by Verite Reily Collins | Mar 29, 2023 | NHS
Feelings run high over private medical care. In other countries, private and state-funded care run side-by-side, but here it can lead to bad feeling.When I lived in London, some private providers had seen opportunities and were providing sub-standard services to the...
by Verite Reily Collins | Mar 6, 2023 | NHS
We need a medical professional in charge of NHS – not politicians It’s all coming out now – thanks to 100,000 leaked WhatsApp exchanges, showing that the then Health Minister, Matt Hancock, rejected official guidance from Prof. Sir Chris Witty (the...
by Verite Reily Collins | Mar 1, 2023 | Humour
Humour in Headlines Sometimes Newspapers can give me an unexpected laugh. The Polio Survivors’ Network has come up with the following genuine headlines, sent from their American colleagues, which might give you a lift when enduring yet another ‘bad...
by Verite Reily Collins | Feb 26, 2023 | Diary Archive
Why waste time on referrals? “We need a referral from your GP”. That phrase is guaranteed to send me up the wall. Why. Oh why are patients in Britain treated like children? In Europe, I can usually phone the consultant’s Secretary directly to...
by Verite Reily Collins | Feb 20, 2023 | NHS
Beware the ‘NHS sympathy’ vote Another election is due shortly; you can tell when one is in the offing because politicians start canvassing. One of their favourite ‘platforms’ is ideas for reforming the NHS; a sure-fire vote winner. Every day...
by Verite Reily Collins | Feb 7, 2023 | Diary Archive
Sometimes I feel anonymous I am very grateful that medical staff do so much for me – but just sometimes I wish they would just stop and ask me what I want, instead of assuming they are acting for me in my best interests. Currently, Strike leaders say they...
by Verite Reily Collins | Feb 6, 2023 | News
At last – someone to fight for us Sometimes, it can feel as if nobody listens to what you say. Querying my treatment at the Royal Marsden Hospital, the nurse brushed me aside with the comment “you are only a patient”. I found out that doctors and...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jan 30, 2023 | Diary Archive
It puzzles me why we have to have politicians running the NHS. Some may remember the latest one to be sacked, Nadim Zahawi, had been appointed Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment. Rather an important job, one would imagine, particularly in...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jan 25, 2023 | Osteoporosis
The NHS is taking note of Osteoporosis You don’t want more fractures., but exercise helps protect your bones – Tips on staying active safely Osteoporosis is a major cause of disability in older women. and to a lesser extent in men. Having osteoporosis...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jan 16, 2023 | NHS
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...
