NHS -Something has to change

Lets work the NHS for our benefit –  and move up appointments ladder Daily stories show the NHS in crisis.  With politicians in charge, things are bound to get worse, unless patients tell the NHS what is needed It’s no use spouting the mantra that...

Avoiding NHS Red Tape

My New Year Resolution is to avoid NHS red tape    A recent Headline in the Daily Mail has inspired me to DO something for my health’s sake. It quoted GPs saying they feel “the gulf between primary and hospital care is harming patients”. At last...

Pain – and ways to help

Good thing to come out of Covid  Thanks to some rather high-profile people catching Covid, which gave them pain in their joints, I found pain reiief for my joint pain has improved remarkably in the past two years.  It’s surprising what can happen when the prime...

British Gas

Energy costs hit the vulnerable   Faced with an unexplained £6,000 bill from British Gas, when Age UK asked me to talk to an APPG about my experience, I welcomed the chance. APPGs (All Party Parliamentary Groups) consist of MPs and Peers from all political...

Strikes won’t cure the NHS

But will Patricia Hewitt improve efficiency? I do wonder who is in charge of today’s NHS?  Ministers seem to be on a merry-go-round producing a new incumbent every month or so. Recently, one of these Ministers set the NHS the tasks of improving obesity figures,...