Andy Atherton

The Primary Eyecare Services team are delighted to be at the @HSJ_Awards this evening as a finalist for the Primary and Community Care Provider of the Year Award! It’s an honour to be able to celebrate excellence in healthcare amongst so many wonderful nominees. #hsjawards

@GaryMcAllister All the best Gary. Another great loss to the NHS. I did exactly the same after a measly 24 years. Have some time off and don't fret about what comes next. You'll be amazed who comes knocking on the door 👍.

I am leaving the NHS after 26 years. I have no concrete plan at this point. Ive had ups and downs and met some amazing people. Who knows what the future holds but thanks all who have been so supportive and kind over the years. I'm sure I'll pop up again when the time is right.💙

@CxIOLeah @DHRewired Yep. Everything you asked for 🤣

@thefirstavi @DHRewired Have they actually?!?

Has anybody invented a conference app where you can tag all the sessions you want to go to and all the people you want to chat/ coffee with… then it can suggest opportunities to catch up based on geography/ similar sessions. 😂 I’ve got so many people to fit in @DHRewired

@GaryMcAllister I applaud your level of restraint! . All the best for whatever you're up to next, the people on the ground need you!

I'm leaving the national team at the end of March. Sitting in a cafe in Hastings my core reflection is that we need to hold onto the recommendations in the LWG review. gov.uk/government/pub…

@GaryMcAllister All hail the macro

Just put RPA everywhere.. that will fix it 🫣

@sniffpetrol Country gent spec

Nice to another member of the small wheel, clear glass Range Rover club.

@ListerLawrence @Ford Beginning of the end for the ranger , especially with HMRC new announcement on classification for company car tax !

We bought a brand new Ford Ranger in 2023 to act as a Lister pool car. It’s only done 20k miles but it broke down in catastrophic fashion 3 weeks ago. ☹️ We had to wait till now to get it into Ford only to be told we needed to take it to Ford’s commercial centre. Waiting time - 6 weeks 🤯 and our courtesy car is a Focus 1.0! I’m not sure how good it’ll be at towing our trailer, we shall see. 😳 So that’s 9 weeks waiting time in total. This sort of failure is all too common with the Ranger it seems. Cmon @forduk get your act together 🙏🏼

@ianroddis We also got as many fixed devices as we could in. Minimum one each bay and on every bit of wall we could find to get the doctors using those to leave mobile kit for nursing staff. Imprivata tap and go with follow me desktop incentivised them massively !

NHS Twitterverse - if delivering EPMA are WOWs (workstations on wheels) essential, or a nice to have? Do laptops on trolleys work? At both Kettering and Bucks WOWs were unloved and left in corners... (and yes I know about IEC 60601). Any thoughts?

@ianroddis We are now mainly battery powered wows with removable batteries but fire safety sign off is now an issue as to where we can mount chargers etc. lots of panic whenever there's a lithium battery mentioned even though med devices have been using them for years . iPads for eobs .

@ianroddis We deployed laptops on trolleys. They didn't stand up to the abuse . Chargers constantly disappear even when secured as best you can . They also didn't stand up to the cleaning . Toughbooks or similar would work but ain't no one going to thank you for that !

@nickex5 Getting a box of Lego is just the start!

@nickex5 @jjameswalk And when you get to the point of measuring benefits, especially related to wte reduction and measurable improvements in care, there have been so many other organisational programmes outside of EPR it's nigh on impossible to attribute them.

@autoalex I thought greenlight insured all your cars 🤔

I may (or may not) have bought my dream car...a Porsche 993 😅 Can people please advise good Insurance companies for such a (hypothetical) purchase 😉

@BeeNetwork @AlisonMLees Applied over a month ago, sent photos payment etc to the freepost address. . How long do these usually take?

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@GaryMcAllister London do it like that 👌

Sometimes I create music and can't believe its me. Latest single below, I can't wait to release it, fully mixed and mastered in the next few weeks on all platforms. soundcloud.com/gary-mcalliste…

@AutoPap Cheapest at 175k 2019 45k miles. Original list was 160. Not bad for 4 years !

There are 172 Urus’s for sale on AT. Only 18 months ago these cars were hard to get and commanding a premium. #BitCoinBubble 💥

@richardbrunning Smith and sniff influence ? @Carpervert @sniffpetrol

It's really quite red.

Slipped, fell and accidentally bought a fun toy for the summer. Arrives tomorrow morning. 😁

@badobsessionmsp You need the escargo to transport it. Come on ! 🤣

We're going live with Project Binky - Episode 38 tonight at 7:00pm BST. Our long suffering Patrons already have it.

I'm glad we're finally winning the war on superfluous Commas ! thetimes.co.uk/article/hospit…