Walking down the hospital corridor just now. A body being brought out of the cancer ward. A metal box draped in a blue tarpaulin. Two porters chatting away. “Death be not proud, though some have called thee might and dreadful” Royal College of Physicians #RCPfellows

Brit Soc Attitudes survey shows 59% dissatisfied with NHS last year. Highest ever since survey began in 1983. Main issues were time to access care (especially ED & GP) staffing and funding. Divergent views under versus over 65s re quality of care. Only 32% satisfied with hospital

Just read an extract from the BMA submission to the Leng Review. The story of missed diagnosis in a man with back pain and a PSA>2,700 beggars belief. He ended up having Malignant SCC. Awful. Absolutely awful. Royal College of Physicians #RCPfellows

So, another NHS reorganisation that’s not a reorganisation! I thought we’d been promised there would be no more. Since I qualified there have been approximately 16 significant NHS reorganisations. But does anything really change? Structures are destroyed then others

The BMA is quite rightly drawing attention to the difficulties UK graduates have getting specialty training places. doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r7… In 2019 - 23,000 applications. In 2024 - 60,000 applications. And training places? These increased by < 600 over the same 5 years! You

RCP ELECTION I want to say a really heartfelt “thank you” to anyone who voted for me. I hope change will come one day… Kind regards Gerrard

The NHS doesn't want you to know this one crazy trick... Imagine being a doctor and facing unemployment. What has this country become?

Perhaps there’s a potential new use for medicalert bracelets: “If I need an anaesthetic please ensure it’s by a qualified doctor with appropriate anaesthetic training” The BMA

I see Jim Mackey is warning of a “quite radically different” workforce plan in the autumn. I hope he remembers that patients primarily want to see doctors. I hope there isn’t going to be more wholesale role substitution. The BMA BMA Medical Academics

I see Brian Wilson has died. Such a great and innovative musician. Will be sadly missed.

I see Jim Mackey is planning to bring back a (? modified) form of PFI. Matthew Taylor (CEO NHS Confederation) quoted as saying “we need to bring more private investment into the NHS” (HSJ) Given the previous problems with PFI, resulting in it being banned by Philip Hammond as