Improving the NHS – have your say

by | Sep 3, 2018 | NHS

NHS England launches public consultation developing long-term plan for the NHS Talking to my very experienced Lymphoedema Nurse, she gave me her low-down on the NHS; the grass-roots know what needs to be fixed, but they are fed up with expensive management consultants...

The Ideal Outpatient Clinic

by | Jul 23, 2018 | NHS

Outpatient clinics are ripe for reform So says David Oliver in the current British Medical Journal      Oliver advocates Outpatients being bought into the 21st century – if you are a patient, what would you change? Below are extracts from Oliver’s article,...

Common Sense is needed to get the NHS WE want

by | Jul 5, 2018 | NHS

The government is pumping more money into the NHS But if you think we are going to see any of this – think again The figure of £20 billion is being bandied around, but details about which part of NHS is to receive this windfall, what it is for, where and which...

Let’s get back to basics and improve the NHS

by | May 9, 2018 | NHS

No-one thought of outsourcing when the NHS was founded 70 years ago  Matrons like the wonderful example above ruled hospitals with a benevolent rod of iron;  the care provided received a well-deserved reputation around the world and no-one had ever heard of...

After Breast Cancer mammogram scandal – what next?

by | May 4, 2018 | NHS

450,000 missed mammograms   Jeremy Hunt stands up in Parliament to explain – gives an abject apology for once I almost feel sorry for him  Why?  Because he is supposedly in charge of a Ministry that keeps on making mistakes that could cost lives. Breast cancer...
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