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2022
NHS Inefficiency is built into the culture and the workforce. Bottom up demand for change is the only way.original ↗
19 Nov 2022
Health inequalities increased, and fundamental principles destroyed, by waits and delays..original ↗
19 Nov 2022
19 Nov 2022
Lies. “Life-saving cancer diagnosis plan will slash NHS waiting times for scans!” Doctors are more and more convinced there could be a conspiracy to bring the 4 health services to a crisis.original ↗
17 Nov 2022
The inefficiencies of the 4 health services are “built in” to their staffing structures. A surgeons partial exit interview..original ↗
16 Nov 2022
An empty fleet of “Mary Celeste” vessels: they are the 4 health services’ hospitals on fridays and at weekendsoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2022
All 4 services are inefficient. Devolution has made this worse. Full throttle fridays would be a start..original ↗
12 Nov 2022
An increasingly “caste” system in medicine. Increasingly doctors train abroad & privately: litigation correlates.. Sad that no politician will take reponsibility or tell us the truth and plan long term.original ↗
11 Nov 2022
Having a choice drives up standards. Removing choice is pragmatic in an emergency sitaution, but long term it is a necessity for improvements.original ↗
6 Nov 2022
3 Nov 2022
When complete failure threatens try adding that little extra that shows you care and are prepared to cherish staff.original ↗
25 Oct 2022
Northern Ireland’s desperation for GPs reflects the conflicts between short and long term planning in UK health systems.original ↗
21 Oct 2022
Politicians neglect gambling. Is it because they are gamblers (and Reckless Opportunists) themselves?original ↗
20 Oct 2022
Midwifery report needs to address tribalism and decision making in a world where almost all deliveries are high risk.original ↗
20 Oct 2022
The evidence: “social prescribing” of gardening, singing and art classes is a waste of NHS money.original ↗
18 Oct 2022
18 Oct 2022
It may be painful: but Rugby administrators and financiaers should listen to this. Pre-senile dementia in professional rugby players should be covered by their insurance.original ↗
8 Oct 2022
The endgame for the 4 health services? Trying to keep the old system is only going to make things worse..original ↗
7 Oct 2022
Simon Stevens exposed as conflicted and having poor judgement of what systems to emulate after the “N”HS fails..original ↗
4 Oct 2022
Although the queen did not need one, we need more post mortems to assess the truths about deaths.original ↗
4 Oct 2022
The National Health Service faces a terrible winter – The government has yet to formulate a plan to copeoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2022
An anaesthetist gives an EHS exit interview in a letter to the Times. ” a brutal monstrosity of an employer”..original ↗
30 Sept 2022
The profession does not trust the politicians to produce the workforce plan needed. Lets hope we are surprised.original ↗
30 Sept 2022
We all know standards are falling: here is the evidence so far. It will get worse still before it might get better.original ↗
30 Sept 2022
What is the point of the NHS – in most Drs opinions on the point of the four UK health services?original ↗
29 Sept 2022
29 Sept 2022
29 Sept 2022
Nobody is proud of working in a failing institution. The trouble is that many no longer care about the system: only about their patients.original ↗
29 Sept 2022
27 Sept 2022
“By clinging to the noble founding principles of the NHS, its defenders are betraying them”.original ↗
26 Sept 2022
24 Sept 2022
A royal commission ducks the issue again. An ill thought out plan by the new health minister means “poor care is being normalised” or “is this all part of a nefarious plan?”original ↗
23 Sept 2022
An “Unprepared government” is a result of our political system. Hospitals are unfit to fight a modern war.original ↗
20 Sept 2022
13 Sept 2022
The problem with genetic treatments: how to afford them universally and fairly… If there was ever a case for a truly “national” policy it is for handleing genetic information.original ↗
11 Sept 2022
Over the precipice. The stories I have heard in the last week, and the nurses and doctors strike ballots tell you we need to start again..original ↗
11 Sept 2022
Go abroad son/daughter. It’s faster and better treatment there.. Should choose and book be extended to other countries?original ↗
10 Sept 2022
NHS is a bigger problem than energy bills – but the ministerial dilemma allows them to kick it down the road again..original ↗
9 Sept 2022
Shamed. All 4 health services: “…in breach of a World Health Organisation code of practice”…… “Overseas aid in reverse” causing loss of human capital & increasing deaths overseas..original ↗
9 Sept 2022
9 Sept 2022
“..a picture of failure on almost every important measure.” Fixing the 4 Health Services is becoming more and more difficult..original ↗
9 Sept 2022
Should all doctors have to undertake some A&E & out of hours work? In a third world service we may need third world solutions.original ↗
8 Sept 2022
Long term thinking for Wales’ health needs another “Welsh Revival” of non-conformity: both political and educational.original ↗
4 Sept 2022
More diversionary tactics: An app may (possibly) help long term in England, but the “choices” don’t apply in Wales or Scotland.original ↗
31 Aug 2022
Complete reform – and more doctors, who need to be industrious and caring rather than “scholars”.original ↗
31 Aug 2022
A horrible winter lies ahead. Covert running of waiting lists much longer and larger than published will not help..original ↗
30 Aug 2022
Questioning ANY +ve effect of Brexit and Investing in science. We need less information, less nationalism/tribalism, more networking and and more wisdom..original ↗
29 Aug 2022
Health service staff pensions – and manpower shortages. We are asking our citizens to plan long term when our government does the opposite.original ↗
29 Aug 2022
All politicians should make an annual declaration concerning themselves and their first degree relatives use of health services.original ↗
28 Aug 2022
NHS Health Tourism: to stop it losing us money we need ID cards and hard nosed administrators with modern IT systems.original ↗
28 Aug 2022
All sreening is questionable in a meltdown of society.. Distration news releases need to be exposed..original ↗
26 Aug 2022
The access issue: Go to A&E or Urgent Care if you wish to see a less experienced Dr. Everyone who writes a letter will get a phone call or an appointment – promise!original ↗
22 Aug 2022
There are ways to save the NHS. The start begins with honest debate, the middle is about objectives and philosophy, the end (outcome) has to compare favourably with other sustainable systems.original ↗
21 Aug 2022
A death certificate for the 4 Health Services. The penny has dropped for the formerly sycophantic media but Dr Helpless feels the same.. Is it worth fighting to save the moribound NHS patient?original ↗
17 Aug 2022
Fines for missing appointments will only work if thought through and profit is considered a “good”..original ↗
2 Aug 2022
31 Jul 2022
The multiple problems of GP land. Short term solutions are elusive… We should never have got to where we are.original ↗
31 Jul 2022
The state’s abuse of children shames us all… The child scandal at the Tavistock is just one example of how common sense has been overridden by political gaming.original ↗
30 Jul 2022
The public never thinks any treatment or service is “unavailable”. Who will be the first to say no?original ↗
29 Jul 2022
“Deaths arising from long waiting lists no longer make the news today, alas.” (Neither do many accidents, critical incidents, litigations etc.) |We need real time information to make an informed choice when its our turn.original ↗
28 Jul 2022
As the 4 health services reach the end of their useful life… Which “certificate” is appropriate? Like a late presenting cancer, there is not much treatment to offer.original ↗
25 Jul 2022
Public or private – what “tier” will you choose? How much worse does it have to get before the nation sees its not working?original ↗
23 Jul 2022
Trying to replace dental surgeons? A very temporary filling.. A new optional contract differs throughout the UK ..original ↗
23 Jul 2022
Drug abuse helpline rejected – deaths of deaspair to increase.. Any government will more likely commission services to their voters..original ↗
23 Jul 2022
The inconvenient truths of health and climate crises that can’t just be ignored – as it is!original ↗
23 Jul 2022
The envy of the world? Listen to the Moral Maze with experts from differing philosophical starting points trying to agree on what to do with the NHS. They failed!original ↗
21 Jul 2022
How do we change a failing culture in a country in denial? A joint editorial will make no difference..The ship HMS NHS has been heading for disaster for decades, and now it seems it’s too late to do the right thing..original ↗
19 Jul 2022
19 Jul 2022
As all systems fail further… “Politicians badly need to have an honest conversation with the public and the NHS about the changes required.”original ↗
9 Jul 2022
Doctors in distress. Is continuity of care to be “historic” only, and do the public really benefit if we have a salaried service?original ↗
8 Jul 2022
Abortion bans are regressive, and lead to poorer pregnancies and poorer children. The UK, particularly N.I. needs to learn from US mistakes.original ↗
5 Jul 2022