briantrumpet
Timewaster
So why are you complaining? I dislike opera and tuneless noisy pop music, but am very lots of people do, so it's good that their tastes are catered for.
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So why are you complaining? I dislike opera and tuneless noisy pop music, but am very lots of people do, so it's good that their tastes are catered for.
Ian H
Shaman
Inoffensiveness is a hugely overrated virtue.
Pinno718
Guru
How much jumping up and down are you going to do?
briantrumpet
Timewaster
When they are playing Mozart... probably none.
briantrumpet
Timewaster
I actually like it when I dislike a piece of music so much I feel the urge to change channels on the wireless.
briantrumpet
Timewaster
Maybe you missed a career opportunity, fame, and a peerage.
briantrumpet
Timewaster
Re the Oxford scheme ... job done! 😃
Pross
Über Member
It's hilarious that the headline seems to be implying that it's a bad thing rather than being what was intended. I think GBN maybe a bit thick.
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briantrumpet
Timewaster
Exactly so. I imagine Oxford City Council is delighted both with the result and the unintentional endorsement.
briantrumpet
Timewaster
https://www.theguardian.com/society...aved-400-lives-so-far-in-england-figures-show
"More than 400 lives may have been saved as a result of Martha’s rule, which lets NHS patients request a review of their care, official figures reveal.
Helplines received more than 10,000 calls in the first 16 months of the scheme after its introduction in England in 2024, according to data seen by the Guardian. Thousands of patients were either moved to intensive care, received drugs they needed or benefited from other changes as a direct result of the calls.
The system is named after Martha Mills, 13, who died in 2021 from sepsis after a bicycle accident. A coroner found she would probably have survived if she had been moved to the intensive care unit at King’s College hospital in London when she began deteriorating.
Martha’s rule helplines received 10,119 calls between September 2024 and December 2025 from patients, relatives or staff who were worried about care, the figures show. That led to 446 people receiving improvements to their care that may have saved their life."
"More than 400 lives may have been saved as a result of Martha’s rule, which lets NHS patients request a review of their care, official figures reveal.
Helplines received more than 10,000 calls in the first 16 months of the scheme after its introduction in England in 2024, according to data seen by the Guardian. Thousands of patients were either moved to intensive care, received drugs they needed or benefited from other changes as a direct result of the calls.
The system is named after Martha Mills, 13, who died in 2021 from sepsis after a bicycle accident. A coroner found she would probably have survived if she had been moved to the intensive care unit at King’s College hospital in London when she began deteriorating.
Martha’s rule helplines received 10,119 calls between September 2024 and December 2025 from patients, relatives or staff who were worried about care, the figures show. That led to 446 people receiving improvements to their care that may have saved their life."
briantrumpet
Timewaster
Personal good news. Vienne Jazz Festival. Nice when a plan comes together.
briantrumpet
Timewaster
Ha, and they are my photos too.
briantrumpet
Timewaster
And the other good news from that we've got free tickets to the Miller/Blanchard/Coltrane gig in the Roman amphitheatre (it's quite the venue that seats 10,000 - see below), and a DYJO alumna has got her own gig with her quartet in another venue at midnight. The plan definitely has come together. Just hope my heart op now gets done soon and I've recovered in time... that bit of planning is out of my hands.
