Category Archives: N.H.S.

Deaf Ears

Posted on July 18, 2019 by john graham

A report published by Exeter University and Kings College London attracted a front page headline in The Times this week. It was about a study of over 25,000 older people and it concluded that those who wore hearing aids performed … Continue reading →

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National DEATH Service ?

Posted on July 8, 2018 by john graham

Is this the new name for the National Health Service ? After the recent report on the many premature deaths at Gosport Hospital, you might well think so, at least as far as older people are concerned ! I am … Continue reading →

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Bold NHS Chief Executive ?

Posted on May 13, 2018 by john graham

The Government is shortly supposed to be coming up with a Green Paper on Social Care.  The aim of the paper is to resolve the current and future funding crisis in Social Care related to the ever-growing numbers of older … Continue reading →

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GP Gatekeepers

Posted on March 22, 2018 by john graham

At the start of this month, I wrote about GP’s being at the front line of the NHS and their role as gatekeepers to other clinicians.     Now some of the most talented managers in the Clinical Commissioning Groups … Continue reading →

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Shrinking NHS GRAND PLAN.

Posted on January 28, 2018 by john graham

Last week my post commented on the services that are being squeezed out of the NHS.    Now after a barrage of stories in the media over Christmas and into January about a ‘potential’ winter crisis a clear strategy is … Continue reading →

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The Shrinking NHS

Posted on January 23, 2018 by john graham

It doesn’t feel like the NHS is getting smaller.      We are always being told by our politicians that there are more doctors and nurses than ever.    This doesn’t seem to fit with the stories always coming out … Continue reading →

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Pill Rationing

Posted on January 21, 2018 by john graham

I seem to be addicted to writing about pills and it is obviously catching. Because as fast as I write about it more and more articles appear in the media on the same topic.  (You can read all my earlier … Continue reading →

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Dentistry 2

Posted on December 26, 2017 by john graham

My last blog was about toothache and the simply wonderful way I was treated in my early years experience in the completely free NHS.   In fact I enjoyed it so much that I didn’t go again for another 25 years. … Continue reading →

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NHS Dentistry Toothless

Posted on December 24, 2017 by john graham

I still remember vividly the frightening trips I was forced to make to the school dentist every year.   In fact I am sure I have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to this day.    I wonder if I could sue … Continue reading →

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NHS Turns Deaf Ear

Posted on December 12, 2017 by john graham

Thousands of older people are hard of hearing.    In fact one in every six people has a hearing loss.  Yet only 20% who could benefit from the use of a hearing aid, have one.   Significantly,  “one” is the … Continue reading →

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