Latest Covid-19 report

It’s doubtful that “lessons will be learned” from the cross-party Science and Technology Committee and the Health and Social Care Committee’s latest report. The report focussed on the mega-errors in the Government’s handling of the...

Letter to my GP

Dear Doctor Do you have a Rottweiller in your surgery? Recently the media has been full of stories about patients unable to book GP appointments; one barrier could be Receptionists who manage to put us off. If we need to see a GP, one reason can be embarrassing...

GP Crisis

In Defense of GPs Recently the media has been full of horror stories about difficulties getting a GP’s appointment.  Am I the only one who has found unexpected advantages? Previously, if you got a recurrence of a condition, you could not book follow-up hospital...

Clothes make the Man

THIS FRONT PAGE SAYS IT ALL Before Lockdown, free copies of the Metro newspaper used to be found in :London hospital Outpatients;  I remembered this cover pic when I read the latest ‘laugh out loud’ posting from Roy Lilley of nhsmanagers.net. He reminded...

August food

Using up left-overs The rainy summer has meant I spent far too much on ordering food online, so now am having an ‘austerity kick’ and using up left-overs in the fridge, rather than throwing them away. Harking back to my childhood, when nothing was ever...