£84-an-hour Paramedics – Another Shocking Waste By NHS
Private paramedics are being hired at a cost of up to £84 an hour to take the strain off under-resourced NHS ambulance services. Unions say the crew get up to seven times more than health...
Author: David Alan Cross
Stop gagging whistleblowers – NHS hospitals are to be told
Hospitals must end the use of gagging clauses to silence whistleblowers, an inquiry will say this week. A long-awaited report by by Sir Robert Francis will demand the NHS does far more to end its...
Dog Pushes Wheelchair for Disabled Owner Every Day – Heartwarming
Watch the heartwarming video of the loyal dog and his master In Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, a disabled old man, aged 86, is helped by his loyal dog every single day. Fu has no legs...
NHS ‘special measures’ has saved lives !
The NHS’s unprecedented decision to put 11 trusts intro special measures is likely to have saved hundreds of lives, experts have said. Death rates fell at the trusts after the 2013 intervention, spearheaded by NHS...
Twitter is OK but these Morons Deride it !
The Sunday People writes – Social Networking sites – what are they good for? Absolutely nothing, some might say. Or, at least, nothing that is particularly helpful or in any way useful. Day after day...
It’s not just the NHS that bully “Whistleblowers”
Whistleblowers who flagged up a lack of action by council bosses were bullied, harassed and driven out of their jobs, a report reveals. Instead of acting on the confidential information given to them to help...
Golfer Found Guilty of Fraud – Falsely Claimed Disability Benefits
A golfer claimed disability benefits while winning club tournaments, a court heard yesterday. Alan Bannister, 56, claimed he was in constant pain, struggled to get dressed and took 15 minutes to walk 50 yards. But...
Work is good for your mental health
Thought I’d post an article derived from recent proposals from the Government regarding mental health and employment. The Government has announced that a further £12 million is being invested to support people with mental health...
OAP Nips And Tucks Surgery Soars Say Surgeons
The number of OAP’s having cosmetic surgery has soared by 49% in seven years, a report has revealed. Almost two-thirds of surgeons have seen a rise in older people going under the knife, says Nuffield...
Foreign Patients Using the NHS – A Crackdown – Long Overdue
Foreign patients will have to prove they are entitled to free NHS care in a clampdown on health tourism. In order to register with a GP, EU nationals will be required to show their European...