UKFPO Bulletin

November Bulletin Remembrance Sunday – 9 November   Men’s Mental Health Month  National Self Care Week 17-23 November  Other national campaigns […]

When the form is signed, but the conversation isn’t

During one of my night shifts on the Acute Medical Unit, the emergency buzzer sounded for an elderly patient who […]

Through a glass darkly, but then face-to-face: Parkinson’s post-pandemic

SURFACE TENSION Parkinson’s is a clinical diagnosis. There are no blood tests, or signs on a scan which can conclusively […]

Webinar: Medical Specialty Recruitment 2026

Medical and Dental Recruitment and Selection programme (MDRS) will be hosting a webinar for those applying to Medical Specialty Recruitment […]

UKFPO Bulletin

October Bulletin Stoptober   Black History Month  Breast Cancer Awareness Month  Other national campaigns this month  Action for happiness calendar – […]

What Have You Gained?

Description of poem: I wanted to write a reflective piece on my journey through the Foundation programme – highlighting with […]

Forged in Steel: Lessons from Port Talbot’s community

For me, the trenches of medical school revision were softened by an image I held in my mind: working in […]

UKFPO Bulletin

September Bulletin World Suicide Prevention Day – 10 September  World Sepsis Day – 13 September  Urology Awareness Month  Other national […]

A Sharp Scratch

You’re going to feel a sharp scratch – don’t  Worry about a thing.  I’m a professional,  I do this every […]

The First Daffodils of Spring: Confirming Death as an FY1

When faced with death one enters this mental space of uninhabited neutrality; Perhaps it’s a form of protection or perhaps […]