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2021
The 4 Health services biggest asset – staff – and there just are not enough. How do we rebuild to withstand another crisis? It will take a decade at least..original ↗
10 Jan 2021
Lack of Vaccinations in Pembrokeshire – reflect the left behinders.. We need real leadership to cut the bureaucracy and get into a war psyche..original ↗
10 Jan 2021
What should the 4 UK health services do to deal with anti-vaxers? Mistrust of expertise of all sorts is part of populism..original ↗
9 Jan 2021
2020
to 4 Health Ministers: Let retired nurses, doctors, paramedics and medical students have practice based training to vaccinate.original ↗
31 Dec 2020
The Minister should sieze the moment when money appears to have no value, to reform Social Care.original ↗
29 Dec 2020
All 4 Health Servvices need more staff… We should start to train sufficient for the next epidemic now… They will be ready in 5-8 years time!original ↗
27 Dec 2020
Gene editing may cure, but the potential for inequalitiy and unfairness is huge, and could lead to unrest.original ↗
26 Dec 2020
Now that we can measure prevalence accurately there are ramifications…. Exporting goods and S Wales pandemic…original ↗
23 Dec 2020
Rationing is more obvious in an emergency, but the principle/ethical position to be honest is no different to that in normal times.original ↗
21 Dec 2020
The truth has been ignored….Addressing Social Careis beyond the politicians, not just for the short term but until they are forced into addressing it.original ↗
16 Dec 2020
Its time to change Midwifery led units. We need teams aimed at the needs of risky deliveries – and they are nearly all riskyoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2020
Choices have always had to be made on “Rationing health resources” but now after covid they are more overt and immediate, and less covert and further ahead. Ocf course the chance will not be taken to educate the public that this has always been so!original ↗
11 Dec 2020
BMA should lead on contesting dangerous and expensive (to the 4 Health Services) sports, as it did in 1984 with boxing. Insurance could focus minds to reality…. parents note Pugilistic Dementia or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy risk, and choose another sport.original ↗
10 Dec 2020
There are some health subjects that we are not allowed to talk about… As we ignore the problem, and for longer and longer, the more Bitter the Medicine… Free speech in health care is needed..& NHSreality will continue to speak out.original ↗
3 Dec 2020
You have been warned: Christmas and New Year will be risky. To protect the 4 health services, consider staying at home.original ↗
30 Nov 2020
25 Nov 2020
The cold chain from a 1975 failure to today’s potential success. Internationalism in the vaccination programmes could help unify the world.original ↗
24 Nov 2020
Get ready to pay – even though you might think you have a safety net, as it only applies to cancers, infants and children..original ↗
21 Nov 2020
The poorest areas should be at the front of the queue for covid vaccine. Wales in its dire straits, may not be able to afford the vaccine..original ↗
15 Nov 2020
What rationing ( when we have not planned for it, and got general agreement ), really means today in a crisis.original ↗
15 Nov 2020
Every doctor should be an advocate, and a stone in the shoe reminding management of our primary duty – to patients.original ↗
14 Nov 2020
The “Perverse Incentive” to classify dementia as Social Care …. Combine with health by all means, but UNDER THE SAME financial RULES.original ↗
14 Nov 2020
What is happenning in West Wales? A paradigm for the conflicts facing rural communities, and the loss of prespective in Wales.original ↗
13 Nov 2020
9 Nov 2020
Lack of professionalism in IT commissioning and contractors. Its happenning all the time. No wonder contact tracing wont work..original ↗
9 Nov 2020
Its important that we die with dignity, with as little discomfort as possible, and feeling cared for: preferably at home.original ↗
8 Nov 2020
Public policy relating to IT in health is a constant failure… Time to let the GPs take over? The self employed make fewer mistakes… and GP systems work.original ↗
6 Nov 2020
Our 4 health systems can be compared to US states.. in a war they need to co-operate, and be honest.original ↗
5 Nov 2020
Politicians should focus on what we know…. The more certain someone is about covid-19, the less you should trust themoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2020
Decades of denial have led to this crisis. With “inexperienced inadequates” running the country we are in for a long winter.original ↗
2 Nov 2020
Thank goodness there are more applicants, but will there be enough places to meet future needs in 15 years’ time?original ↗
29 Oct 2020
Education and Teaching – needs to be rethought to reduce unequalities and level up those white boysoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2020
Hearing matters. Aids reduce dementia. If we are to “ration” then means testing recipients and adjusting co-payments would be fair. Rationing should not be based on Post Code.original ↗
27 Oct 2020
Collateral damage is inevitable in a war. It may be the least harmful option for the elderly to take their chances…even in Nursing Homes.original ↗
25 Oct 2020
An inconvenient truth…. There is no honesty. At least citizens knew what their rations were in the 39-45 war.original ↗
22 Oct 2020
Back to the dark ages? Its healthy life expectancy that matters. With longer and longer waiting lists for both operations, beds and GP appointments its getting shorter..original ↗
22 Oct 2020
21 Oct 2020
Short term v long term health considerations. Are the people going to take control – by ignoring Covid and leaving it to self control for the elderly and vulnerable? Civil unrest is possible because there is no trust in our leadership, or in experts.original ↗
13 Oct 2020
In our “cradle to grave” 4 health systems, “Cancer and heart patients could be left to cope alone”.original ↗
12 Oct 2020
Underfunded hospitals have been here since 2016 – and now they really do put patients at risk.original ↗
6 Oct 2020
2 Oct 2020
2 Oct 2020
Honours forr medical people….. They will (privately) just laugh. Why not a negative award for all those who ignored the various reports and warnings over decades?original ↗
2 Oct 2020
The Medical Lottery – Crowdfunding for the literate. Another form of rationing – by IT skillsoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2020
The threat to Medical School standards: early retirement, redundancy, burnout: loss of experienced staff.original ↗
24 Sept 2020
Who wants to be a nurse then? Theres a world shortage… but we are a rich country and there is no excuse for this crisis.original ↗
24 Sept 2020
22 Sept 2020
20 Sept 2020
Dont expect an exit interview from Simon Stevens of the English Health Service,because if he wants another job in the service he is effectively gagged.original ↗
20 Sept 2020
20 Sept 2020
How and where we die is important, but surely we should have a choice? More people dying at home is a public good.original ↗
18 Sept 2020
Starting from such a low base level, Wales should only get better….. but watch and see – without a fundamental debate this is unlikely.original ↗
18 Sept 2020
17 Sept 2020
Rationing testing 6 months into pandemic… This will be the business school’s case showing how to fail.original ↗
16 Sept 2020
Delays in Sarcoma diagnosis are because it is rare, and we ration the diagnostic services. It is hard to find comparisons with other countries because numbers are so small.original ↗
10 Sept 2020
The real risks in a hard Brexit. The cake we were going to have and eat may be replaced by a poisoned chalice…original ↗
9 Sept 2020
The memory hole The rising prevalence of dementia is a global emergency. Covid is not going to impact as much as this..original ↗
6 Sept 2020
Russia Today and the 4 Health Services. Are there similarities? We need to alter changeover day from August to October.original ↗
4 Sept 2020
Cavities in the dental care system will be reflected SBE and caries in the next decades… A rotting core in an essential profession…original ↗
4 Sept 2020
Telling it straight (in health and all policies). The uncomfotable truth is that politicians lie through their teeth.original ↗
1 Sept 2020
31 Aug 2020
30 Aug 2020
“Speak the truth”. Politicians…. are “destroying humanity by not speaking out”, in many areas of our lives.original ↗
30 Aug 2020
29 Aug 2020
Cumberlege review exposes stubborn and dangerous flaws in healthcare. It is likely to be ignored…original ↗
29 Aug 2020
GDP and the 4 Health Services (Former NHS) – No prospect of reducing the waiting lists quickly enough to correct mortality and morbidity reductions..original ↗
29 Aug 2020
NHS workforce plans don’t add up? An epidemic of dementia will likely follow the covid -19 pandemic..original ↗
27 Aug 2020
With 15m on the waiting list, life has suddenly become less valuable. Continuity of care brings trust. Wisdom and compassion from a traditional GP may only become available privately…original ↗
27 Aug 2020
Medicine on hold as thousands of clinical trials are abandoned – probably a public “good”..original ↗
24 Aug 2020