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 didn't exist. Or left in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV_BE9hvg68 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...
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 slogan, but taken as truth by a gullible public. And...
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 glaringly honest...
The NHS is funded by us - that's every UK taxpayer It is NOT free - my calculations on the back of an envelope work out that the average tax payer contributes between £3,000 - £4,500 per person per year to fund this; this also helps to pay for those who aren't...
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 can assure you...
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 didn't exist. Or left in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV_BE9hvg68 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...
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 slogan, but taken as truth by a gullible public. And...
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 glaringly honest...