Bulletin – September 2025

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

Bulletin – October 2025

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

Bulletin – November 2025

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

Bulletin – December 2025

World Aids Day – 1 December  International Day of People with Disabilities – 3 December  Other national campaigns this month  Action for […]

Bulletin – January 2026

Dry January  World Religion Day – 18 January  Other national campaigns this month  Action for happiness calendar – ‘Happier January’  Introduction  A happy New […]

Bulletin – February 2026

Heart Month  Rare Disease Day – 28 February  Time To Talk Day Day – 6 February  Other national campaigns this month  Action for happiness […]

The Impostor Among Us

I put on my badge, my name clear and true, Foundation Doctor, FY2. I know the rota, the ward, the […]

The Childhood Dream vs Reality

When I was younger, I jumped between a few career options. “I want to be a doctor, I like this […]

Captain

Reflection This poem was written in my FY1 year, after the first time I saw a patient die, which was […]

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 […]