by Verite Reily Collins | Dec 12, 2020 | Nutrition, Food & Exercise, Tips & Tricks
The Cheating Chef When I was eight, I decided it was time I learnt to cook, I made meringues, and had an early lesson in how to disgust people with my cooking. Thinking that bright green coloured meringues were fun to make, it was disappointing that none of...
by Verite Reily Collins | Dec 7, 2020 | News
Covid vaccine programme rolling on At last, there is a cautious but optimistic air now the vaccine programme is rolling out successfully However, for those who may have genuine medical reasons to check the vaccine, the NHS can’t be bothered For those who want...
by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 24, 2020 | Tips & Tricks
Christmas presents for the NHS This summer, we stood on our doorsteps and clapped to thank frontline workers, particularly NHS staff. However, clapping is all very well, but at Christmas it’s time to give something more tangible – and it is nice if this...
by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 20, 2020 | NHS
The future of GP access Since lockdown, many GPs have changed how they work,.and patients found there is a whole new system. For some, telephone calls have simplified contact; all they have needed is to ask a GP for a referral to a consultant, or something about...
by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 13, 2020 | Tips & Tricks
Having a Scan More and more doctors are calling for scans to aid diagnosis. These are super-efficient, but the machinery can look frightening, especially for an MRI Scan, where you slide head-first into a tunnel. The tunnel is in the middle of the machine with the...
by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Boris shocks Commons as Theresa May speaks In a display of bad manners that shocked fellow MPs, when Theresa May started to speak last week Boris Johnson pointedly got up and bumbled his way out of the Commons; apparently, he had a meeting to go to. His quest for...
by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 2, 2020 | Nutrition, Food & Exercise
Boris isn’t helping improve hospital food During lockdown, the NHS decided it needed to commission a report by a Celebrity Chef into hospital food. This is the umpteenth one – after Loyd Grossman first came on the scene. One hopes...
by Verite Reily Collins | Oct 26, 2020 | Nutrition, Food & Exercise
Foods That Are Good for Your Skin Winter is always a bad time for our skin, both on the face and body. However much you wrap up, winter cold still penetrates the layers and can cause itching, red patches, etc. Don’t stop using the best moisturiser you can...
by Verite Reily Collins | Oct 24, 2020 | Diary Archive
In today’s complex world, when our leaders don’t even know what is the law – or even abide by it – I found this update on the Commandments; it seems to make more sense than rules which change every day. I quite like Nos. 1 and 3 – to be...
by Verite Reily Collins | Oct 21, 2020 | NHS
New ways of working for GP surgeries Almost certainly, your surgery will be operating very differently this winter, according to The King’s Fund (KF) medical charity, They have just carried out a survey, and say GPs are “hedged around with...
