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Jun 3
I’m grateful to my former colleague for this excellent article. One of the great things about retirement is I don’t have to see people walking around the hospital carrying milk churns of water.
Trust your hypothalamus. And if you’re thirsty find a tap…
May 31
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I saw this and thought of you. Hope you are enjoying retirement.
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Apr 15
Fabulous rugby player and role model.
Bravo @elliekildunne for speaking up about what can be a serious problem amongst sportspeople of all abilities.
Read more here: bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/…
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Apr 15
Fascinating episode in a great podcast about the causes & effect of food shortages Germany during the Great War.
Always worth listening to the wonderful @hoyer_kat podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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Top advice
Apr 14
When cooking kale, add coconut oil. Makes it much easier to scrape into the bin.
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Apr 14
Been told I have early cataracts and should eat kale
In an unexpected turn of events visual impairment seems a good option…
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Apr 14
Retirement reflections #9
An organisation that has to tell you its listening probably isn’t
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Apr 13
Retirement reflections #8
Harley Street etc, platform and promote dubious ‘diseases’ and diagnoses and the NHS picks up the pieces.
Disabusing those who have paid to hear exactly what they want to hear should not be the job of the NHS.
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Apr 12
Retirement reflections #7
Management are wedded to their own orthodoxy.
Thinking outside the box labels you as a troublemaker.
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Apr 12
Retirement reflections #6
Sending external specialist teams into hospitals to ‘improve efficiency’ never works.
Seen many over the years. They put backs up and achieve nothing.
It’s a waste of time and public money.
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Apr 6
Being a classy guy I’ll be celebrating my retirement tomorrow in Spoons.
And I’ll be rocking these bad boys
(Courtesy of my lovely neighbours)
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Apr 3
Retirement reflections #5
Many medical experts spend more time lecturing around the globe on their expertise than they do at work. This makes them experts on theory not practice.
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Apr 2
Retirement reflections #4
As healthcare workers, patients share their most intimate secrets and allow us access to their deepest emotions.
Listen.
And respect the privilege of the trust they’ve put in you.
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Apr 2
Retirement reflections #3
Speak truth to power. If you keep quiet and expect change you will always be disappointed.
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Apr 2
Retirement reflections #2
The managers come and go. Colleagues move or retire. But only the patients are always with us.
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Apr 2
Retirement reflections #1:
Medicine is a fascinating and rewarding career. But have something else in your life other than wards, clinics, conferences & guidelines
I can recommend ducks
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