My office is situated quite close to our main reception area, and if internal doors are left open (much to my annoyance) I can hear pretty much everything that goes on.  Sometimes this can be a good thing – because I’ll hear that receptionist who is always pleasant, doesn’t breach anything in reception and regardless…

By PM Polly The partners meeting starts at 8am. My alarm goes off at 5.30am. I step out of the futon that I bought when I was going through my ‘Japanese furnishing’ phase and moan at the pain as my bones cheer from the relief of getting away from the not so ‘luxury’ mattress.  I…

Written by Don “Some can gain all the experience needed after a few minutes of instruction whilst others will never gain it in a lifetime of toil…….” (I think I just made that one up, although I could equally have plagiarised it from somewhere, but I am old and curmudgeonly so don’t really give a…

Well, there’s plenty enough for me to get annoyed this week (for a change!).  We all know that end of March/beginning of April is when the madness descends. End of year to sort, QOF figures to be finalised (meaning we’ve spent most of March ramming patients in left, right and centre) staff being on holiday…

I am a partner (I’m not really, but for this exercise, just bear with me). And because I am not really a partner, I am going to (not really) be the Senior Partner. And I am going to be slim, handsome and young – just because I can be, even if it is for only…

By Nicola Hayward I have to say the last few weeks have flown by in a blur. I don’t know whether I’m coming or going and there’s so much going on, I’m making notes everywhere!  My monitor is covered in sticky notes, I have a to-do list which is replicated in a notebook; you know, just…

By Nicola Hayward First month of the year over already. Just where does the time go?  My Nan always said once I’d hit 21, the years would fly by… I didn’t think she actually meant that they would whizz at a rate of knots, so much so, that each week now is just a blur!…