A murder investigation is under way in east London after a man found stabbed in the street died in hospital.

Smack bang in the middle of my patch, yet strangely I still feel safe walking around those same streets in uniform, or in civvies.

There is a good chance that one of my mates went on that call. No doubt I'll learn the full story tomorrow - and obviously won't be able to blog about it.

So I did my talk at the Guardian Public Services Summit.

I managed to tell a load of people in suits (including people from the Department of Health) that the ORCON target is clinically worthless.

I feel like I have justified five years of blogging.

If you think that I am wrong in my assessment of ORCON then you can post a comment here and we can enter into an open discussion. This being part of my talk about how blogging can break down the barriers between blogging.

I hope that some of those DoH managers can see fit to spend ten minutes a day casting their eyes over some of the UK medical blogs out there in order to get a real view of what it is like to work for the NHS.

"Live in hope, die in despair".