Annual Leave, Strikes, and the Joy of a Too Good To Go Bag
Disclaimer: These are my personal reflections and observations, not those of my employer, the Upper GI team, or the NHS at large. No patients were harmed in the…
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Setting up an Ambulatory Pancreatitis Clinic in Somerset: Challenges and Feasibility
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a significant cause of hospital admissions, with an incidence of approximately 30–50 per 100,000 per year in the UK (Yadav & Lowenfels, 2013). While…
The day off wasn’t worth it
I’ve had a day off yesterday which is normal for me during the week. It does tends to be Wednesdays however depending on how my wife works it…
What a week
Halfway through the week I did had my day off which was needed. It’s relatively rare that we have to palliate 2-3 patient in a week and despite…
Back to the routine
Back to work today and we were post on-call. Unfortunately having had two days off meant I didn’t really know a lot of our patients and in addition…
Daily entries or what?
The plan is to use it as a diary throughout the week. May recount some of the work issues/problems or just pure fiction – who knows. Whoever is…
Setting the scene – work
So, workwise I work for the NHS in a medium size hospital as part of the UGI and Bariatric team. We have 5 consultants, 3 registrars, 2 SHO’s,…