Climbing Cecile Brunner. I am looking forward to watching this beauty grow and grow. #gardenroses #cecilebrunner #summer instagram.com/p/CQJ-7emHQoV/…

Tea break on a Saturday in Salisbury with my gorgeous daughter. Well worth calling in to for a coffee or some food. #independentbusiness #independentcafe #earlgrey @ Carwardines instagram.com/p/CSRdegMjvmq/…

Just had a lovely Sunday lunch in glorious sunshine. #sundayroast #publunch #autumnsunshine @ The Three Cups Inn instagram.com/p/CUSbp4sDBF9/…

"I think occupational health is weak in the UK where it should be. " Professor Chris Whitty addresses #CBI2021 Sign up 👉cbi.org.uk/events/annual-…

Ulster University Shocking that only 38% of people with disabilities in NI have jobs.More shocking to know that only 5% (FIVE PERCENT) of the thousands of staff employed by Ulster University are people with disabilities.Source- the uni disability action plan p5 tinyurl.com/mwuunpew UCU Ulster

“I can no longer, in good conscience, live with this Prime Minister. Either he goes, or I do”

Looking forward to the UK Defence Surgical Research Conference Conference at the Tower of London. The icebreaker was a hoot.

Keynote speaker, David Nott, taking the stage to talk about his Life as a War Surgeon. David Nott Foundation #surgeryscienceskills

Who deserves a pay rise the most? Tell us here: ft.com/content/38378a…

Public sector workers in the UK have already suffered a long squeeze on real wages. They could now fall further behind on.ft.com/3aZWO5V

Sadly the weather did not oblige at Dunmore Head. The scenery that I could see was sublime.

1/2 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: If Department of Health and Social Care HM Treasury REAL intention in their consultation "intention is the PIA should only consider growth in pension savings ABOVE inflation", where are they ignoring MASSIVE inflation related negative growth? This is tantamount to "pension THEFT"

2/2 Now a mid-career consultant could pay £48,604 more AA tax in next 10 years (£68,498 vs £19,763), purely because government CHOOSE to (entirely unfairly) ignore -ve growth contrary to advice from Policy Exchange NHS Employers AISMA Accountants RT if u think this theft stinks

3/3 I'll be recording a short VLOG / twitter thread later this morning with pensions expert Graham Crossley (NHS Pension Wonk) explaining how this works, and there the government's existing proposals fall seriously short of fixing the issues

4/4 Sorry the difference in tweet 2 is £48,735

Brilliant to see my old friend Simon Taylor in action. Please retweet. #NHSCrisis #NHSOnLifeSupport

Let's see what The BMA pensions committee working with Treasury brings for pensions. So much work has been put in. Fingers crossed. Please retweet.

Sharing a friend’s video of DGR 2023 youtu.be/rx1wXPdFAMU via YouTube

So much smearing & belittling of consultants in the press, but this, from today’s The Times and The Sunday Times letters page, could not have put it more beautifully. Pls RT if you agree. #NHS 💙