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Life and how to live it

So my page broke this week.  When I say broke more bits fell off but ever the stoical page that it is it’s kept going.  Over the years it has experienced many unexplained falls, there’s been several episodes of acute confusion as it struggled to tell me extension numbers (usually resolved by a new battery)… Continue reading Life and how to live it

You can’t always get what you want

Church has the ability to calm, inspire and on occasion surprise me.  Today it delivered all three. Now I’m not one for coincidence or ‘signs’ but the parallels between my current work life and the topic of the sermon was uncanny. The team from OneLife Leadership (www.onelifeleaders.com) had just delivered a conference for the church… Continue reading You can’t always get what you want

Letter from America

I went to my first American Geriatric Society Conference last week.  I’d been asked if I could speak about the delirium undergraduate education work to one of the specialist interest groups.  It also happened to be taking place in Orlando, specifically, Disney. Not one to turn down the opportunity to visit the happiest place on… Continue reading Letter from America

99 problems

This week I was sent the ‘imatter’ questionnaire to complete.  It’s badged as a  ‘staff experience continuous improvement tool designed to help understand and improve staff experience’. In other words it’s a cultural snap shot. There are many ways that organisations will try to gather data on the prevailing mood and climate. However I believe… Continue reading 99 problems

Find the river

I love this time of year.  Increasingly more so than Xmas even with all its twinkly sparkliness.  Easter is definitely my new favourite.  Why?  Well, I think it’s the most hopeful time of year.  The clocks have just sprung forward giving us lighter evenings.  The birds are singing and there’s a general sense of things… Continue reading Find the river

Here comes the sun

When I started writing this blog a couple of weeks ago there had just been the GMC ruling over Dr Bawa-Garba.  Not surprisingly it sent shockwaves through the medical profession.  One of the main issues was around rota gaps and trainees being stretched even further in order to cover them. As I’ve mentioned before I am… Continue reading Here comes the sun

Shine bright like a diamond

Happy New Year! We haven’t exactly got off to a flying start.  To be honest the NHS is usually hit pretty hard at this time but nothing like we’ve experienced this year.   However I don’t want to waste what precious time you have talking about the flu or the so called ‘NHS crisis’.  It’s… Continue reading Shine bright like a diamond

Everything is everything…

So I’ve been a bit quiet of late on the blog front.  My head has been rammed with all things work related specifically the medical rota. I don’t think it’s any secret that things had not been going as well as we’d hoped. We had (and still do have) significant staff shortages. It was becoming… Continue reading Everything is everything…

Music

Up until this week I’d considered the concept of ‘team work’ to be within the context of sport. Organisations such as the NHS have also adopted it however I’d never really thought about it within the context of music. My daughter has recently started learning the glockenspiel and plays in the school band.  She’s pretty… Continue reading Music