Doncaster – Dr Rod’s Odd Blog (almondemotion)

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Whether I call them

Mr Cohen

Or Albert

Mrs Shleperstein

Or Gloria.

Revelation #1 & the day I was kicked-out of Waitrose

If my mind is stolen,

and I acquire a Union Jack tattoo, you will know the experiment was a failure.

opposite the optimism / down stream

I see school children in groups walking around as if nothing is happening; dumb to the reality that their future is being burned through the profligate nature of government spending on failed schemes for virus control or overall chaotic mismanagement of the crisis.

Here is a decision.

Clearly this is tricky, as, at the end of the day, I am a doctor and I can’t just say any old thing; (i.e. not a politician)

politics of today

Like baby ants we scuttle around, working away or in retirement, too busy to look up and out.

Grand-theft Junior

Is this what we want? One overall winner with everyone else losing?

Silly hats, uniforms.

I went back to Doncaster yesterday, to take part in the Person-Centred Care training day we have been running for the past year. On this occasion, I attended as a guest speaker, which was a novelty. I also took with me some colleagues from Rotherham, so that they could get a feel for the workContinue reading “Silly hats, uniforms.”

Three weeks. What have I learned?

It is just over three weeks since I started working in Rotherham. It has been an interesting time. There have been highs and lows. Some confusion. Soupcon of anxiety. Even, disorientation. Lesson 1 When I was younger, it was routine to change jobs every year – that was the rotation which was the core ofContinue reading “Three weeks. What have I learned?”