European. Medical director, radiologist, wicketkeeper and skier. Proud exec sponsor of Women’s Network at my hospital. Views most definitely my own.
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From the mountains of France last time, to the hills of Hampstead this week - happy #FingerpostFriday to all, at whatever altitude you find yourself today.
Speaking as an old lady to schoolchildren, both in France and in Austria, about her role in the Resistance:
“We fought constantly to explain. Not what we had done, but why we had done it”
RIP.
Excellent article on risks of running overcrowded hospitals - and call for an honest conversation
“A patient waiting 12 to 24 hours for a hospital bed should not be led to believe that this represents normal, safe care simply because it has become commonplace”
@DrAsifQasim
The label “corridor care” is hiding the true scale of the NHS hospital crisis, warns @DrAsifQasim.
We must be honest about the harm that is happening to patients
url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com…
Back to work after long weekend on the beautiful south Devon coast #TidesOutTuesday 🌊
“Iron and steel will bend and bow… …my fair lady” 🎶
An offering for #BridgesThursday - most of the structure over the Ruisseau des Fours is “resting”, but the ad hoc plank is more stable than it may appear!
An offering for #BridgesThursday - most of the structure over the Ruisseau des Fours is “resting”, but the ad hoc plank is more stable than it may appear!
Orchestra of Metz Grand Est on @BBCRadio3 this morning 📻 🎵
They were founded jn 1976, 50 years ago.
Let’s do this 🤝
Let’s put Britain back where we belong 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
Let’s be a friend 👫
Let’s be a leader 😎
Let’s join forces 💥
From the weekend, a Church of the Day exhibit, beneath the low-hanging cloud in Sainte Foy
🌲Tree of the Day tucked in there too!
“John, d’origine irlandaise, vit à Paris depuis plus de quarante ans. Face aux dégradations, il ne cache ni sa tristesse ni son incompréhension. Pour cet habitant, voir les rues de la capitale dans cet état est un véritable crève-cœur” 😢
«C'est désolant de voir une génération capable de mettre la France par terre» : Paris se réveille après une nuit de chaos ow.ly/hghI106GNpp
This would allow significant investment in the health of the nation - attractive municipal environments, shared ownership of individual health, affordable fresh fruit and veg, better health for all with fewer inequities.
Rejoining the EU’s single market could boost the UK’s economy by as much as £150bn, Goldman Sachs has claimed.
The Wall Street bank told clients in a note that there was “significant economic upside from ‘Breturn’” as it backed Andy Burnham’s calls for closer ties with the bloc ⤵️
telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
📝 Harvard study: women are disproportionately involved in jobs threatened by automation, yet are habitually excluded from AI development work.
Women are rarely quoted as experts on AI. From July 2025 to June 2026, among the well over 100,000 experts cited in domestic news coverage of AI, men appeared 4.3x more often than women.
motherjones.com/politics/202…
QPR vs Derby Co #EFL @SkySports - my grandfather would have been happy to see the Rams 📺 (tho less happy with the score line approaching half-time!)
One or two trips to Loftus Rd while at med school - jumping up to celebrate a Man U goal, finding myself in a minority of one 🙃
