Diary of a Survivor
The NHS wastes resources on referral system
Why waste time on referrals? "We need a referral from your GP". That phrase is guaranteed to send me up the wall. Why. Oh why are patients in Britain treated like children? In Europe, I can usually phone the consultant's Secretary directly to arrange an...
Don’t forget me!
Sometimes I feel anonymous I am very grateful that medical staff do so much for me - but just sometimes I wish they would just stop and ask me what I want, instead of assuming they are acting for me in my best interests. Currently, Strike leaders say they are...
Zahawi fails again
It puzzles me why we have to have politicians running the NHS. Some may remember the latest one to be sacked, Nadim Zahawi, had been appointed Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment. Rather an important job, one would imagine, particularly in today's...
Larry the Cat for PM
Enough is enough Amongst all the problems one has to deal with around the NHS, one can't help noticing that there are some Whitehall residents that are doing a very good job. Would whoever is Secretary of State for Health this week, take note: Larry keeps his head...
Party time again in Downing Street
It's Party time! Having just got over Partygate, it seems it's party time again in Downing Street. So now could be a good time to revive Musical Chairs, the game we played as children. But this time, gather all the many aspirants for party leadership together around...
Support groups are really helpful
During treatment, I was told about support groups but thought these were for others. Used to raising funds for them, I just thought they weren't meant for me - until someone pointed out what an idiot I was, and sent me off to experience for myself what they were all...
Am I the only one totally confused?
I used to watch TV news every night - all the way through. Now, I turn it off after five minutes of watching ranting from a Prime Minister, who seems totally confused and can't string a sentence together - he has lost me completely. Covid is uppermost in his mind,...
Latest Covid-19 report
It's doubtful that "lessons will be learned" from the cross-party Science and Technology Committee and the Health and Social Care Committee's latest report. The report focussed on the mega-errors in the Government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. But 12 hours...
GP by phone
The Media is full of shock! horror! stories about GPs now giving consultations on the phone, as though that were a bad thing. Yes, I admit that there are times when you need to see a GP face-to-face, but for someone like myself who finds it difficult to get to a...
