Thank you for the great opportunity at The Royal College of Surgeons of England Learning conference to discuss the importance of AESs supporting the #welfare and #wellbeing of trainees, with amazing co-hosts Dan Beral & Alastair Shaw, Ginny Bowbrick & Richard Kerr

Yay! Grateful for the opportunity to share how any trust can set up an ORTHO-ALERT to share learning and improve #patientsafety within departments!

Happy Halloween!

Christmas Card time! 🎨🎄#HappyC6ristmas #watercolours #fineliner #spines #orthopaedics

e had the loveliest surprise arrive… having entered the WWT Drawn To Water competition I have been announced as the winner! So pleased my character-filled view of the wildlife has made people smile 😂 Thank you WWT 🦆🦢🐥

ADVICE RE: TRAINEE CENTRALISED PAY - do your rotating SpR trainees have a central regional employing trust who manages pay throughout training? If so I’d be keen to discuss anything about implementation/funding - please feel free to PM me!

#technicaltip: Deformity correction surgery with a single k-wire fixation - when #orthopaedic training meets wedding planning 😂🌻

How do you respond when you have a poor outcome? How about a positive one? Help me understand our current learning culture better by completing this survey: forms.gle/fFeNsjSbFXhq3t… #patientsafety #learningculture #orthopaedics

Check out my *NEW* ORTHO ALERT page! Practical tips and terrible puns from life in T+O! Part of the ORTHO-ALERT #LearningCulture initiative of clinician-led insights to improve #PatientSafety. x.com/orthoalert BOA BOTA British Orthopaedic Medical Students Association BOTA_C&D Association for the Study of Medical Education

CREATE A SAFETY-NET! Never fear pinging/dropping an irreplaceable fracture piece/implant/tool on the floor again - in shoulder/elbow cases, stick a drape beneath the arm & clip each corner to you & your assistant’s gowns - a team bib to catch any important operative crumbs!

UK T+O trainees: Please complete this survey investigating how well prepared and trained we are in taking inexperienced trainees (i.e. SHOs) through a hip hemi as their assistant & how we could we improve this: forms.gle/suvtSuKpcGoYz6…

Bullying at work can take many forms. I’m so proud to have designed this poster campaign for the BOA. It should make you stop and think… 🤔 Display in your dept to alert all staff of the various subtle forms that bullying can take. Download here: boa.ac.uk/resource/boa-a…