NHS

Diabetes – NHS under pressure

27th November 2019 Lugosi 2770 Comments

What is it they don’t understand? We all know that the NHS is either creaking or broken. Your opinion of the NHS is based on your experience and reports in the media. I have both [more…]

Preventing age and ageing? Better not, sez I!

20th November 2019 Going Postal 2044 Comments

I’m old. I should therefore welcome all news about the latest wonder drugs which are claimed to stop ageing or even reverse it. Allegedly. Well – they would if you’re a mouse. If you don’t [more…]

Back Pain

8th November 2019 Lugosi 2065 Comments

I know I have touted for sympathy at GP for my recent back/leg pain and I am grateful for your support. There is an old saying that to understand someone else’s perspective you should walk [more…]

Red Tape

21st July 2019 Going Postal 23956 Comments

As some of you may remember my Mother died back at the end of March. She was nearly 100 so it was not really unexpected but when it did happen it was not helped by [more…]

An essay on Autism. Not “weirdos”

25th April 2019 Lugosi 2731 Comments

I’ve been thinking of writing about Autism for a few months. When Greta Thunberg or, Saint Greta of Climate as I call her, started to pop-up in studios and in conversations with politicians she also [more…]

Euthanasia Machine

22nd April 2019 Guardian Council 2633 Comments

It all started innocently enough with my dad. Namely, with a botched Chinese take away for his 79th anniversary. He got so badly over it he had to go to hospital and had to stay [more…]

Remembering An Old Flame, Part Three

21st September 2017 Going Postal 0 Comments

Whilst working in Essex I’d had my fair share of treating celebrities and the famous. There was an ex Milky Bar kid, then in his 30’s with dreadful teeth but still living the dream [more…]

An Old-fashioned Nurse

21st August 2017 Going Postal 1 Comment

On the same day that a national newspaper carried the notice of my wife’s death, the front page had a headline to the effect that ‘Midwife Mistakes’ were responsible for many infant deaths and disabilities; [more…]