Damning Report on GP Access for Disabled People
Deaf Brits are being told they can book a GP appointments only by phone, a damning report claims. And a blind patient was sent medical letters by his family doctor that he could not see...
Author: David Alan Cross
MPs in smoking vote had links to tobacco firms
Matt Dathan writing in The Independent 12/03/15 about the back-hand interests of some MPs. One in four of the MPs who voted against introducing plain cigarette packaging have declared links to tobacco industries in the...
Dance Classes for the Overweight – Why Not a Good Walk?
The overweight are to be offered cooking classes and dance workouts on the NHS to combat Britain’s obesity crisis. GPs will offer advice on weight-loss, healthy eating and exercise. The plan will also see overweight...
Elderly Care – ‘Double Blow’ of Service Cuts
Emily Dugan writing in The Independent – Older people have been hit with a “double whammy” of cuts to social care and a huge drop in the number of community nurses to help them at...
New NHS Reforms – Healthcare Changes for 5 Million People
NHS REFORMS are considered necessary both for modernisation and to cut costs. NHS England hopes to save £22bn by 2020. Five million people in England will have their local NHS services transformed in the first...
What the NHS needs – A ‘mums’ story – more grief !
Politicians argue about waiting lists and targets, but it’s first hand hospital experience that paints the most telling picture. Sonia Purnell writing in The Independent on Sunday on this years very worrying reports about the...
The Oakley Review – DWP’s response regarding sanctions
DWP has announced the improvements it has made to support the most vulnerable claimants in response to the Oakley Review. In his independent review of sanctions, published in July 2014, Matthew Oakley acknowledged the important...
Plight of the Lonely Disabled – Care Cuts
Nearly a quarter of Britain’s disabled people suffer loneliness through government social care cuts and benefits changes, a charity’s research reveals. Worst affected are those aged 18 to 34. Over a third of them feel...
Mental Health Problems of ‘Frontline’ Medics
Thousands of frontline medics, police, and firefighters are struggling with mental health problems but are too scared to ask for help, a survey reveals. Shocking figures released by the mental health charity Mind shows that...
Anger as fat people are denied ops by NHS
Overweight patients are being denied routine treatment by four out of five clinical groups in England, an investigation has found. Procedures including IVF, hip replacements and even hair removal are refused if the patient is...