by Verite Reily Collins | Apr 2, 2023 | Getting an Appointment
Getting what I want! Last January I posted this article, and a friend has just phoned to say it’s worked for her too – so here it is again! ……… Last January my polio consultant gave me new instructions and said he would see me in May to...
by Verite Reily Collins | Mar 29, 2023 | NHS
Feelings run high over private medical care. In other countries, private and state-funded care run side-by-side, but here it can lead to bad feeling.When I lived in London, some private providers had seen opportunities and were providing sub-standard services to the...
by Verite Reily Collins | Mar 6, 2023 | NHS
We need a medical professional in charge of NHS – not politicians It’s all coming out now – thanks to 100,000 leaked WhatsApp exchanges, showing that the then Health Minister, Matt Hancock, rejected official guidance from Prof. Sir Chris Witty (the...
by Verite Reily Collins | Mar 1, 2023 | Humour
Humour in Headlines Sometimes Newspapers can give me an unexpected laugh. The Polio Survivors’ Network has come up with the following genuine headlines, sent from their American colleagues, which might give you a lift when enduring yet another ‘bad...
by Verite Reily Collins | Feb 26, 2023 | Diary Archive
Why waste time on referrals? “We need a referral from your GP”. That phrase is guaranteed to send me up the wall. Why. Oh why are patients in Britain treated like children? In Europe, I can usually phone the consultant’s Secretary directly to...
