Category Archives: N.H.S.

” Disappearing G.P.’s “

Posted on May 19, 2013 by john graham

Years ago, or maybe it is just in my rose-tinted imagination, I seem to think that if you wanted to see your Doctor, your own personal Doctor, you just turned up at the surgery and after a little wait,   …….   there … Continue reading →

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” An Epitaph for Mid-Stafford NHS “

Posted on March 31, 2013 by john graham

A man of great detail and Queen’s Council precision, A million coldly clinical words too late. About 1200 elderly deaths too many. 290 belated recommendations of regret, Put sticking plasters on a very ill NHS. But is this a case for sticking … Continue reading →

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” 290 Recommendations for the NHS”

Posted on March 28, 2013 by john graham

This follows on from the previous post “Where to begin with Stafford NHS ?”                          Nothing short of a disaster has happened at Mid-Stafford NHS Trust, where in the order of 1200 elderly patients died over and above the normal mortality rate.   After … Continue reading →

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“Where to begin with Stafford NHS?”

Posted on March 26, 2013 by john graham

1,200 excess deaths of older people How much more attention would this have attracted if it had been a plane crash with a 1,200 people dead. Or another Twin Towers disaster. Do we need to go to war on the … Continue reading →

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“Elderly Bouncers”

Posted on March 12, 2013 by john graham

Slow stream rehabilitation is a thing of the past.    Now they rush elderly people out of hospital faster than they rush them in.    Unblocking beds is almost as vital as unblocking drains.    Hot bedding does not include hot water … Continue reading →

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“Elderly Bouncers”

Posted on February 24, 2013 by john graham

Slow stream rehabilitation is a thing of the past.   Now they rush elderly people out of hospital faster than they push them in.   Unblocking beds is almost as vital as unblocking drains.   Hot bedding, just like hot desking, is becoming … Continue reading →

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“Care Not Compensation”

Posted on August 2, 2012 by john graham

I recently wrote about all the extra attention hospital wards are receiving from lawyers in their new-found passionate concern about fees…….oops!  I mean health care.  (See “COLD COMFORT” by clicking in the ARCHIVE dated 31 July 2012). Now I read that … Continue reading →

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“The Pill Go Round”

Posted on May 6, 2012 by john graham

A recent report by Professor Sarah Harper of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, highlights the fact that we are too quick to use pills to solve our medical problems rather than making lifestyle changes. I have written about this … Continue reading →

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“Dignity Be Damned ” 4

Posted on March 22, 2012 by john graham

This blog really started two years ago and was revived by the report from the “Commission on Improving Dignity in Care of Older People”.  (Click on “Dignity be Damned” in the TAG CLOUD). The report was co-authorised by the Local … Continue reading →

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“Dignity Be Damned ” 3

Posted on March 15, 2012 by john graham

Click on this topic in the TAG CLOUD for the earlier blogs on this subject. The title of this blog was a response two years ago to the Government’s focus on “dignity”.  No-one could possibly disagree that elderly people are … Continue reading →

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