@ajlees @petergoadsby @neurolib @UCLIoN And the long-sleeved shirts !

@Jcalcolado @petergoadsby @neurolib @UCLIoN And finally the ‘scrubs’

@ajlees @petergoadsby @neurolib @UCLIoN No law against bowties

@drokane @petergoadsby @neurolib @UCLIoN They stopped those too

@ajlees @petergoadsby @neurolib @UCLIoN I resigned into retirement when I was threatened with “disciplinary action” for wearing a tie. I loved the white coats but the problem was getting them cleaned.

@DrHenryMarsh @petergoadsby @neurolib @UCLIoN We had an in house laundry at Queen Square super efficient and some of the staff were also patients at thr hospital

@ajlees @petergoadsby @neurolib @UCLIoN I think the ‘weekly’ visit to the laundry was part of the problem!

@StephJaneFarley @petergoadsby @neurolib @UCLIoN Not for me. I used to have tea and a chat with the laundresses. It was part of the ecosystem

@ajlees @petergoadsby @neurolib @UCLIoN As an American, may I ask why they did that (or at least what was the justification given? Doctors still wear white coats here--not all of them, but some.

@LauraJSnyder @petergoadsby @neurolib @UCLIoN I believe it was to deprofessionalise us the excuse was white coats spread superbugs in hospitals but the evidence was slender

@ajlees @petergoadsby @neurolib @UCLIoN They took my chef's hat when I worked there in the 80s.

@ajlees @petergoadsby @neurolib @UCLIoN I didn't know that. I remember how proud we were of our white jackets as clinical students. Prof Semple telling us we shouldn't be wearing them while walking from UCH to the Middlesex , xing Tottenham Court Road, but if you carried it all your stuff fell out of the pockets..

@ajlees @petergoadsby @neurolib @UCLIoN @aida_kafai

@ajlees @petergoadsby @neurolib @UCLIoN And pockets big enough to meet all your needs (ie BNF)