Category Archives: Ian’s thoughts

Earlier this week, Neema our lively 6 yr old was in a children’s ward in Blackpool Victoria Hospital with a nasty throat infection and inflamed tonsil tissue. It wasn’t too serious and the wonderful care of the nurses & doctors … Continue reading →

Coming back yesterday in the car from visiting cousins over the weekend, I thought the sat-nav was having a moment of overload! For each instruction from ‘the lady of the little black box’ came another female voice immediately repeating the exact same line…word for … Continue reading →

As mentioned in Mark’s blog post last week, we all had the privilege of meeting together with the clinical lead team. With so much enthusiasm, commitment and fun in the room it was not difficult to have a great day. Thank you to each … Continue reading →

Last night we had the privilege to see our friends of many years Jeff & Kay Lucas. Jeff was speaking in the Megacentre in Sheffield so Andie & I jumped in the car after Grandparents kindly agreed to sit the … Continue reading →

Last week I had the privilege of meeting some of the dental students from Kings College London. Together with Kathy Wilson from Newcastle Dental School and Anna Hurst from Henry Schein Minerva we were interviewing candidates for our pilot elective … Continue reading →

A friend of mine once said “change is here to stay”. I knew exactly what he meant; that where there was the opportunity to be continually looking ahead rather than maintaining the status quo, or playing safe, the attitude of … Continue reading →

During 2003, I had the opportunity to meet with Dr Rob Barbour the medical director for Barrick Gold. Together we discussed the needs for Bulyanhulu Gold mine employees & their immediate families to access oral health services. Within a week … Continue reading →

These past few days have seen us as a family start to say good bye to this amazing country that we love by a camping safari in the Serengeti national park. Andie’s sister, niece and cousin have been with us … Continue reading →

Sunday morning saw Tara and I jumping into a very nice land cruiser with Ezekiel our driver for the road trip with a difference. Our car journey allowed us to work, plan, prepare, eat, drink, listen to my stunning selection … Continue reading →

I had the privilege of attending the Masquerade ball recently at the South Lodge Hotel. The proceeds of the evening to go towards Bridge2Aid and the Children’s Hospice charity CHASE. Not often do you get two charities working together in … Continue reading →