Whilst doing my ward round I came across a patient who was being attended to by one of the junior doctors, a 12 year old boy who had been admitted with “seizures”, a relatively common condition which most paediatric trainees should feel comfortable in managing. The patient, let’s call him Peter (not his name), had […]

So we are at the start of the Omicron Covid wave in the UK and following on from the kerfuffle of the “Downing Street Party” the government has implemented “Plan B” in attempt (they say) to reduce the impact of Omicron on the NHS rather than to distract from the loss of trust in a […]

For those of you who watched the 1990 film ‘Awakenings” starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, the concept of a patient being frozen in time only to awaken when given the correct medication will not be an unfamiliar one. This true story depicted patients who appeared to be in a frozen catatonic state for […]

Dr Tim Ubhi makes an appearance on Steph’s Packed Lunch along with the Gilson’s to discuss a good news story of a child who was initially thought to have autism but who improved by 95% with simple treatment after only 3 days! https://twitter.com/Hopesaxons/status/1372903054434000913?s=20

SARS-Cov-2 Variant 20A.EU1 A new variant of Covid-19 has been identified which appears to have originated in farm workers in Spain and is now spreading through Europe. The full paper on this variant will be formally published on Thursday but can be downloaded below. The variant is termed SARS-Cov-2 variant 20A.EU1 . We do not as yet […]

The question of whether or not to have the flu vaccine confronts us every year. To some this is a non-question. They are either in the camp where they have the vaccine religiously every year without question or they are in the camp where vaccines are not welcome. The battle with the anti-vax campaigners has […]