by admin | 06/08/2025 | General, Reflections
There are moments in every career where you pause – not to count the number of cases, clinics, or call – but to breathe, reflect, and acknowledge the arc of the journey. Recently, I passed one such milestone in my surgical career. I won’t dwell on numbers,...
by admin | 23/06/2023 | Commentary
In the realm of healthcare, trust is the cornerstone of the patient-physician relationship. Patients rely on medical professionals to provide competent and compassionate care. However, as fallible humans, medical errors can and do occur. Recognising the importance of...
by admin | 02/06/2023 | Commentary, News, Publications
Something that sets Trauma & Orthopaedics apart from more specialties is the fact that we use power tools. Suffice to say that the tools of our trade that allow us to facilitate a persons quality of life come with drawbacks. The volume in the operating theatres...
by admin | 13/05/2023 | Reflections
The thing about social media is that the frustrations that have always been bubbling under the surface for junior doctors are now spilling over into the public domain. It is evident that the current generation of fee-paying medical graduates have really suffered and...
by admin | 19/04/2023 | Reflections
Since medical school there has always been some issue related to training and junior doctors. At medical school the Moderning Medical Careers (MMC) changes led to a huge number of doctors career paths and progression. Then the coupling/uncoupling of runthrough...
by admin | 04/04/2023 | Commentary
“Have you done the NJR form?” Every Arthroplasty Consultant I've ever worked with Ever since I started my career in Orthopaedics, every joint replacement I’ve been involved with has required completion of a special form. The NJR form. The NJR is...
