doctors – Dr Rod’s Odd Blog (almondemotion)

Safety netting – to net or not?

Sure, some readers will think, ‘Honestly, this isn’t nannyworld, people have some responsibility, they should use their common sense.’

Detour into etymology via hell and the NHS.

For all they care we could go to hell, so long as they can keep going.

It’s a bit shit.

#NHS #scapegoating #primarycare @BMA #justtryingtodoourjob

Manor Field Blog Number 16 – Anaemia (iron deficiency)

Anaemia is the condition where you have too few Red Blood Cells in your body. There are many different types of anaemia and I will not cover them all here; this blog is focused on a very common form – specifically the one we call, ‘iron deficiency’ as it has a potential connection with cancer.Continue reading “Manor Field Blog Number 16 – Anaemia (iron deficiency)”

Manor Field Surgery Blog #5 DNACPR

100 years ago, dying in your sleep in your 70’s was the considered a good-innings. Where will we be in another 100 years?

Should they stay or should they go? (A paean to physicians everywhere)

Should they stay?

Well, often I just don’t know;

Troponinitis

Troponin, this Millennial test, investigation of the iPhone generation is, despite its reputation not all that.

India, etc.

The plan had been to explain to people the why, what, where of my trip to India. We are heading-out, a small contingent of NHS from Rotherham on the 17th of May, Mumbai via Abu Dhabi – which is the capital of the United Arab Emirates, not Scooby’s catchphrase. I wrote a couple of monthsContinue reading “India, etc.”

Now, here is a funny thing.

Corridor, stairway, path. You know, it is part of human evolution that we recognise people – shapes and forms from far away. Gait, stature, poise; Coif, Profile. Individuals, even acquaintances are Instantaneously identifiable, Like when Emperor penguins are milling around the ice And each one can tell who is who and who isContinue reading “Now, here is a funny thing.”