Listening to This Cultural Life I heard Nigel Kennedy talk about how his dog provided unexpected insight. His dog, experienced each day with the same joy and excitement. Each walk or meal was a wonderful experience for the pet. Yet humans seem never to be satisfied with doing the same thing over and over again. […]
Category: ‘Magical Meander’: Anonymous Blog
‘Magical Meander’: Double Whammy
As the sun shone today and I am working from home I could not help but reflect back to three years ago, when the sun was blazing. In fact blazing so strongly that my choice to work in the garden proved erroneous: both my phone and computer shut down due to overheating. I think it […]
‘Magical Meander’: Service Growth
Oh for the good old days of payment by results. In yet another unexpected twist I have found myself over the last weeks, stuck between a rock and a hard place. We have a brilliant team who have developed pathways and led research in a niche area of medicine. Pre-COVID they were slowly becoming the […]
‘Magical Meander’: Breaking bad news
You might think as a doctor I was used to breaking bad news. Yet it seems that there are areas that have the ability to still challenge me. Weak spots in the skill set I have slowly build up from many years of supporting patients and families come to terms with life altering news. These […]
‘Magical Meander’: Why does central heating always break on the coldest day of the year?
This is the tenth part of the BMJ Leader blog series written anonymously by “Magical Meander”, a medical manager working in the NHS, to help align perspectives and build understanding of medical management across these two professions. Why does central heating always break on the coldest day of the year? After a few recent experiences of […]
‘Magical Meander’: Loyalty – We are you…
This is the nineth part of the BMJ Leader blog series written anonymously by “Magical Meander”, a medical manager working in the NHS, to help align perspectives and build understanding of medical management across these two professions. I went recently to see the Thomas Becket exhibition at the British Museum. I was touched, as I often […]
‘Magical Meander’: Walking the tightrope…
This is the eighth part of the BMJ Leader blog series written anonymously by “Magical Meander”, a medical manager working in the NHS, to help align perspectives and build understanding of medical management across these two professions. As with so many management decisions, there isn’t really a bible to tell you what to do. Instead experience […]
‘Magical Meander’: Pillar Boxes
This is the seventh part of the BMJ Leader blog series written anonymously by “Magical Meander”, a medical manager working in the NHS, to help align perspectives and build understanding of medical management across these two professions. A funny thing has been happening near where I live. On one single road in a short window of […]
‘Magical Meander’: No money…
This is the sixth part of the BMJ Leader blog series written anonymously by “Magical Meander”, a medical manager working in the NHS, to help align perspectives and build understanding of medical management across these two professions. One of the joys of working in a large hospital is that one inherits the benefits: the amazing […]
‘Magical Meander’: Allegiance
This is the fifth part of the BMJ Leader blog series written anonymously by “Magical Meander”, a medical manager working in the NHS, to help align perspectives and build understanding of medical management across these two professions. Health care workers seem to like badges. Maybe that’s not unique but there does seem to be a […]