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The adventures and life of a Specialist Nurse in Upper GI and Bariatric surgery. If you then double and triple this by having a primary school age child AND being married to another Nurse then you have double the trouble….aehm I mean fun. Hobbies are playing chess, board games and being taxi for our son!!!

Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this blog are either the product of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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  • Resident Doctors’ Strike Before Christmas: Pay, Politics, and Patient Safety

    Disclaimer This blog post is written in a personal and professional capacity. The views expressed are my own and do not represent those of my employer, the NHS, or any professional body. The content is based on publicly available information at the time of writing and is intended to contribute constructively to informed discussion on Read more

  • Postgraduate Doctor Strike: A Weekend Reflection from the Upper GI Coalface

    Disclaimer The views expressed here are entirely my own and do not represent Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, the Upper GI team, or any rota coordinator who may or may not be desperately trying to fill tonight’s shifts. No patient details are included. No bleeps were harmed in the writing of this blog. The latest round Read more

  • Upcoming Postgraduate (“Junior”) Doctor Strike in England

    Disclaimer: This blog entry is provided for academic and professional discussion only. The views expressed are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of the NHS, the author’s employing organization, or any affiliated professional bodies. No patient‑identifiable information or confidential material is included. The content complies with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Read more

  • The Crisis in UK Nursing: Pay, Retention, and the Future of Care

    AS ALWAYS FIRST THINGS FIRST: NMC Social Media Compliance Disclaimer This article represents my personal professional reflections as a registered nurse in Somerset. It has been written in strict accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Standards (2018) and the NMC’s Social Media Guidance. Specifically, it complies with section 5 (confidentiality) and Read more

  • Closure of NHS England??!!??

    The NHS was established on July 5, 1948, as part of the post-World War II welfare state reforms led by the Labour government under Prime Minister Clement Attlee and Health Minister Aneurin Bevan. The foundation of the NHS was driven by the Beveridge Report of 1942, which identified the need to eliminate the “five giants” Read more