by Verite Reily Collins | 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...
by Verite Reily Collins | 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...
by Verite Reily Collins | 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...
by Verite Reily Collins | 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...
by Verite Reily Collins | Sep 5, 2022 | NHS
Patients could help get rid of staff Car Parking charges Today in Outpatients the atmosphere was gloomy; Rosemary, one of the mainstays of the department, had handed in her notice. Asked why she was leaving; “The hike in car park charges was the final...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 28, 2022 | NHS
Is the NHS fit for purpose? The NHS seems to have accepted the fact that it is no longer the self-proclaimed ‘envy of the World – but now the struggle is on to make it ‘fit for purpose Whilst we were still in the EU, Minister of Health Andrew...
