by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 8, 2022 | News
Choosing the next Prime Minister First, can I suggest it would save everyone’s time and money if, next time, they have to choose a new Prime Minister, they did away with all the time-consuming jiggery-pokery when selecting a new leader? My suggestion is shut all...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jul 26, 2022 | Nutrition, Food & Exercise
Ditch crisps if you are depressed Running for over 25 years, the US internet site Medscape provides health and medical information “intended to improve patient care with comprehensive clinical information and resources”. So ow, when my inbox pops up with...
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...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jun 15, 2022 | NHS
Getting back to normal – let’s keep ‘new’ NHS care After Sajid Javid’s laest “Rally the Troops” speech to the NHS, I MUST remember to re-double my efforts to tell those still working in the NHS I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU!...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jun 9, 2022 | News
World hears importance of Exercise for cancer survivors But will the NHS take note as it was singled out for comment? Held every year in the States, the ASCO conference is the biggest and most important get-together of the world’s cancer specialists Last year...
by Verite Reily Collins | May 24, 2022 | News
One bottle Fairy Liquid lasts longer than some Conservative Leaders Does anyone remember Screaming Lord Sutch? Head of the Monster Raving Loony Party? He had one thing going for him – he was honest enough to admit he was loony, and I am beginning to...
