Category Archives: HEALTH

“A Health Ladder ” Second Step

Posted on January 17, 2013 by john graham

(For earlier blogs on this subject, click in the TAG CLOUD on “Befuddled”) I stopped because my mind was temporarily blocked.    ” Befuddled” by too many thoughts.    So I did an easy Sudoku.    Moved my brain to the other … Continue reading →

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“A Health Ladder” First Step

Posted on January 15, 2013 by john graham

The focus of institutional health care is ill-health.    Going to the doctor is not a trip in the park.    It is not a pleasant day out; because you don’t know what lies ahead. Let’s turn all that on its head … Continue reading →

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“An Unholy Trinity”

Posted on January 1, 2013 by john graham

The Trinity is a sacred alliance that stands up for good over evil.   The end of a life should be the celebration of all that has been good in a person’s lifetime.   There are positive things to draw out of … Continue reading →

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“Compensation not Care”

Posted on August 5, 2012 by john graham

There’s been much talk in the press recently about the legal profession playing a more active role in policing the quality of care delivered in the NHS.  No doubt the “no win, no fee” lawyers will have a field day … 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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“Cold Comfort”

Posted on July 31, 2012 by john graham

Some time ago, I wrote in a tongue-in-cheek way about there needing to be a lawyer on every hospital ward to help improve patient care. (Click on February 2012 in the ARCHIVE and see “Untold Pressure” and then “Legal Eagles or … Continue reading →

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“Food for Thought”

Posted on June 7, 2012 by john graham

The Daily Mail has to be applauded for its relentless, if half-hearted, campaign in pursuit of “Dignity for the Elderly”.  (Click on “Dignity be Damned” in the TAG CLOUD for earlier blogs on this subject). It is a good story line, … Continue reading →

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“Start Taking the Pills”

Posted on May 31, 2012 by john graham

Only just having passed on advice about stopping taking one lot of pills, (see previous blog or click on PILLS in the TAG CLOUD), now 5 minutes later comes advice, not from me, but in the Lancet no less.  EVERYONE … Continue reading →

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“Stop Taking the Pills”

Posted on May 29, 2012 by john graham

Taking pills seems to become a daily task for older people.  If doctors won’t prescribe them, we will go out and buy them for ourselves. I have written a lot about the exploits of Pilly Galore whose experience and expectation of … 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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