Category Archives: HEALTH

Dementia won’t go away.

Posted on July 27, 2017 by john graham

I wrote about the growing problem of dementia only a week ago and stories are starting to appear in the press every other day.    In fact I have been writing about the subject ever since I started this blog.    … Continue reading →

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Oranges might slow down Dementia.

Posted on July 13, 2017 by john graham

I wrote a lot about dementia the early days of this blog.    ( You can see all the posts on this subject by clicking on Dementia in the Topics List).      I rather gave up after writing about … Continue reading →

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Dementia won’t go away !

Posted on July 11, 2017 by john graham

Dementia is definitely one of the diseases of the day.   If not the disease of the day.   This is not so much dementia week, as the dementia era. It is an illness which nobody really understands and for which there … Continue reading →

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G.P.’s Charging Fees.

Posted on May 23, 2017 by john graham

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 →

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2013 Headlines come hauntingly back.

Posted on May 7, 2017 by john graham

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 →

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GP’s Charging Fees?

Posted on February 12, 2017 by john graham

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 →

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“Pills Galore”

Posted on January 15, 2017 by john graham

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 →

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“Happy, Clappy NHS”

Posted on November 20, 2016 by john graham

Three years ago NHS Services for Older People were in the depths of despair in the aftermath of the 1200 deaths that were identified at Mid Stafford General Hospital.    This subsequently became the subject of the Francis Report, which … Continue reading →

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“Legal Eagles or Vultures 2”

Posted on November 13, 2016 by john graham

The Mail on Sunday has reused one of my blog post ideas, although it took them four years to do it. Back in 2012 I wrote a series of blogs about the legal profession pursuing more and more claims against … Continue reading →

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“NHS Crisis Looming”

Posted on September 11, 2016 by john graham

Over the summer months, the NHS has regularly been in the news headlines again with one problem after another.  Here are two recent examples:- “Thousands have surgery cancelled at last minute” (The Times – 15th August) “Dementia care lottery exposed” … Continue reading →

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