Katherine Paul

@FondOfBeetles Delightful lads!

On a train across from a foursome of 20-yr-ish lads. The dynamics between them are interesting. There is the cocky leader. He’s a brickie. He holds his declared income at 50k, because if he goes over, he will pay 40% tax. On all of it 🤦‍♀️ He has loudly told the train carriage how best to avoid paying tax (even if he doesn’t understand how income tax is levied). There is the adoring groupie boy, who now wants to be a brickie, but thinks he would fail the routine Monday drugs test. Because it’s really unfair that when you go off to a rave for the weekend, your boss might suspect it’s not fuelled by simply the evil cocktail of Malibu, vodka and coke that you are well stuck into, and have offered around the carriage. BTW, fella, I went to the loo after you. You need to learn to aim, and you are definitely failing a drugs test, so top marks for perception. There is a coder. Alpha Brickie thinks Coder is the smart one, but in that “banter way” that sounds quite hurtful. When Alpha Brickie went to the loo, Coder confessed that he was still working and although excited about the weekend, was actually looking forward to cooking on Sunday. Beta Brickie said he quite likes baking, but Alpha Brickie came back so he shut up. Fourth dude has volunteered that he was “outed” on some red flag website by his girlfriend (he didn’t call her that, he called a C word). A site that women use to expose abusive men, as far as I can tell. Alpha Brickie thinks women’s rights have gone too far. More at Ten, tune in.

Whatever your views are on the royals, no one can defend this.

Stroke team NHS Borders celebrating World stroke day

A beautiful autumnal weekend working supporting patients in the rural borders #hospitalathome #nhsborders

@_m3adie @mimigk1492 What are the chances?! Poor you!

Has anyone here ever worked as 999 emergency response dispatcher?

@NursingTimes This is a truely heart-breaking read. I really feel for the staff. Just no words.

Ward manager denies favouring Letby but admits failings nursingtimes.net/news/policies-…

apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?… Join our amazing team!

@lynseywelsh03 @BACCNUK Some haul!! Haha

Tell me you’ve been to a conference without telling me you’ve been to a conference 😁 @BACCNUK 💙 #sponsors #loveafreebie

I have the upmost respect for geriatricians. Its a challenging but rewarding specialty managing patients with multiple complex conditions. Hospital@home has been a real eye opener for me!

Today our patron BAFTA award winner author and former doctor @amateuradam is calling on every NHS organisation in the country to plant a memorial tree to honour the lives of health workers who have died by suicide. The statistics are shocking - one doctor takes their life every three weeks, and one nurse takes their own life every week. Since we launched our National Memorial Tree campaign, in association with Adam, many hospitals across the country have planted a tree as a poignant reminder of those staff who have taken their own lives. Why not take the next step today and join this campaign. Their lives deserve to be remembered. Film courtesy of @mallinsontv @brickmortarpost and @berrycrowd #suicideprevention #memorialtree #suicide #nhs #mentalhealth #adamkay

@NurseStandard Nope! We have "healthcare support workers". Pre-registration I was an "auxiliary nurse" though, I remember being so proud of that title! I get why they have changed it but I think the title could be better.

NHS employers may be using misleading names for some unregistered nursing staff, including Band 3 and Band 4 roles that include 'nurse' and 'staff nurse' in job titles. Does this happen where you work? #NHS #protectnurse #NHSjobs #nursing rcni.com/nursing-standa…

Well that was a tough 8months but I've passed! Woohoo! Lucky me, I have a had an incredible teacher @hazeyfantasy6 and a great mentor @fionabuchan1 ❤️ and thanks to my amazing team for their support and encouragement. #advancedpractice #osce #napier

How low can you possibly go? 😔

instagram.com/bbchw/reel/C92… So Interesting...

Facebook memory popped up today. I was a newly qualified nurse in charge of an acute medical ward in SE london with rioting outside. Ended up being a 24hour shift. Truely Terrifying. Thoughts are with everyone affected by the rioting right now. ❤️

@DrEilidhMaria Their loss! Hehe yeah I got sacked at 16yrs for a £2 an hour job for not picking it up fast enough!! 🙃

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1… We've really enjoyed netflix's take on the great british train robbery. I remember an old mentor of mine at St christophers hospice telling me about this. Sad how much these robbers were glamourised by the press when the train driver was so traumatised.

10years 🌟

Such phenomenal news. 😭 Really appreciate the support @LauraJones04 thank you thank you thank you!!!! nhsborders.scot.nhs.uk/patients-and-v…

Annual leave day 1: documenting all the study time i have done...SO many hours to get through this course! The joys! Ah well at least the view ain't too bad...