by Verite Reily Collins | Oct 2, 2019 | Post Treatment
The NHS wastes money but ignores ‘credit control’ on its doorstep ‘If you watched TV in the 80s, you might remember Sir John Harvey Jones fronting the superb series ‘Troubleshooter’. My favourite shot showed his utter astonishment,...
by Verite Reily Collins | Sep 29, 2019 | News
Thank you to all who sent emails To all of you who answered my plea on https://aftercancers.com/cancer-care-shame/ and sent an email to your MP and/or Simon Stevens – thank you. Judging by my website stats. there were a lot of you. How it works Nothing much will...
by Verite Reily Collins | Sep 27, 2019 | Humour
NHS and NHS Improvement Bulletin This plops into my inbox every month, with latest news about the NHS The headline in this month’s issue proudly announces:- The NHS supports World Suicide Day This sounds a rather drastic way of sorting out staff and bed...
by Verite Reily Collins | Sep 26, 2019 | NHS
Where the NHS excels Anyone who has attended an NHS conference recently knows you just can’t beat them when it comes to back-slapping and self-congratulation. But here is a video of a brave nurse who stood up to the big chiefs at an NHS Board meeting, and dared...
by Verite Reily Collins | Sep 24, 2019 | NHS
Watch out! Once Brexit is out of the way, the NHS will be looking to privatise more of its services, in an attempt to save money. Warning bells chime when, in the middle of Brexit, Boris takes time off to fly the Atlantic and meet up with Trump. This video...
by Verite Reily Collins | Sep 13, 2019 | Diary Archive
It’s official: Britain has possibly the worst cancer care in Europe The NHS tries to claim it’s the “envy of the world”, but recent headlines in the media highlighting official cancer survival rates told the real facts. With the problems we...
by Verite Reily Collins | Sep 10, 2019 | Humour
Oxford Univerity Reseacher explains NHS Remember Matron? She was the person who managed to run her hospital with an Assistant and a small number of key workers. Today, Oxford University researcher Karl Crawford has come up with an analysis of the current employment...
by Verite Reily Collins | Sep 9, 2019 | Post Treatment
Where has their campaigning spirit gone? According to official statistics, Britain’s cancer survival rate has plummeted in the past decade from 13th in Europe to 25th (WHO, NAO, Cancer Research UK, etc) Deloitte reports “adults with cancer continue to...
by Verite Reily Collins | Sep 4, 2019 | NHS
Laugh – otherwise you’ll cry The saying “NHS is the envy of the world” must come in the same category as Saatchi and Saatchi’s “world’s favourite airline” slogan for BA . It was dreamt up as a copy-writer’s...
by Verite Reily Collins | Sep 1, 2019 | Nutrition, Food & Exercise
Fruit Choices for those with Cancer During treatment for cancer, and recovering afterwards, food choices are very important. Cancer treatments cause side effects, and sometimes these can be affected by what we eat. However, in my layman’s opinion I don’t...
