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ch 17 3 07 great turnout for the march on saturday i was pleased to see so many doctors uniting in protest against the shambles that is mmc mtas i was delighted to be wrong in assuming that the only a few hundred of us would show up it was a pleasure marching alongside dr d c layla and many of my anonymous blogging colleagues having spent the previous night getting caned with a welsh dragon d c and i were particularly tired but after a strong coffee we were on our way here s a video i shot at some point unfortunately the event has been hijacked by david son of tony cameron and his image consultants but without him i fear the media coverage would have been minimal we await the outcome of the government s review into the whole mess we also await the emergence of patricia hewitt from under her rock so we can get rid of her once and for all click here for some ideas on how we could do it patricia hewitt pictured on the march nice of the bma to put their logo on a few placards and support the march if only they had been kind enough to support us over the last 3 years whilst we have been waiting for mmc mtas to be thrust upon us if they had organised a march themselves last year instead of simply jumping on remedy uk s bandwagon then something might actually have been done still i m sure they enjoyed all their committee meetings and canapés i ve decided to calculate how much money i haven t paid the bma in subscriptions over the last few years and donate it all to remedy uk i still think the only way to get anything done now is for junior doctors and ideally senior ones as well to strike click here for a guide that isn t going to happen though i am dr vegas apathy posted by dr vegas at 8 20 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels mmc march hewitt strike tuesday march 13 2007 confessions of the rich and famous ever wondered if the people who run the nhs are good clinicians or simply good at sucking go to this link print it out read pages 9 22 the chairman of the bma pictured earlier today these people are in charge no wonder we have ended up with mtas mmc posted by dr vegas at 8 00 pm 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday march 07 2007 a restless soul an interesting thing happened this week i ve had some time off now that i really enjoy my job i ve been struggling to entertain myself when i m not doing it none of my medical friends have been able to join me for a holiday due to interviews exams working nights and my non medical friends are all tied up with other plans i have done the travelling on my own thing before and find it a bit boring i ventured home and then to london briefly but am now back home chilling out with a glass of ribena and listening to some great music life is good funny how society pressures us into thinking we have to jet off catch eurostar book a hotel every time we have more than a day off work you can print this picture out and colour it in yourself meanwhile the mmc train rumbles on with colonel hewitt at the helm one of the nhs soldiers on the front line recently joined the blogging community again welcome layla she along with thousands of other doctors are continuing to deliver outstanding healthcare even in the current climate of uncertainty dr crippen remedy uk and many others are providing extra support it s incredible that doctors are now looking to david cameron for support the government is killing itself day by day they have at least responded to the matter click here for the doh statement posted by dr vegas at 5 33 pm 10 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels holiday tuesday february 27 2007 strike the new mmc mtas application system for doctors is a disgrace the whole administrative process is a shambles talented doctors are being overlooked and not shortlisted the application form is a creative writing exercise rather than an accurate discriminatory tool doctors are being offered interviews for jobs they haven t even applied to one deanery has allegedly not even bothered to look at half the applications it received as it was overwhemed by the volume please see this picture for an excellent summary of mmc courtesy of dr rant enlarge it print it out and pin it up in your mess at work it is all an exercise in reform for reform s sake in 5 6 years we will have a bunch of sub specialist senior doctors who won t be allowed to call themselves consultants who will be inadequately trained to cope with the demands of their job patient care will suffer as a result in the meantime hundreds if not thousands of doctors and their families will be completely trampled upon for the sake of patricia hewitt s statistics who can we call upon for support step forward the bma and the gmc the bma is a useless self serving organisation all they do is offer discounted car insurance and a few publications every few months it is a toothless entity which has neither the courage nor the capacity to stand up to these changes that are opposed by every single doctor i know that is why i left the bma several years ago a decent trade union would have organized a ballot and strike many months ago the general medical council exist purely for the sake of drinking champagne and slapping each other on the back all they do for doctors is charge them extortionate fees every year which i cannot opt out of and then strike them off when they see fit interestingly all gmc employees get private health cover i am not directly affected by the current shambolic process but many people i hold dear to me are i would fully support a national strike by doctors with a view to overhauling the current mess the problem is that there is no unifying voice within the medical profession calling for one it may be time for doctors to stand up and look the enemy in the eye and force her to resign as soon as possible there is a protest march scheduled in london on 17 3 7 beyond that i would welcome suggestions plans that may help the work being undertaken by remedy uk has my full support i have tried to write an emotionally balanced post in the context of a highly charged situation enough is enough my heart goes out to the many doctors who feel aggrieved right now i have faith that things will work out for most people but perhaps it is time for doctors to stop lying down and taking everything that is dished out to them posted by dr vegas at 11 46 pm 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels doctors strike mmc thursday february 08 2007 hugs and kisses in the last couple of weeks i have been hugged three times by one of my patients who has terminal cancer a relative of a different patient who will almost certainly die this week and a friend of another patient who died last week all this because they are grateful for the job my colleagues and i are doing i leave work every day feeling full of energy and keen to squeeze every drop out of my own life i aspire to be as courageous as the people i look after what a fantastic job this is i had no idea things were going to turn out this way but i am very glad they have my colleagues appreciate me my patients appreciate me and i am full of admiration for all of them as they fight their individual battles at the moment the grass is greener on my side of the fence long may it continue posted by dr vegas at 11 14 pm 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday january 25 2007 dreams my job frequently involves dealing with people who are dying or contemplating their own death i ve been intrigued by some of the discussions i ve had with patients about their dreams one guy explained to me how he dreamt he was climbing over a staircase bannister and each night he d dream that the bannister was falling further and further away from the staircase other patients have had much more terrifying dreams about dying or even about themselves stabbing or shooting people they love do these dreams correlate with their own dying process does the staircase represent that person s life that he is gradually losing grip on or is trying to interpret dreams this way a load of pretentious rubbish personally i think that dreams are they way in which our subconscious mind deals with issues that we find too distressing to think about with our conscious mind i e when we are awake for example imagine someone being told they have terminal cancer if that person has problems accepting the fact that their lifespan is drastically limited or if they feel unable to talk about it they might have very vivid dreams and even nightmares in an effort to process that information i saw a lady the other day who had woken in floods of tears as she had had such a nightmare overnight she felt and saw her own death in such vivid detail that even when she woke she thought she was actually dead once i explained what i thought the dream might be based on she seemed to agree and we ended the conversation with her hugging me and smiling once she realised that she wasn t actually dead she felt really positive and we made a list of all the important things she wanted to do and made sure she arranged to do them that day or the next day rather than putting them off dealing with death or the potential of dying has a wonderful way of polarising what is important and what is not posted by dr vegas at 3 11 am 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels death dreams monday january 08 2007 motivated by a smile one of my patients is in her mid 40s and has a son who is not yet a teenager a couple of months ago having never had any serious medical issues she was diagnosed as having extensive cancer and was told she only has months left to live her courage and smile inspire me to be good at my job posted by dr vegas at 10 49 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday december 27 2006 job satisfaction and life satisfaction hi sorry for the gap in posts have undergone some major life re shuffles none of which have involved gambling thankfully and am now settled have changed towns been promoted but no pay rise changed speciality and moved in with my girlfriend after 2 years of literally travelling all over the world to see her add to that my usual affliction with seasonal affective disorder sad and you can understand that it has been eventful to say the least but now everything is calm and more importantly everything is good i am now enjoying my job it s not quite better than not being at work but i do genuinely look forward to going in now every day which is a complete contrast to last year what a difference a year and some exams and lots of helpful advice and finally a bit of a gamble makes i have even contemplated stopping the blog as i feel i have lost my creative albeit negative drive but then i thought that perhaps now things are going well i could provide some light hearted relief to all the negativity surrounding the nhs yes it is still a crap organization in comparison to many others and yes i probably won t be paid this month due to a human resources faux pas but now that i m working with genuinely nice people who will let me finish early if i need to drive home for xmas see a gp go to the bank hey that sounds remarkably like a normal job at last i might be able to offer some hope so i don t mind working on new year s eve this year you see if employees are treated well they will respond and respond with a smile on their face in terms of the gambling discussed on my previous post i have spent some time reading and watching poker and decided to put it on the back burner for now the venial sinner is right i have already spent a few thousand quid handing money over to a faceless organization the royal college of physicians for a few hours of enjoyment the bit between getting my results and waking up the next day with a hangover it s been just over a year on this blog and i would like to thank the lost doctor for showing me the blogging light i hope his blog provides as much help to him as this one does for me season s greetings to you all and hope 2007 is a great year for everyone reading this posted by dr vegas at 2 45 pm 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday november 22 2006 not addicted gambling is something i enjoy a lot in 2002 whilst a student i went to las vegas on my 22nd birthday and gambled for the first time after four days i came out 100 on top and walked out of the casinos after 4 days a very happy boy in 2004 as a doctor i returned to vegas this time i lost 2000 over four days but made 2500 back a nice profit of 500 both trips to vegas have involved blackjack then i started reading about poker the idea of winning money from other people seems much more attractive than taking a few dollars from a casino dealer who doesn t care either way in fact most dealers in vegas help you if you tip regularly i ve been to casinos outside vegas but have left quickly as i told myself the way to contain my potential addiction would be to only gamble in las vegas and nowhere else i have always had the idea of going back there with 5000 to gamble luckily no one i know has been stupid enough to join me yet as i get older and priorities start to change i ve been thinking about spending that money on a house car etc although given that i have gradually saved the 5000 with the aim of gambling it knowing full well i may lose it all over 3 4 days but have a bloody good time doing it is it really that harmful i don t smoke or do drugs i don t drink much most of the time and have no other real vices so maybe it s ok to save a few thousand dollars over 2 3 years and then blow it in a week if i enjoy it and don t mind losing it it is my money and i have worked hard to get it but then does that make me even more stupid if i gamble it today i had a day off work and was very bored at home i played on line poker for the first time i invested 200 and they gave me an extra 50 as a way of saying hello three hours later i had lost the lot but had enjoyed playing so what next i am tempted to put in another 200 and try to get my money back i will be annoyed if i lose that money as well but it won t be the end of the world but this is how gambling problems start the only way to control this is to set myself rules i e only gamble in las vegas only gamble once a year only gamble in real casinos etc otherwise it will get out of hand that leads me to question why i enjoy gambling part of it might be because i am lazy and enjoy getting money without having to work for it but that isn t the only reason i get a buzz from playing with money that i can only just afford to lose that s why i only gambled 100 as a student but then 2000 as a doctor if it was the game itself that i enjoyed poker blackjack whatever i would be happy 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