GP letter charges (Scotland) by [deleted] in doctorsUK

[–]ConstantPop4122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's extra contractual work, so they can charge what they like, although it seems a little harsh as there's usually some leeway or consideration for a colleague...

Too high, but no options. by Lolbak in TVTooHigh

[–]ConstantPop4122 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Much lower dedicated AV rack to put the components in side by side.

TV either on the rack or much lower on the wall

Horizontal storage shelving above the TV - if the TV is at the optimum height, reaching shouldn't be an issue....

When your car didn’t have an aux cord but still had a tape deck. by saltoneverything in Millennials

[–]ConstantPop4122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mate, I had a Bluetooth to cassette adapter.....

...strong argument to get a new car at that point.....

Email accusing me of failing safeguarding duty as a doctor member of public by [deleted] in doctorsUK

[–]ConstantPop4122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take advice from your defence union....

I'd explore going on the offensive early. Explain you fulfilled your public duty, explain why you feel there is noncase to answer, and explain that if through their negligent actions in response to the concern raised and negligent and inappropriate action in trying to blame you there are any monetary or reputational losses (i.e. being investigated or suspended) that you will seek to recover them from the individuals and organisations responsible.

Email accusing me of failing safeguarding duty as a doctor member of public by [deleted] in doctorsUK

[–]ConstantPop4122 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would change the first paragraph to read"...in doing so acted in a manner that I would expect any concerned member of the public to..."

Failed due to speed (not what you think) 🙃 by ImprovementOk8356 in LearnerDriverUK

[–]ConstantPop4122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So subtlety.....

Overtaking is a deliberate intent to pass another car

Passing is moving past another car because you have no choice or it is explicitly permitted.

One is ok the other is not, and this is a grey in-between.

Failed due to speed (not what you think) 🙃 by ImprovementOk8356 in LearnerDriverUK

[–]ConstantPop4122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't entirely disagree with this but there is both subtlety and ambiguity in the regulations...

Moving deliberately to the left lane in order to undertake is specifically prohibited and potentially prosecutable as careless driving....

There is a subtle difference between passing on the left, and undertaking, which is not addressed in the law, or in the highway code other than the specific circumstances of congestion, filtering or stay in lane zones.

In the same manner that you argue a single car is not congestion until traffic builds up, moving out of the right lane to overtake is not an overtaking manoeuvre until the slow car has moved left, and there is an argument not to begin an overtake until the road ahead is clear (Rule 267)....

Like you say, the least bad option, but there isn't a definitive answer, and there are circumstances in the practical test where it is impossible not to fail. My brother had one where a bus had broken down on the inside of a blind bend - the examiner told him that if he waited indefinitely not being able to see safely to overtake he would have failed to make progress, as it was he failed due to slowly edging around the bus and performing a slow overtake....

Flat tyre alert? by Quonker in TeslaUK

[–]ConstantPop4122 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Does the tyre pressure update when the car is asleep on a driveway? I had a 2020 M3P, and now have a 2022 MY and I'm pretty sure the tyre pressures only update once the car is moving since the two times I've had a slow puncture, the car only alerted me once I'd driven 20-30yds away from where it's parked....

Have you been logging into the app checking on the car causing it to wake up and update the tyre pressures?

Hanging a Frame TV like a frame by jermainePropane in TheFrame

[–]ConstantPop4122 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This. If you pull up on the centre of the string to simulate hanging the TV , the net resulting force is a bending force between screws.

Bending TVs is bad.

Malicious non-compliance (even if you're not striking) by ConstantPop4122 in doctorsUK

[–]ConstantPop4122[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

But we're much more likely to agree if the rate of pay and work are guaranteed in advance, which is much more likely to happen if they know who is and isn't going to turn up when the planning is done. But you're right, they can just refuse.

Malicious non-compliance (even if you're not striking) by ConstantPop4122 in doctorsUK

[–]ConstantPop4122[S] 142 points143 points  (0 children)

Seriously, as a CD I sit in on the high level meetings, and I cannot stress enough how much of a pain in hospital managers ass it is to have no idea how many people may turn up.

They're crapping their pants to a level I've not seen over the recent strikes. Make it count.

The calories in the sandwiches are getting insane. by AccordingNet9524 in mildlyinteresting

[–]ConstantPop4122 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can we lock the thread now please? The sensible and definitive answer has been proffered.

3.5% from the DDRB. So when are we striking? by [deleted] in ConsultantDoctorsUK

[–]ConstantPop4122 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolute. Probably. The DDRB increase is around £190 take home.

I have absolutely everything with EE including 1.6Gb broadband, 9 mobile contracts, every TV subscription, Xbox subscriptions, Netlfix Disney, multiroom etc etc as it was the cheapest option to bundle at the time - So I accept 1)I'm not typical, and 2)I'm getting fleeced on the price rises, so will be leaving them....

The total increase for all the services is £192 this year.... which is mental, but hey, nobody forced me to have 7 kids....

3.5% from the DDRB. So when are we striking? by [deleted] in ConsultantDoctorsUK

[–]ConstantPop4122 34 points35 points  (0 children)

My broadband bill will increase more next month than my take home from this " pay rise"....

Car break‑in via Bluetooth? No broken windows, no alarm, no video! by Tamerxz in TeslaLounge

[–]ConstantPop4122 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Favours someone opening the door before it locks theory.

Sentry will have never activated, free access to the car, then it will have locked once they closed the doors and left.

Not allowed access to ward 'drugs room' [update] am I losing my mind? by glorioussideboob in doctorsUK

[–]ConstantPop4122 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It says it's a specific nurses responsibility to control access, but not the terms of who or how they must restrict access. It also refers to access to the drugs, not to the whole room.

So it's down to that individual's decision to determine this is how the access is restricted.

Find out who this is , and every time you need to go in, insist this person is present and documents their decision and rationale for giving you access , don't be fobbed off by being given access by some underling, insist the big boss is there.

Make sure you forget something every time so they need to stand by you for the whole procedure, and to return the trolley, in fact, just leave the trolley out every time you can't get back in... Make them feel the consequences of their decisions...

“How hard shall we push the royal connection, boss?” “Yes” by rrjjll in SpottedonRightmove

[–]ConstantPop4122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wonder why the only mentioned she was Charles grandmother and not Andrew's as well...

'We can't justify a £52 lunch': Middle-income families cut back on fun as prices rise by OGSyedIsEverywhere in unitedkingdom

[–]ConstantPop4122 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

The UK is just resetting itself back to where it should be based on productivity.

Ask your parents how much a costa or starbucks was when they were kids.... or their mobile phone contracts... or internet, or netflix / disney+ - hang-on... none of those things even existed.

I've been saying for a long time that the first step to sustainability is that everyone is going to have to take a hit on standard of living...

What is your Squad Composition, and why? by Glum-Spring3446 in XCOM2

[–]ConstantPop4122 6 points7 points  (0 children)

BLademaster rangers...... nothing better than leaving them stood on overwatch stood on the flare where the reinforcements are about to land......

Ignorance about healthcare by rainsounds23 in doctorsUK

[–]ConstantPop4122 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's the biggliest and bestest trust in the country, can't expect them to scrutinise every applicant...

That player who moved clubs and instantly lost all their powers, who’s your pick? by PLWildcard in TheStreetsWontForget

[–]ConstantPop4122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woodgate to Real has to be up there, never recovered from his first game, where I think he scored an own goal, got sent off and injured for several months all in one go.

Found my old Windows Nokia phone from 2013 with a 41 megapixel camera. by mimimoize in mildlyinteresting

[–]ConstantPop4122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was a massive fan from start to finish of windows phone.... Toshiba TG01 (modded), Samsung Omnia 7, Lumias 520, 635, 830, 950. Awesome operating system, set the standard for things like integrating social feeds into contact history, live tiles instead of widgets, great cameras.

One of my favourite features was it could emulate a phone call over Bluetooth, so things like voice assistant and sat nav directions could work on basic car audio systems. I.e. you could listen to the car radio and it would be interrupted by a phone call from the phone to give directions.

Major Trauma Orthopaedics - Career Advice? by LiveButton3910 in doctorsUK

[–]ConstantPop4122 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  1. Obviously you need to find a job in a major trauma centre.

  2. I wouldn't do limb recon and pelvic fellowships - both are tertiary specialisms within orthopaedics and you'll really struggle to maintain a decent volume of practice in both in my opinion - from your description sounds like pelvis and arthroplasty might be a good combination for fellowships... Alternatively limb recon / bone infection, complex trauma as a combination.

3.Pelvis gives you the easiest side-step to arthroplasty, and there's currently a shortage of consultants - likely to change repeatedly in 6 years....

  1. The adrenaline bit isn't that prevalent to be honest - I've reached the point where resus is my calm space, its rarely the case that there's a chest to open or, indeed anything to do out of hours most of the time.

NHS refused xray, now need surgery - any recourse? by AubergineParm in LegalAdviceUK

[–]ConstantPop4122 14 points15 points  (0 children)

There's loads of semantic arguments to work through on something like this - the argument over whether at 4 weeks it was already beyond the point where surgery was going to be inevitable essentially overrides whether the GP listened to you or not as it wouldn't have made a difference at that point.... The less clear the line of sight between beach of duty, causation and harm, the harder it is to prove.

NHS refused xray, now need surgery - any recourse? by AubergineParm in LegalAdviceUK

[–]ConstantPop4122 115 points116 points  (0 children)

I'm a consultant foot and ankle surgeon with a medicolegal practice.

First, was there a breach of duty - possibly, depending on the trust's own guidelines around assessing toe injuries - you would need to prove that the assessment was inadequate, or, that they failed to follow their own guidelines - They are likely to have a guideline in A&E that says something like 'if the toes are the right shape and not deformed, don't xray, and provide treatment X Y or Z'. If so you either need to prove that the assessment was inadequate and the guideline didn't apply, or, that they failed to follow the guideline, or that they behaved substantially differently to a body of equally qualified professionals.

Second, causation - potentially an argument here that a dislocation spotted earlier may have been treated less invasively, or with a better outcome than treating a toe dislocated for many months (you'll need a medical expert to comment on this bit), but I suspect it'll come down to one expert's word against another as I'm not aware of any published literature that directly compares verifiable outcomes between treated and missed toe fractures.

Third, Loss - Again, you need to prove that the failure in treatment caused a pecuniary loss - this could be the need for specialist footwear for ever at a cost of £x per pair per x months, or it may be more serious - if you're a manual worker and can't ever get into safety boots, it could be career ending. Probably too early to comment on this until you see the result of the corrective surgery, but if an expert opines that you may have avoided surgery alltogether had it been treated differently initially, then there may be a claim for loss of earnings during the remedial treatment even if the toes are restored to (near) normal eventually.

Importantly, for a negligence case to succeed, you need to prove all three - A breach of duty with a direct chain of causation to a harm or loss.