by Verite Reily Collins | Sep 13, 2022 | Skin Problems
When Winter, chemo and hormone therapy play havoc with skin Is this you in winter? Hiding spots and rough patches? With Straw hair that flies all over the place? And Itchy skin you want to hide behind a blanket? AT LAST, oncologists admit cancer drugs can have an...
by Verite Reily Collins | Sep 5, 2022 | NHS
Patients could help get rid of staff Car Parking charges Today in Outpatients the atmosphere was gloomy; Rosemary, one of the mainstays of the department, had handed in her notice. Asked why she was leaving; “The hike in car park charges was the final...
by Verite Reily Collins | Sep 3, 2022 | Tips & Tricks
PUT ESSENTIALS BEFORE ENERGY BILL Dennis Reed, Director of Silver Voices Charity, has sent me some sensible comments on the horrendous bills we will soon be facing, saying “We have had hundreds of emails on the cost-of-living crisis, seeking advice and offering...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 30, 2022 | Tips & Tricks
Keep our NHS public It is all starting to make sense. For a long time I resisted calls to ‘keep the NHS public’, as since moving away from London I have benefited hugely from a local NHS tie-up with the private Reading Circle hospital. Any time I go...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 28, 2022 | NHS
Is the NHS fit for purpose? The NHS seems to have accepted the fact that it is no longer the self-proclaimed ‘envy of the World – but now the struggle is on to make it ‘fit for purpose Whilst we were still in the EU, Minister of Health Andrew...
