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I’m currently at the AOHC24 conference. I did a presentation for IOMSC on developments in the UK with Prof Rikard Moen, @HeronRichard @DrLanreOgunyemi @jhspanjaard25 @peter_connaught

The Occupational Medicine OUP journal special issue on Long Covid and work has now been published. academic.oup.com/occmed

@UKUpdates_co_uk The Union Jack is only flown on ships. The Union Flag is the official UK flag.

The Union Jack should fly above every school, college, university, every city, and town hall, every public building and at every airport in the UK. 🇬🇧 Who Agrees? 🇬🇧

@therealmrbench @UKUpdates_co_uk The Union Flag is the official flag of the UK. The Union Jack is flown on Naval vessels. Surely if you feel this strongly you knew that 🤔

@bsd_junkie @UKUpdates_co_uk The Union Jack 🇬🇧 is the official flag of the UK. Individual countries within the UK have their own flag

There’s little sign of a public or political appetite to prioritise spending on health. @nedwards_1 asks if we’re happy to see millions spent on precision medicines for rare diseases when we cannot provide dentistry for children. The answer seems to be ‘yes’

Kenji Saito, current president of ACOEM, Shriti Pattani, outgoing president of SOM, and me, current president of FOM.

Four generations of Leicester Medical School graduates. Anne de Bono, immediate past president of FOM, Shriti Pattani, outgoing president of SOM, me, current president of FOM, and Freddy, Leicester medical student.

My most powerful memory as a surgical house officer in Leicester was the Kegworth plane crash. The major incident plan just worked with sufficient staff and sufficient capacity. I seriously wonder if today’s NHS would cope as well despite technology advances.

@bodgoddard One of them is Professor Sir Andrew. So not that confusing, Bod.

What a pair! The General Medicine ward team today has 2 Dr Andrew Goddards. That hasn’t caused any confusion at all…..

I’m at RCGP for the 70th anniversary dinner. Sitting with a trio of medical dames Carol Black, Clare Gerada and Helen Stokes-Lampard.

This year’s RCP census shows that 52% of advertised consultant physician posts in England and Wales went unfilled last year, the highest proportion since records began in 2008. Of the 52%, nearly three quarters (74%) went unfilled because of a lack of any applicants at all.

I’m sitting between Prof Dame Carrie MacEwen, head of the GMC, and Prof Neil Mortenson, president of the Royal College of Surgeons at the Conservative party conference.

I’m at the academy of medical royal colleges meeting at the Conservative party conference. Just listened to Lord Bethell speak.

I’m about to head to Liverpool for the Labour Party conference. AoMRC have a lunch time meeting tomorrow with shadow health ministers and other interested parties.

I’ve just done an interview with the Financial Times about lessons employers need to learn from the Covid 19 pandemic.

I’m on the train to Paddington for an Academy of Medical Royal Colleges policy planning day tomorrow with Amanda Pritchard CEO of NHSE. Tonight we’ve got a lecture from Sir Michael Marmott (last year was Jeremy Hunt) and a dinner at RCoAnaes.

I’m on the Radio 4 PM programme today at 17.30 talking about the ONS report on worklessness and health.

Honoured to welcome new honorary fellows Professor Maggie Rae, Professor Damien McElvenny, and Professor Peter Croft.

Excellent key note speech by Professor Martin Marshall Chair RCP at the FOM Awards event - fascinating to get Martin’s insights on the future of General Practice @FOMNews @FomPresident @MartinRCGP