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2021
The standard of GP care, and continuity, is falling. The fault lies in the politicians and the political system, not in “self employment”.original ↗
12 Oct 2021
10 Oct 2021
Just like medical care is going private for continuity, so will dental care – for those who can afford it.original ↗
10 Oct 2021
It may sound corny, but it really was “continuity of care” that attracted many of my generation to be GPs. How can this void be filled in the future?original ↗
10 Oct 2021
IS a Health Service management (admin) job for life? Have they never been sacked? Will we see managerial court-martials?original ↗
5 Oct 2021
Prescription charges should be for everyone: just graded according to means. They can be very cheap for the poorest but everyone should pay something.original ↗
4 Oct 2021
Midwifery in crisis as the warnings of a decade ago were ignored, persistently. Tribalism and undeserved autonomy …original ↗
4 Oct 2021
Does the duty of candour extend to the poor access to Primary Care? New note code entries are needed to show how bad access really is..original ↗
4 Oct 2021
The perverse incentives and the post code lottery in palliative care both need addressing..original ↗
24 Sept 2021
The ethical dilemmas resulting from genetic testing of embryos – may split us apart even further.original ↗
24 Sept 2021
Adult social care in England: more disappointment, delay, and distraction. New proposals do little to further much needed structural reformoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2021
23 Sept 2021
We risk poisoning ourselves with our water….. A long term health hazard from algae is closely related to global warming.original ↗
21 Sept 2021
Of course we want to see our doctors. Now there are less of them than ever, patients are more complicated with multiple morbidity, and the service has been dumbed down for years..original ↗
21 Sept 2021
Shortage of doctors puts social care at risk. Unsustainable regions are about to break down and degenerate to “anarchy” in social care.original ↗
20 Sept 2021
Should Doctors stay working in a system that they can see is failing, and has no chance of changing?original ↗
18 Sept 2021
Maternal Deaths increase in covid. The exact cause is uncertain, but lack of examination and direct face to face care is suspected.original ↗
17 Sept 2021
17 Sept 2021
50,000 doctors short. We have only got 51,000 GPs and this shortfall is a gross under-estimate for both Primary Care and Hospitals.original ↗
17 Sept 2021
12 Sept 2021
Vaccine Passports are just a small part of the potential for ID cards. Not having either is far worse and more risky than planning and embracing them,original ↗
12 Sept 2021
Boris et al have failed to understand the insatiable appetite of Health. They are gambleing with our futures – and they can all afford private care.original ↗
9 Sept 2021
Scotland should find it easier to recruit and retain than Wales. Both will find it harder than England. What persentage of new recruits to General Practice training are UK trained?original ↗
9 Sept 2021
9 Sept 2021
The gambler Boris, is putting it all on “Health”, but he’s out of aces, as there are too few staff. He is right about it going to get worse though…..original ↗
8 Sept 2021
The pros and cons of different methods of funding Health and Social Care. The debate before, and the disappointment after… Throwing cash into a bottomless pit.. Whatever options are chosen, they will not solve the long term problem of sustainability.original ↗
6 Sept 2021
Creaking at the seams – Health and Social Care is disintegrating because we cannot see it needs to be disestablished and reconstructed. Claire Foges assessment is superficial.original ↗
6 Sept 2021
DrExit. Disillusioned doctors and the need for feedback and exit interviews. Medics on the move.original ↗
5 Sept 2021
Commonwealth Fund thinks we are going downhill in universal & fair health care. Too true…. An example of two cancer cases showing the health divide.original ↗
2 Sept 2021
“..£1.3 billion in capital is needed to bring our number of scanners up to the average of other countries, and about £200 million to recruit and train cancer and diagnostic staff.” Years before we catch up with countries who plan long term..original ↗
2 Sept 2021
A health and social care levy (Hypothecated taxation) is suggested by Mr Hunt, and is much more progressive and less damaging than raising National Insurance.original ↗
25 Aug 2021
Drinking more is almost certainly a good tning. The water in our taps needs to be good enough so that there is no fear in drinking more.original ↗
25 Aug 2021
24 Aug 2021
Looking at other systems: Cuba is population health dominating individual health and the doctors are revolting..original ↗
23 Aug 2021
REJECT HOMEOPATHY – if a serious illness you are more likely to die. It is sensible to ration it out of the 4 health services.original ↗
18 Aug 2021
As well as decriminalising drugs we need to fund the drug dependency, and health education services.original ↗
17 Aug 2021
The Maternal and Child care investigation in Shorpshire should be expanded to the whole country.original ↗
14 Aug 2021
NHS England advice to doctors, issued on Tuesday, requires the rationing of tests……Trusts and government need policies for SIPGs – and refusing sports defibrillators on the state.original ↗
12 Aug 2021
Looking at other systems: The Netherlands have universal coverage provided by private insurance companies. Why not here in the UK?original ↗
11 Aug 2021
Undergraduate women will always outperform men. COGPED and the BMA need to promote more graduate, and less undergraduate entry, and many more places.original ↗
11 Aug 2021
Burnout in Doctors. Lets not ignore it like we are with our personal greenhouse gas production, and invertebrate, and river/water quality degradation.original ↗
9 Aug 2021
Are we citizens still allowed to go abroad when waiting lists are so extreme? Do the rules of 2015 still apply, and in each of the 4 health services? Write to your politicians and ask!original ↗
9 Aug 2021
7 Aug 2021
Deaths of Despair – across the UK are rising, but particularly in Scotland. All advanced societies fail to address this increasing problemoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2021
Amanda Pritchard is on a looser, unless she speaks out with words and language that show us all the hard truths.original ↗
2 Aug 2021
Reflections on the loss of a training stanchion: a reduction in “resilence” – and worst case scenario planning. Blame COGPED. Somebody needs to write the history of ACO/UKAPD.original ↗
1 Aug 2021
30 Jul 2021
When will it end? (Pandemic, or NHS?) Will Amanda Pritchard be willing to tell the “honest truth” about what we cannot have? Will she bring in Exit Interviews and cultural change?original ↗
30 Jul 2021
30 Jul 2021
The reality behind GP appointments. You will always get a non urgent appointment if you write a letter.original ↗
30 Jul 2021
We all need tighter regulation of the marketing of unproven therapies. No therapy should be state funded without proof and NICE approval. Lets have a Nationalised “generic drug manufacturer”.original ↗
28 Jul 2021
Access to continuing care is a post-coded, and ageist, lottery. We need to separate the assessment function, from the funding function in the new world.original ↗
28 Jul 2021
The opportunity for addressing reality and sustainability is likely to be lost when MPs and the Lords propose the Health and Social Care Bill.original ↗
27 Jul 2021
Changes in hospital activity before and during the pandemic. The queue for surgery will lengthen..original ↗
26 Jul 2021
We watch, resigned, despairing, as the electorate drifts — eyes wide shut — into a de facto two-tier systemoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2021
Better to have too many doctors than too few. Rationing medical school places should stop, but there may be a reduction in training standards for a while. Let the marathon sort them out…original ↗
23 Jul 2021
The olympic task of reducing head injury in sport, especially profesional sport – should be solved by parents!!original ↗
22 Jul 2021
To see ourselves as others see us… Longstanding structural shortcomings…. no amount of money will solve this without mandatory insurance.original ↗
22 Jul 2021
21 Jul 2021
Levelling up, and implications for health: Our three biggest risks will all do the opposite.. or “level down”.original ↗
20 Jul 2021
No wonder youngsters don’t vote with headlines like this. What the Independent Sage is about is evidence. The evidence they examined pre Brexit may have led them to a choice different to our current Prime Minister. They are not “populist” but conduct a thorough examination – as with covid..original ↗
20 Jul 2021
Your mutual health insurance contract is annual…. living abroad gives you no rights if you did not pay tax last year.original ↗
19 Jul 2021
Not just the modellers – we should all be holding our breath. There is an existential threat to the 4 health services.original ↗
19 Jul 2021
The unofficial policy – Herd Immunity in the young and refuseniks. Its risky but it may work if the medics can stay sane.original ↗
18 Jul 2021
A reminder about privatisation, and the true cost of poor planning. Good times for Cornwall, but worse recruitment for deprived city centres, who may have to do with Nurse Practitioners.original ↗
18 Jul 2021