Who cares where the money goes? Or/ Don't live in a wealthy area Lord Prior of Brampton (above) is current Chair of NHS England. I wrote to him, commenting on a brave Nurse's challenge over staffing levels - at a back-slapping NHS Executive meeting. Previously I had...
With waiting lists getting longer What are we doing about it? YOU can do your bit, help shorten waiting times, and even improve healthcare. As a start, how many genuine patients sit on their local hospital Board? Having sat on several, by-and-large the Patient...
The privatisation con trick rolls on NHS chiefs are pushing through plans to let private companies take over scanning services that are vital in treating cancer patients, having told ministers last week that privatisation was harming patient care. Ten years ago I was...
https://youtu.be/ftyjMSMXxMA Where the NHS excels Anyone who has attended an NHS conference recently knows you just can't beat them when it comes to back-slapping and self-congratulation. But here is a video of a brave nurse who stood up to the big chiefs at an NHS...
Treatment at an NHS hospital under 'special measures' King's College patients were horrified to read that 'their' hospital had been placed under "special measures, following serious concerns about the trust’s growing deficit". With an end-year deficit of over £90...
Time-wasting exercise? Brace yourselves! Yet another plan is beng hatched by the gurus in the Dept. Health determined to undermine any slight improvements hard-working NHS staff have managed to sort out. They just can't leave well alone, but are about to announce...
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...