Honorary Titles in Healthcare Leadership: why clarity matters

Honorary titles are common in healthcare leadership, but rarely flagged as such. When “Professor” or “Dr” appears on official letters or parliamentary evidence, the lack of context risks misleading staff and policymakers.

There is a funny obsession with titles amongst healthcare leaders. Nearly every CEO and Chair you spot leading a trust or a health board these days refers to themselves as a “professor” or a “doctor”.

Mandatory RCGP Membership: Part 1

Congratulations to me, I’ve secured a GP training post. No popping corks yet though. You see, having successfully gained a spot to train as a GP, I have now been emailed by the Deanery, on behalf of the Royal College of General Practitioners, to ask me to take out a membership as a GP trainee.

BMA ARM motion re Gaza Conflict – June 2025

The following motion (Motion 43) was presented to BMA ARM 2025 on 24 June, 2025: Your browser does not support the video tag. That this meeting reaffirms the BMA’s position statements of June 2024 and January 2025 on the Israel-Gaza conflict, which underscore the imperative of upholding international humanitarian law and the protection of healthcare workers and infrastructure in conflict zones.

Edinburgh Airport and Vinci SA

Driven by pure spite for the fact they’ve put various charges up again across the airport (and as a local resident, it just means more cars hanging around in places they shouldn’t, to try dodge the drop-off fees), I wanted to dig a bit more into who owns the airport.

Vista Health: "Full Body MRI Scan"

See here for other articles on dodgy “MRI Cancer Scans” Vista Health, another favourite. We’ve already covered the fact there is no such thing as a “full body cancer screen”, and how these types of screening-not-screenings can cause harm.

Synology Lucene++ Client

Recently I was trying to figure out a way of accessing the “universal search” index available via the Synology UI, in a way that didn’t require logging into the UI itself.