Seaside interlude. Almost like normal times again...

Strangely quite comfortable sat on my bum, eating icecream and watching elite athletes race. Off out to support later. @WorldTriLeeds #YORKSHIRE

No f2f, zoom or email, bit of a damp squib but whoop to the final ARCP. Thanks to all the doctors, nurses, health professionals and ODPs who have saved my bacon, given advice and looked after me over the last 12 years. Cheers! See you soon Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

Fighting for the remote has started already. Keeping tabs on TdF, Wimbledon and The Snail and the Whale too…

Final meeting for a year long project with Y&H trainees tackling differential attainment and unconscious bias in BAME trainees. Striving for equality 🏳️‍🌈 and diversity within our NHS workplace. Everyone CAN belong! Robert Blizzard Dr Henna Anwar |NHS GP

Pig out for my last normal day as a reg tomorrow. Mmmm Dino sprinkles courtesy of chef Torrin and a courgette, lemon and lime cake for Theatre 5. Thank you everyone 🙏 😘

On call. No wife, little terror or hairy mutt. House is silent. Very, very unnerving…

Rainy childcare day. Doing our bit #teamanaesthesia Thackray Museum of Medicine

1 hour to go until GASP CoN 21 - Sustainable Surgery. There is still time to join the other 400 people registered for the event :-) gaspanaesthesia.com/gasp-con-21

Great food for thought, excellent speakers so far and need for immediate action from everyone. Something to consider for OTS (outstanding theatre services) BTHFT Theatres @Mel_Pickup @GASPAnaesthesia Debbie Horner

The anesthesiologist goes to therapy

Our sweary new video has had half a million views in less than 24 hours (combined across Twitter and YouTube)! Looks like a lot of people aren't in the mood to forgive or forget Boris Johnson Conservatives

Pretty grim in the world right now so here’s a bit of cheer.

A brand new #NHS day case unit planned for St Luke's Hospital will increase operations in Bradford by over 5,000 a year - helping to tackle and reduce the local backlog of patients waiting for surgery. bit.ly/3F2kcvr Exciting times for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS FT! Bradford District Craven Health & Care Partnership

Welcome to 💙Prof Mel Pickup (Follow me on Bluesky🦋)'s weekly round-up. This week we focus on Our Place as we hear about our brand new state-of-the-art day case unit at St Luke’s Hospital SLH_BTHFT. 👉 £18m investment 👉 planned to deliver 5,760 operations a year Full film: bit.ly/43MgRey

💥Mark Cavendish has crashed, and is going to the ambulance. Heartbreaking for the Manx Missile 😢🚑 Mark Cavendish a chuté et se dirige vers l'ambulance. C'est terrible pour le Manx Missile 😢🚑 #TDF2023

Through working with our clinicians at the Trust we've developed a new online guide to help children and their families through surgery. It uses videos to explain each stage of the journey to reduce anxiety about a visit to hospital - see bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk/paediatric-sur…