Category Archives: NHS

If only he had worn a suit and tie….

The CQC Borg will decide…. …..in 2014 when the inspectors last came. He had explained his philosophy and modus operandi, talking of medicine as an art form, “being a human being so patients feel they know well me enough to trust, while maintaining boundaries – compassionate detachment, I call it.” “On that occasion,” he willContinue reading “If only he had worn a suit and tie….”

Junior doctors – the real issue hasn’t gone away.

I make no apology for the length of the article linked to this blog post. A month after it was posted in the LRB nothing has fundamentally changed, it’s just that the media feeding frenzy has moved on to Brexit. Diary – Lana Spawls 04.02.2016 Antidiuretic hormone, also known as vasopressin, is released when levelsContinue reading “Junior doctors – the real issue hasn’t gone away.”

The NHS needs real doctors not “Spin Doctors”

I know it’s easy to kick the NHS when it’s down but is this really the right use of resources and is it advertised in the right way? It reads like BS to me. (I’ll be back next year but no less cynical) From the Guardian online. LONDON NORTH WEST HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST Head ofContinue reading “The NHS needs real doctors not “Spin Doctors””

Is That It For The NHS?

Very good piece in the London Review of Books by Peter Roderick. It describes the gradual unwinding of the NHS since 1990 and ponders the future, well worth a read. The writer has worked with Professor Allyson Pollock who talked about dentistry having already been privatised in the 2006 edition of her book, NHS plc.Continue reading “Is That It For The NHS?”

Dentistry, Dermatology, what’s next?

I was the first born and studied Dentistry, my brother born 4 years later became a Dermatologist. I have wondered if there had been any more children they would have had to take up Endocrinology and ENT to keep the alphabetical order. So I have had more than a passing interest in “Skins” and haveContinue reading “Dentistry, Dermatology, what’s next?”

Addenbrooke’s. What price compassion and comfort?

  Addenbrooke’s Hospital stops ice in patient water jugs. A hospital has blamed budget cuts for its decision to stop providing ice for patients’ water jugs. Michelle Lewis discovered the move while visiting Addenbrooke’s in Cambridge, when she asked for ice for her friend’s water on an oncology ward. The hospital, which has a deficitContinue reading “Addenbrooke’s. What price compassion and comfort?”

Another government attempt at confidential data snatching from the NHS?

My first thought was ‘here we go again’, but as the Dave ‘n’ Gid partnership seems intent on selling as much as they can, especially if it will ease the way to privatisation, I believe this might be a more sinister move. (The images are my addition.) From Anthony Gold Solicitors via Lexology.com The PrimeContinue reading “Another government attempt at confidential data snatching from the NHS?”

NHS Confidence Monitor – your voice is needed.

If you are an Dental Professional and you are working under the current NHS contract as either of those demeaning terms provider or performer please take a few minutes to complete the NHS Confidence Monitor. The first of these surveys was commissioned by Practice Plan at the end of 2014. The results can be seenContinue reading “NHS Confidence Monitor – your voice is needed.”

“Which” kicks (NHS) Dentists – so what’s new?…and what to do.

Following on from another Consumer’s Association report. Dentistry is an easy target for any journalist that wants to have a go at a profession. Let’s face it, from Marathon Man through The Little Shop of Horrors via Lemming of the BDA and Robert Lindsay’s misanthropic, cynical and assistant sacking GDP Ben, dentists tend not toContinue reading ““Which” kicks (NHS) Dentists – so what’s new?…and what to do.”