by Verite Reily Collins | Jul 20, 2020 | Exercising
Romans introduced hot baths and central heating to Britain, then left So we shrugged off foreign customs and went back to our old ways. During the following centuries, we generally thought one bath a year was sufficient; except for eccentrics like Queen...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jul 19, 2020 | NHS
Am I the only patient who has to ‘explain’ clinic letters to my GP? Apparently not. Dr. Morgan, writing in the august BMJ (British Medical Journal) says A BMJ Opinion piece published in 2018 argued that clinic letters should be written “to” patients, not...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jul 15, 2020 | News
Lessons to be learnt post-Covid Boris Johnston has said there will be an enquiry into the Coronavirus outbreak. Let’s use this to find out why the NHS always seems reluctant to consult specialists and/or patients who have dealt with similar situations. Those of...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jul 13, 2020 | News
Pandemics happened before Up until the 1950s – 70s, the world reeled under semi-annual outbreaks of polio. To many OAPs, today’s Covid-19 pandemic brings back that time; many who succumb to this virus will go through what heppened then. Medicine has moved...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jul 9, 2020 | Diary Archive
Yet another scandal hits the NHS, this time contained in the Cumberlege Report, covering investigations into Primodos, sodium valproate and pelvic mesh, and chaired by Baroness Cumberlege. Taking its title from The Hippocratic Oath, … First, Do No Harm –...
