by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 3, 2020 | News
Ministry of Silly Walks Is it just me who is confused about lockdown? Or has Dominic Cummings introduced a new Department. named after the John Cleese sketch? Downing Street doesn’t seem to realise what’s happening in the real world. John Lewis, city...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jul 29, 2020 | News
Issue latest Cancer Experience Registry® (CER) A recently commissioned survey by the Cancer Support Community of America has some interesting findings, which show we in Britain are not alone with our survivorship problems. Their Cancer Experience Registry is...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jul 15, 2020 | News
Lessons to be learnt post-Covid Boris Johnston has said there will be an enquiry into the Coronavirus outbreak. Let’s use this to find out why the NHS always seems reluctant to consult specialists and/or patients who have dealt with similar situations. Those of...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jul 13, 2020 | News
Pandemics happened before Up until the 1950s – 70s, the world reeled under semi-annual outbreaks of polio. To many OAPs, today’s Covid-19 pandemic brings back that time; many who succumb to this virus will go through what heppened then. Medicine has moved...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jul 1, 2020 | News
Is the Prime Minister a Bull in the China Shop? Watching Boris on TV reminds me of the proverbial bull, out of his depth but causing havoc. Hair, eyes and hands flailing around, Bojo is in full spoilt brat mode, as he announces massive Government expenditure...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jun 23, 2020 | News
Months after lockdown started, am I alone in still being confused by Government advice? The once daily Talking Heads performance from Downing Street left me bemused. Then I get an official four-page letter with the above heading – and I was still confused....