I didn’t know that Karol Sikora had set up the the business of screening well people with CT, MRI et al. How interesting, considering the advice from the National Screening Portal. And how interesting, too, that they recommend as one of their ‘partners‘ ‘The Causeway Retreat’ which “offers individual and group addiction & stress therapy […]
Continue Reading →The NHS, complaints, and data
I’ve said it so many times I am boring myself, but if you want to save money in the NHS it’s not so hard to do it. Choose and Book, all NHS logos and branding, all NHS advertising health promotion campaigns, NHS Direct for all except acute care, the electronic records system, etc, etc, etc. […]
Continue Reading →Chilean psychologists
In the BMJ. In all, 33 miners, 69 days, and 26 people sent by the BBC to the San José copper and gold mine to cover their rescue (www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/oct/14/chile-miners-bbc-overspend). The story about the miners trapped deep underground attracted more than 2000 members of the global media to the ringside to watch their individual slow ascent […]
Continue Reading →If you are suffering from…
homophobic bullying and especially if you are still at school, do watch this. Truly heartwarming.
Continue Reading →Oliver James vs Genetics
Rather a nasty spat on the Today programme this am; the issue being that of a paper on the genetics in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, published online in the Lancet. The paper had found a slightly increased risk of ADHD with a particular genetic pattern. Having this pattern did not necessarily lead to autism. Children with […]
Continue Reading →Do charities need a health warning?
On bad statistics used by health charities, in the BMJ. Have had quite a few messages from doctors and nurses basically approving but none of dissent or otherwise from charities. hmm…
Continue Reading →The health care of detained asylum seekers
..is not being adequately met. Here’s an article just out in the BMJ about the situation. This is one situation which I do think would be helped by public pressure….
Continue Reading →If you’re over 65…
and you live in Scotland, you have something in common with people who have been imprisoned for 5 years or more, people who have been detained in borstal, and people on bail in connection with criminal proceedings. You are “not qualified for jury service”. I find this very ageist. Judges can go on until they […]
Continue Reading →Would you be a patient in the hospital where you work?
A while ago I commented that if you really wanted to know how good a Trust was, you’d find out if the staff would have their own, or their loved ones, medical care there. I reckon this is a better test than any amount of stars or league tables. Here, from the Daily Mail, a […]
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