The VTSL team had lots of visitors at the Management in Practice event at Kensington Olympia last Tuesday, but perhaps the best known was doctor, comedian and commentator, Dr. Phil Hammond. Dr Phil is the author of numerous popular books and TV programmes including What Doctors Really Think...16 Years of Wit, Wisdom and Lies and Trust me I'm a Doctor. His latest book, Staying Alive – How to get the best from the NHS – is full of inspirational stories from patients and carers glued together with his own reflections of working in, thinking about and investigating the NHS over 30 years.