With money being tight, I’ve volunteered to do some overtime as a medical secretary as that department are struggling at the moment having a few staff off sick or on holiday at the same time. Last week was the first week that I did some of this work and it kept me on my toes, [...]

This last week has been absolutely jam packed with me frequently swapping hats and yet somehow, at the end of this frantic week, I am somehow still pretty much on top of everything – bar my blog of course! My colleague was off this week so I worked four days instead of two, and in [...]

I don’t appear to have had much time for blogging lately but there’s lots going on in our lives right now and I’ve been a busy bee. I’m also feeling more myself, and though I AM still determined not to be walked upon, I’m a little less defensive. Work is still stressful, and we’re now [...]

At the end of last week, I had to call out the RAC for my car again – a it was dead – again! I was sure it must be a problem either with the battery not getting charged again (so a dynamo or something) or something draining the battery too fast – I’m no [...]

The last few weeks at work at the hospital have been stressful in that there are changes afoot – but no-one seems to know what’s going on or when any changes will start! We have far too many patients and too little clinic time so that we are booking 8 weeks ahead! This is stressful [...]

You may recall that Medical Herbalists have been recommended for Statutory Regulation by a Select Committee of the House of Lords and that the government is backtracking and considering ignoring that recommendation. This resulted in us all having to take valuable time to campaign for this much needed regulation – towards which we have all [...]

My week, one darts night to the next….. hence “Point to Point” Groan! Friday week ago, we had no darts fixture but we decided to all get together anyway for a bit of practise and some fun. There were ten of us in all so we played two teams of five (names selected randomly from [...]

This week has very much been one of “one step forwards, two back” in just about everything I’ve done – or tried to do. On Monday at work, I didn’t get much work done at all – partly through the usual Monday chaos, but also as I had a pre-appraisal meeting. I have my actual [...]

On Thursday, my colleague K and I went to Leeds for the day to visit our supplier of the orthotics service at the hospital. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, and finally went ahead and organised for myself, with my manager’s approval. I left the house at 7.35 am and picked [...]

Last week, it was my turn to give the presentation at the hospital education meeting, and I chose to do a subject in which I’ve had a lot of experience as a practitioner, with many patients being successfully helped by herbs. The meeting was well attended by the usual mix of health professionals including doctors [...]