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...
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...
Mental Health v. Cancer Care Having negIected Mental Health for years, resources are now being thrown at this branch of the NHS. But will this do any good, or will we find mental health provision is dumped, just like cancer care has been? The NHS is supposedly fair...
NHS must re-think the way it works It's time the NHS realised Cancer Patients are not production-line units whose treatment can be halted at whim, but individuals, doing everything they can to remain healthy. Having canceled cancer care for many, to make matters...
Matt Hancock announces more funds for A & E Considering how many cancers are picked up in A & E, it was good news when Hapless Hancock announced to the House of Commons that money is going to be made available to upgrade A & E departments. Only a few -...
We stood back to help the NHS Now it's time to restore cancer services After months of going without, cancer patients are losing patience. Doctors say they are worried that many of us are losing out. Currently, over 300,000 have signed a petition set up by Craig...