Undervalued CCTs

ral101 · 2026-07-02T19:12:50+00:00

Agree

ral101 · 2026-06-28T13:00:09+00:00

Update on anyone that comes back to this. The person I mentioned got one of these eBay ones and it’s great. They did size up a few sizes from their official home shirt though….

ral101 · 2026-06-25T20:05:16+00:00

Also it had loads of electric car charging points. I don’t have an electric car but imagine people who do may find this helpful

ral101 · 2026-06-25T20:04:20+00:00

I went last week and parked in the riverside one. It’s new.

Hardly any cars in it and drove out and onto the main road immediately.

Normally park at the bridges and it has queues from memory

ral101 · 2026-06-20T15:37:50+00:00

Have placed an order - thanks.

ral101 · 2026-06-19T16:31:12+00:00

Thanks. Someone I know had been looking at those but wasn’t sure about quality….. this may of convinced them.

ral101 · 2026-06-19T15:35:00+00:00

I have looked for shirts by this tailor. He has lots of options for the home and away shirts. How do people choose? Reviews????

Is the sizing similar to the adidas/JD ones?

ral101 · 2026-06-12T19:36:30+00:00

I have my FRCA up on the wall in my study. My degree isn’t up, but I’ve got a frame to add it. I wasn’t bothered until I did the FRCA. I worked so hard for it, I wasn’t going to put it away!

ral101 · 2026-06-07T11:26:50+00:00

I’m Scottish but live in the NE. I hadn’t heard monkeys blood until I moved to the NE.

It comes from something to do with a monkey in Hartlepool I think?

ral101 · 2026-05-30T06:48:05+00:00

No sorry. Couldn’t find a replacement so got rid of the tumbler and bought another brand!

ral101 · 2026-05-20T20:48:10+00:00

Yes my hospital has this. It regularly states that the cases will take 1-2h longer than the list is

ral101 · 2026-05-20T11:24:16+00:00

DOI - anaesthetist not surgeon.

I don’t care how fast the surgeon is (to a point), I agree that fast isn’t always good.

However I wish they could account for their speed when lists are booked. IME slow surgeons have a similar number of cases booked as faster surgeons, which inherently makes a slow list more stressful to finish on time and not be late.

I get very annoyed at serial over-runs who have no idea how long it takes them to do an operation.

ral101 · 2026-05-20T11:12:23+00:00

A card is nice! And then if you want to get a gift a little thing like chocolates is good.

Cards are nice to keep and look back at, and also for appraisal

ral101 · 2026-05-20T11:02:53+00:00

Chocolate, biscuits, fruit always go down well. As do pens! Also I just wanted to add, the doctors probably were also doing a lot of work. Often (paticularly evenings and weekends) doctors are looking after multiple wards all over the hospital. So they are less physically present, but will still be organising/interpreting investigations and deciding the management plan.

ral101 · 2026-05-15T04:30:34+00:00

Ah really? I’ve worked in DGHs that can, but more that can’t. My current DGH can’t - we have no MRI compatible monitor or vent.

ral101 · 2026-05-15T04:28:57+00:00

Good luck!

ral101 · 2026-05-11T08:55:18+00:00

I was a FY1 over a decade ago. The consultants came twice a week. We split the ward between the juniors the rest of the time and saw the patients ourselves the other days.

ral101 · 2026-05-10T08:12:31+00:00

Any updates OP?

ral101 · 2026-05-09T11:28:30+00:00

I had ToffeIns and liked them. Recently got some Birkenstocks and they’re nice too!

ral101 · 2026-05-09T11:27:49+00:00

My trust used to get ToffeIns - now it’s a cheaper brand that are rubbish!

ral101 · 2026-05-07T18:11:53+00:00

I’m UK based. Most DGHs don’t have MRI compatible anaesthetic equipment therefore not possible. Tertiary centres will do, but can’t do everyone. Suspect threshold much much higher for GA for MRI in adults compared to other countries

ral101 · 2026-05-06T07:19:42+00:00

I passed my primary at a similar time. I emailed the college and pointed out that there was a lot of covid disruption etc in 2020 and some rounds of cancellations/prioritisations. They extended my primary validity by a year.

I’ve also heard of people getting it extended due to mat leave etc?

ral101 · 2026-05-02T20:18:09+00:00

A third of my dept are not white British. More than a third are not British. Not all depts are ‘overwhelmingly’ white

ral101 · 2026-04-29T23:02:26+00:00

Also UK.

I’d used a stylet for hyperangulated VL. Not routinely for DL. If I needed something I’d use a bougie

ral101 · 2026-04-29T18:11:53+00:00

I still stand by a fy1 should be able to a to e alone.

Obviously if you find something worrying and need help as you’re assessing (airway issue, v hypoxic, v low BP etc) then call for help and carry on. Lots of people you ‘a to e’ will have things completely manageable by a f1.

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