Horrified to read this - The Sunday Times highlighted this Creon shortage earlier this year - it could last until 2026! It is a major crisis affecting many many patients

All here for the Irish takeover of the Maudsley 🇮🇪

The Little Red Chairs (written when she was 85) was one of the first books that got me much more seriously into reading novels. This segment from Patricia Lockwood’s review of Girl says it all

Yunchan Lim playing Beethoven’s 5th Concerto with BBC Philharmonic was one of the most extraordinary performances I’ve ever heard. But 2 people fainted during the first half, surely has to be more provision for folding seats in the promming section of Royal Albert Hall BBC Proms

First day back at clinical work in two years, and here for the next three!

It’s induction day for many doctors changing jobs and the first day of doctoring for the freshly minted ones. I’ll share this evergreen gem from Dr Philip Lee to get you all in the mood.

Collapsed roof AND animal indoors. Now we just need the med reg getting bleeped to remove the fox and we’ve hit the absolute pinnacle of the NHS

My family dog was stolen last night— please, if anyone has any information, get in touch (and please amplify this, if you can). We’ve put up a £500 reward for any information. He was snatched outside the supermarket, his GPS tracker has been destroyed. We’ve heard he may have

Chekhov in 1892 describing 2024 UK healthcare planning

Some people are going to be disappointed by this outcome, but it’s absolutely the correct decision for the NHS.

Do not get drunk when you’re feeling sad

I really enjoyed being interviewed by Sean Phillips as part of the Policy Exchange report on NHS leadership and management; as with anything of this length I don’t agree with every single line, but the exec summary and the bulk of the core recommendations are very strong

I’m quoted in this The Economist piece on using AI to interpret acoustic qualities of speech in psychiatric diagnosis. I’m sceptical of the value add of reaching a diagnosis, but opportunities to personalise based on individual symptoms could be great economist.com/science-and-te…

Kemi Badenoch’s comments and the statements in the ‘Conservatism in Crisis’ document are not only offensive to autistic people but detached from reality and demonstrate a fundamental lack of understanding of autism and disability: bit.ly/4f3Rr13 1/4

A disgraceful, brutal summary/ portrayal of mental illness, share of spend, people’s needs, no mention of premature mortality , stigma, the harms of waiting lists. Cruel.

Unlikely to be here much/at all any more, this site demands far too much of my time and attention than is healthy. Find me over on 🦋 with the same handle