Agus dei
A moment in Madrid Pedro Rudolfo Maria Jesuitical monk Prayer gown\ Cassock I stand in the sunshine And appreciate every ray As it falls onto my skin […]
Care home home
He had a room, a bed, chair and view of Maxwell park.
I caused a mini flu-scare this week
I didn’t realise the impact of my actions. Well, it wasn’t quite my actions, more my thoughts, followed by a question and the actions of others. I was called to […]
To send home or not?
It is funny however when people consider the fevered hospital atmosphere where cries of ‘discharge!’ often ring-out on Monday afternoon as the system like the mind of the poor doctor or nurse is sludging-up, a fat-ball of actions and risk mitigation.
Inspection
Inspection does not engender a feeling of trust; even when you have little trust in the people in your organisation responsible for your welfare, better usually, the devil you know.
Can’t = won’t
‘We are starving; let’s try vegetables,’
'The last time it upset my tummy,' and, the rest is history.
My medical record…
I still haven’t accepted the standard of not writing clinic or outpatient letters to patients, or at the very least copying them into the correspondence. e.g. Dear Mr J, Thank […]
Can you kidnap your mum or dad?
Norma is going nowhere.
Five months later.
Norma’s bungalow is sitting empty. Dust gathers on the kitchen-tops.
Today there was a thing about falls.
Old man. In his nineties, he fell. He fell again after arriving in hospital. What to do with him? He wants to go home; we risk and capacity assess. Determine […]
