Alternative medicine
Cancer warning: THIS treatment option could double your risk of dying
Author Archive: verite
How to find better treatment on NHS
NHS says you have right to choose where you want to be treated
Is there a good broadband and telephone service for disabled people?
Can anyone recommend me a good, reliable Broadband and Telephone provider?
The NHS plays with Statistics – but needs to go back to school to learn Maths
1 in 5 patients now wait longer than 4 hours to be seen in A & E And Jeremy Hunt keeps on complaining because we go there. But no-one is saying how many of us think a wait in A…
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Helen Mirren slams moisturisers
Helen Mirren says L’Oreal moisturiser ‘probably does f— all’
It’s not my problem
In his inimitable style, Roy Lilley comes up with terminology to describe the extraordinary statement from Jeremy Hunt (our [in]famous Minister of Health) – Roy calls it ‘duck-shove’:
McCain: “Cancer doesn’t know what it is up against”
It’s unusual for political opponents to have affection for someone in opposition – but then American Senator John McCain is an unusual man. In the States he is Vietnam War hero, when he fought as a fighter pilot. Taken prisoner,…
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Hydrotherapy is the ‘forgotten’ exercise
Britain has many hospital hydrotherapy pools – why does NHS neglect them?
More contacts for cancer information
Using the Internet Websites can be incredibly helpful; Breast Cancer Care say 74% of patients who use websites, use them as a primary source of informtaion; apparently only 11% ask their doctor first! There are Websites set up in many countries….
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Bring back Matrons for a dose of common sense in the NHS
NHS budgets £56 billion to pay for legal costs