Got locked out of my account but I am back now. How are things around here? Is it taking off or have we plateaued?

Excited to be partnership with DAUk to deliver this session tomorrow. Learn how to support yourself or a colleague effectively after an adverse medical event. It's free to members - and just £6.13 if you're not! Link to book is below in the DAUK post.

Dare I try to import everything from Living Writer across to Scrivener? Anyone done this and remained happy? #writing #creativewriting

Enjoying an afternoon in the eucalyptus and juniper forests of Mount Entoto #Ethiopia

Coffee time #AddisAbaba #Ethiopia

Good morning, Addis Ababa

I love The Hilton Addis. In this rapidly changing world, it is timeless. #Ethiopia

Dawn arrival in Addis Ababa

Thanks to British Gas who took the time to explore my feelings #meterreads

Can anyone help with why my nhs.net Mail is working so badly from home? It’s unusable recently.

Some more fairytale reflections thinking about ambivalence and the NHS - "The Golden Cage of the NHS: Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay." www.libbynugent.com/post/the-gol...

It’s here and just page 1 is a joy to read for the quality of the writing, the breadth of a moment captured

Lots of uncertainty in healthcare at the moment; Here are some ideas on how to take care of your whole self whilst keeping your goals in sight: drclairedavies.co.uk/job-uncertai...

Husband complains constantly about our cat Popcorn then I walk in on him having a tender little chat with him

Massive plate of Ethiopian food. Lentils, veg, beef strips, raw green chillis, spices, yellow split peas, all served on a large communal plate of injera bread (the grey stuff with holes in).

Not gonna pretend my lane is the politics of how the NHS is run and organised. However a period of processing shock and grief before making any new manœuvres will be needed for many people.

So, NHS colleagues. How are we taking this morning’s seismic news? Bad or for the greater good?

Setting boundaries has a ripple effect: not just in your wellbeing, in role-modelling self-care to others and preventing burnout. They also increase confidence and help you live your full potential. Read more on my latest blog: drclairedavies.co.uk/understandin...

This will seem counter intuitive but I am doing sleep restriction with Sleep Station for my 3am waking and it’s really effective. Tough at first but one week in and I’m a new woman. Increases your sleep efficiency.

Can anyone share some tips to make editing 2nd and 3rd drafts less painful and more enjoyable? #writers

Why do children always launch into imaginative, self-directed play when it’s time to get ready?

All geared up to go work today and just noticed I am not on the rota

We had a surgeon who we could not roster any young female with, in any capacity. Too clever to be caught so the best we could do was to protect junior surgeons, nurses and anaesthetists. I always hoped he considered the patients as off limits. Head of surgery was well aware.

B&Q normally try to actively kill their plants but they have really amazed me today. Change is possible for everyone 🌹

A week where it needs the question: well, what am I learning here, and does this just go on the Survivorship pile?

In vast areas of the US, the sentiments expressed in this wonderful letter from a British man about why it's a privilege to pay tax to enable the National Health Service to run would see him probably certified as insane and labelled a "socialist".

A bit much:

Still spaces for this evenings creative writing event for medical women. Creativity, metaphor and journalling are all ways to access our experiences differently, boost wellbeing and just enjoy. The pen is mightier than the sword✍🏼 Book here: www.tickettailor.com/events/drcla...

I love how people think healthcare workers are supposed to be robots without opinions and then wonder why we're all burnt out.

Creative writing for wellbeing for medical women: **Tomorrow** @7pm on Zoom. A small group who write to reset, relax and chat about writing. No need to be Simone de Beauvoir. Simply turn up and enjoy the power of the pen. #MedSky #TeamGP Book here. ⬇️ www.tickettailor.com/events/drcla...

“Certainty is over-rated” Quoted from this which arrived yesterday:

Do you find the guilt is worse than the actual illness if you go off sick? I found this old article today - it may help explain and reframe the guilty burden.

Been **so** good to start the gardening season again. Feels like a spring clean of last year’s dead growth, a time of renewal. Pagans called spring cleaning “a clean spiritual slate.” (Wiki fact)

@bmj.com writes about the arrival of BlueSky. @euanlawson.social our GP starter packs are in there 😀 #TeamGP

Article of the weekend: Feargal Keane on his struggles with addiction and PTSD and finding that happiness is in morning coffee, kindness and those moments of appreciating a flock of geese. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If you can read this behind the paywall, the details of what was allegedly said and done are shocking. Bullying, homophobia, sexism, some truly horrible comments made from one to another. What can lead a departmental culture to be this broken?

@emmavardy2.bsky.social introduced us to the powerful poetry of @salenagodden.bsky.social at our last New Moon Writing group for medical women “Courage is a Muscle” Come and join us - link to the next session now live here: www.tickettailor.com/events/drcla...

#ICYMI New guidance fails to address how ‘national shame’ of corridor care and excessive A&E waits will be tackled. RCEM responds to the government’s ‘mandate for the NHS’ and NHSE planning guidance. Read the full news and President's statement: rcem.ac.uk/new-guida...#ICYMI

What was your biggest learning in 2024? Mine👇 I learnt the hard way after #Burnout To give time to #Selfcare every day & not wait until nothing is left. It is not selfish. I disagree with the self care metaphor: ‘to put one’s oxygen mask 1st before helping others’ as suggests it only in emergencies

In a hot bath with Epsom salts and it’s not just good, it’s deeply and intrinsically healing 🛀

Still a few spaces left for this tonight **instant hit of wellbeing** 😎 ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Calling medical women. Do book for writing session tomorrow. Great for headspace, creativity, recharging.

**Creative writing session for medical women tomorrow** We meet at 7pm GMT for 90 mins. Free writing.✍🏼 Poem readings.📖 Conversation. A “silent coach” from me at the end to kickstart your week 🚀 Book here:⬇️ #MedSky #TeamGP www.tickettailor.com/events/drcla...

What do you still love about your work?

Why did you go into medicine? Why does that question still matter? A long-read on my blog here #MedSky #TeamGP drclairedavies.co.uk/why-medicine/

👩‍⚕️Calling Primary Care clinicians! We're seeking to interview #PrimaryCare clinicians to understand the impacts of significant #PatientSafety incidents on staff. Click to take part in our study ⬇️ www.psrc-gm.nihr.ac.uk/2025/02/03/a... #healthworkers #healthcare #nihr

New Moon Writing Hour for Medical Women is coming soon - next Monday! 7pm on Zoom. Questions, quests and suggestions - pls send a DM. Book via the link. ⬇️ #TeamGP #MedSky www.tickettailor.com/events/drcla...

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

The USA is threatening to halt food exports to the UK and Europe? Whatever shall we do without chalky and dry chocolate, plastic cheese, mutated meat products, beer that tastes like swill and awful, awful wine?! I guess we'll just have to make do with what we have.