At 11:00 today (26/7/11) I went up to the hospital to speak to my grandmother's consultant - Dr Tan - as he finished ward rounds. Today though ward rounds dragged on until 12:00 by which time the doctor had to rush off to a meeting. His senior house officers has promised to speak to me though if I come back at around 15:00. I'm still considering that offer because quite frankly it's the consultant who makes the decisions. Unfortunately that little episode makes it quite difficult for what I'm about to say next not sound like a threat.
Britain's economic growth figures for the second quarter of 2011 (April, May, June) have been released today. Growth in Q4 of 2010 was (-0.5%) and in Q1 of 2011 it was 0.5% giving an average of 0% growth over the two quarters. The Q2 figure released today shows growth of 0.2%. Although this wasn't as bad as some people had predicted it's still half the growth shown in Q1 and means the British economy is still bouncing along the bottom neither in recession or growing in any meaningful way. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) who prepared the figures are blaming the dip on one off factors like the Japanese tsunami and the extra public holiday in April. So it's been quite funny watching a succession of British politicans and civil servants trying to talk about the growth figures without using the phrase; "The Royal wedding killed the economy."
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