by Verite Reily Collins | Apr 20, 2018 | Diary Archive
Bullying is still around, in all kinds of ways. I moved at end of January, and registered with new GP. Told him my history (boring) and asked for referral to local cancer hospital for check-ups. Ten weeks later, have had four letters and two telephone calls telling...
by Verite Reily Collins | Mar 31, 2018 | Diary Archive
Do we expect too much from the NHS? When The King’s Fund, an important think tank asks this question – it makes me think. Moving from one area of the country to another, I’ve just given up expecting anything. On the plus side I now belong to a...
by Verite Reily Collins | Feb 13, 2018 | Diary Archive
13.2.18 Set off for my very first medical appointments in Oxford, and had a wonderful welcome at both. First stop was to check in with the Maggie Centre and a meeting to discuss benefits. In London I qualified for enough of these to cover the cost of a carer; I...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jan 11, 2018 | Diary Archive
11.1.18 First, one of the Queen’s bridesmaids was apparently left on a hospital trolley for 20 hours, before being found a bed in an NHS hospital ward. What on earth were the family doing? Her mother was one of richest women in Britain, so why on earth...
by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 6, 2017 | Diary Archive
28.11.17 Am I alone, or are others fed up with TV ads and speakers harping on about how cancer makes them feel, and how they bravely got through it. We all know what it’s like – what we need is a strong charity behind us who will act as advocates, going...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 3, 2017 | Diary Archive
The NHS doesn’t understand good housekeeping; it wastes our money in so many ways, one wonders what the next daffy ‘initiative’ will cost. Our local Kensington and Chelsea Healthwatch has decided that cancer care and prevention is no longer a priority, so it closed...
