Seaside hospital and the health form

Seaside hospital does seem a little odd though. Over the past 4 years, I have been to 10 different hospitals, and in none have I been asked about my health. The Uni did the HEAF test at the start of Year 1 Hep B and Rubella status tests before Year 2 but no more. However, seaside hospital wanted us to complete a full Occupational Health form, demanding details of medical history (thankfully brief), alcohol consumption(!), and immunisations - the full list of immunisations to give details on was:

• Tetanus (date of last immunisation only)
• Polio (as above)
• Diptheria (as above)
• Thyphoid (as above)
• Rubella - Date of last immunisation, date of immunity test, result of immunity test; Have you ever had an MMR?; Have you ever been diagnosed with mumps?
• Hepatitis B - doses, date of last dose, date of last blood test, titre level, date of next booster

This sent me rushing to Uni Health Service (for BCG, Hep B and Rubella data) and to my GP surgery for the others. At the surgery the receptionists showed me my medical notes based on my confirming my address and D.o.B, only for me to discover that the only things in my GP medical notes are the list of immunisations I have received!

At least I now have a composite list of my immunisations though.

interestingly, the university had not informed the GP of the result of the HEAF test, and the GP practice had not recorded the titre level for Rubella or Hep B, merely recorded that they were acceptable as an indication of immunisation.

Still I have now sent the form off, and hope that it is acceptable.

Introducing Suburban Seaside Hospital

This weekend is the Monday Holiday in the Health Board where i am currently on placement, so a 4 days weekend!

I utilised today by a period of meditative activity (i.e. a long lie) then started to scout out my next placement location. From Depcat Hell, I will be at the Suburban seaside hospital. Well it's not on the prom, but its a darn sight closer than my flat is.

I decided to find someone with some knowledge of the area I'd be going to, and indeed who knows the road very well. Step forward the ubiquitous Butcher Boy. the tattooed drinker also knows the area well, but he had films to see and drink to drink. We set off shortly after lunch and had a good journey down, despite the obsessive changing of the speed limit every 5-10 miles, The trip takes about 50 minutes, so is almost commutable - although we do get accommodation at the hospital if we choose to use it.

The biggest surprise was the fact that there's no two ways about it, the hospital is bright yellow. Most around here are Concrete or Stone. This one is yellow brick and looks both quite nice and quite odd at the same time.

We then went for a rather nice lunch in the Boot of the old town, near the courthouse and beach, before heading for the 'burbs, where I dropped butcher Boy at his parents house and he did some carjacking, and I drove back up to the big smoke.

Who said public holidays were restful?