by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 1, 2021 | Tips & Tricks
Old-fashioned service A company that cares During Lockdown, I became a reluctant online order user, and different companies delivered good, bad and indifferent produce – often bad – especially fruit and veg. I must be getting really old, because I can...
by Verite Reily Collins | Oct 25, 2021 | NHS
Don’t throw Reports in the waste-paper-bin You know those official letters/reports sent out by the NHS every time you have an Outpatient appointment, procedure etc? Once, when these were sent doctor-to-doctor, they contained comments such as “nothing wrong...
by Verite Reily Collins | Oct 24, 2021 | Nutrition, Food & Exercise
This Autumn It’s more important than ever to ‘Eat Local’ With empty shelves in supermarkets, it’s a good idea to work out what food you can buy locally, in case lack of lorry drivers, etc. means we are going to have a shortage. Since...
by Verite Reily Collins | Oct 14, 2021 | Diary Archive
It’s doubtful that “lessons will be learned” from the cross-party Science and Technology Committee and the Health and Social Care Committee’s latest report. The report focussed on the mega-errors in the Government’s handling of the...
by Verite Reily Collins | Oct 12, 2021 | News
Dear Doctor Do you have a Rottweiller in your surgery? Recently the media has been full of stories about patients unable to book GP appointments; one barrier could be Receptionists who manage to put us off. If we need to see a GP, one reason can be embarrassing...
by Verite Reily Collins | Sep 28, 2021 | NHS
In Defense of GPs Recently the media has been full of horror stories about difficulties getting a GP’s appointment. Am I the only one who has found unexpected advantages? Previously, if you got a recurrence of a condition, you could not book follow-up hospital...
by Verite Reily Collins | Sep 27, 2021 | News
THIS FRONT PAGE SAYS IT ALL Before Lockdown, free copies of the Metro newspaper used to be found in :London hospital Outpatients; I remembered this cover pic when I read the latest ‘laugh out loud’ posting from Roy Lilley of nhsmanagers.net. He reminded...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 31, 2021 | Nutrition, Food & Exercise
Using up left-overs The rainy summer has meant I spent far too much on ordering food online, so now am having an ‘austerity kick’ and using up left-overs in the fridge, rather than throwing them away. Harking back to my childhood, when nothing was ever...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 30, 2021 | Diary Archive
The Media is full of shock! horror! stories about GPs now giving consultations on the phone, as though that were a bad thing. Yes, I admit that there are times when you need to see a GP face-to-face, but for someone like myself who finds it difficult to get to a...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 28, 2021 | Humour, News
Fido doesn’t have to wait for an appointment If your dog is sick, how long does it wait to see the Vet? Last time I had a sick dog, I phoned the vet and was told “bring him in this afternoon”. I had just come out of hospital, and as the Receptionist...
