Serum iron is not a good measure of total body iron. IDA diagnosis does require that the patient be anaemic. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Time to rebrand GLP-1 agonists as disease modifying agents in type 2 diabetes. We use them far too late (in the UK because of cost-effective NG28). If we get in early with them, I think we’d be inducing metabolic recovery in most people with type 2 diabetes and saying goodbye

It’s new shed day! This means three things - finally we’ll have a shed again, we can get some more chickens, and I’m going to paint everything that’s currently dark green externally periwinkle instead.

I’m sorry but if anyone is sincerely not playing *Elden Ring* because woke, they should simply be fired into the Sun. These people are so weird.

No to brag too much or anything, but I’ve had a lovely weekend at work. Truly an excellent team.

It is my firm belief that the little yellow “caution” signs for wet floors cause more falls than they prevent, particularly in hospitals.

People who don’t return trolleys should be forced to only use baskets.

Watching the US Presidential debate back and Harris’s careful look of amused bafflement is a masterclass. Like she’s watching an 8 year old not quite manage a magic trick.

The rule of rice: guessing by eye how much rice you need means you end up with, at minimum, nine times too much rice.

On second thought, I’m renaming it the rule of white rice.

Talking to someone about their nutrition the other day they offered that they try to eat at least an apple a day. Fortunately they were amused when I pointed out it hadn’t worked.

This is Fake News and I refuse to accept it,

While the referendum result didn’t go the same way I voted, I *am* glad that the result was decisive and demonstrates a firm consensus position for the BMA.