Yet another scandal hits the NHS, this time contained in the Cumberlege Report, covering investigations into Primodos, sodium valproate and pelvic mesh, and chaired by Baroness Cumberlege. Taking its title from The Hippocratic Oath, ... First, Do No Harm - it paints...
Currently the media is full of comment about relaxing regulations around lockdown. But, if we have successfully self-isolated, and probably developed a new way of life, there is nothing to say we have to revert back to how we were before. If we are worried about...
The word sorry seems to have disappeared from the dictionary. No-one owns up to mistakes - but many have become expert at shifting the blame to someone/ something that can't give an answer. And what those in power seem to have also forgotten is that their actions...
Silly me - it's taken me weeks to realise self-isolation means others protecting me. And I thought it was to keep me away from infecting them! One always thinks one is invincible, but I have to realise at 81 with umpteen conditions, I must protect myself. It has...
Boy - the latest episode of the reality TV programme 'Hospital' really highlighted the NHS - warts and all. There was poor old Ron, over 90 years old, and bravely bearing the pain of a broken hip. Every time he was moved to go somewhere else to be treated, one winced...
The Paterson case rears its very ugly head again, and again the NHS's neglect of patient care is highlighted in the most horrific circumstances. Surgeon Ian Paterson's treatment of patients with breast cancer was so bad that he has been given a 20-year prison...
Is it just me, or are the Christmas Ads, jingles and jollification toned down this year? There seem fewer 'Christmassy' themes around; I put this down to the Election. causing people to think about the consumerism that assaults us in the run-up to December 25th. And...
Here we go again - yet another NHS hospital trust is facing claims of clinical malpractice and a flood of lawsuits. I wish they would bring back Matron, instead of lumbering hospitals with overpaid and seemingly useless Chief Executives. There are some who really...