It feels incredibly tough for everyone in the NHS at the moment. But. today a friend of mine who had a pacemaker fitted here WHH 🏥 last week rang me to say how amazing the staff were and I also sent this from the Telegraph...we continue to try to improve every day

I was never a fan of Clarkson until his Amazon series…now I think he is both entertaining and refreshingly tells it like it is? Others are at liberty to disagree…The Times: Clarkson pub draws punters from US and Dubai — but he says it won’t succeed. thetimes.com/article/4f74a2…

People hearing about the rumoured Oasis reunion #Oasis #oasisreunion #oasis2025

"Petaluma has introduced nation's first citywide reusable cup program...replacing single-use cups with 12-ounce purple plastic cups that can be returned at drop-off bins throughout the city" California Sun Not sure about this. But reducing waste is good, experiments are good. Let's

A big day for me…I have been with the Inquiry for the last seven years and despite what people may think - like everyone else- I haven’t seen the final report. ⁦Kate Lamble⁩ has done a truly outstanding reporting job over the last seven years 👏🏻👏🏻 bbc.co.uk/news/live/c623…

Completely agree - well worth a read

Looking forward to spending time with colleagues ⁦WHH 🏥⁩ Inclusion Masterclass in support of Exclusion Week

Today we lost the legend of the UK and global fire service. Paul Grimwood has been a great author, mentor and educator. He was always on hand to answer questions and explain scientific concepts. He transformed the UK fire service and we will continue this work in his memory. RIP

I always loved the bit in Gavin and Stacey where John Prescott arrives at Ness and Dave’s wedding.

Warrington named in top 10 Trusts in national maternity survey ✅ We’ve been ranked among the top Trusts in the 2024 CQC Maternity Survey, with a 9.5/10 for kindness and top regional scores for antenatal, labour, and postnatal care Read the full story 🔽 ow.ly/mOG950UjLEP

Full day today ⁦WHH 🏥⁩ …great visit to theatres at Halton, then an amazing and humbling patient story before two board meetings and a third meeting with NED colleagues. In the words of Peter Kay, ‘I’ll sleep tonight…’ Great day though 👏🏻

Have known Shona a long time from her previous life and had a really good catch up yesterday hearing some of Shona’s thoughts about what next for St John Ambulance England . A continued bright future ahead I think.

What an uplifting story from The Times: Inside the relaxed prison that's rated the best in the country. thetimes.com/article/5f3b25…

"Culturally as a nation we've become a talking shop" Journalist Matthew Syed bemoans the length of construction projects in Britain on #PoliticsLive as it's revealed roadworks on the A465 in south Wales will soon come to an end after 23 years bbc.in/3Prfhcn

I was in charge of the central fire station in 1989 and the division a few years later…Birmingham was an amazing city and its diversity was its strength. So sad to see this….story from The Times: Can Birmingham beat the constant bashing?. thetimes.com/article/8926ac…

Excellent analysis; having just had a few days in Florence and Rome and reflecting…the divergent cultural history of EU countries makes the difficulty of agreement in ‘what to do’ very stark? How Europe forgot its history and sleepwalked into crisis thetimes.com/article/971dff…

⁦WHH Volunteers⁩ : Good to chat to two of our amazing volunteers helping out in a very busy emergency department this morning. They do a great job in trying their hardest to make the patient experience the best it can possibly be despite enormous challenges. Thank you. 🙏

Call me naive if you like but in my view there’s zero possibility of Mr Edwards giving the money back? Can’t help thinking it’s a smokescreen to avoid anyone looking ‘too’ closely at why they avoided giving it him in the first place? Give it back, Huw… thetimes.com/article/cb7660…

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Very sad breaking news…thoughts very much with former colleagues bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…