Happy Holidays to all!

Happy Holidays everyone

Happy Chinese New Year!

NASTY NICE spreads its evil message

I'm currently working on a transcription about pharmaceutical companies, and it's hardly giving away state secrets to mention that the guy has just said that many other countries are looking to NICE, (who base their decisions on whether a drug is approved in the UK on 'health economics' which boils down to 'if it's expensive …

Self-fulfilling prophecy?

For the last two days I've woken up barely able to move my left knee and feeling pretty horrid. Two days ago I woke up saying 'I feel carp and today's going to be a rubbish day'. Carp is, of course, a euphemistic anagram. Sure enough I felt fairly carp all day and the day …

Who’d have thought it? RA can save you money!

Had a great, but exhausting weekend, staying with a friend and doing our biannual Lakeside shopping trip. For those not in the know, or with zero interest in shopping, Lakeside is a large shopping centre in Essex, on the outskirts of London, and my friend Debbie and I save up our pennies and make a …