by Verite Reily Collins | Feb 26, 2023 | Diary Archive
Why waste time on referrals? “We need a referral from your GP”. That phrase is guaranteed to send me up the wall. Why. Oh why are patients in Britain treated like children? In Europe, I can usually phone the consultant’s Secretary directly to...
by Verite Reily Collins | Feb 7, 2023 | Diary Archive
Sometimes I feel anonymous I am very grateful that medical staff do so much for me – but just sometimes I wish they would just stop and ask me what I want, instead of assuming they are acting for me in my best interests. Currently, Strike leaders say they...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jan 30, 2023 | Diary Archive
It puzzles me why we have to have politicians running the NHS. Some may remember the latest one to be sacked, Nadim Zahawi, had been appointed Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment. Rather an important job, one would imagine, particularly in...
by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 5, 2022 | Diary Archive
Enough is enough Amongst all the problems one has to deal with around the NHS, one can’t help noticing that there are some Whitehall residents that are doing a very good job. Would whoever is Secretary of State for Health this week, take note: Larry keeps his...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jul 13, 2022 | Diary Archive
It’s Party time! Having just got over Partygate, it seems it’s party time again in Downing Street. So now could be a good time to revive Musical Chairs, the game we played as children. But this time, gather all the many aspirants for party leadership...
by Verite Reily Collins | Mar 29, 2022 | Diary Archive
During treatment, I was told about support groups but thought these were for others. Used to raising funds for them, I just thought they weren’t meant for me – until someone pointed out what an idiot I was, and sent me off to experience for myself what...
