AliJaneMoore

A Reform-led council scrapping funded improvements in an area where two cyclists had died.

I was born in the 1960s and I struggle with imperial measurements. My kids have no idea about them and could not tell you how many pounds there are in a stone....what proportion of the population is calling for us to underturn 50+ years of a sensible, decimal-based system?

I'm there in the background. Great fun event with lots of participants.

I wonder if @orieloxford.bsky.social relaises Reform is behind this booking?

A continual gripe of mine as I often drive to Milton Keynes/Bletchley to meet a friend who lives in Cambridge and I would much prefer to go by train.

Starting to get tired of unequal access to services being described as a "postcode lottery" when the reason for it is mostly income inequality. It's too early for me to articulate this thought properly.

Beautiful sunrise in Oxford this morning - my phone camera can't do justice to it. But here's a dreaming spire (Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, I think) and a single lit window. captured from my study.

This is sort of true though there is already a mechanism for downsizers to benefit from the value of their former home in IHT terms. More likely people in midlife will buy larger homes they struggle to maintain as they age. IHT really should be asset-neutral: UK is obsessed by home ownership.

I'm sorry if this is obvious but the Tory proposal to exempt family homes completely from IHT will lead to 1] pensioners buying the biggest houses they possibly can 2] pensioners refusing to downsize which can only be bad news for younger families trying to buy family homes

Story now updated with quotes from me. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Who would have thought it? Migrants pay tax (not to mention visa fees and NHS levy) and contribute to the economy.

The GMC has done a lot to address the issue of international medical graduates being more likely to be referred for an MPTS hearing than home-educated ones. Best to look at this over a period of time but stats for this year are worrying. Me for the BMJ buff.ly/KnHEa2E

A spot of light reading.

Are there any chief people officers or their deputies with an intrest in AI among my followers? If so could you drop me a DM. I'm looking for people who would like to join a discussion about the role they can play in adoption.

The irony meter would completely explode if the village of Piddington ends up attracting a large number of fighting age men, many of whom have criminal records, to appear menacing on its streets. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Looks early. If you're thinking about getting a flu vaccination, would get it sooner rather than later.

I can understand villagers' anger at any large development like this being imposed on them but they are being used by people who want to stir up trouble and the narrative about "protect our women and children" is concerning (biggest threat to women is the men they live with/have a relationship with)

Been meaning to go to the Chalke history festival for some time - just booked weekend ticket for next year on the grounds that if it is in the diary I will get there.

One fo the best series ever made and so much of its time.

These volunters and their families are probably terrified. What is being done to protect them?

I was horrified by the tone of this article. It was like arguing the Kray twins were okay really because they loved their mum. I'm a subscriber but not for much longer @thetimes.com

NHS finances in Kent and Medway are in a dire state....and could get worse. www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...

Just told my daughter I am going to a talk by Rowan Atkinson on Monday when I meant Rowan Williams. Not an easy mistake to make......

Not to mention the other pension schemes administered by Capita where people had their personal details accessed in a cyberhack.

'Bring back premature death, lung damage in children and more hospital admissions' is quite the bold campaign slogan.

This explains how some of the issues in the NHS Allliance's report on ADHD and autism services is affecting one ICB. www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...

No, I have not just used some hibiscrub prescribed for a cat to clean the remains of an infected insect bite on my arm. That would be just silly.

It's hard not to believe the BBC is softening us up for a Reform government by telling us it is going to happen.

Just upgraded my Bodleian Library access rights (can now order special collections) and slightly disappointed I did not have to swear the oath not to "mark, deface or injure" books or start fires in the library again.

Hate to blow my own trumpet but Emily Townsend and myself have been shortlisted for a Medical Journalists Association award for our work on home births in HSJ. www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe... (paywalled - sorry!).

The Human Tissue Authority started doing unannounced inspections of hospital mortuaries a couple of years back. It has led to a massive increase in the number of "shortfalls" found per inspection.

Oh. He had been invited to talk at an event in Oxford next month about the 3.5 year fiasco of the Botley rail bridge. Guess he won't be coming then.

But Lime should surely know where it's bikes were and who hired them?

Any maternity managers out there who fancy a quick (and possibly anonymous) chat about how services can be improved? DMs open.

Delightful swin outside this morning with parakeets flying overhead. Exotic holiday? No, North Oxford.

BBC actually said "alleged asylum seekers" this morning.

Daughter has just overheard a shopkeeper and shopper having a rant about migrants (usual bile and half-truths) which ended with one of them saying "It's so bad I'm emigrating to New Zealand."

Wilson's holiday home on Scilly. Can you imagine any UK PM staying in such a modest place today? www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...

Terrible but surely pilots should have regular refresher sessions and simulation in reverting to older technology. Just as the NHS should have training and plans for using paper when computer systems collapse or are hacked....

In April @NHSEngland refused my request for education quality assurance reports (which they used to publish monthly and look at experience of docs and other staff in training) on the grounds they were intended for future publication. Guess how many they have published since? 0

I'm supposed to be working part time at 80% because of ongoing health conditions, and am being paid as such. My average working hours for the next four months are 36.4 hours/week. That is considered part time for a doctor. The full time for AfC staff is between 36-37.5 hours/week.

Any maternity managers on here who fancy a quick chat about what it is like working in such a heavily scrutinised area? Can be anonymous. DMs open.

What we put resident doctors through in the name of "training"......

Very intersting article: rich familie playing close to the annual student tuition fee for 2 weeks cos-playing being at Oxford University. Ends with a "letter of recommendation." cherwell.org/2026/08/02/a...

Fascinbating piece about housing, using Oxford as an example, by social geographer Danny Dorling. I guess I count as a migrant! www.ox.ac.uk/news/pulse/p...