by Verite Reily Collins | Dec 15, 2018 | Diary Archive
An enquiry has found Jeremy Hunt’s statement to the House of Commons in May that nearly 500,000 women had not been invited for breast camaancer screening, and that 270 may have died needlessly, was based on wrong advice. Thousands of women were rightly concerned about...
by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 28, 2018 | Diary Archive
Skin is our largest organ So why doesn’t the NHS help us look after it? I eep on banging on about looking after it, but if we don’t, germs and nasties can enter through the cracks and cause untold harm. So make look after it – pamper with a purpose....
by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 5, 2018 | Diary Archive
I believe it was Einstein who said ‘I have no special talent, I am only passionately curious.’ What’ s wrong with the NHS today? The old ‘curious’ doctor or nurse seems to have disappeared. Today, there is a set procedure for treating...
by Verite Reily Collins | Oct 11, 2018 | Diary Archive
Our village postman called up the stairs this morning to tell me he had an “interesting looking parcel for you”. And I was really touched when I opened it, because it was a lovely box of goodies from Lush. Divine smelling bottles of Shower Gel, an...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 19, 2018 | Diary Archive
As if we didn’t have enough to put up with, NCRI (Nat. Cancer Research Institute) are still calling us ‘consumers’. This gets my blood boiling. Yes, I have cancer, but at NO time did I ever pick it or choose to get it. As far as I am concerned a...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 6, 2018 | Diary Archive
I sometimes think survivors are mad! We readily help out with volunteer work and contribute hours to helping prevent others getting cancer, yet when I ask Cancer Research UK how much of their £600 million+ turnover last year went to help survivors, I was told...
