7 November 2024
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I’ve spent most of today sitting in various locations around Kingsmill Hospital, accompanying a friend whose husband was in for an operation. I did manage to finish off a couple of books that I’ve had on the go for a … Continue reading
11 January 2017
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I know it is more often ‘hear, hear’ but I only had one ear syringed out in the end. I hadn’t been putting any olive oil or drops in the other one to soften things up so the nurse asked … Continue reading
1 May 2016
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For me, the most memorable comment from this weekend’s episode of The News Quiz was Andy Hamilton describing Jeremy Hunt as the ‘homeopathic health secretary’ because he seems to think that we don’t need hospitals but just the memory of … Continue reading
25 April 2016
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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has commented that the junior doctors’ strike due this Tuesday and Wednesday is an “extreme” action that will be “deeply worrying for patients” (source: BBC). He’s right; many will be seriously inconvenienced by cancelled operations and … Continue reading
15 March 2016
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Or, rather, how much have I cost the NHS? The Guardian recently published a guide on the subject. The answer for me at the moment is not a massive amount – a higher figure than I expected but safely within … Continue reading