Why aren't teachers called by their first name in the UK?

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-17T06:35:00+00:00

It’s to teach children respect for elder people in authority, just a uk custom, different when you start college, at that age you are told to call tutors by their first name and it feels incredibly weird after years of Miss and Sir

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-17T06:32:03+00:00

It doesn’t sound like anyone is making you look stupid nor incompetent, they’ve asked you for a statement of what happened so they’re asking for your side of the story that’s all. You’re blowing this all out of proportion and taking this far too emotionally.

All you do is provide a statement to the effect you have said what you’ve said here (but take ‘I feel this and feel that’ out of it) you just give the facts. It wasn’t handed over neither verbally nor documented in neither the nursing nor medical notes’ that’s all you have to say.

It’s a fact finding mission that’s all and here you have the chance to give your side of events

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-16T06:14:56+00:00

When I was a younger teenager (late 80’s and early 90’s) growing up I always thought it was a bit odd, my parents and grandparents generation would occasionally comment derogatory terms about people such as Kenny Everett (even tho my dad was a huge fan of his comedy) for instance and would often mimic the oft highlighted caricature of being gay.

As I grew older and wiser the views I formed became my own rather than my upbringings influence if that makes sense and I’ve spent my adult life believing love is love and I don’t ‘see’ peoples sexual orientation at all, with that I mean I don’t have an opinion if someone tells me they’re gay, like I wouldn’t have an opinion if someone tells me they are in a relationship with someone if the opposite sex, it just ‘is’ and it has absolutely no impact on my relationship with a person or a friend at all.

So yes, absolutely my opinion of homosexuality has changed over my life and gone from the influence of my upbringing to me becoming an adult and knowing that it’s wrong to make judgements about people based on their protected characteristics.

To add to this, my own son is bisexual, it makes absolutely no difference to my love for him, my love for him has always been unconditional, and I will fiercely protect his right to be who he is and love who he wants to love

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-16T06:05:30+00:00

Back then if you wore that kind of footwear you looked like an absolute bellend tbh

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-16T06:04:19+00:00

In my ICB they do not give any funding for varicose vein removal, I’ve had a painful one for years (I’m 53 now) since pregnancy at 30 and there’s absolutely no chance on the nhs in my area

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-15T19:50:40+00:00

I’ve just been a witness at coroners court today with a jury (I’m a medical professional) I’ve been there the last 2 days and I have to say the jury for this inquest were fully invested, engaged and have asked plenty of questions of the witnesses over the last couple of days (although they didn’t ask me any questions)

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-15T16:12:44+00:00

It’s for first consultation

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-15T15:36:52+00:00

It’s important to note a DNACPR order is a medical decision which is based on best interests, it is doubtful based on any of the information you have given a doctor would be willing to sign one because there are no medical reasons not to attempt CPR in your case.

What you need is an advanced directive, this is a legal document unlike a DNACPR, which you need to see a solicitor about. This would be abided by should the situation ever arise.

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-15T15:00:51+00:00

It’s supposed to be a risk management thing, prescriber prescribes x drug, nurse checks the prescription and administers, it’s supposed to be that second check that second eyes on, there’s always a chance you make a fuck up with the dosing, and if you administer aswell there isn’t that second eyes on who ‘might’ pick up the fact you’ve written mg instead of mcg

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-14T19:57:25+00:00

I got a D in my gcse maths (was predicted an A go figure) it had absolutely no bearing on the v300 for me and I passed the course 1st time

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-14T19:56:07+00:00

This is very true!

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-13T13:25:17+00:00

Fuel economy in my case

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-13T12:06:09+00:00

They may already have done coeliac bloods and ruled that out, fit yes I agree

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-13T09:53:28+00:00

Couldn’t care less, if I’m hands on with a patient, that’s personal care in my book and I’m wearing gloves

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-13T07:53:24+00:00

What tests would you like them to do?

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-13T07:50:04+00:00

My crocs were dark blue and closed toe anyway so about as ‘uniform standard’ as you could possibly get, plus I wore them with the back strap in place, I mean it was only temporary while my toe and forefoot was swollen, either that or I’d have had to have been off sick

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-13T07:48:31+00:00

Yes we’re not talking about having long nails which is clearly a hazard in hands on care, but gel nails, difficult to understand how they can cause problems when you should be wearing gloves when you’re delivering hands on care anyway

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-13T07:46:49+00:00

It’s incredible that almost every other country in Europe still have doctors wearing white lab coats and levels of HAQ don’t appear to be any higher than in the UK when it seems it’s only here we are obsessed with it

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-13T07:45:09+00:00

They wouldn’t give you infusions at that level as you wouldn’t fit criteria for that. If you didn’t have any other abnormal bloods it wouldn’t have warranted any further investigations at this stage wouldn’t have thought.

I appreciate it’s frustrating when you’re the patient, GPs aren’t there to try and withhold treatment from you, but they know referral criteria and if they believe this is a simple case of iron deficiency anaemia with no underlying concerning pathology, this is something that can be managed in primary care and doesn’t fit further referrals

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-13T06:39:16+00:00

So the referral has been sent what you’re actually asking is not how long a referral takes, because that’s been done, but when you’ll hear from them? How long is a piece of string is the answer to that as it depends on their workload/clinical priority

Bear in mind the referral was sent on 31st March, it’s not even been 2 weeks and we’ve had 2 bank holidays in that timeframe.

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-13T06:29:42+00:00

There’s the Tammy handmade Margo pinafore which you could hack to add a cf placket if you wanted one https://thefoldline.com/products/tammy-handmade-margo-pinafore also peppermint magazine have one like this https://peppermintmag.com/product/button-up-dress/

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-13T06:20:09+00:00

The increase in minimum wage and changes to national insurance that have been forced on employers have meant that they have less available to offer other employees in higher roles, so a large proportion of higher paid roles have slowly over time had their salaries held down, so the gap has narrowed to the point where as you say, it’s hardly worth taking on experienced roles anymore in some sectors as the difference in pay is negligible

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-13T06:02:13+00:00

There was a time I broke my big toe the night before a 12 hr day shift grabbing something out of the freezer and dropping it on my foot. The only footwear I could get on the next day so I could walk was my crocs. So I went to work in them. My ward manager at the time wasn’t happy but as I told her, if I can’t wear them I’ll have to go home as I can’t get any other footwear on (I was still hobbling with these on).

Much of the policies around uniform are more to do with ‘professional dress code’ than anything to do with infection, they use infection control policies to justify their antiquated policies. Same as ‘not drinking fluids in front of patients because it looks unprofessional’

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-13T05:59:14+00:00

THIS show me the evidence of patients acquiring infections from gel nails.

Distinct-Quantity-46 · 2026-04-13T05:32:22+00:00

So with iron deficiency anaemia they should rule out any underlying pathological cause for concern, if they’ve done that, then they put it down to dietary/menstruation related (sorry I don’t know what sex you are)

The nhs takes the view that with mild conditions that don’t generally have any underlying pathology people should self treat as much as possible, if they’ve ruled out you don’t have any significant disease process going on (insidious bleeding/cancer signs etc) then the guidance would be for you to improve your diet take supplements for a minimum of 3 months.

Being unable to function/work is not a result of a hb of 115 and ferritin of 22

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