462 ($35,585). "lucky to scrape $25k after quite a few years" ? Wa...

To specifically address the reference to Article 7: "the right not to be punished for something which was not a crime": Complete Red Herring when applied to this case. We are all bound by the Terms & Conditions of our employment - but very few ...

"Is faith enough?" Far from it, in my view. Religious faith is the conviction that 2+2=5. The more sincere, committed and ardent that conviction, the more we're supposed to admire it. The concept of faith carries within it a pernicious and harmfu...

Hi Amen, The salient point is this: when you first applied for your course, did you declare your record? Or, in fact, did they ask you to? If you openly declared your record and were accepted on to the course, you're bulletproof. You underwent yo...

My grammatical pet hate is spoken, rather than written; it's the use of "actually" as a kind of verbal comma. It's surprising, actually, the amount of people who actually do this when they're actually speaking, and it's actually very irritating. (Ir...

Chlorosis? Otherwise known as Hypochromic Anaemia? I may be missing a trick, but I don't see the liver connection there. We do see Haemolytic Anaemia in patients with portal hypertension, and Iron Deficiency Anaemia in patients with cirrhosis.

I joined the NHS in 1988 - and if I had to put my finger on the one thing that's remained constant it's this: Every year - every single year, without exception - is the "worst year ever!" according to the press. In late 1989 to early 1990 the ambula...

It's THAT TIME again... our Hospital trust is making it's Winter Pressures preparations. I've volunteered for extra shifts on the Acute Medical admission suite. Looking forward to being back on the 'front line' for a while. (I'm sure that rush of e...

Hi Spacemonkey: The idea of "the NHS" as a single entity is a misconception, in my opinion. The bottom line is that - at hospital level - there is no one single NHS any more. Ever since the institution of hospital trusts, the NHS has been a league ...

Television CPR restores conciousness. In cases of asystole, successful resuscitation will be indicated by the patient Waking The Heck Up. In fact, why do they even call it CPR? They should just shout: "He's coding! We need to Wake Him The Heck Up, ST...

To address the original question - whilst, as others have noted, this is neither defamation nor technically misconduct - it's certainly not "okay". It reveals a professionally inappropriate attitude towards social media. The poster presumably learn...

Ouch! No wonder you're thinking about moving on. Something significant to address when it comes to IIg's option 2 & 3: There appears to be major discrepancy in the budgeting of these studies. EITHER: your hours - which your employer ought to be ...

Hi Paloma - sorry to hear about your situation. When a complaint is recieved by the NMC, the first thing they do is carry out an initial assessment. The time window for an Initial Assessment is up to 16 weeks at most. When they recieve a complaint, t...