NHS v. Private care

by | Mar 29, 2023 | NHS

Feelings run high over private  medical care. In other countries,  private and state-funded care run side-by-side, but here it can lead to bad feeling.When I lived in London, some private providers had seen opportunities and were providing sub-standard services to the...

NHS pivotal for next election

by | Feb 20, 2023 | NHS

Beware the ‘NHS sympathy’ vote Another election is due shortly;  you can tell when one is in the offing because politicians start canvassing.  One of their favourite ‘platforms’ is ideas for reforming the NHS; a sure-fire vote winner. Every day...

NHS -Something has to change

by | Jan 16, 2023 | NHS

Lets work the NHS for our benefit –  and move up appointments ladder Daily stories show the NHS in crisis.  With politicians in charge, things are bound to get worse, unless patients tell the NHS what is needed It’s no use spouting the mantra that...

Avoiding NHS Red Tape

by | Jan 3, 2023 | NHS

My New Year Resolution is to avoid NHS red tape    A recent Headline in the Daily Mail has inspired me to DO something for my health’s sake. It quoted GPs saying they feel “the gulf between primary and hospital care is harming patients”. At last...

Founding the NHS

by | Oct 10, 2022 | NHS

It was nothing to do with Politics Recently there have been claims from politicians that their party was the founder of the NHS.   Politicians are never ones to let a fact get in the way of a speech, but it was actually this man, William (later Lord) Beveridge, a...