Healthcare staff working in the late 90’s and early 00’s will be familiar with the airplane analogy. Sometimes a double-decker bus was used. This supposedly equated either (depending on who was talking and their level of cynicism) to the numbers of patients harmed or killed in US and UK hospitals every day. The UK planesContinue reading “Winter cannibalism, a theory of economics, healthcare, and D:Ream”
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I’ve got it. A grand unified theory! (thank you Dr Feynman).
The passage of minor electrical currents through microscopic pathways of the heart; organs that perfuse, that push and pull oxygen to brains that exist beyond the complexities of the universe
Squeeze the capsule and empty the contents on to their sugar puffs. The 21st century balm.
If you open the capsule and sprinkle, everything will be ok.
Thermostatic analysis
It is seven degrees inside my house. This morning the car registered minus four. In the lake we were advised by the keeper of temperatures the water was four or thereabouts. Afterwards, the neoprene of my bootees having temporarily stuck to the frozen ground, pain shot through my fingers as blood and sensation returned. WhenContinue reading “Thermostatic analysis”
I am a Tory! (& the trouble with memes)
You can say, ‘Molly, you are 95, your mum is dead, you have dementia, you live in a care home, sit down.’
Thirty years ago and counting. 90’s reminiscence.
He has a glass that is so half-full that the Kool-Aid is spilling over the rim.
Cold morning, 70’s flashback & white dog shit
It is Grundig TV with whiteouts and loops over and over
The state we are in, your future and mine. Echoing emptiness & uncertain tomorrow.
When you seek help, we will create systems of such complexity that no one who enters can ever arrive or find their way out. We will make Kafka laugh.
Cognitive dissonance, the NHS, Virtual Wards, and the rest of the shit that is going down
I even recently read in a patient’s notes the following:
‘Called patient for telephone appointment. There was no answer. Patient has not attended the appointment. See again in six months.’
When your batteries are running low, turn down the lights. Permanent pacemakers and other medical follies.
Recently, I received a message that my patient’s battery was running low.
The Queen, the queen is dead. Long live the.
Millennials have a super-sense that goes beyond the establishment’s reach.
Hooliganism and cheddar cheese sandwiches
If you are reading this and still eat animal-based foods on most days of the week you are contributing to the problem.
The 3 R’s, My American Wife & Jesus.
Stop moaning about the Norwegians or the Norway Fisheries folk and reduce your carbon footprint.
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