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Crikey. If you watch Star Wars prequels, you realise that actually R2D2 and Chewbacca are the real movers and shakers, and in a pretty dark way too. - How to win Rock-paper-scissors every time
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"because my worldview is so different from that of Orwell and his Cold War-era readers, I have to “think” my way into their political struggles in a way that someone even twenty years ago probably did not" - Muslim Victims of 9/11
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Category Archives: NHS
Health Tourism
I have put in a poorly worded Freedom of Information request to the Department of Health to find out what statistics are available. What do you think? Continue reading
Posted in Diary, Economy, London, NHS
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Liberalism and Legalisation
Dominic Grieve spoke of the “mythological state of absolute security.” Perhaps we need to speak of a mythological state of absolute health too, and admit that the consequence of decriminalisation will be an uptick in cannabis use. Continue reading
Posted in Diary, Law and Order, NHS, Politics
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Blocking Facebook
Just because Facebook conversations occur in semi-public, its not clear to me why this sort of personal communication is considered time-wasting, while simple vanilla e-mailing is still acceptable. Continue reading
Posted in Internet Philosophy, NHS
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Keeping an Eye on Things
A picture of the inside of my eye. Continue reading
Posted in NHS, Photo-Blog
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Goodbye Doctor
We have an army of millions of people around the world, who have worked in the UK at some point in our lives. They are a million secret agents, sleeper cells in their own communities, who will stand up and defend our interests and our reputation when required. This latest decision by the Home Office is the first step in the disbanding of that multicultural regiment, and it will hurt us in the long run. Continue reading
Posted in Multiculturalism, NHS
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Terrorists and the NHS
I’m sure elsewhere in Blogistan the wags are enjoying the news that all the recent terror arrestees worked for the NHS. No doubt someone will suggest that working under Patricia Hewitt was enough to drive anyone to extremism; no doubt … Continue reading
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Remedy Scotland
One thing I have witnessed “first hand” is the anxiety – nay, terror – induced by the shocking MTAS system for appointing junior doctors. Various aspects of the mis-management continue to be discussed in the blogs and in newspapers, including … Continue reading
Posted in Elsewhere, Internet Philosophy, NHS, Scotland
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Maladministrating Medical Careers
Since Monday, when the Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) announced which doctors would be shortlisted for an interview in their new system, a tsunami of discontent has been rumbling on the horizon. It has taken until Friday for the full … Continue reading
Posted in Internet Philosophy, NHS
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Cost-cutting at NHS Lothian
NHS ‘moles’ are like the Malawian Orphan of the blogging world. Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, NHS
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