Don't throw Reports in the waste-paper-bin You know those official letters/reports sent out by the NHS every time you have an Outpatient appointment, procedure etc? Once, when these were sent doctor-to-doctor, they contained comments such as "nothing wrong with the...
In Defense of GPs Recently the media has been full of horror stories about difficulties getting a GP's appointment. Am I the only one who has found unexpected advantages? Previously, if you got a recurrence of a condition, you could not book follow-up hospital...
We do our bit - when is the NHS going to do theirs? Were you one of those who recently gave up time and energy helping complete yet another survey, this time on Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Care Google it, and comments from Macmillan, CRUK, etc. flood the page. Read...
NHS Digital re-hashes old scheme Matt Hancock (left) thinks the NHS should 'go digital'. This may be the way forward, but .... for many it will make the NHS inaccessible. Or, as will happen if a current scheme to digitalise GP records goes ahead, it could mean our...
Going forward - have lessons been learned from Lockdown? Or will the NHS continue to bumble along, desperately needing more funding to keep up with demand? Where is the politician with the guts to admit we must pay more to keep the NHS properly funded? Politicians...
Wake Up NHS England Just received the Cancer Stakeholders' Bulletin from NHS England, typically glossing over recent problems faced by those with cancer. As one of those involved with the start-up of the London Cancer Alliance, it should be no surprise that the...
Wake Up NHS England Just received the Cancer Stakeholders' Bulletin from NHS England, typically glossing over recent problems faced by those with cancer. As one of those involved with the start-up of the London Cancer Alliance, it should be no surprise that the...
The future of GP access Since lockdown, many GPs have changed how they work,.and patients found there is a whole new system. For some, telephone calls have simplified contact; all they have needed is to ask a GP for a referral to a consultant, or something about...
New ways of working for GP surgeries Almost certainly, your surgery will be operating very differently this winter, according to The King's Fund (KF) medical charity, They have just carried out a survey, and say GPs are "hedged around with 'national guidance'...
Mental Health v. Cancer Care Having negIected Mental Health for years, resources are now being thrown at this branch of the NHS. But will this do any good, or will we find mental health provision is dumped, just like cancer care has been? The NHS is supposedly fair...