Antifroth

Marc Kirvin is old enough to have known better.

Our local authority declared itself very very keen to take over looking after our hardware and software. They may have mentioned economies of scale and the assurance of a professionally managed department, and we are of course exceedingly grateful to them for anything they do.

Not everyone is so complimentary though. http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2012/05/15/nhs_it_buying_profit_margin/ Ah well. How difficult it is to be appreciated.

I certainly appreciate the spare 5 minutes each week I get through not needing to do my own IT maintenance and management. I could see half a patient in that time. Which half is best left as an exercise.

yesterday’s hat gives me a Johny Depp moment.

“Carol Goodman, an information nurse with Macmillan, said: “As people are preparing to go abroad for their annual holiday, it is very concerning that nearly a quarter of British women are putting themselves at risk of skin cancer”

She may wish to consider that a rather larger proportion are likely to break their hips beucase they are short of Vitamin D, and that sunshine is good for this.

Each thing in its proper amount, and sectional interests pontificating without an appreciation of the consequences of their action outside their narrow specialist interest may easily cause more harm than good.

Clothes are good, as are hats, and don’t burn, but a bit of sunshine each day is good for you. We don’t get that here, so take it when it is available.

Ken Macleod was touched by a tentacle. It remains relevant, and is reached via his explanation of some plot elements of The Restoration Game, a good novel, by him.

Dixon, at http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/03/21/michael-dixon-carpe-diem-the-politicians-have-had-their-day-now-its-time-for-doctors-to-seize-the-initiative/ says it is time to get on with things now the daft[1] Health and Social Services Bill has become actual and passed.

[1] or was it draft? He didn’t say that.

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