by Verite Reily Collins | Jun 2, 2017 | Diary Archive
Puzzling day – whom do I trust? Two days ago Swedish doctor who had trained at Karolinska Institute (one of world’s top cancer centres) says my moles should be looked at. https://aftercancers.com/2017/06/playing-the-system-to-get-nhs-treatment/ Today, see Locum at...
by Verite Reily Collins | May 10, 2017 | Diary Archive
Cancer charities focuss on raising money, often without thinking what we need. Cancer has left me fairly disabled, so I need to work from home. This website semes to have a mind of its own, so thought I would expand it. For the last two months I have been asking for...
by Verite Reily Collins | Apr 26, 2017 | Diary Archive
Bullying is rife – now it’s the Cabinet Office making hospital administrators cancel an important meeting to try and sort out the mess that faces patients needing hospital transport. Yesterday I was phoned to say a meeting planned for this week had been put off until...
by Verite Reily Collins | Apr 7, 2017 | Diary Archive
A Nursing Times investigation reports “thousands of nurses accept payments and benefits from the UK pharmaceutical industry each year, sparking warnings that they should “keep their eyes wide open” in dealings with drugs companies”. I often wondered why I was given...
by Verite Reily Collins | Mar 7, 2017 | Diary Archive
Had an email re Save the NHS March, complaining that BBC had dropped coverage before marchers reached end. Yes, with my journalist hat on, it was because Editors would have discovered the March didn’t say anything. It was a massive protest without a coherent message....
by Verite Reily Collins | Feb 26, 2017 | Diary Archive
There must be enough disabled people around for big companies to think about our needs. I have stopped shopping at John Lewis and Apple – why? Because they are too arrogant to think what we might need. Peter Jones (part of John Lewis) has removed all the chairs it...