Most important I hope you all have an interesting and successful 2020.

New Year is of course the time we make resolutions though one wise head said the only New Year’s resolution worth making was to resolve not to make a New Year’s resolution so at least you can keep that one.

Anyway this is my list

1. Do not eat cakes or biscuits left in the department tea room for sharing*
2. Do not get cross when supposedly intelligent doctors cannot order a simple bone scan correctly on the electronic patient record*
3. Do not ask for too many extra SPECT-CTs on a patient study and cause extra stress to the technologists*
4. Do not ask why I cannot have Ga-68 DOTATATE everyday*
5. Cycle a bit faster so to burn off more energy each commute
6. Do not go to Marks and Spencer’s to buy lunch and then end up buying an extra snack for the afternoon* (We have an M&S food store in the hospital now)
7. Do not write snide comments on report of MIBI parathyroid scans when they are negative and Calcium levels are only 2.6*

Ones my wife has requested of me

1. Do not get admitted to hospital and have open heart surgery-I am working on this one but this may not be up to me.
2. Invite her to the Gala Dinner at the Spring Meeting of the BNMS and actually be well enough to go- see above on this one
3. Complete clearing out the garage a true task of Hercules but at least you can see the floor now.
4. Clear out and redecorate the “spare” bedroom (similar to 3 but also includes wall papering and painting)
5. Do not agree to do so much work that I am unable to complete tasks 3 and 4*- This one seems difficult as recently my understanding of retirement is working 6 days a week at different hospitals

Now for some BNMS based resolutions.

1. Remember to register for the spring and Autumn meetings of the BNMS in time to get early bird discount
2. Actually get to Spring meeting (see resolutions 1 and 2 above)
3. Discuss with IPEM, RCR and RCP how we can deliver molecular radiotherapy such as radium-223 Lu-177 DOTATATE and SIRT to patient’s without excessive wait times and distances travelled
4. Try not to get angry with the Department of Health and Social Care over Brexit
5. Try to get NHS England to cough up money for the extra delivery costs of radiopharmaceuticals caused by Brexit
6. Complete a month without using the word Brexit*

The resolutions I have already broken in 2020 are marked with a *

Dr John Buscombe

BNMS President