by Verite | Dec 2, 2019 | NHS
Latest news shows NHS has little desire to learn Googling around info on the latest problem to hit the NHS, I go to the Daily Mail website, to read that the families of patients involved in these scandals must be in despair. The site says the final report on...
by Verite | Nov 3, 2019 | NHS
Don’t patients have rights too? NHS hospitals have notices saying that ‘we treat patients with DIGNITY’. What’s dignified about being ignored when waiting for a badly-needed bedpan? Or having your case discussed over your head, as though you...
by Verite | Sep 24, 2019 | NHS
Watch out! Once Brexit is out of the way, the NHS will be looking to privatise more of its services, in an attempt to save money. Warning bells chime when, in the middle of Brexit, Boris takes time off to fly the Atlantic and meet up with Trump. This video...
by Verite | Sep 4, 2019 | NHS
Laugh – otherwise you’ll cry The saying “NHS is the envy of the world” must come in the same category as Saatchi and Saatchi’s “world’s favourite airline” slogan for BA . It was dreamt up as a copy-writer’s...
by Verite | Jul 28, 2019 | NHS
Latest book on the NHS Reading Margaret McCartney’s thoughtful book, The State of Medicine, had my eyes out on sticks. Written by an NHS Doctor, it is an honest appraisal of a health service ‘ unraveling, under-funded and under pressure’. A...
by Verite | Jun 8, 2019 | NHS
Yes Minister is alive and well Whitehall loves confusing the voters. Those who remember ‘Yes, Minister’ TV programmes will recall Sir Humphrey dancing around poor Jim Hacker, the Minister, spreading confusion all around. Having worked for Whitehall, I...
