by Verite | Dec 6, 2019 | Diary Archive
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...
by Verite | Nov 25, 2019 | Diary Archive
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...
by Verite | Nov 19, 2019 | Diary Archive
Patients have the drive and motivitation to search for the best care, so when we take time to do our research and work out what is causing frightening side effects, why don’t doctors listen to us? Admit that we know and understand what is causing problems....
by Verite | 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 | Aug 16, 2019 | Diary Archive
Recently the media was full of stories saying that medical cannabis was to be available on the NHS to help control pain. Yet so far it seems only two patients had managed to get a prescription. Friends have to pay to get this, but why? Interviewing Andrew Lansley...
by Verite | Jul 3, 2019 | Diary Archive
A letter in The Telegraph” A reader in France sent a letter, saying if he needed to see his orthopeadic surgeon, “I would phone the hospital and get an appointment with him and also an X-ray appointment for an hour earlier. This appointment would be...
