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NHS

Parking adds to misery of cancer treatment

March 10, 2010

Wikipedia

Which? Report says Parking is a battle at NHS hospital car parks
Parking at NHS hospitals is too often a nightmare, new Which? research has found.
Problems finding a space, cost and battling confusing payment systems are just some of the difficulties facing people using hospital car parks. All when they are probably worried over on-going [...]

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Hospital Care at Home

March 3, 2010

Flickr

House of Lords launch for innovative health care programme.
Lord Darzi was constantly saying he wanted patients discharged earlier, and in February a report was launched which showed by treating chemo patients at home, the NHS could save between £46 – £73 million a year – according to the report ‘Hospital Care at Home’.
Now the [...]

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Give us your ideas to save NHS money

February 17, 2010

Image via Wikipedia

If we want to keep an NHS ‘free at the point of delivery’, WE have to fight for this.
It is no use expecting ‘them’ to sort out the NHS’s problems. It belongs to us – and as ‘our’ service it is up to us to suggest where the cuts come. Whatever you believe, [...]

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Get the NHS out of the clutches of the politicians

February 15, 2010

Wikipedia

BMA campaigns to “look after our NHS”
I can’t quite work out if we should be jumping up and down with joy, but suddenly cancer patients seem to be flavour of the month.
Instead of looking for a baby to kiss – remember those days? all parties are keen to woo us. Today thanks to [...]

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Number of Managers in NHS has doubled in decade

February 13, 2010

British Medical Association Wikipedia

In the last decade doctors and nurses have increased their numbers by 35% – so one wonders how the old-fashioned half an hour appointment has now condensed down to ten minutes – did someone shrink the timetable?
Or, is it as the BMA (British Medical Association) says, down to “a fixation” with extra [...]

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Derby Gripe Moles dig up NHS Waste

February 13, 2010

Situated almost in the middle of Britain, what goes on in the NHS in Derby is typical of the NHS around Britain.
An army of obliging moles are working diligently digging up stories – here are some of their recent findings. They are anonymous, and we have promised to protect their identity. You know what the [...]

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Two more hospital trusts are found wanting – when will it end?

November 29, 2009

This week it was Basildon and Thurrock, and Colchester hospitals that produced shocking statistics; following
on from Mid-Staffordshire, Birmingham, Kent and others. All found wanting. All accused of causing needless
deaths. All run by Trust staff that mouth platitudes, but don’t resign until forced so to do. Then the CEOs
immediately talk of unfair dismissal.

Perhaps it would concentrate [...]

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What to do when drugs cause skin lesions, dry patches, itching etc.

November 7, 2009

When this happens to your skin Flickr

Information on this website is intended for information purposes only. Nothing is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice.

DON’T DESPAIR
Our skin is [...]

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Helpful websites with cancer information from around the world

October 31, 2009

Hands reach out via Flickr

This isn’t just a list, but I have added notes that might help when you are looking for the right contact.
If you are in UK, it is often helpful to go to websites in other countries. Although our charities have excellent sites, our NHS sites often are poor, and you [...]

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Does you doctor listen to you, or spend more time looking at a screen?

October 31, 2009

Typical Surgery – full of computers Wikipedia

DOES YOUR DOCTOR LOOK YOU IN THE EYE?
In a recent survey, Pulse Magazine (the doctors’ in-house mag.) found nearly half of GPs claim to be too busy to make eye-contact with their patients during consultations.
97 per cent complained that consultations had become more complicated and intense over the last [...]

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