Diary of a Survivor
MAGNA CARTA
Magna Carta was debated and sealed, possibly on the Runnymede meadows near Windsor (left) in June 1215. This was the first document to put in writing that the King and his government were not above the law. It was designed to prevent the King from exploiting his...
ELECTION DATE AT LAST
My American friends have had a few caustic comments about the date announced for our Election - July 4th commemorates their battle for Independence from us. I wonder if this is when the Great British Public announces their Independence from historical allegiances to...
THE KING HAS HIS REASONS
The King is now getting out and about, turning up at the UCH Macmillan Centre, looking much healthier and happier. Hopefully his treatment is working. He has obviously listened to his medical team, who probably told him to ignore family members who aren't...
First shots fired in the Election
The Election is nigh! Numerous Tory grandees live in our valley, so when a leaflet pops through my letterbox from my local Conservative candidate, I reckon the Election is near. So I'm grabbing the opportunity to do something to help myself and lobby this prospective...
ELECTION
***Today, To USE YOUR VOTE WISELY In the days when politicians went into politics for what they felt they could do to help others, not themselves, the greedy self-interest shown by today's crop of MPs would have been frowned on. You might not have agreed with what was...
NHS – stop lecturing us
It's the sanctimonious attitude the NHS exhibits when you try and find out when will you finally get an appointment, that drives me mad . Have you noticed recently whenever you phone an NHS number, there is an announcement asking us to treat staff with "respect and...
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...
