2025 UK Foundation Programme Application Statement

At the close of national application to the 2025 UK Foundation Programme on 09 October 2024 the UKFPO had received […]

NHS England announce SFP recruitment process for 2025

Information about the 2025 SFP recruitment process in England has been published today on the NHSE website: https://www.england.nhs.uk/2024/08/specialised-foundation-programme-recruitment-process-for-2025/

UKFPO Fellowship 2026

Applications open on Monday 2 March 12:00 – Monday 9 March 09:00.   The UKFPO will shortly be recruiting two F1 doctors to serve as UKFPO Fellows […]

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 […]

Meeting local people through music

14 years ago at age 10 I attended a local brass band concert and was truly inspired, ever since then, […]

FY1 Diary Entries

Entry 1 I sat alone in the doctor’s office staring wryly at the ugly, part- broken bleep I had placed […]

Language, History, and Art. My non-medical side of a doctor’s life

Throughout my artistic career, I have dedicated myself to portraits. was interested in the human form, especially facial expressions. However, […]

What the *****

Medical school is like cycling with stabilisers.   On-call shifts are like taking off those stabilisers and being expected to ride […]

Nightshift

Poem The world becomes quiet  The moon retires the sun,  Yet the hospital is humming  The night shift has begun.  […]