Better than clapping for the NHS

Christmas presents for the NHS This summer, we stood on our doorsteps and clapped to thank frontline workers, particularly NHS staff.  However, clapping is all very well, but at Christmas it’s time to give something more tangible – and it is nice if this...

New ways to access GPs?

The future of GP access Since lockdown, many GPs have changed how they work,.and patients found there is a whole new system. For some, telephone calls have simplified contact;  all they have needed is to ask a GP for a referral to a consultant, or something about...

Having a Scan in comfort

Having a Scan More and more doctors are calling for scans to aid diagnosis.  These are super-efficient, but the machinery can look frightening, especially for an MRI Scan, where you slide head-first into a tunnel. The tunnel is in the middle of the machine with the...

Manners maketh man

Boris shocks Commons as Theresa May speaks In a display of bad manners that shocked fellow MPs, when Theresa May started to speak last week Boris Johnson pointedly got up and bumbled his way out of the Commons;  apparently, he had a meeting to go to.  His quest for...