BOA response to The Times (1st May, 2025) article suggesting orthopaedic surgery is primarily suited to men due to the physical nature of the work: “outdated and derogatory.” BOA President Mark Bowditch: “Skill, judgement and teamwork—not gender—define a good surgeon.” Read it

I’m an ST7 and won’t be a resident doctor come August. I’ll be voting yes to industrial action and will be taking part. I will gain nothing from this. My present and future colleagues deserve to be paid appropriately for their skills, training and responsibility.

We're not crying, you are 😭 The Welford Road crowd celebrate Ben Youngs and Dan Cole 💚 Leicester Tigers | #GallagherPrem | #LEIvNEW

How is George Ford NOT wearing red in Australia?

As a surgeon, you don’t remember every patient who came through surgery and did well. You remember the handful who didn’t. The uncomplicated cases fade. The ones who healed fast, walked out smiling, got back to life—you’re happy for them, but they don’t haunt you. The ones who

2026 & 2027 vacancies for Sheffield Hospitals and Sheffield Children's #spine fellowships today. Thanks to colleagues LeeBreakwell and #PaulBrewer for interviewing

BREAKING: Andy Farrell has called up Leo the Lion to replace BIL as tour mascot

Measles cases before and after vaccines Must be a coincidence

By self-reporting his concussive symptoms, Garry Ringrose has done more for rugby as a sport than scoring the winning try in a Lions Series. Very powerful message that should be noted by every rugby player, regardless of what age/level they play at. 'If in doubt, sit them out.'

Due to the failure to train consultants on a new EPR system, lack of planning and action taken by the Northern General in Sheffield, we are forced to accept a derogation for 3x resident doctors for tonight's night shift (26th July) for Acute Medicine. Protecting patient safety

Despite years of studying and training resident doctors are facing an unemployment crisis. This year, more than 30,000 doctors applied for just 10,000 specialty training places. Fixing the specialty training crisis is crucial – for doctors and patients bma.org.uk/news-and-opini…

We are moving on to a new topic tomorrow- remember to turn in from 5pm!

Cast an eye on the stellar group experts speaking at the next iteration of the Liverpool Neurosurgery Masterclass! This course is tailored to the FRCS (SN) curriculum and includes lectures, mock vivas and evening meals! Come and join us on November 13th! liverpool.ac.uk/neurosciences-…

To repeat: Flooding the system with lesser trained people - needing greater supervision- and thereby making the senior medics less efficient -contributes to lesser productivity. Anyway.

Excellent paper on cancer MDT’s well worth a read for all who participate in them

This is why we don’t promote or endorse scrum caps - they offer no protection against concussion and brain injuries (they’re great for protecting against abrasions!).

This is crazy, and part of a wider pattern of the UK committing cultural harakiri... Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

👇🏼 Stella a decade ago pre NHSE role.

Can I take this opportunity to reiterate to diet evangelists that... YOU CANNOT REVERSE #TYPE1DIABETES Please stop trying to reach out to those with #T1D with promises of reversal with your diet plans Please stop being a quack Thanks for listening.

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