Bulletin – March 2025

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month National Non-smoking Day – 12 March Other national campaigns this month Action for happiness calendar – […]

Bulletin – April 2025

Stress Awareness Month  Other national campaigns this month  Action for happiness calendar – ‘Active April’  Introduction Welcome to the April […]

Bulletin – May 2025

National Walking Month International day of the Midwife – 5 May Other national campaigns this month Action for happiness calendar […]

Bulletin – June 2025

World Blood Donor Day – 14 June  Men’s Health Week – 9-15 June  UK Windrush Day – 22 June  Other […]

Bulletin – July 2025

Alcohol Awareness Week – 9-13 July  South Asian Heritage Month  Other national campaigns this month  Action for happiness calendar – […]

Bulletin – August 2025

World Breastfeeding Awareness Week – 1-7 August  Other national campaigns this month  Action for happiness calendar – ‘Altruistic August’  Introduction […]

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 […]