If you came here from here – I have no idea about the news about chemical masks, but I do know that we are all going to be given radiation detectors.  I mentioned it here along with a suggested new name of ‘London Ambulance and Canary Service’.

Also the news story says ‘Paramedics’, as an EMT am I therefore expendable?

(Yes, yes, I know that ‘Paramedic’ is media shorthand for anyone who works on an ambulance).

Mentalnurse tells us about the big headline in community psychiatric services.  I’d say that this post sums up the whole of the NHS…

First off Care coordinators have to look for services that say they will do the work that’s shown on a care plan, then you have to beg for the money to pay for the services, and then you have to monitor the services so that they do what they say they are doing. This last bit is really frustrating, because often they are not, but there are no other services available, so its a bit like being a toothless tiger - and if you want to know what that’s like, just imagine trying to suck an antelope to death.

 

The final Thing That Interests Me, and it's the big one that I've been saving until last.

Her name is Laura, she's a LAS relief and she's my girlfriend.

She is, at the risk of sounding soppy, *lovely*. She's also worried that by revealing this I will be reducing my marketability, I'm not so sure, I think that folk will be happy for me.

We've been going out for a while now, and she is the first woman that I've been able to *sleep* with. Previously I've never had a good night's sleep when I've shared a bed with a woman, with Laura this isn't a problem.

(It may just be that she wears me out before I go to sleep, what with me being an old man...)

My previous relationships haven't lasted very long, but I think that this one will last for quite a while. The biggest problem is that we both work shifts and that can mean that we don't see each other for over a week.

As I write this she is watching over my shoulder, and it's a really nice feeling.

Strange...

But nice.