by Verite Reily Collins | Jul 24, 2022 | Getting an Appointment
It’s our fault – waiting lists are so long We allowed politicians, rather than clinicians, to run the NHS, This produced an administrative headache, reflected in lengthening waiting lists. Long waiting times appear to be pushing people into paying for...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jul 13, 2022 | Diary Archive
It’s Party time! Having just got over Partygate, it seems it’s party time again in Downing Street. So now could be a good time to revive Musical Chairs, the game we played as children. But this time, gather all the many aspirants for party leadership...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jun 28, 2022 | NHS
What’s happened to the promised 40 new hospitals?. Whitehall casually tossed out this sop to us, with the Dept. Health (DH) saying plans were in hand for these new additions. If, like me, you can remember these being promised and wonder what is happening, by...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jun 27, 2022 | Nutrition, Food & Exercise
The moment the sun comes out for more than a day, I turn in to a lazy sloth. I was about to make that fantastic Jubilee pudding as a special treat for a gathering of friends. but the sun came out – and instead, I decided to change thiso complicated recipe t an...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jun 27, 2022 | News
What’s happened to Gordon Messenger? In 2021 General Sir Gordon Messenger was appointed to lead a review of leadership in the English NHS: since then – your guess is as good as mine as to what has happened. Healthwatch recently commented “In...
