The author argues for codification of the UK mentoring scheme. I’ve always been told that death and taxes are the only assured eventualities of life. I would beg to add one more. To be human is to make mistakes – I humbly suggest every day we all make mistakes, on a good day less and minor, on a bad day more and major. But the consequence of that natural human predilection is we learn, especially if one hopes to survive and prosper. The trouble is the increasingly frenetic pace of life today requires instantaneous fixes, where individuals (especially those in authority) are often publicl…