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Category Archives: N.H.S.
Prescribing en masse !
Solving the Nation’s health problems is a big challenge for the Government, but at last they have begun to come up with the start of a Grand National Health Plan. It has just been announced that all men over 60 … Continue reading
Discontinuing Continuing Care
Not a lot of people know that the NHS has a responsibility to provide Continuing Care. It’s not surprising because the whole issue is shrouded in confusion and complexity. I will try to unravel the issues in this … Continue reading
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Do it yourself Dementia Care.
In their desperation to cope with the tsunami of dementia that is overwhelming the NHS some clinicians are resorting to consulting staff and even relatives of patients. An interesting report of an audit by the Royal Chollege of … Continue reading
Posted in ABOUT GRUMBLESMILES, Dementia, N.H.S.
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G.P.’s Charging Fees.
GP’s are once again raising the issue of charging for an appointment to see your GP. (You can see all my earlier posts on this subject by clicking on GP’s in the Tag Cloud ) You can tell an … Continue reading
2013 Headlines come hauntingly back.
One of the good things to come from de-cluttering is that it gives you new ideas for things to write about. A stored up sense of history. A temporarily buried time capsule. A more distant perspective … Continue reading
Posted in Care Funding, ELDERLY UK POLICY, N.H.S.
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GP’s Charging Fees?
l seem to write a blog about GP’s every year. ( You can see all my earlier posts by clicking on “GP’s” in the TagCloud ) They are the first call in managing the nation’s health and a vital gatekeeper … Continue reading
“Pills Galore”
I have written a lot about pills over the years and many of the posts feature my favourite cartoon character, “Pilly Galore”. (You can see all my earlier blogs on this subject by clicking on “PILLS” in the TAG CLOUD). … Continue reading
